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Arsenal injury update: Jurrien Timber, Cristhian Mosquera and Bruno Guimaraes latest news and return dates

Arsenal handed big boost ahead of new Champions League campaign

Starwatch: Waning crescent moon gets close to brilliant beacon of Jupiter

The moon will pass less than a degree north of the giant planet and will be on its other side the next morning Those already out and about at 5am this week will be rewarded with a beautiful waning crescent moon approach…

Visa pour l’image: Perpignan festival of photojournalism 2026 – in pictures

A selection of the powerful photojournalism being shown at this year’s Visa pour l’image exhibition in France Continue reading...

Israeli ministers keep telling everyone their brutal plans – so why doesn’t the world take them seriously? | Nesrine Malik

Schemes to forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza are not being promoted by fringe voices. But the international community continues to avert its eyes The gap between what is being inflicted on Palestinians and the appr…

As assisted dying bill returns to Commons, families recall loved ones’ battle to ‘go out on own terms’

Elise Burns and Keith Williams appeared in campaign filmed by Rankin this year – both were denied their wishes, but their relatives are picking up the baton The feeling, said Sarah Burns of her sister’s last days, is on…

‘I felt robbed’: bereaved parents hope for answers from Sussex maternity review

Review led by Donna Ockenden launches after campaign by families and media investigation into deaths at NHS trust Susan Cacciacarro was almost 37 weeks pregnant with her daughter Chiara when she woke up one morning in 2…

Starmer's swift exit made Burnham look good, but now he must become a statesman – Christine Jardine

Andy Burnham looked adept at Prime Minister’s Questions but the world stage is a much bigger one

Mother accused of the manslaughter of toddler now charged with murder

Not fixing NI’s water infrastructure could hit economy by £10.9bn by 2040, warn experts

Mother accused of the manslaughter of toddler charged with murder

‘Terrible traffic’ could get worse with planned 1k new homes, say Cherry Hinton locals

Around 1,200 homes are being built on the edge of a Cambridge suburb

Devon church to be bulldozed for new 'council houses'

A total of 25 new apartments are to be built

'Little fighter' from Exeter with rare heart problem had surgery at 17 days old

'Watching your baby go through heart surgery is something no parent can prepare for'

More than 100 homes could be planted in vital green wedge

Claims public might think separation policy ‘not worth paper it is written on’ but developer has scaled down plans.

The Coventry nature reserve getting a makeover with flytipping set to be cleaned up

Longford Nature Park in Coventry is set for a series of improvements including a new boardwalk, habitat restoration and wetland creation, with work starting in September 2026.

Derby's former Showcase Cinema transformation takes major step forward

A new Burger King and Starbucks will take over part of the site

Meet the Derbyshire teenagers keeping an age-old tradition alive

They're thought to be the youngest blacksmith apprentices in the UK

Derby city centre set for new music festival as best venues link up for event

The event has been in the making for four years

New plan for old Chatterley Whitfield colliery

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is meeting this week

End of an era as Hanley Brewers Fayre shuts today

The end of your walk-in all-you-can-eat Premier Inn breakfast

North Staffordshire pub now open at 10am - from today

It follows community feedback

Expanding Stoke-on-Trent school opens today after £11.5m investment

It has 70 new school places

North Staffordshire school back open today after four-day closure

At last!

'Predatory paedophile' teacher caned boy on bare bottom for giving wrong answers

The victim came forward after seeing John Fenton's face in The Sentinel