The Guardian Articles

It feels like a very British response to a crisis. When second world war pilot Clive Beadon’s bomber caught fire during a low-level attack on the Burma-Siam railway, he and his crew poured tea from their flasks to douse the flames.

The medals of Wg Cmdr Beadon, who managed to …

The High Speed 1 line that carries Eurostar trains from London to the Channel tunnel has been forced by the regulator to cut the prices it charges rail companies in a push to open up the route to more operators.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said it hoped …

The Garrahan paediatric hospital in Buenos Aires swarms with patients, parents and medical workers. Families stand shoulder-to-shoulder waiting for appointments, while staff race between dozens of operating rooms. In wards decorated with cartoon characters, mothers and fathers rest cheeks on their children’s.

The Garrahan treats more than 125,000 patients each …

Justin Trudeau could announce his resignation as early as Monday, two leading Canadian newspapers have reported, after a snowballing leadership crisis that has caused the prime minister to lose support within his party.

The Globe and Mail newspaper

cited three sources

Mia Brookes, at just two days older than Luke Littler, became the second British teenager in two days to claim a world sporting title when she produced another incredible display of big air snowboarding on Sunday.

The 17-year-old Briton sealed back-to-back World Cup victories after December’s triumph in Beijing with …

Much of the UK remains under weather warnings after snow, ice and rain caused

extensive travel disruption

We would like to hear your experience of the winter weather …

Aldi has reported its “best Christmas ever” after Britain’s fourth-biggest grocer said it made sales of more than £1.6bn in the four weeks to Christmas Eve, thanks in part to shoppers trading up to its premium range.

The supermarket chain said total sales for the crucial holiday period increased by …

More than half of British companies are planning price rises in the next three months, according to research that found UK business confidence has slumped to its lowest since the chaos of

Liz Truss’s brief stint as prime minister

Of 4,800 businesses polled by the British Chambers …

The climate crisis is “wreaking havoc” on the planet’s water cycle, with ferocious floods and crippling droughts affecting billions of people, a report has found.

Water is people’s most vital natural resource but global heating is changing the way water moves around the Earth. The analysis of water disasters in …

The injustice of the NFL’s playoff seeding system rears its ugly head once again

Now that we know how the 2024 NFL playoffs are seeded from top to bottom, it’s time once again to complain about the league’s ugly secret: Its system for awarding playoff position, and thus which teams …