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2 days ago | 
theguardian.com | Richard Sprenger |Frances Rankin |Christopher Cherry |Ken Macfarlane |Noah Payne-Frank |Temujin Doran | +1 more
From anxious children unable to cope with school to those with more complex, profound disabilities, support for Send children in England is broken, with underfunded local authorities delaying legal obligations to support families and increasing numbers of parents unable to work, burnt out, judged and even suffering PTSD from attempting to navigate the system. The Guardian meets parents and children from across the country to get a sense of the scale of the issue
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Temujin Doran |Noah Payne-Frank |Christopher Cherry |Richard Sprenger
The prison population in England and Wales has doubled in the last 30 years, with overcrowding now endemic across the system. But the government's strategy of easing this pressure by granting early release to thousands of offenders has had a knock-on effect. With many lacking stability on the outside, reoffending rates are high, exacerbating the existing problem.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Temujin Doran |Kyri Evangelou |Bethan Mckernan
For many Israelis, military service is a rite of passage that lasts two to three years. Being such a formative part of the social contract in Israel, it is unusual for eligible young people to refuse their draft orders. Every year some ask for exemptions, but only a handful openly declare themselves as conscientious objectors, commonly known as refuseniks.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Bethan Mckernan |Ayman Abu Ramouz |Bruno Rinvolucri |Frances Rankin |Temujin Doran
In December 2024 the Assad regime was overthrown after more than 50 years of dictatorship. In its place is a transitional government led by Syrian rebel group HTS, which along with allied militia groups drove Bashar al-Assad out of the country. Now Syria is at a crossroads.
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1 month ago | 
theguardian.com | Katie Lamborn |Temujin Doran
Each spring since 2003, Jon Aars, senior scientist at the Norwegian Polar Institute, and his team have conducted an annual polar bear monitoring program on Svalbard - collaring, capturing and taking samples from as many bears as they can across several weeks. By studying polar bears they get a better understanding of what is happening in this part of the Arctic environment.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Temujin Doran |Ken Macfarlane |Adam Sich |Maeve Shearlaw
A GP surgery in one of the most deprived areas in the north-east of England is struggling to provide care for its patients as the health system crumbles around them. In the depths of the winter flu season, the Guardian video producers Maeve Shearlaw and Adam Sich went to Bridges medical practice to shadow the lead GP, Paul Evans, as he worked all hours keep his surgery afloat.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Temujin Doran |Bruno Rinvolucri |Richard Sprenger
Channel 1 is a new rolling news channel with a difference – its stories are scripted, edited and presented by AI. Available in more than 30 languages and able to transmit bespoke news stories faster than ever, its threat to the mainstream media is clear. But can we trust it? And would anybody actually watch a channel that lacks the human touch? The Guardian visited the channel’s creators in Los Angeles to find out more – and to audition for a role
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Temujin Doran |Noah Payne-Frank |Frances Rankin |Richard Sprenger
Darren Parkinson is one of about 2 million people living with long Covid in England and Scotland. The illness is having a detrimental impact on his life, stopping him from being the kind of active and involved parent the wants to be to his two children. The Guardian has spent a year with Darren and his family to document his journey as he tries to recover from long Covid and come to terms with his new reality
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Amy Hawkins |Christopher Cherry |Noah Payne-Frank |Temujin Doran
After 30 years of relentless growth and capitalism, a new trend has emerged in China. The search for a simpler, calmer life is leading some Chinese people to seek a life abroad. The trend is so popular that it’s gained its own internet buzzword: the “run philosophy."Chiang mai, in northern Thailand is the country’s second biggest city. It’s a tourist hotspot popular with backpackers but has recently become an unlikely second home for thousands of Chinese people seeking alternative lifestyles.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Bethan Mckernan |Ayman Abu Ramouz |Jem Talbot |Temujin Doran |Katie Lamborn
A new Syria is emerging from the shadow of the brutal Assad regime. The Guardian’s Bethan McKernan and Ayman Abu Ramouz meet people celebrating their hard-won freedom, but also those grappling with a traumatic past.
