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For the Conservatives to host the inaugural Global Disability Summit, with their track record, is a staggering hypocrisy The first ever Global Disability Summit took place in London last week, with more than 700 delegates from governments, charitie...

Eddie Howe looks to have made typically shrewd acquisitions and will hope his young squad can again defy expectations and thrive in the top flight Guardian writers’ predicted position: 17th (NB: this is not necessarily Ben Fisher’s prediction but ...

Ruling means employers can be told of criminal charges that an individual has faced Police forces can reveal whether individuals have been acquitted of criminal charges when issuing information for enhanced record checks, the supreme court has rule...

The years since 2008 have seen a global crackdown on offshore finance. Yet a few places have doubled down on offering secrecy to the super-rich. Among these, one tiny Caribbean island might be the worst offender • Read the text version here Subscri...

In the second series of the meta comedy, its lead and creators found fame, making it a sanctimonious sitcom rife with celebrity schmoozing There is an awkward moment during an episode of Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Podcast when its host rais...

Exclusive: London threatens retaliation if Brussels refuses to change position on City UK negotiators have told their counterparts in Brussels that about 7,000 European-based investment funds that rely on British clients for their cash and profits ...

Nigel Buchan-Swanson, 69, who was fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support, collapsed at 56-mile point A man died after suffering a heart attack while taking part in Sunday’s RideLondon 100 cycling event, the organisers have said. Nigel Buchan-Swan...

Call for tougher animal cruelty laws following death of Kaos, who found quake survivors Animal rights activists in Italy have called for tougher penalties against animal cruelty after a rescue dog that saved people in a major earthquake was poisone...

More than 4,500 buildings at risk, officials say, with at least one arrest on suspicion of stealing from evacuated homes Thousands more people have fled their homes after wildfires surged near a small lake town in northern California as crews, stre...

Jon Watts traces China’s Belt and Road as it flows from the steppes of Central Asia down to the Black Sea and into Europe, creating ports, railways and entire cities from scratch and radically remaking the lives of the people in its path Continue r...

Human trafficking is hidden in plain sight – often on our high streets. To root out this evil, we must all be vigilant “Lucy” was 12 when she was told she was going on holiday with a family friend. She left her village in west Africa, excited to g...

Figure revealed in report commissioned by region’s mayor, Andy Burnham, in aftermath of Manchester Arena bomb Two-thirds of Greater Manchester residents have experienced hateful behaviour on the grounds of characteristics like race, religion and ge...

Boy allegedly ‘groomed’ by anti-fracking activists on social media, who were eventually banned from contacting him A 14-year-old A* student was referred to the government’s anti-extremism programme following concerns he was being “groomed” for envi...

Pope accepts resignation from Wilson, who is appealing his conviction The Pope has accepted the resignation of Adelaide Catholic archbishop Philip Wilson after he was convicted of concealing child abuse in May. Wilson became the most senior Catholi...

Fragmented rail privatisation has resulted in a fiasco for which no one person or company can justly be held responsible Which question is best when something goes wrong? How to put it right, or who to blame? The first makes sense, but the second ...

In the space of little more than a month, Bands FC has become a Twitter phenomenon. Created by Mark Liptrott of Concrete Studio and Nick Fraser, who sells merchandise for the Charlatans, they bring together football and music by pairing iconic iden...

Crops are wilting in parched fields, lowering the yields of kitchen staples including meat, wheat, potatoes, onions and milk Staple foods from bread to potatoes, onions, milk and meat may be in shorter supply than usual this year and prices to cons...

The death of Carrie Fisher didn’t end her role in the space saga and she’ll be back in Episode IX. But now may be the time for her to ‘drown in moonlight’ ‘If you die when you’re fat, are you a fat ghost? Or do they go back to a flattering time?” s...

The global demand for meat means more animals are moved around the world than ever before. Activists say the conditions they endure are intolerable – and we are all turning a blind eye At the Kapikule border crossing between Turkey and Bulgaria, Le...

The post-Mugabe era will be run by one of two candidates. But key to Zimbabwe’s progress is showing it can run a fair election “Mugabe has gone. Things will never be the same again.” For pretty much the average life expectancy of many Zimbabweans, ...