Keir Starmer says ‘hugely talented’ Angela Rayner will return to cabinet
PM gives clearest indication yet of comeback, calling former deputy ‘the best social mobility story’ the country has seen
Nigel Farage should apologise after racism allegations, says former watchdog head
Kishwer Falkner says Reform leader should apologise to people who say he targeted them at school, even if he rejects being deliberately racist
Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car
The impending collapse of UK carsharing is an embarrassment for a government attempting to curb the dominance of cars, says writer Phineas Harper
Trump vows to slam America’s doors shut as he heaps scorn on immigrants
National guard shooting prompts extraordinary outburst and targeting of people from startling range of countries
Company linked to raid on illicit weight-loss drug facility still selling unlicenced drugs
Alluvi continues sales on Telegram after MHRA seized counterfeit, unlicensed retatrutide and tirzepatide pens
Canada may approve a new oil pipeline. First Nations tribes fear another ‘worst-case scenario’
Mark Carney is considering lifting a tanker ban that has protected coastal communities for 53 years
Alabama: Woman who alleged priest paid her for sex beginning at 17 says there’s ‘no real winner’ after his resignation
Heather Jones, now 33, went public with allegations after Robert Sullivan continued to work with children
Dining across the divide: ‘She’s not unwelcoming or racist but she thinks immigration is creating a brain drain elsewhere’
They had different opinions on social media, asylum seekers and ‘woke’ politics, but which Stewart Lee sketch got them both laughing?
Goodbye angels, hello Ozempic needles – what’s behind the boom in bizarre Christmas baubles?
This year’s most-wanted ornaments include weight-loss syringes and favourite foodstuffs. When and why did Christmas trees become so commercialised?
Tourists among at least 25 killed in Goa nightclub fire
Fire broke out at midnight in Arpora with victims mostly kitchen workers, according to state’s chief minister
Man arrested after people at Heathrow allegedly attacked with ‘form of pepper spray’
Police think incident at airport car park involved ‘people known to each other’ as argument escalated
C of E to challenge Tommy Robinson’s ‘put Christ back into Christmas’ message
Church leaders respond to far-right appropriation of Christian symbols with ‘Outsiders welcome’ message
Faith and Reform: is the religious right on the rise in UK politics?
Powerful Christian figures are emerging in Britain but there are important differences from the US, where evangelism has fuelled Trump
Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall
The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall