Our school systems are broken. Let's grab this chance to remake them

Classrooms returning to normal is a priority. But why not create a ‘new normal’, fuelled by lessons learned in lockdown?

Hongkongers face a Kafkaesque reality as censors outlaw the words of protest

Opponents of the national security law have been reduced to holding blank sheets of paper to avoid instant arrest

Donald Trump rushed to reopen America – now Covid is closing in on him

The president trumpets jobs figures built on thin ice but does nothing to protect those about to lose their health and homes

The civil service is right to be paranoid about Boris Johnson’s Gang of Three

The purge of Whitehall’s senior officials strokes a chilly finger down the spines of all other civil servants

David And Victoria Beckham Share Candid Family Photos In Honour Of Wedding Anniversary

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Sharon Osbourne Unimpressed By Kanye West's Tweet About Kim Kardashian's Billionaire Status

Sharon Osbourne has hit out at Kanye West, after the rapper shared a post on Twitter about his wife Kim Kardashian’s billionaire status. Speaking...

Five Years After Its Broadway Debut, Hamilton Arrives On Disney+ To A Nuanced Response

The release of Hamilton on Disney  on Friday finally made the Pulitzer-winning musical available to a mass audience, and social media takes on the...

Will Angela Merkel save Europe?

Solving the EU’s problems will take more than her coronavirus recovery plan

Weddings can be bliss... if you have no guests! 

Coronavirus has dumped a great big bucket of cold water on Britain’s Bridezillas. No huge party, no being walked down the aisle by dad (does...

Two tiny TV stars brought us the week’s real news

News in Pictures

Family members release balloons during a memorial and rally for peace in memory of Horace Lorenzo Anderson on July 2, 2020 in Seattle, Washington....

As the years pass in silence, when will this national disgrace end?

We may not have emerged with the rippling abs we hoped for when the keys turned all those months ago. We did not learn French. We still cannot play...

Beyond Covid, our NHS must be at its best where it is needed most

Figures from the National Records of Scotland show those living in the most deprived areas have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19, and...

Woman Dies After Car Drives Into Crowd At Seattle Protest Against Police Brutality

A woman has died, and another left seriously injured, after a car drove onto a closed road and struck two people protesting against police...

Celebrating 72 years Of Britain’s National Health Service

Trump Blames China For Covid-19 Spread At Crowded Independence Day Celebration

Continuing to ignore the advice of scientists and public health experts who’ve urged Americans to remain socially distanced as Covid-19 cases...

 In which my date gets postponed 

We can’t meet at my local hotel as I’m barred for being too intimidating It’s a small world, isn’t it? There’s a virus outbreak nearly 6,000...

Don't give up on your relationships this week, Cancer

 Cancer 22 JUNE-23 JULY A Lunar Eclipse in your opposite sign of Capricorn suggests that a platonic or romantic relationship is going through a...

I get turned on by giving women money, but now I'm £20k in debt

I will always remember the first time I realised I was into being dominated. I was in secondary school and a girl in my class wanted me to pay for...

Our relationships expert Zelda West-Meads answers your questions

If you have a problem, email z.west-meads@you.co.uk. Zelda reads all your letters but regrets that she cannot answer them all personally He’s...

 I can't run away from my grief any longer 

Hair: Fabio Nogueira. Make-up: Ruby Hammer. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Dress, Stine Goya, fenwick.co.uk. Jewellery, AlIghieri So, lockdown is finally...

I decided to freeze my eggs – and other women should do the same

Romeo, Romeo: will she get the top job?

Meet the Field Marshal who knew 200 poems by heart

Queen Victoria cruise ship anchored off east coast

The Queen Victoria, a Vista-class cruise ship operated by the Cunard line, is currently at anchor some three miles off Kessingland. It is reported...

Paddy Davitt: Norwich City player ratings after a 1-0 Premier League loss to Brighton

Opinion Here is Paddy’s verdict on Daniel Farke’s men, who judging by the body language on the final whistle looked to have accepted their...

Who will win the Border war over coronavirus?

WHEN is a border not a border? When a Tory Prime Minister wants to pick a fight. Boris Johnson's remark last week that there “is no border...

The Andrew Marr Show, Ridge on Sunday, review

WITH the pubs opening in England on Saturday the glum buckets (copyright Boris Johnson) had predicted carnage. So much so that this viewer half...

A summer without its heart and soul

ANOTHER quiet week in Hoolet. There’s nothing remarkable about that at the moment, but the lack of activity feels particularly odd right now. At...

Whatever happened to Marlin and Hoolie? Scotland’s disappearing birds of prey

JUST to warn you: this story does not have a happy ending. At least, not yet. It’s about two birds of prey called Marlin and Hoolie and what...

Another difficult day may have left Duda on the fringes as City look to the future

Ondrej Duda heads for the centre circle after Leandro Trossard's goal for Brighton at Carrow Road Picture: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images ©Focus...

Dumping junk has become a national pastime

IT was the sofa I spotted first, half-blocking the path through the woods. The faded burgundy material was already soggy, its velvet arms...

The quiet joy of smoking a pipe

FOR 40 years I have smoked a pipe, the tell-tale signs being small singed perforations of shirts and trousers through which a hairy chest or red...

What do we expect of our NHS?

IT’S been a long haul for us all – and a longer haul for those who continue to need to shield. Perhaps when the virus began to unleash itself upon...

Black Lives Matter: Forget the badge and salute the sentiment, says NICK FERRARI

AS IT'S been so supremely successful on the football pitch it seems fair to use a sporting metaphor to look back at events of the past few days and...

It's almost a serene atmosphere as pub regulars quench their 104-day thirst

SUPER Saturday, Gin-dependence Day or quite possibly Barmageddon. Call it what you will, I’ve a 104-day thirst that a four-pack of supermarket...

Maajid Nawaz destroys Chinese government for "genocide" against Uighur Muslims

4 July 2020, 15:10 By Seán Hickey Maajid called on listeners to put aside political motivations and to criticise China's abuses in Hong Kong and...

Former Chief Science Adviser: reopening pubs will "no question" cost lives

4 July 2020, 12:27 By Seán Hickey A member of independent SAGE suggested that England should have stayed in lockdown for a few more weeks to be in...

Boot out the idea of robot referees, and let’s bring in two extra linesmen

I’ve heard it all now! They’re proposing to introduce robot referees to rule on offside at the 2020 World Cup Finals. Apparently the technology...

Henrik volunteering to be my centre-half said it all. He deserves another chance in management

Henrik Larsson has been in the headlines, and it’s all been to help send out a positive message in the most tragic of circumstances. The Swede...

Brexit Poses 'Risks' To Fight Against Terror If UK Leaves EU Anti-Crime Deals - Watchdog

Coronavirus has changed everything. Make sense of it all with the Waugh Zone, our evening politics briefing. Sign up now. A police watchdog has...

Boris Johnson Leads Nationwide Clap As Protesters Call To End 'Racial Disparity Within NHS'

Boris Johnson has joined people in a nationwide round of applause to mark the 72nd anniversary of the NHS. Members of the public were encouraged to...

So many people are sentenced and disappeared in Egypt, it’s a blur

Don't scorn languages. It's the polyglots who prosper

How Covid-19 exposed the UK’s public toilet crisis

Near to my home in east London there is a park. Near to that park, there is a pub, which has been offering takeaway beers and cocktails, plus a...

Covid-19 has exposed the UK’s public toilet crisis

Near to my home in east London there is a park. Near to that park, there is a pub, which has been offering takeaway beers and cocktails, plus a...

Could you have £10k in the attic? These 30 vinyl albums are worth a mint

Britain’s lofts, garages, spare rooms and cellars have never felt so much love as they have in the past three months. If lockdown has had you...

There is shocking silence over the thousands with disabilities dying during the pandemic

The investment guru Warren Buffet famously said that only when the tide goes out do you see who has been swimming naked. He was referring to how a...

A plan B for independence is vital – Helen Martin

IT is so difficult for Nicola Sturgeon, who puts people and lives before politics during this pandemic, to deal with Boris Johnson who remains...

Pubs reopening marks end of "sledgehammer to crack a nut" lockdown strategy

4 July 2020, 16:15 | Updated: 4 July 2020, 16:32 By Seán Hickey Local lockdowns will be the only way forward for the UK as England loosens...