'Not a normal war' Doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers

Drozia Alvi was making her rounds of the intensive care unit on her final day at the battered European public hospital in southern Gaza when she stopped next to two young arrivals with facial injuries and breathing tubes in their windpipes.

Charities halt Gaza aid after drone attack kills seven staff

Three Britons among dead after repeated airstrikes on convoy

Tories Accused As Zero Progress On Half Of Levelling Up Goals Laid Bare

The Conservatives have been accused of failing to live up to their ambitious agenda for Britain’s regions as Guardian analysis shows no progress on half of their levelling up targets.

Threat Of Hosepipe Bans This Summer In Spite Of Wet Winter

The UK could face water shortages and hosepipe bans if this summer is hot and dry, despite having experienced the wettest 18 months since records began.

Shock Result Opposition Delivers Electoral Blow To Erdoğan's Party

Afresh-faced challenger hailed a new dawn for Turkish democracy, as the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, comforted a defeated crowd outside his party's headquarters, telling them:

Phone App Could Help Spot Main Cause Of Early-Onset Dementia, Study Suggests

A smartphone app could help detect the leading cause of early-onset dementia in people who are at high risk of developing it, data suggests.

Nightlife Venues Driven Out Of City Centres By Rising Pressures

Independent nightlife venues across the UK are struggling to survive amid a cocktail of high costs, low footfall and oppressive regulation that is squeezing them out of city centres.

Out Of Office Message Firms Set Codes Of Conduct For Behaviour At Work Events

When more than 1,300 lending bosses, regulators and MPs descended on the Grosvenor House hotel in London for a black-tie dinner in late February, they arrived informed.

Iran Vows Revenge After Top Military Leader Among Dead In Israeli Airstrike

Iran has vowed revenge after Israeli war planes destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus, killing at least seven people, including a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds force.

Hospital Attack Ends As Pressure Grows On Netanyahu

Israeli forces announced their withdrawal from al-Shifa hospital in Gaza yesterday after a two-week raid, amid claims from Hamas that the Israel Defense Forces have killed 400 people in the compound and allegations from the Palestinian Red Crescent of torture and executions.

Emojis Out, Bonsai In Japan's Imperial Family Makes Instagram Debut

Japan's imperial family has entered the age of social media, but fans expecting selfies, emojis and casual shots of the emperor and empress or princes and princesses away from the limelight may be disappointed.

Climate Crisis Threatens Historic Golf Course On Northumberland Coast

For most golfers, the most damage a furious storm can do is to your handicap.

Cannabis Users Celebrate As Law Is Relaxed In Germany

Cannabis users have been celebrating in Germany after new laws legalising personal possession came into effect.

BJP Match-Fixing' Elections, Indian Opposition Says, As Delhi Leader Stays Behind Bars

Delhi's chief minister, a key political leader, must remain in custody for a further two weeks, a court ruled yesterday, with India's opposition parties accusing the government of "match-fixing" before the country's elections later this month.

'Some People See The World Faster': Athletes May Track Moving Objects Better Than Others

If you have wondered why your partner always beats you at tennis or one child always crushes the other at Fortnite, it seems there is more to it than pure physical ability.

'Cataclysmic' No End To Haiti's Agony As Gang Violence Spreads

As gang fighters and police battled outside his home near Haiti's beleaguered capital late last month, Nielsen Daily Fierrier hurled himself to the ground.

Miserliness in defence is central to Arsenal's title challenge

Keeping Manchester City at bay on Sunday was the latest lessonin obduracy from side that concede fewest chances

Last-gasp Sarmiento strike downs 10-man Saints in thriller

No wonder the Portman Road fans went ballistic at the final whistle. Almost every minute of this frantic match between the Championship's top scorers and a free-flowing visiting opposition intent on catching them pulsed with the vibrancy of an encounter deserving of the top flight in which they both aspire to be.

'After every race I was thinking: I'm falling short of all my targets'

After his record four-medal haulin Tokyo, Duncan Scott knows he faces stacked’ opposition to be best in Paris

Sales of ethical products continue to rise despite the cost of living crisis

British consumers have faced the sharpest rise in living costs for four decades but despite this concerns over the environment and treatment of farmers in poorer countries have fuelled a steady increase in ethical shopping.

Fast fashion retailer Shein doubles profits as it awaits IPO approval

The online fast fashion retailer Shein has more than doubled its profits to more than $2bn (£1.6bn) as it awaits approval for a stock market listing in New York or London.

Body of toddler missing for eight months found by walker in French Alps

French police are investigating the death of a toddler who disappeared eight months ago, after the discovery of his partial remains.

It Came from Outer Space star Barbara Rush dies aged 97

Barbara Rush, the female lead of the 1950s sci-fi horror It Came from Outer Space, has died aged 97.

"The town's finished' North-east feels the despair of broken trust

Two days after his landslide election victory in 2019, Boris Johnson practically crowd surfed into Sedgefield cricket club. Jubilant fans at the venue in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, jostled for a photo; one thrust upon him their family pet, and another begged him to sign a copy of the Northern Echo, headlined: Tory tsunami from the Wear to the Tees.

Family pay tribute to boy, 16, killed in farm vehicle crash

A family have paid tribute to their \"beautiful, kind and lovely\" 16-year-old boy who was killed after his farm vehicle crashed into a field.

Yousaf stands by new hate crime law amid barrage of criticism

Scotland's first minister described his new hate crime law as \"absolutely balanced\" yesterday as the legislation came into force amid an onslaught of criticism.

Four in five members back Starmer as poll reveals transformed Labour party

Four in five Labour members back Keir Starmer and believe he will win a majority at the next election, according to private polling that shows a transformation among the party's grassroots.

Infective endocarditis Deaths of patients with heart issues 'can be averted'

Scores of people in the UK are dying unnecessarily every year because vulnerable patients with heart problems are not given antibiotics when they visit the dentist. Martin Thornhill, a co-author of the new Lancet paper and professor of translational research in dentistry at Sheffield University, outlines the risks

Vulnerable dying after not getting antibiotics in dental visits, say doctors

Patients are dying needlessly every year due to vulnerable Britons with heart problems not being given antibiotics when they visit the dentist, doctors have said.

Beyoncé fans Say songs are missing from Cowboy Carter vinyl and CDs

Fans of Beyoncé have complained after vinyl and CD editions of her album Cowboy Carter were delivered apparently with tracks that featured on the digital release missing.