Regulator: TransPennine still fails to deliver reliable journeys

TransPennine Express (TPE) cancelled more than one in eight trains over the summer, according to figures that show much of Britain's railway is \"still not delivering reliable journeys\".

Schofield's 'patronage' assisted lover's early ITV career, review finds

Phillip Schofield's \"patronage\" of a younger male colleague he was having an affair with clearly assisted the man's early career at ITV before he then \"made his way on his own\", an independent KC-led investigation into the scandal has found.

Rees-Mogg's firm to wind down after losing its top client

Somerset Capital Management, the investment firm co-founded by Jacob Rees-Mogg, has said it will be wound down, days after it emerged that it had lost two-thirds of its assets and its largest client.

Conservatives split again PM steps into boat battle and it could spell disaster

For Conservatives with memories long enough to remember five years and three prime ministers ago, this week's internal psychodrama within the party will have seemed familiar.

Presenter apologises after giving middle finger at start of live news

A BBC news anchor who was accidentally captured giving the middle finger at the start of a programme has apologised for a \"silly joke\" meant for friends but not for a live broadcast.

BBC condemns low licence fee increase and warns of impact on creative sector

The BBC's governing body has warned that the UK's creative sector will be hit after the government said it would limit the expected licence fee increase to £10-a figure which is below the inflation rate.

Gaza faces descent into chaos, warns UN chief

Israel's military continued its heavy bombardment in Gaza yesterday as its war with Hamas hit the two-month mark and the humanitarian crisis threatened a breakdown of public order.

MPs call for inquiry into Russian cyber-attacks

Downing Street is facing calls for an inquiry after it revealed Russian state spies have targeted MPs, peers, civil servants and journalists with cyberattacks for the last eight years and were behind a hack that influenced the 2019 election.

Sunak fights to hold Tories together over Rwanda plan

Rishi Sunak was forced into a desperate defence of his new Rwanda asylum law as he battled to hold together the fractured Conservative party amid speculation that he could face a challenge to his own position.

McTominay spares Fernandes' blushes to earn United vital win

After Saturday's defeat at Newcastle and, to a lesser extent, Tuesday's ban of four media organisations from the pre-game press conference, Manchester United and Erik ten Hag required a win.

Szoboszlai seals victory but Wilder finds a bit of early steel

This was never going to be an occasion which defined Sheffield United's Premier League survival hopes but, on the night one of their favourite sons returned to the Bramall Lane dugout, it felt like the beginning of something on which to build.

'Unlucky' Dele close to full training again, says Dyche

Dele Alli is close to resuming full training at Everton as he looks to revive his Premier League career in the new year.

'Elite in every aspect': Son will be Spurs great, says Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou believes Son Heung-min will go down as one of the great strikers as he looked forward to unlocking the full potential of his attacking options at Tottenham.

Bailey sends rip-roaring Villa up to third as City slip again

For a while now Aston Villa have openly and confidently declared qualifying for the Champions League is their chief objective this season and, on this evidence, after defeating and disposing of Manchester City, they will be in the conversation for the long haul. Leon Bailey blasted Villa in front on 74 minutes and City could not argue it had not been coming on a chastening evening to forget for Pep Guardiola, now an unprecedented winless in four Premier League matches.

Arundell has big England call to make, says Lancaster

Stuart Lancaster has warned “there’s a decision to be made” by Henry Arundell on his future and says the debate about eligibility for England internationals playing overseas is “very tricky”.

McIlroy offers support as USGA doubles down on new golf ball rules

One of golf’s key decision-makers has castigated alarmists” who will criticise plans to limit the distance leading players can hit tee shots.

'Guardrails are missing' AI firms need democratic oversight, says top expert

Companies developing powerful artificial intelligence systems must have independent board members representing the interests of society”, according to an expert regarded as one of the modern godfathers of the technology.

EU called on to address colonial legacy and to rectify 'lasting injustice'

The EU should urgently address and reverse the lasting impacts of European colonialism, and support a reparations programme to rectify continuing injustices, according to a draft resolution to be presented to the European parliament's development committee today.

Norman Lear, famed sitcom writer, dies at 101

The famed TV writer and producer Norman Lear, known for shows such as All in the Family and Sanford and Son, has died at the age of 101.

Tourists capsize Venice gondola after ignoring orders to sit down

A group of tourists fell into a murky, cold canal in Venice when the gondola they were travelling in capsized after they failed to heed an order to stop taking selfies and sit down.

Guyana turns to UN and US for help as Venezuela leader pushes to annex territory

Guyana appealed for help from the UN and US as Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, announced a series of measures intended to advance its annexation of two-thirds of the South American nation's territory.

Man who kept friend's body in freezer jailed for two years

A man who stored a friend's body in a freezer for two years after being \"overcome with grief\" over his death has been jailed.

Cut carbon subsidies to help the climate, IMF head tells Cop28

Diverting the trillions of dollars by which the world subsidises fossil fuel production each year would generate the vast amounts of cash needed to tackle the climate crisis, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said.

WhatsApp exchanges Nuclear police and staff share jokes about racism and paedophilia

Specialist police officers and workers at some of the UK’s most secure nuclear sites have been sharing jokes about paedophilia, racism and homophobia in work-linked WhatsApp groups, the Guardian can reveal.

'Naive' amateur archaeologists find palace in back garden

When a group of amateur archaeologists set out to find the buried remains of a Tudor palace in their Northamptonshire village five years ago, they knew the odds were against them.

Shooting enthusiast appointed minister for animal welfare

Downing Street is facing calls to explain why it appointed a wealthy shooting enthusiast as animal welfare minister after it emerged he had backed culling seals and wild birds.

Murdered journalist's unfinished book to be published

A book begun by Dom Phillips, a foreign correspondent and Guardian contributor who was killed in the Amazon in June last year while researching the project, will be published in April 2025.

'Water has become a luxury' Gazans face daily struggle to find essential supplies

In a house in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, some of the women in a building housing 60 people decided to cut their hair short to save on water when washing. Others in southern Gaza say they are stretching out the time between showers, or flushes of the toilet. Everyone knows exactly how much water they have, and how much they can store. Above all they know that water, especially water that is both safe to drink and doesn't taste bad, has become precious.

'I just want my son home' Family's 60-day wait for news of hostage

On the Sabbath morning of 7 October, Sigalit Cohen could hear alarms sounding from her home in Tzur Hadassah, a village on Jerusalem's outskirts. Hours later she learned of the unprecedented attack by Hamas in southern Israel, killing more than 1,200 people and taking 240 hostage, including her son.

Met police investigates gang links to shooting that left woman dead

Detectives are investigating possible gang links to a shooting that left a woman dead and two people wounded in east London on Tuesday, just days after shots were fired on the same road.