As cases in Brixham, Devon, rise, heres what we know about the infectious disease and the parasite that causes it With a parasite that can cause diarrhoea found in the drinking water supply in parts of south Devon, we take a look at the organism involved and how infection can be avoided. Continue reading...

Kulveer Ranger resigns Tory whip after committee also recommends suspension from House of Lords for three weeks A peer is set to be suspended from House of Lords bars for 12 months after he was found to have bullied and harassed two people while drunk. Kulveer Ranger has resigned the government whip after the House of Lords conduct committee also recommended that he be suspended from the house for three weeks. Continue reading...

Her inquiry appearance has been long awaited. So far, no official has been held accountable for the ruining of so many lives Strange to think the northern lights have been glimpsed in public more frequently over the past few years than the former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells . I didnt see the northern lights last week, but I will see Vennells close up next week, when at very, very long last she presents herself before the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal. Polite notice: if your attent

Benediktas Gylys admits he was surprised by the rowdy behavior that came from the exhibit connecting people in the two cities The artist behind the controversial Portal art exhibit that visually linked New York and Dublin in real-time, but was then closed due to rowdy and extreme behavior by the public using it, has admitted he was surprised by the reaction. Benediktas Gylys also vowed to continue with his project, which has the aim of connecting people and communities all over the world and is

An NHS trusts attempts to bring a crucial drug to market itself is hopeful news for patients Dr Catriona Crombie is the head of rare disease at medical charity LifeArc Healthcare should make peoples lives better. That fact can hardly be contested. Yet for some patients with rare diseases, commercial interests are dictating who gets to access life-saving treatment and who doesnt. Pharmaceutical companies have long been driven by global demand and the potential for the highest profits. In the past

Exiled from their home since it was occupied by Morocco in the mid-70s, nearly 200,000 Sahrawis live in camps in Algeria. Now in its 18th year, the FiSahara festival is a window to the world Photographs by Susan Schulman for the Guardian From the outside, Asria Mohameds tent in a refugee camp in south-west Algeria could be mistaken for a typical four-door nomadic dwelling used by Sahrawis, people from Western Sahara, though it is smaller in size. Inside, however, is a series of QR codes attache

Fans started their preparations four days before games and would release pigeons to celebrate goals, this book extract reveals Football in Albania is a national obsession. Yet between the late 1960s and Stalinisms slow, lingering death in 1991, it became more than mere fixation. In a country where the 1967 rewriting of the constitution denied people their freedom of faith, football became the new religion, with pilgrims from Gjirokastr to Shkodr, Lezh to Sarand, filling stadiums every Sunday aft

Prevalence of food hypersensitivity greater than thought, with allergy to peanuts or tree nuts most common One in 20 adults in the UK has a confirmed food allergy and nearly a third have food insensitivities, according to the first study of its kind. The report by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) found 2.4 million adults (6%) had a clinically confirmed food allergy, the most common of which were to peanuts and tree nuts such as hazelnuts, walnuts and almonds. Many individuals also had allergies t

For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modis side his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is Indias second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical ways Late one night in November 2005, a small group of plain-clothed police officers pulled over a bus in western India. They escorted off a man named Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was joined on the side of the road by his wife, Kausar. Sheikh and Kausar were put into separate police cars and driven 600 miles away, acr

Before Tyson Fury takes on Oleksandr Usyk, his promoter tells Donald McRae that the controversial heavyweight deserves more credit for winning battles in and out of the ring Its well documented that hes bipolar, Frank Warren says of Tyson Fury as the promoter and the WBC world heavyweight champion hunker down for the last few days of preparation before the giant boxer steps into the ring in Riyadh on Saturday night. Fury faces the steely and canny Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the IBF, WBA and WBO t

Aid warehouses in southern two-thirds of territory are now empty and resupply will be very difficult, according to officials The UN has run out of tents and food to distribute to almost 2 million people in Gaza, the majority displaced from their homes and dependent on aid to stave off looming famine. UN officials told the Guardian on Wednesday afternoon that their warehouses were now completely empty south of the river dividing the northern third of the Gaza from the south, with no likelihood of

The government is preventing refugee families being reunited, but adopting one simple proposal could change that Alf Dubs is a Labour peer and patron of the Refugee Council When I was a child, I had to leave my mother behind as I fled the Nazis on the Kindertransport . I still remember the moment my father met me at Liverpool Street station in London. My mother had been refused an exit permit, but at the last minute she managed to escape and joined my father and me in the city. Only then, all to

Weddings are one-in-a-lifetime statements of wealth, taste and social capital. Maybe its human nature to want to dissect them A non-exhaustive list of things I have arbitrarily strong feelings about when it comes to weddings: headbands, the number of bridesmaids (more than five is too many), espresso martinis (should be banned), Mr Brightside (argh!), hats optional (an edict both stuffy and stressful), any kind of day-after event. Im hardly alone in my convictions. Heres a non-exhaustive list of

Trafalgar theatre, London The Olivier award-winner returns to her role as an actor in rehab in Duncan Macmillans brutally powerful play Duncan Macmillans 2015 play about addiction is a tricksy and unnerving thing, even for those who know whats coming. This reprise of the original National Theatre and Headlong production reunites some of its main players including director Jeremy Herrin and Denise Gough, who won an Olivier award for her lead performance. Gough plays Emma, an actor undergoing reha

Commander says authorities scrambling to keep up with supply trends as knife crimes rise Young people are using sites such as Telegram and TikTok to buy large knives for use in attacks and intimidation, with some linked to Britains drug wars, police said. Stephen Clayman, national lead for knife crime for the National Police Chiefs Council, made it clear on Tuesday that police want tougher action after a 7% year-on-year rise in knife offences, with a 20% rise in knife-point robberies. Continue r

With presidential election looming, officials in swing states like Nevada and Arizona are prioritizing issues crucial to constituents As the presidential election looms, Latino elected officials in swing states such as Nevada and Arizona are prioritizing the election issues that are most crucial to their constituents. On Tuesday, leaders held a press conference to urge Joe Biden to extend work permits for long-term undocumented immigrants. For more than a year, the Biden administration has used

Extra 270 million adults aged 69 or over will suffer dangerous heat levels of 37.5C due to global heating and ageing populations The heat exposure of older people will at least double in all continents by 2050, according to a study that highlights the combined risk posed by a warming world and an ageing population. Compared with today, there will be up to an extra 250 million people aged 69 or above who are exposed to dangerous levels of heat, defined as 37.5C. The paper warned this is likely to

Following our report into how bands are struggling to make ends meet from touring, over 100 musicians shared their stories with us from Brexit woes to the cost of rehearsing Indie rock frontman Sam Griffiths has made a spreadsheet listing the costs of his bands upcoming tour of Europe. It is a long list. Petrol: 750. Merchandise: 2,000. Euro crossings: 400. Van hire: 2,700. Accommodation: 3,500 Continue reading...

Conflicts in Gaza, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have led to a total of 68m IDPs across the world Conflict has forced more than 68 million people to leave their homes as of the end of 2023 the highest figure since data became available 15 years ago. Natural disasters made a further 7.7 million people homeless, pushing the total number of internally displaced people (IDPs) to a record 75.9 million, according to figures published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre on