8 h. ago Now Scots grooming gangs are smuggling phones into children's care homes to prey on vulnerable youngsters

A senior Scottish care worker has told how grooming gangsare now smuggling phones into children's care homes to make contact with vulnerable youngsters.

Society

36 h. ago Nearly 40,000 gallons of water sold in six states under recall for ‘foreign black substance’

Recalled distilled water jugs were sold at Meijer stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin

Politics

69 h. ago The world of today looks bad, but take hope: we’ve been here before and got through it – and we will again | Martin Kettle

As I write my last regular column for the Guardian, my thoughts turn to the lessons and hope we can take from historyFrom Greenland’s icy mountains, from India’s coral strand, as the old hymn has it, we seem to inhabit a world that is more seriously troubled in more places than many can ever remember. In the UK, national morale feels all but shot. Politics commands little faith. Ditto the media. The idea that, as a country, we still have enough in common to carry us through – the idea embedded in Britain’s once potent Churchillian myth – feels increasingly threadbare.Welcome, in short, to the Britain of the mid-1980s. That Britain often felt like a broken nation in a broken world, very much as Britain often does in the mid-2020s. The breakages were of course very different. And on one important level, misery is the river of the world. But, for those who can still recall them, the 1980s moods of crisis and uncertainty have things in common with those of today.Martin Kettle is a Guard...

Politics

4 d. ago ITV Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid addresses absence as guest falls 'poorly'

Presenters Susanna Reid and Ed Balls were back on ITV Good Morning Britain on Tuesday to wake up the nation with the latest news headlines from across the globe

Culture

4 d. ago More than 10,000 foreign nationals who came to Britain as care workers have lodged asylum claims

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, showed a rapid escalation in asylum claims by foreign care workers.

Events

8 d. ago Voices: The world’s worst humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Sudan

As the conflict in Sudan passes the grim milestone of 1,000 days, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper writes that the same diplomatic energy that helped end the war in Gaza is needed to end the crisis

Events

1 week ago Livingston social care worker struck off after being convicted of stealing cash

On various occasions between in October 2024, Forgiveness Chitengwa stole a quantity of cash from a service user’s home.

Economics

1 week ago Depraved children's care home worker jailed after grooming and raping vulnerable girls

Alexander “Sandy” Boyd was convicted grooming, assault and rape, after a trial into historic sex abuse in Oban.

Society

1 week ago Care worker took life day before appearing in court on sexual offence charges

Grzegorz Zytowiecki, 54, was found dead at a New Forest campsite the day before he was due at Southampton Magistrates' Court — and left a final note to his wife

Events

1 week ago 'Hitman who claimed he was a beekeeper' to be extradited to Albania after being accused of ordering man's murder in blood feud

Lorenc Lala, 48, arrived in the country on a British Airways flight in August 2023 with his wife later applying for a skilled worker visa in the care sector.

Events

1 week ago Care worker killed himself day before court appearance on sex offence charge

The 54-year-old husband and father was due in court a year after being arrested and suspended from his job

Events

1 week ago 'I tried £1 curries from Tesco, Sainsbury's, Iceland and Asda

Britain is a nation of curry lovers and supermarkets stock a huge range of curry dishes with some costing as little as £1. YouTube content creator Sam Wilder has spent the last year sampling budget meals from various supermarkets and has found his favourite

Economics

2 w. ago Keir Starmer promises Brits will 'have more money' as criticism mounts

In the next 12 months 'more people will begin to feel positive change', Sir Keir Starmer told the nation in his New Year's address. 'We are getting Britain back on track', he added

Politics

2 w. ago Curb the cod, park the prawns: top chefs on how to swap out the ‘big five’ seafood

From moules marinière to scallop, bacon and garlic butter rolls, here’s how to cast your culinary net wider and embrace more sustainable speciesFor a nation surrounded by water, Britain’s seafood tastes are remarkably parochial – we mostly eat cod, haddock, salmon, tuna and prawns. But with a huge range of species out there, making the decision to swap the “big five” for more sustainable options could be a good new year resolution to aim for. Here are five species to consider – and if you’re worried these won’t taste as good as cod and chips, we’ve rounded up a selection of top chefs to tell you how to make the best of what could be on your plate in 2026. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago The great retreat: Up to a million Romanians came to the UK to work as cleaners and builders... now nearly 40,000 are leaving each year to escape crime, the crumbling NHS and the cost of living

The numbers of Romanians leaving the UK are higher than for any other EU nationality, dwarfing the 25,000 Poles who left Britain to return to their low-tax homeland in the year up to last June.

Economics

2 w. ago The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony Hall

I love many shows on the streaming channels, but the BBC is our storyteller. It defines a nation and its culture – and we must defend itTony Hall was director general of the BBC between April 2013 and August 2020Don’t let President Trump cloud the real debate about the BBC. Of course, his demand for damages of no less than $5bn has dominated our thinking about the corporation over the past few weeks, as has its cause. But let’s get this into perspective. This was a serious own goal and journalists make mistakes. Salvation in this case would have been a line of script between the clips, or once a mistake had been discovered, a very speedy public acknowledgment. Now, though, the BBC is right not to yield on this. It has apologised. And, unlike other broadcasters and institutions in the United States, it doesn’t need the president’s support. This is a chance to demonstrate the BBC’s independence. Fight on.But we must not let this cloud the debate here about the sort of BBC we all want ...

Politics

2 w. ago Britain's 40,000 small boat migrant arrivals are nothing, United Nations official suggests

Filippo Grandi, the outgoing head of the UN refugee agency, said the UK's 41,000 arrivals this year represented a small number compared to what other countries faced.

Politics

3 w. ago More than 13,000 foreign nationals claimed asylum in Britain after first coming here on a work visa in the last year

In a growing loophole in Britain's border controls, Home Office data shows the number of work migrants who later claim they are refugees is soaring under Labour.

Economics

3 w. ago Hundreds of thousands newly displaced as Islamic State insurgency expands in Mozambique

Rising numbers of people flee jihadists, as violence against civilians increases and foreign aid dwindlesMore than 300,000 people have been displaced by an Islamic State insurgency in Mozambique since July, amid growing fears that authorities lack a workable plan to end the fighting.With wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan attracting more attention and foreign aid falling, the grinding conflict in Mozambique has been largely ignored or forgotten. More than 1 million people have been displaced, many of them two, three or even four times. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago The migrant social workers who RAPED women in Swedish care homes: Iraqi abused 100

According to a recent investigation, 398 rapes against women over the age of 60 have been reported in Sweden between 2021 and the present day.

Events