How Birmingham bin strike exposes the divide between rich and poor
Phil Mackie Midlands correspondent, BBC News BBC Piles of uncollected waste lined the streets of Percy Road in Balsall Heath In parts of Birmingham waste continues to go uncollected as…
Gaza doctor describes daily struggle after health system collapse
Yolande Knell BBC Middle East Correspondent BBC Dr Sukkar says life in Gaza feels “like a nightmare that doesn’t end” Healthcare in the Gaza Strip is itself a casualty of…
Anxiety on US college campuses as foreign students deported
Brandon Drenon and Robin Levinson-King BBC News, Washington DC and Boston BBC For the last few weeks, many foreign students living in the US have watched as a sequence of…
Honours system ‘should not ignore disabled’
Disabled people should be more fairly recognised in the honours system as part of the government’s push to make awards reach a wider range of people, says Carly Jones, an…
Why Apple is stuck in tariff tussle
Annabelle Liang Business reporter Getty Images To leave or not to leave? China, home to more than a billion consumers, is Apple’s second-largest market Every iPhone comes with a label…
Schools misogyny ‘surge’ and ‘cheers for beers’
6 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave A wide range of stories lead Saturday’s front pages. The Guardian leads with a story on how misogyny and racism are “flooding UK schools” due…
Trump’s threat makes Ukraine mineral deal look like business move
Ukraine started today with, for once, the diplomatic wind in its sails. It had finally agreed a mineral deal “framework” with Washington. An agreement that would see the US invest…
Pubs to stay open later to mark 80th anniversary
Pubs in England and Wales will be able to stay open until 01:00 BST to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, the government has confirmed. Prime Minister Sir Keir…
Wales tourism tax ‘risky economic move’, says holiday let provider
Getty Images The Welsh government wants people staying overnight in Wales to pay £1.30 plus VAT per night for hotels, B&Bs and self-catering accommodation Introducing a tourism tax in Wales…
Trial of nearly 200 people opens after Turkey protests
A trial of nearly 200 people arrested in protests against the Turkish government has opened in Istanbul. Mass demonstrations began on 19 March after Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu – a…