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3 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Raphael Boyd |Michael Goodier |Eleni Courea
On social media they call it “clout”. The term refers to the amount of influence a personality can command through their posts and followers who like and share their content. Among UK politicians, one man has more of it than all the others put together.
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6 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Hannah Al-Othman |Raphael Boyd
When Nicola Packer took a pregnancy test in November 2020, as the country was in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, she did not even believe she was pregnant. Aged 41 at the time, she thought it more likely that she was perimenopausal, but had been feeling under the weather and when her friend – with whom the pregnancy had been conceived – suggested she took a test, she only did so to “prove him wrong”.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Raphael Boyd
When it was announced that Universal Pictures, one of the largest movie studios in the world, was opening its first theme park in Bedfordshire, fans were ecstatic. Social media was filled with questions: Which film franchises will appear? How many rides would there be? Will there be a section dedicated to the Minions? For the people down the road however, the only real question was whether their new neighbour was going to push them out of their homes.
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Raphael Boyd
A woman on trial accused of having an illegal abortion has said she told hospital staff she had miscarried as she feared them knowing the truth would affect the level of care she received. Nicola Packer, 45, took abortion medicine during the Covid lockdown in November 2020, after being prescribed the pills in a remote consultation with a registered provider, a jury at Isleworth crown court heard.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Matthew Pearce |Raphael Boyd
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Patrick Butler |Pamela Duncan |Matthew Pearce |Raphael Boyd
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Matthew Pearce |Raphael Boyd
The staggering cost of England’s special educational needs and disability (Send) crisis shows no sign of easing. A Guardian investigation has revealed councils will overspend on Send services by nearly £2bn over the next year, pushing their accumulated deficits to at least £5.2bn by 31 March 2026.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Patrick Butler |Pamela Duncan |Matthew Pearce |Raphael Boyd
Nearly 20 councils have warned publicly that they are at risk of insolvency because of multibillion pound debts caused by years of overspends on special educational needs support, the Guardian can reveal. Overspending on special educational needs and disability (Send) services in England is forecast to grow by nearly £2bn over the next 12 months, a Guardian investigation shows.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Michael Safi |Patrick Wintour |Pjotr Sauer |Eleanor Biggs |Raphael Boyd |Tom Glasser | +2 more
After weeks of diplomatic tension, on Tuesday the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced that Ukraine had signed up to a 30-day ceasefire agreement. As the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, explains to Michael Safi, this deal would cover the whole of Ukraine and by accepting it, Ukraine will again receive military aid and intelligence sharing from the US.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Hannah Moore |Leyland Cecco |Eli Block |Courtney Yusuf |Raphael Boyd |Joel Cox | +1 more
You can subscribe for free to Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast Full Story on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Just a few months ago, the future of Canada seemed clear – the Conservatives were on the rise. After almost a decade in power, Justin Trudeau resigned and his Liberal party seemed down and out. But then came not just Donald Trump’s tariffs – but his threats that Canada could become the “51st state”. Canadians were appalled. The government hit back with retaliatory tariffs and strong words.
