The Guardian Articles

So farewell then, Eurosport. For 36 years you were the bric-a-brac of satellite channels, dishing up the curios and the comforting, the magnificent and the strange. You were the friend we ignored for weeks at a time, until the Australian Open, the Giro D’Italia, or some esoteric sport from an …

Few annual tournaments lay bare the truth as brutally or swiftly as the Six Nations. There are no play-yourself-in pool games, no one-off-the-mark half-volleys. The opposition want your guts from minute one and, particularly away from home, there is no hiding place. Even in boxing they allow you a pair …

“Inspire and entertain”. Since he took over as England head coach in November 2022, that has been the mantra from Jon Lewis. Players have been encouraged to embrace and defend his philosophy, as Sophia Dunkley did in Sydney, after

England surrendered the Ashes

Today’s puzzles celebrate prime numbers – those beguiling numbers that divide only by themselves and 1, a sequence that begins 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, and carries on forever.

The first question was suggested by Steve Thompson…a maths teacher who became one of the UK’s most successful TV screenwriters.

Ukrainian refugees face losing their jobs and homes due to uncertainty over the Home Office’s visa extension process which will leave some with an eight-week gap in which they are unable to prove their right to live and work in the UK.

Some have already been refused tenancy renewal because …

Good morning.

For over a year, Gaza’s already underresourced healthcare system has faced “

relentless

The Department for Work and Pensions has been accused of blocking a whistleblower who repeatedly raised the alarm about carer’s allowance from giving evidence to an independent review of the scandal-hit benefit.

The DWP staffer was told by a senior official it was inappropriate to

share with …

“Good things come to those who wait” may have been an effective slogan for selling Guinness but City investors are demanding more urgency to slake their thirst.

With a crucial half-year results presentation likely to take place on Tuesday, their patience with the boss of Diageo – the global drinks …

The month begins with a well-situated meeting between the moon and Mars. The chart shows the view looking into the east-south-eastern sky from London at 2000 GMT on 9 February.

But you don’t have to wait this long, because the pair will be visible from sunset, rising from the …

For all motorists, but perhaps the Ferrari-collecting rocker Rod Stewart in particular, it will be music to the ears: researchers have developed a road surface that heals when it cracks, preventing potholes without a need for human intervention.

The international team devised a self-healing bitumen that mends cracks as they …