Met settles claim brought by Palestine activist ‘treated like a criminal’ during arrest

Tej Singh Bhandal, 68, was pulled from a queue and detained under terrorism law in ‘creeping criminalisation of protest action’ ...

South West Water’s failure to fix leaks ‘putting customer supplies at risk’

With parts of region served by company in severe drought still, regulators give it six weeks to come up with action plan ...
Opinion

Sports owners bet big on Republicans. What does their defeat mean for US sports?

Sports billionaires backed Republicans, but Democratic victories leave familiar questions over gambling, stadium subsidies and who really holds power.

Not just Congress: Democrats’ blue wave washes over state legislatures across US

Democrats gain hundreds of seats in historic victories – and party set to embark on aggressive legislative spree ...

‘In our veins’: Arsenal pushed by pain of Champions League final defeat, says Raya

David Raya has said Arsenal are using the pain of losing on penalties against Paris Saint-Germain in last year’s Champions League final to ‘make it better this year’ ...

‘By the time the abuse ended, I was 16, and a husk’: how Johnny Daukes survived his childhood – and fought back

Daukes was an outgoing 10-year-old when he met boys’ club leader John Phillips. As an adult, he lived through years of chaos and self-sabotage, while repressing his experiences. Then he found out his ...

Was one of the great novels of the Enlightenment written by a man who thought he was a werewolf?

Surreal, mysterious and with an outlandish origin story, Jan Potocki’s The Manuscript Found in Saragossa has amassed a cult following that includes Salman Rushdie and Jerry Garcia. But it’s the book’s ...

‘It’s so glossy and sexy!’: 10 movies (and one TV show) that inspired Grand Theft Auto

As GTA 6 looms, we look at the films that have influenced Rockstars creatives, from Heat to Bonnie and Clyde, via Boyz n the Hood and Speed ...

‘No one cares about the little guy’: Sri Lanka’s fishers still reeling from 2021 toxic plastic spill

A stricken container ship shed tonnes of tiny pellets called nurdles on the west coast. Five years on, locals are counting the cost to marine life and livelihoods ...

Jimmy review – simple-minded James Stewart biopic is too straightforward

Riverdale’s KJ Apa gives surprisingly solid performance but this corny look at iconic actor’s life is missed opportunity ...
Opinion

No amount of sliding in the polls can shake Kemi Badenoch’s self-belief – or alter her party’s direction

Two years in to her leadership, Badenoch continues to take the Tories ever-rightwards, into comfort-zone Conservatism, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett ...

Gen X holds a third of UK wealth but feels overlooked by advertisers, Guardian Advertising and Initiative UK research reveals

Joining the dots between acid house and retirement, the Spice Girls and the menopause, Pac-Man and mortgage rates - Generation Remix: Meet gen X in midlife explores what happened to the generation ...