‘The most expensive mistake I see’: how to make your vacuum cleaner last longer, according to experts
Cordless or corded, bagged or bagless – whatever vacuum you use, help is at hand to tackle blockages, trapped hair and loss of suction
Down with the neo-puritans: I say a true Christian can watch horror films – and Emmerdale
My praise for the movie Send Help drew brickbats. If it’s new Puritans versus liberal cavaliers, I know which side I’m on, says vicar and standup comedian Ravi Holy
‘Everything is frozen’: bitter winter drags on for Kyiv residents as Russia wipes out power
Kremlin’s repeated targeting of power grid has left thousands without heating, reliant on shelters and desperate home hacks
Bangladesh election: BNP wins historic first election since overthrow of Hasina
Voting was largely peaceful in an election seen as a test of Bangladesh’s democracy after years of political turmoil
Shares in trucking and logistics firms plunge after AI freight tool launch
SemiCab platform by Algorhythm, previously considered a ‘penny stock’, sparks ‘category 5 paranoia’ across sector
Japan seizes Chinese fishing boat inside its economic waters amid rift with Beijing
Japan’s fisheries agency said the vessel failed to comply with an order to stop. The incident comes weeks after a row between China and Japan over Taiwan
It’s risky, but it could change everything: Labour is at last beginning to focus on the young
People my age have been privileged all our lives, yet we’re still the political priority. Votes at 16 is the start of a welcome change, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
UK weather: major road across Pennines shut as Arctic blast brings snow and ice
Section of A66 closed and warning of travel disruption amid freezing temperatures in Scotland and northern England
Sussan Ley is today’s scapegoat - but she was never the Liberals’ core problem
Policies are an expression and extension of a candidate or party’s values. Does the ‘big tent’ party still have any?
‘We thought Midnight Cowboy might end everybody’s career’: the diverse, disruptive, Oscar-winning cinema of John Schlesinger
In the 60s and 70s, he pioneered kitchen-sink drama and made bisexuality mainstream. So why did the director end up making Tory ads? Those who knew him best reveal all
Ensemble Intercontemporain: Unsuk Chin album review – rich and strange music of kaleidoscopic colours
Berlin-based Chin’s intricate music is performed with panache in this disc of three of her orchestral works