Jessica Murray

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Jessica Murray

A quarter of British families no longer talk at dinner, with most bringing their phones to the table and 42% of parents saying they struggle to find a topic of conversation, a survey of 2,000 households shows. It found that just one in three families sit down to eat together every day and conversations are increasingly being replaced by scrolling and screens.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Jessica Murray

On his release from prison earlier this year, after serving three years for a crime he didn’t commit, 21-year-old Ade Adedeji had only one thing on his mind – a trip to Burger King. “The first thing I wanted to do was eat a Burger King. And hug my family, of course,” he said. “I thought I was getting out in 2027, so I had planned out the first three days.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Jessica Murray |Sammy Gecsoyler

In his role as handyman at a guesthouse being used to house homeless people, Ricky Lee had keys to every bedroom. He had previously been placed at Eastfield guesthouse in Peterborough as a homeless person himself, and had moved into a caravan in the grounds, where he lived for free in return for carrying out maintenance jobs on site. Lee was later convicted of raping and sexually assaulting women staying at the guesthouse over a seven-month period.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Jessica Murray |Ben Quinn |Vikram Dodd

Facebook posts appearing to contain plans for a “massacre” are being examined by counter-terrorism police investigating an attack in which two women were seriously injured in Leeds. A man, 38, who suffered a “self-inflicted injury” was arrested and two weapons – a crossbow and a firearm – were recovered from the scene, on the popular Otley Run pub crawl route in the north of the city.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sammy Gecsoyler |Jessica Murray

Three-year-old Ezaan has been homeless his entire life. Instead of making memories in a childhood home, he has spent his formative years stuck in hotels and a cramped student dorm. His mother, Sumaira Fareed, was made homeless more than three years ago. She was asked to leave her single persons hostel – where children were not allowed to live – after giving birth. She tended to her newborn for a month in hospital as the pair had nowhere else to go.