2 h. ago Plan your menu, get kids involved and be realistic: how to pack better school lunches

Guardian readers share their tips and tricks for cutting down food waste when packing school lunchesChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comParents of school-age children have their work cut out for them when it comes to providing good nutrition, particularly where school lunches are concerned. But with a bit of planning, there are ways to pack a lunch that gets eaten and reduce waste in the process. Here, readers share their tips for better packed lunches and ways to cut waste. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Woman conceives a child with the help of a robot in AI powered pregnancy

The 40-year-old woman from Mexico had difficulty producing eggs and failed to get pregnant via IVF - so 'precise' AI was used with a 'level of accuracy beyond human capability'

Politics

4 h. ago 'I went to Coachella and here's what they don't tell you about the food and the toilets'

A woman has shared some of the secrets of Coachella, one of the world's biggest music events - and warned people to bring certain items for a more comfortable experience

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5 h. ago Husband left dead wife in the back of his car while he went to a job interview

Jorge Mares Raygoza, 47, has been detained after his wife Coral Llamas Sifuentes was murdered when she was confronted about having an affair, according to explosive court documents

Events

5 h. ago RICHARD EDEN: Heartache for bonkbuster author Jilly Cooper as daughter and husband split

I can disclose that the author's daughter, Emily, who lives 20 or so miles from Jilly's manor house in the Cotswolds, is now on her own, following the departure of her husband, Adam Tarrant.

Culture

6 h. ago Jaime King opens up about ‘terrifying’ experience of losing full custody of her children

The actor says it’s ‘scary’ for her to talk publicly about custody battle for first time

Events

6 h. ago Woman fighting for her life after being hit by van on golf course in police chase

Officers began chasing the van after reports of suspicious activity - but moments later, it came off the road and went up an embankment into a golf club, where it slammed into a woman

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6 h. ago Woman's dog 'disappears' then she watched haunting Ring doorbell footage

A man was captured on a Ring doorbell camera looking straight into the woman's home before creeping down an alley, and then her cockapoo puppy disappeared, as police launched a dog theft probe

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7 h. ago Meghan Trainor reveals husband is also using Mounjaro after he gained some sympathy ‘pregnancy weight’

The ‘Dear Future Husband’ singer revealed she was taking Mounjaro earlier this month

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7 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s Motsi Mabuse's husband says he’s ‘grateful’ in birthday tribute

The couple, who married in 2017, share a young daughter together

Events

7 h. ago Pig kidney removed from Alabama woman a record 130 days after transplant

Xenotransplantation is experimental but has the promise of increasing organ supply

Politics

8 h. ago Pig kidney removed from Alabama woman after a record 130 days

Xenotransplantation is experimental but has the promise of increasing organ supply

Politics

8 h. ago Woman diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer at 38 after mistaking symptom for being a busy mom

Shaedra Byrd from Texas said that the weight loss became so noticeable, that friends and family started complimenting her and she enjoyed the praise.

Science

8 h. ago Woman gives birth to stranger's baby after horror IVF mix up

Both couples involved in the IVF scandal are said to be haeartbroken and considering legal action against the Melbourne-based firm, Monash IVF, which issued apologies

Events

8 h. ago UK woman says she was arrested after confiscating her daughters’ iPads

Vanessa Brown called police response in Cobham, Surrey, ‘a complete overreaction’ that left her ‘catatonic’A history teacher has said she was arrested and blocked from seeing her daughters after she confiscated their iPads.Vanessa Brown, 50, described her “unspeakable devastation and trauma” after spending seven-and-a-half hours in a cell on 26 March after a claim that she had stolen two iPads. She was later released with bail conditions that barred her from speaking to anyone connected to the investigation – including her children – until the case was dropped.Brown told LBC she had taken the iPads to encourage her daughters to focus on their schoolwork. Surrey police tracked the devices to Brown’s mother’s house in Cobham, Surrey, and later accepted the devices belonged to her children and she was “entitled” to confiscate them. “I find it quite traumatic even talking about this now,” Brown said. “At no point did [the officers] think to themselves, ‘Oh, this is a little bit of an ov...

Events

8 h. ago Man who arrived at house with bag of murder weapons tried to kill trio in horrifying attack

Michael Brock has been given a life sentence after targeting two men and two women in a vicious attack

Events

8 h. ago IOPC investigate after woman hit on golf course by van being pursued by police

A woman was critically injured after a van being chased by police left the road and mounted an embankment at Aston Wood Golf Club.

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8 h. ago Woman is left fighting for her life after van being chased by police careers onto golf course and hits her

Paramedics were called at 10.26am to reports a pedestrian had been critically injured after being run down near Aston Wood Golf Club, north of Birmingham.

Events

9 h. ago Woman awarded $15m after alleged slip and fall at The Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas

Deborah Fenton sustained unspecified injuries when she allegedly slipped in a bar at The Comopolitan hotel

Society

9 h. ago Police want to speak to this man after woman sexually assaulted on tram

Police say the man could assist with enquiries

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