UK grocery inflation in surprise rise as experts warn of worse to come
Prospect of UK interest rate cut recedes as borrowing costs rise, while ECB says Middle East war could cause spike in inflation
Lily Allen review – pop star makes much-anticipated comeback – but where is the West End Girl?
Allen isn’t in the first act of her own show, only coming on after 45 minutes of a string ensemble to stiffly deliver her acclaimed album in full
Baftas host Alan Cumming criticises BBC for ‘broadcasting slurs and censoring free speech’
The Baftas host criticises the corporation after a racial epithet was left in the awards broadcast despite later edits
David Byrne review – in life during wartime, this show will restore your faith in humanity
Byrne again reimagines the possibilities of the live gig, creating a vision of egalitarianism backed by elastic bass and polyrhythms
Private jet prices soar as wealthy scramble to leave Dubai
People drive to Oman and Saudi in hope of a flight, while most tourists stay stuck in hotels and on cruise ships
I listened to 170 hours of Joe Rogan’s podcast – trust me, he hasn’t turned against Trump
The world’s most popular podcaster seemingly disapproving of ICE does not mean he has soured from the administration
ICE has detained this high schooler for 10 months. Here’s what he and his classmates want you to know
Dylan Lopez Contreras, a student at Ellis Prep academy, was taken by ICE in May. The Guardian invited him and five of his classmates to share their lives and dreams
Ofcom urged to clarify if Palestine Action content should still be removed online
Rights groups and experts say situation is unclear as ruling that quashed ban faces challenge from home secretary
Lucy Letby case expert witness was under fitness-to-practise investigation during trial
Exclusive: Jury was never told about inquiry into key prosecution witness Peter Hindmarsh, which looked into allegations including of harm to patients
Rachel Reeves’s plans could be hit by Middle East conflict, say economists
Warning comes as OBR projections in the spring forecast are expected to show public finances moving in the right direction
‘Do what you really want to do while you’re still alive’: Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese guitar hero surfing a second wave in his 70s
Playing a surfboard-shaped axe, Takanaka was a stadium-level artist at home but little known in the west – until YouTube brought him a huge new audience
‘What’s under my saucepans? Rage!’ Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield and cast on the set of The Magic Faraway Tree
The trippy film of Enid Blyton’s much loved novels has been 20 years in the making. We catch up with its adult and child stars – inside a giant cake as disco-dancing elves rollerskate past