Self Esteem to star as raging rock star in revival of David Hare’s Teeth ’n’ Smiles
Rebecca Lucy Taylor will play Maggie, a role originated by Helen Mirren, in a ‘landmark’ 50th anniversary production in London in March
US private equity firm Apollo enters bidding war for easyJet with £5.7bn offer
Airline’s board minded to recommend deal – after accepting rival one from Castlelake earlier this week
Wild Gods: The Glorious Abysmal review – truly fascinating songs born of tweed-beating and psychedelic trips
Inspired by communal Hebridean Gaelic song and ceremonial music, these reels and ballads reveal the fascinating proximity of post-rock and folk rock
Vape packaging and flavouring face restrictions under UK plans to reduce appeal to children
Ministers consider bringing e-cigarette laws in line with tobacco as data shows 20% of teenagers have tried vaping
Deadly H5 bird flu found in local Australian seabird for first time
Native greater crested tern – a common coastal bird – tests positive for disease after being discovered at Robe on SA’s Limestone Coast
Andy Burnham apologises for Labour’s stance on Gaza and says it ‘didn’t get it right’
Exclusive: PM-in-waiting says party must ‘do better’ in approach to Middle East and he will put more pressure on Israel
Here’s how Andy Burnham can finance a reindustrialised Britain – without doing a Liz Truss
Britain’s PM-in-waiting is right that the country has been failed by 40 years of neoliberalism. There will be obstacles, but he must embrace the radicalism, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
Historic El Niño able to supercharge extreme weather looks increasingly likely – researchers
Models show overwhelming chance that this year’s El Niño to rank among largest going back to 1950
‘As if I was on a Greek island, but without the stifling heat’: readers’ favourite cooler European coasts
From the Fanad peninsula in Ireland to the forested beaches of Finland, these are your favourite escapes without the fear of getting frazzled
IDF accused of ‘field execution’ of Palestinian driver bringing aid into Gaza
Local truckers’ association says it may suspend operations, after several eyewitnesses decried Ahmad Esleem’s murder
Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals
Unesco report shows children lost out to servicing debt in 113 countries, with 18 spending five times more on loans