When was the last time you just hung out with friends? (And I don’t mean a dinner booked two months in advance)
Long, unstructured hangouts are increasingly rare – and some young people aren’t experiencing them
Man who murdered pregnant partner while faking livestream as alibi jailed for 31 years
Stephen McCullagh planned ‘cold-blooded and calculated’ killing of Natalie McNally in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, in great detail
David Cameron offered Boris Johnson senior cabinet role if he agreed not to push for Brexit
Johnson tells BBC documentary he played tennis in early 2016 with then prime minister to discuss EU referendum
Noted swift nesting site destroyed by contractors in peak season
Campaigners say builders’ demolition of nest site highlights weak protection of wildlife from development
Mrs Dalloway review – Virginia Woolf’s party planner plays all the roles herself
Kit Green takes on all the characters in an imaginative interpretation of the 1925 day-in-the-life novel
‘The ball won’t roll’: Mexico’s striking teachers threaten to disrupt World Cup days before kick-off
Teachers associated with the CNTE union are calling for salary raises and the reversal of pension laws
Sydney academic used AI to write SMH opinion piece urging students to avoid using tech to ‘cut corners’
Sydney Morning Herald removes piece by Cath Ellis, despite Western Sydney University saying her use of AI was ‘appropriate’
Kidnappings, threats and ‘protection fees’: how can Mexico confront rise in deadly extortion?
With corrupt police on the streets and shopkeepers forced to pay gangs, president has vowed to tackle crime that now affects all parts of society
MPs who backed assisted dying bill don’t expect it to return via act that bypasses Lords
Prominent backers including Louise Haigh say they would not support using Parliament Acts to pass bill
Leftwing US pair refused entry to UK will address Oxford Union remotely
Home Office barred Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker on grounds their visit was ‘not conducive to the public good’
UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search
Watchdog makes ruling on search summaries after publishers complain about drop in click-through traffic and revenue
‘They beat me until I lost consciousness’: growing reports of brutal arrests, torture and deaths in Iran’s prisons
Testimonies from political prisoners and journalists arrested in crackdowns since the war have started to emerge as regime’s internet blackout lifts
Far-right praise for shah’s secret police puts Reza Pahlavi on the spot
Son of deposed shah forced to distance himself from the once-dreaded Savak as some of his supporters glorify it
British couple jailed in Iran have lost appeal against convictions, family say
Craig and Lindsay Foreman given 10-year sentences in February for alleged espionage, which they deny
Three Royal Navy members killed in Devon helicopter crash
Ministry of Defence confirms deaths of three crew members after crash near Okehampton during training exercise
Four migrant workers reportedly burned alive in their car in attack in Italy
Petrol station attack in Calabria throws spotlight on widespread exploitation of foreign farm labourers