Society

Under fives should have no more than an hour a day of screen time, under new UK advice

March 27, 2026 · 7:24 AM Jamie Grierson

Keir Starmer promises help for parents in limiting children’s online activity as government issues guidance to...

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Australia News

WA premier issues transparency warning to fuel suppliers – as it happened

March 27, 2026 · 6:21 AM Cait Kelly, Natasha May, Petra Stock and Stephanie Convery (earlier)

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Society

More than 6m vapes and pods discarded weekly in UK despite single-use ban, study finds

March 27, 2026 · 6:00 AM Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

Number fell 23% year on year in 2025 but waste companies say recycling systems still under strain from sheer volume

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World News

Blasts heard in southern Beirut – as it happened

March 27, 2026 · 3:07 AM Adam Fulton and (earlier) Lucy Campbell, Tom Ambrose and Taz Ali

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Technology

‘Accountability has arrived’: dual US court losses show shifting tide against Meta and co

March 27, 2026 · 12:25 AM Dara Kerr

With two unprecedented trial defeats, big tech firms face crisis akin to that faced by cigarette makers in the 1990s

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Society

UK government must urgently apologise for forced adoption, MPs say

March 27, 2026 · 12:01 AM Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

Ministers urged to work with survivor groups on formal apology as many victims are nearing end of their lives

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Technology

New York City hospitals drop Palantir as controversial AI firm expands in UK

March 26, 2026 · 11:48 PM Sanya Mansoor

The decision follows activist pressure as Palantir faces growing scrutiny over NHS and UK government deals

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US News

Trump’s Maha agenda stalled as top CDC and surgeon general roles sit empty

March 26, 2026 · 10:38 PM Shrai Popat, Melody Schreiber and Michelle R Smith

Trump has yet to nominate a permanent CDC director and the Senate confirmation of his pick for top doctor is in limbo

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Society

Spanish woman who won legal battle for right to euthanasia has assisted death

March 26, 2026 · 7:34 PM Sam Jones in Madrid

Noelia Castillo, 25, a paraplegic, had suffered from psychiatric illness and lived in constant pain

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Society

Labour failing to shift power from Whitehall to local areas, analysis finds

March 26, 2026 · 7:06 PM Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Ministers not on course to meet their objectives, including to shift power from Whitehall to local areas, says IfG

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Commentisfree

The Guardian view on a recovering NHS: public confidence has risen, but not enough | Editorial

March 26, 2026 · 6:50 PM Editorial

Editorial: Wes Streeting pronounced the UK’s health system ‘broken’. An upbeat survey does not mean that it is...

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Politics

Reform busy firefighting in Scotland but may yet set Holyrood’s politics ablaze

March 26, 2026 · 6:29 PM Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

With Nigel Farage’s party neck and neck with Labour for second place behind the SNP, disruption seems likely

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