Observer Design

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Phil Harrison |Ali Catterall |Graeme Virtue |Alexi Duggins

Noel Edmonds’ Kiwi Adventure9pm, ITV1“I think I might have found my paradise,” says Noel Edmonds, gazing out across the majestic New Zealand landscape as this barmy series continues. In truth, this is an episode that pushes Noel’s Zen calmness to the limit. Rain has kept visitors away from the bar-restaurant and a sharp frost could destroy the vineyard. It’s a good job he has his voluminous collection of motivational catchphrases (“When it rains, look for the rainbows”) to make sense of it all.

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Denis Campbell

People dying early of cancer costs the UK economy £10.3bn a year, more than any other health condition, a study has revealed. That is the total cost of the 350,000 years of lost productivity recorded across Britain every year because adults have died prematurely of the disease, according to Cancer Research UK (CRUK).

2 days ago | theguardian.com | Caitlin Cassidy

A new report has urged the federal government to collect national data on chronic absenteeism and embed layers of support in schools to tackle Australia’s growing student attendance crisis. The report, provided exclusively to Guardian Australia by Independent Schools Australia (ISA), drew from interviews with academics, mental health clinicians and teachers. It called on the government to implement a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) to better support children struggling to stay in school.

2 days ago | theguardian.com | Ariela Bard

In one photograph taken by the Polish artist Aneta Grzeszykowska, her seven-year-old daughter Francziska stands on the weedy banks of the Liwiec River, dressed in a purple swimsuit and denim shorts. Francziska has her face turned towards the boggy water; beside her, sitting inside a wheelbarrow, is her mother’s torso. In the next ambiguous image, Francziska holds her mother’s head underwater. In the another, the two float, Ophelia-like, side by side.

2 days ago | theguardian.com | Michael Savage

Ministers are refusing to name the media companies that lobbied them over laws restricting foreign state ownership of British newspapers, the Guardian can reveal. The government announced last month it was tripling the proportion of a British newspaper that could be owned by an overseas power to 15%. The change paves the way for the Telegraph to be bought by a consortium including an investment vehicle backed by the United Arab Emirates.