Hundreds of children stuck in hospital because of lack of community services
Discharge delays in England leave patients trapped while youngsters needing hospital care wait for beds, study finds
Jane Fonda’s life goes under the microscope: best podcasts of the week
Pop culture icons and music legends are explored in a new show that has access to the BBC’s vast archive. Plus, the Guardian delivers a propulsive crime story that asks big questions of the US criminal justice system
iPhone 17e review: Apple upgrades its cheapest new smartphone
Mid-range handset gets chip, storage and MagSafe upgrades to offer more essential iOS features for less
What’s at stake for UK in May’s local elections: six key questions
Reform, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and the Greens are all banking on big gains and nationwide repercussions
Small swings, high drama: why UK polls are less volatile than they seem – in charts
In what is beginning to look like a fragmented five-party system, small swings carry outsized political consequences
‘You’d be pushed to find a more soul-stirring landscape in Scotland’: walking in Beinn Eighe
It isn’t only climbers who get misty-eyed about the awe-inspiring mountains and ancient pinewoods of Britain’s first national nature reserve, created 75 years ago
We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland review – the terrifying new world of ransomware
Criminals extorting money online have created huge businesses, complete with branding and HR
BT keeps my 90-year-old mother waiting three months to reinstate phone number
Ordeal left vulnerable woman living alone cut off from family, friends and doctors
‘Anyone but Labour’ or ‘anyone but Reform’? Clash of animosities likely to define May local elections
While Labour braces for a rout that could see off Starmer, a rising drive to keep out Farage is complicating expectations
Tropical Cyclone Narelle barrels west after ripping off roofs and downing trees in far north Queensland
Second landfall expected over weekend in NT as Queensland premier says relatively limited damage so far ‘an incredibly good news story’
Monday briefing: What a new Guardian podcast reveals about the US justice system
In today’s newsletter: Off Duty revisits the conviction of Alexander Villa, raising troubling questions about how it was built
Arson attack on London volunteer ambulances being treated as antisemitic hate crime, police say
Met says four vehicles from Jewish community ambulance service damaged in suspected arson attack in Golders Green
The moment I knew: I was crying and couldn’t stop. When he reassured me, I believed in the future he could see
When Tracy Crisp was at her ‘messiest and darkest’, Adrian didn’t diminish her pain, but he did help her look beyond it
A new start after 60: I went on 75 first dates – and wrote a book of Kama Sutra-inspired poetry
Zack Rogow thought he was ready for love after the end of a long relationship – but not everyone agreed. How did he get over the rejections?
TV tonight: inside the battle between the US and China
A two-part documentary looks at the clash between two of our biggest superpowers. Plus: what to do when you’re too busy to cook. Here’s what to watch this evening
‘Constant uncertainty’: Mahmood’s ‘earned settlement’ immigration plan has families stuck in limbo
Home secretary’s new ILR rules mean couples such as Felix and Tessa King, from UK and US, face an insecure future
Breaking the Cycle review – meet the charismatic Thai politician striving to change his country’s history
Gripping documentary examines the Future Forward Party’s unprecedented 2019 election result, and its leader’s aim to break Thailand’s repeated military coups