Month: March 2018

‘One can’t be too careful in today’s world, Prince Mohammed. But I assure you there’s no polonium in the beef bourguignon.’ Via: Mac on… Prince Mohammed bin Salman's UK visit

The cuckoo’s favourite host on Wicken Fen, a nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, is the reed warbler. Studies have revealed an evolutionary ‘arms race’ involving cuckoo trickery. Via: Cuckoo chick being fed by its tiny hedge sparrow 'mother'

Ministers have told UK care home bosses they must remove the hidden fees, which can reach thousands of pounds, with the threat of legislation if they fail to ditch unscrupulous practices. Via: UK care homes that charge families after relative dies to be banned

Winners of Wednesday’s game in Orlando will take titleEmail beau.dure.freelance@theguardian.com or tweet @duresport 2.00am GMT 90 mins +3: Williams knocks down a couple of defenders. England should have the ball at the top of their own arc, but it’s somehow knocked far down the field. Then a ballgirl tosses another Read more…

In the year of #MeToo and Time’s Up, 8 March keeps the spotlight on women calling for change. Follow the day’s global action liveTell us what you are doing on International Women’s DayJulia Gillard: We can’t own girls. We owe themTheresa May: Our new domestic violence bill will outlaw economic Read more…

Tens of thousands of patients forced to wait for hours after being admitted to hospital Via: Record levels of hospital patients waiting on trollies, NHS think tank warns