Discover

Curated articles from sources across the web

24703 articles from 16 sources
Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school
T
The Guardian · World

Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school

Under new guidelines caning will only be used in schools for male students aged nine and aboveMale school students who bully others, including through cyberbullying, will face caning as a “last resort” under new guidelines introduced in Singapore.Male students can face up to three strokes of the can...

Rebecca Ratcliffe
Read
Rare pregnancy complication has put UK women into ‘emergency surgery’
T
The Guardian · World

Rare pregnancy complication has put UK women into ‘emergency surgery’

Scores of women have told how they were affected by placenta accreta spectrum for an awareness campaignWomen have had to undergo major emergency surgery, including a hysterectomy, when medical staff failed to detect they had a rare but potentially fatal complication of pregnancy.Scores of women have...

Denis Campbell
Read
Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean
T
The Guardian · World

Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean

Wastewater from nearly 40,000 people and businesses pumped straight into sea as island still has no treatment plantRaw sewage from nearly 40,000 people and businesses is being pumped straight into the sea because the British overseas territory of Gibraltar does not have, and has never had, a wastewa...

Rachel Salvidge
Read
EU trade deal could force UK to restrict use of weedkiller linked to cancer
T
The Guardian · World

EU trade deal could force UK to restrict use of weedkiller linked to cancer

Glyphosate is currently sprayed on cereal and pulse crops to dessicate them and make them easier to harvestA new trade deal with the EU could lead to restrictions on the use of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate on UK food crops.The full-spectrum herbicide, which kills almost every plant it tou...

Damien Gayle
Read
Attempts to stop prison drone drug deliveries hampered by crumbling Victorian walls
T
The Guardian · World

Attempts to stop prison drone drug deliveries hampered by crumbling Victorian walls

Plans to install tougher netting and window grilles set back because walls cannot take extra weight, prison governors sayWeak and crumbling walls in Victorian prisons are hampering attempts to halt drones from delivering drugs and weapons to inmates.Plans to install tougher netting and window grille...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
Read
Four in five Britons worried Iran war will make food more expensive, poll finds
T
The Guardian · World

Four in five Britons worried Iran war will make food more expensive, poll finds

Shoppers concerned about effect of Middle East conflict, as UK retailers say government running out of time to cut costsFour in five people are worried that the Iran war will make food more expensive, according to a new poll, as businesses warned the “window is closing” for ministers to cut energy c...

Alex Daniel
Read

Reading List