News live: PM says Hanson should not ‘talk Australia down’ overseas; private schools cry poor in new ad campaign

BBC’s average audience was 9.7m, four times as much as its rival – similar to its lead four years ago Their respective World Cup studios have been pored over...

Andy Burnham has become the sixth UK prime minister in a decade after a transfer of power from his predecessor Keir Starmer.In his first address outside Down...

The developer of Duck Detective reveals details of her ‘sad grandma game’ follow-up: a whodunnit – or who-plans-to-do-it? – with a darker edgeSomeone wants t...

Tens of thousands of protesters have defied police orders and descended on Delhi to demand the resignation of India’s education minister in one of the larges...

Urban transport policies and residential design need to respect outdoor play as a vital necessity for children, says Ellen WeaverIn the brilliant Swiss resea...

Readers on the pros and cons of the government’s plan to give cohabiting partners marriage-like rightsRuth Deech’s article opposing cohabitation law reform o...

Manchester’s integrated care board offers the health service a domestic alternative to the US firm, says Dr Devan MoodleyRegarding Peter Geoghegan’s article...

Ruth Wilkinson on employers’ need to safeguard staff during heatwaves, and Christine Özden on keeping children safe in overheated schoolsHannah Spencer’s pro...

Young, old, midlife – whatever your age, gender or sector, the unemployment crisis is hitting us all. The only way through it is togetherThe personal experie...

Ex-Maine senate president is frontrunner to replace Platner, who ended his campaign after sexual assault allegationsTroy Jackson – a logger, longtime legisla...

Depression set to become tropical storm later on Monday as separate storm strengthens off Mexico’s Pacific coastA tropical depression was continuing to devel...

The Midwest and the Northeast are facing potentially intense thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday.