On the heels of a sports year that was chock full of surprises, Guardian US contributors make their bold predictions for the months to comeHere are our bold predictions for 2019 in sports. Please note the bold (or should that be bold?) in bold predictions: these are to be taken Read more
Two other security staff and woman also suffer knife wounds in attack in Mayfair Via: Park Lane stabbing: Bouncer knifed to death trying to stop New Year's party gatecrashers at exclusive London address
‘People shouldn’t be taking this very dangerous journey and if they do we need to send a very strong message that you won’t succeed’ Via: Migrant crossings: Sajid Javid says UK will do 'everything we can' to thwart asylum claims from people crossing Channel
NHS England urges patients to cancel appointments rather than just not show up as figures show more than 15 million GP appointments missed each year Via: NHS England losing £216m a year to missed GP appointments with one in 20 'wasted', figures show
Children are chomping their way through 300lb of sugar by the age of ten leading Action on Sugar to call for more hard-hitting tactics as Britain has the worst obesity rate in Western Europe. Via: Children are consuming 22 stones of sugar before the age of TEN as a third Read more
SARAH VINE: Grandparents are fuelling the nation’s obesity crisis’ via their ‘outdated beliefs’ — or at least that’s according to a new study of families in Birmingham and Edinburgh Via: No, Granny won’t ruin your little darlings with one sherbet dip too many says SARAH VINE
Zainab and Jannat Rahman are now promising A* pupils at the top of their school in east London, where they are both prefects. Via: Conjoined twins given a one-in-a-million chance of survival are vying for a place at Oxbridge
Anmol Rodriguez, from Mumbai, India, was left with a melted face and neck in the horrifying attack, which also killed her mother who was breast-feeding her at the time. Via: Woman who was a baby when her father doused her in acid now runs her own survivor foundation
The video shows the packed bridge collapses under the weight of park-goers, just minutes after the clock struck midnight. Via: Terrifying moment crowded bridge collapses leaving 13 injured moments in Moscow's famous Gorky Park
Foreign Office criticised for seeking to recoup outlay on victims’ fares and expensesThe Foreign Office is seeking to recoup the cost of repatriating young women who have been forced into marriages overseas, it has been revealed, with charities criticising the government for making women “pay for their protection”.An investigation found Read more