headlines
Saturday
30 September 2017
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Tom Price resigns as health secretary over private flights and Trump criticismFormer Georgia congressman resigns after president says decision imminent, having apologized and repaid some costs -
Johnson & Johnson's 'irresponsible' actions over vaginal mesh implantWoman awarded record $57m damages over implant launched with no clinical trial and marketed despite higher failure rate
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More than 60 presumed dead as boat capsizesRohingya Muslims were trying to escape Myanmar when vessel overturned in rough waters off Bangladesh
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Principal ‘amused’ by Bernardi's dress day outrage as school raises $275,000Paul Luke proud of Craigburn primary students after conservative senator criticises fundraiser as ‘gender morphing’ -
weekend
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Australia's homophobia is deeply rooted in its colonial pastThe historical circumstances that shape prejudice toward LGBTI people can be summed up in one word: convictism
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Spectacle of pure hallucinatory crazinessRyan Gosling and Harrison Ford in a film whose sheer scale leaves you hyperventilating
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Björk’s The Gate: perhaps the Björkiest thing that’s ever BjörkedAlso this week: Morrissey is back with a belter, while greatness is so near yet so far for Wolf Alice
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Los Angeles' legendary palm trees are dying – and few will be replacedA beetle and a fungus are killing off the trees that have become synonymous with the city, making way for trees that give more shade and use less water
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Grand finals belong to the nation, not just Melbourne and SydneyHistory and tradition are wonderful things, but keeping the AFL and NRL deciders at the MCG and ANZ Stadium is inward-looking
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Mata-Marouane: the Moyesian odd couple nearing a United redemptionThe only two players signed by the Scot during his disastrous tenure at Old Trafford have defied all expectations to remain among the star-studded cast assembled by José Mourinho
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Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears players lock arms in anthem gesturePlayers, coaches and other staff in ‘show of unity’ as fans chant ‘USA! USA!’ after Donald Trump criticised anthem protests against racial injustice
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England clamp down on player behaviour after Ben Stokes affairEngland have moved to clamp down on player behaviour in the aftermath of the Ben Stokes affair
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Dogging and side-boobs – are children’s books really bulging with filth?The authors of Biff, Chip and Kipper are accused of slipping rudeness in. Pugwash and Pooh have withstood similar blows. Let’s try to get to the bottom of this …
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Randy Rainbow: taking Trump apart one show tune at a timeThe Trump resistance has become sing-a-long-able, thanks to a 30-something man from Queens and his YouTube channel
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Hooked: how pokies are designed to be addictive
video and pictures
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Inside the Lego HouseFrom the yellow amphitheatre built into its sides to the tree thrusting through its innards, the extraordinary new Lego House in Billund, Denmark, is a riot of interconnecting blocks that begs fans young and old to climb aboard
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Bearded tits in Norfolk and rutting deer in DublinBearded tits in Norfolk, rutting deer in Dublin, and a hungry polar bear in Alaska are among our pick of images from the natural world
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One thing's worse than a drunken yob. A drunken nobCharles McDowell recalls misbehaving at a debutante dance, July 1982
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Same-sex weddings – a photo essayAs photographers share their work to support marriage equality, six Australian couples share the stories of their big day
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David Attenborough's first adventuresIn 1954, a young David Attenborough was offered the chance to travel the world collecting animals for London Zoo. Filming his travels for the BBC’s Zoo Quest, he went to Guyana, Indonesia and Paraguay, a journey immortalised in Adventures of a Young Naturalist
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Fighting addiction on Pine Ridge reservationThe Guardian spent time on the reservation to understand the impact of alcohol on its residents
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I 'honestly but wrongly' tried to ditch British citizenshipOne Nation senator told court he had done everything he could, and claims that he didn’t know he had British citizenship when he nominated
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500 asylum seekers face deportation for missing protection deadlineIn May 7,000 people were given a 1 October deadline to apply for protection from Australia or be barred from ever doing so
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Oxford college takes down painting of Aung San Suu KyiSt Hugh’s puts portrait in storage after international criticism over Myanmar leader’s role in her country’s humanitarian crisis
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Trump tax plan for 'average Americans' would mainly help richest 1%, study findsUrban-Brookings Tax Policy Center finds one in four households would pay more under Trump’s radical proposal
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explore
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Thomasina Miers’ recipe for easy fig, dark chocolate and brandy cakeSoft figs, dark chocolate, toasted nuts and a big slug of brandy have their individual attractions, but put them all together and you have one seriously barnstorming cake
people
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Model talks about depression and alienation in interviewModel and actor tells magazine her depression as a teenager left her feeling alienated and suicidal
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Actor denies Sex and the City 3 was binned due to her 'outrageous demands'‘The only demand I made was that I didn’t want to do a third film’ says the actor in response to reports that she had lobbied Warner Bros to fund her projects
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Lynda Carter attacks James Cameron over Wonder Woman jibesActor who played the character on TV in the 70s condemns Avatar director’s criticisms of the Patty Jenkins big-screen adaptation
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'I felt filled with conflict'In telling the story of her settler ancestors, the Salt Creek author knew she was on controversial ground. Two years and much praise later, she still feels torn
the big picture
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Panda-monium and peppersA selection of the best photographs from around the world including modern Shakespeare and a giant puppet
Anzac row US museum under fire over display of skull of Australian soldier