Main section | News | The Guardian | Todayspaper | The Guardian

Skip to main content

Thursday 9 March 2017

Use buggy covers to combat air pollution danger, parents warned

Parents should protect their infants by using covers on prams during the school run, particularly in the morning, according to experts

Use buggy covers to combat air pollution danger, parents warned
May agrees to delay legislation over tax rise for self-employed after Tory revolt

Theresa May robustly defends controversial increase in national insurance but says legislation will not be introduced until autumn after MPs raise concerns

May agrees to delay legislation over tax rise for self-employed after Tory revolt

Refugees applying to live in UK face being sent home after five years

Home Office quietly announces new policy where those applying for permanent residency face ‘safe country review’ after five years’ limited leave

Refugees applying to live in UK face being sent home after five years
Ofsted to investigate schools 'gaming system' to move up league tables

Incoming chief inspector of schools says it is a scandal that pressure on schools to perform means some are moving pupils off GCSE courses

Ofsted to investigate schools 'gaming system' to move up league tables
Painter Howard Hodgkin dies aged 84

Tate director Nicholas Serota leads tributes to ‘one of the great artists and colourists of his generation’

Painter Howard Hodgkin dies aged 84
Howard Hodgkin: farewell to a matchless master of colour

The brilliance and subtlety of Hodgkin’s intensely emotional works about love and loss made the artist a Turner for the modern age

Howard Hodgkin: farewell to a matchless master of colour

UK can strip terror suspects of citizenship, European judges rule

Human rights court rejects claim by Sudan-born man who was barred from returning to UK under Theresa May’s policy

UK can strip terror suspects of citizenship, European judges rule
Islamic State fighters returning to UK 'pose huge challenge'

Security officials prepare as likely Isis defeats in Iraq and Syria are expected to prompt the arrival of ‘deeply indoctrinated’ UK nationals

Islamic State fighters returning to UK 'pose huge challenge'
Queen unveils Iraq and Afghanistan war memorial amid fury at Blair presence

Monarch pays tribute to military and civilians who served in countries during service attended by other royals and politicians

Queen unveils Iraq and Afghanistan war memorial amid fury at Blair presence
Scratching that itch: tests on mice show urge is hard-wired into brain

Research seeking to unpick the reasons for contagious itching suggest it is not linked to empathy but is programmed into the brain’s neurocircuitry

Scratching that itch: tests on mice show urge is hard-wired into brain

US sends hundreds of marines to Syria to support fight against Isis

Boots on the ground near Raqqa a sign that the White House will give military chiefs more freedom to tackle Islamic State

US sends hundreds of marines to Syria to support fight against Isis
Desecrated but still majestic: inside Palmyra after second Isis occupation

Forces loyal to Syrian government watch as smoke rises outside ruined city they took from Islamic State, which fights on nearby

Desecrated but still majestic: inside Palmyra after second Isis occupation
Poland reacts with fury to re-election of Donald Tusk

Almost all EU nations back his second term as European council president but Poland’s opposition leaves it isolated in Europe

Poland reacts with fury to re-election of Donald Tusk
Real Schindler's list expected to make $2.4m in sale

One of the original documents used by German industrialist to save the lives of more than 1,200 Jewish workers during the Holocaust has gone on sale

Real Schindler's list expected to make $2.4m in sale

Sir Martin Sorrell's £42m payout takes earnings to £210m in five years

WPP boss’s controversial incentive scheme has made him the highest-paid chief executive in the FTSE 100

Sir Martin Sorrell's £42m payout takes earnings to £210m in five years
Tesco to pay out nearly £10m to staff after payroll errors

Supermarket chain says it has apologised to 140,000 workers who were mistakenly paid below the national minimum wage

Tesco to pay out nearly £10m to staff after payroll errors
Sports Direct's move to put worker on board branded 'PR exercise'

Unions and business leaders pour scorn on Mike Ashley’s reaction to criticism over corporate governance and treatment of workers

Sports Direct's move to put worker on board branded 'PR exercise'
John Lewis slashes staff bonus to 6% – the lowest in 63 years

Retailer cuts payouts for fourth year in a row despite profits rising by a third

John Lewis slashes staff bonus to 6% – the lowest in 63 years

Brexitland: 'Too many foreigners – way, way too many'

The EU referendum exposed Britain’s political faultlines. In a new series, Owen Jones travels to leave-voting areas, starting in Doncaster, where seven out of 10 voted for Brexit

Brexitland: 'Too many foreigners – way, way too many'
Martin Rowson on the Conservative party – cartoon

Theresa May and Philip Hammond are facing a growing rebellion among Tory MPs over the decision to increase national insurance contributions (NICs) for the self-employed

Martin Rowson on the Conservative party – cartoon

The Guardian view on US rate rises: a sterling challenge

Editorial: There’s a new mood in the United States and a turbulent world will have to start focusing on monetary policy again

The Guardian view on US rate rises: a sterling challenge
Brexit stage left: how theatre became the best way to understand today’s Britain

Our political class is still struggling to make sense of the EU referendum. But thankfully our playwrights are finding the words

Brexit stage left: how theatre became the best way to understand today’s Britain
The Guardian view on trust in politics: pledges and conventions matter

Editorial: Philip Hammond’s relaxed attitude to manifesto pledges and George Osborne’s indecent self-enrichment are symptoms of the same problem

The Guardian view on trust in politics: pledges and conventions matter
Philip Hammond has done little for tenants

Letters: Rents are predicted to rise by more than 20% over the next five years and the access to rented properties for homeless people will fall

Philip Hammond has done little for tenants

Patience review – Gilbert and Sullivan's satire still stings in ETO’s expertly comic production

There’s a strong set of principal performances in a fine show, with Bradley Travis an effusive joy and Ross Ramgobin hinting at star potential

Patience review – Gilbert and Sullivan's satire still stings in ETO’s expertly comic production
BBCNOW/Zhang – Malala's message is set to music

Kate Whitley’s Speak Out honoured Malala Yoursafzai’s historic call for worldwide access to education; on the podium, Xian Zhang made the music blaze with colour

BBCNOW/Zhang – Malala's message is set to music
Limehouse review – timely account of Labour's 1981 split is beautifully acted

Roger Allam is astonishing as Roy Jenkins in this drama about how the ‘gang of four’ left Labour to form the SDP

Limehouse review – timely account of Labour's 1981 split is beautifully acted
The xx review – maximalist extravaganza amps up the fun

A beefed-up sound and a beautifully accomplished stage show signal a more outward looking approach from a band with a few tricks up their sleeve

The xx review – maximalist extravaganza amps up the fun

Sir Howard Hodgkin obituary

Award-winning British artist who achieved superstar status with his vivid abstract work

Sir Howard Hodgkin obituary

Ptarmigan in camouflage – a daunting quest

Country Diary: Cairngorms National Park We’ve tried to spot this mountain dwelling grouse in its white-feathered finery, but it’s elusive

Ptarmigan in camouflage – a daunting quest
How Maven dodged a martian moon

Spacewatch When Nasa realised its spacecraft was on a near-collision course with Phobos, it was time for its first avoidance manoeuvre

How Maven dodged a martian moon