Should Britain pay reparations for slavery?
King Charles is in the Caribbean – his first tour there as monarch. Along with the royal processions, meetings and public appearances, Charl...
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Have data centres become a defining issue in the US midterms?
Tomorrow, Americans head to the polls in the most expensive election in US political history: the 2026 midterms. Although Trump’s not on the...
Bodybuilding to death - why young athletes are dying
Last month, 33 year old bodybuilder Mateusz Chmura collapsed and died during a prestigious UK competition. The cause of his death is yet to...
Fairies, foxtrots and sauciness: my night at the romantasy ball - The Saturday Story
The latest installment of the wildly popular Court of Thorns and Roses series hit the bookstores on Tuesday. Mega fans celebrated the midnig...
Q&A: Israel on a knife edge, freedom of movement back on the cards and what next for Christa Pike?
Following this week’s elections in Israel, will Benjamin Netanyahu cling on as Prime Minister? Why did Christa Pike’s execution fail? And as...
What does the budget mean for you?
Chancellor John Healey has delivered the first budget of Andy Burnham’s government. It was a deliberately low-key statement marked by a stri...
Prepping goes mainstream - how ready should we be?
Last Friday, the UK government told British households to have three days’ worth of food and water in their homes, as insurance against nati...
Does the Thomas Markle scandal change how we see Meghan?
Investigators in the Philippines are looking into Thomas Markle Sr, the father of the Duchess of Sussex, after his son told authorities he h...
What do you want to know?
We’re publishing our monthly Q&A episode this Friday. Send us your questions by Wednesday, 28 October, 5pm GMT. We want to hear from you - e...
The inside story of Burnham's first 100 days
Tomorrow is Andy Burnham’s 100th day in office. To mark the occasion, the prime minister sat down for a series of four interviews with The S...
The teen girls trying to ban school uniforms in porn - The Sunday Story
Four schoolgirls in Bicester are asking the government to ban school uniforms in porn, arguing it sexualises minors and puts them at risk. T...
What no one tells you about grief - The Saturday Story
Three years ago, the journalist Ann Treneman was told that her husband, Ian, had inoperable cancer. Just six weeks later, Ian had died. As t...
Brazil’s election – are the Bolsonaros back?
This Sunday, Brazilians go to the polls to choose their new president. It’s a hugely consequential contest between the incumbent president,...
Why did Labour just approve a new North Sea gasfield?
Yesterday, Labour greenlit Jackdaw, the biggest new British gasfield in almost a decade. But, will it help with energy security or reducing...
Why riots are suddenly everywhere in Europe
What began as student protests in France against a struggling education system has erupted into a wider wave of unrest over the rising cost...
Inside Kyiv: the firefighters facing Russia’s attacks
For residents of Kyiv, 2026 has been the deadliest since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Air defences are virtually none...
The fight to expose Mexico's sex-trafficking capital
In Tenancingo, the country’s sex trafficking capital, children as young as eleven are being forced into prostitution. When they can no longe...
SAS in Syria: the untold murder probe - The Sunday Story
After an operation in 2022 to detain the leader of a terrorist cell goes wrong, the SAS is plunged into crisis raising questions about the f...
Sir Anthony Beevor: Russia is ‘a prisoner of their own past’ – The Saturday Story
The multitude of interconnected wars engulfing the globe are leading many to draw parallels with 1939, the eve of the Second World War. Hist...
US midterms: Can the Democrats flip Texas?
On November 3, Americans will head to the polls for midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of D...