Caitlin McNamara’s lawyers say she is taking the step after the CPS refused to prosecute Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/26/british-woman-to-sue-uae-royal-sexual-assault-damages-sheikh-nahyan

Letters: Paul McGilchrist thinks we may be in danger of raising children able to spell serendipity, without ever having experienced it, whil..
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/26/the-seriously-important-business-of-childs-play

Resolution Foundation says scheme favours younger people and many older unemployed could fall out of workforce for good
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/26/quality-support-for-uk-over-50s-who-lost-jobs-in-pandemic-raises-concerns-resolution-foundation

The international trade secretary could not say whether or not the money was fronted initially by Conservative party donors
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/apr/25/boris-johnson-paid-for-downing-street-flat-renovation-himself-says-liz-truss-video

Metropolitan Police Federation chair to urgently raise matter with hierarchy after eight officers injured
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/25/anger-met-police-anti-lockdown-protest-violence

Survey reveals remote consultations often felt inadequate and may have made symptoms worse
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/25/mental-health-patients-missed-out-on-care-during-covid

If there is a majority in the Scottish elections for an independence vote, it has to go ahead
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/24/ignoring-the-will-of-the-scots-would-be-an-act-worthy-of-trump

Relate charity hopes nude images shot by Rankin will shatter taboos about intimacy among older people
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/25/love-in-an-old-climate-posters-celebrate-the-joy-of-sex-in-later-life

We spoke to six young climate activists about the impact the pandemic and social distancing have had on their strikes, and about what the fu..
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2021/apr/23/voices-of-young-climate-activists-how-the-pandemic-changed-the-way-we-protest-video

Adura Onashile’s app-based walking tour, created with the National Theatre of Scotland, explores the city’s historical ties to the slave tra..
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/apr/23/ghosts-review-writing-the-enslaved-back-into-glasgow-past

A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Cambodia to Peru
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2021/apr/24/yemen-myanmar-and-george-floyd-human-rights-this-fortnight-in-pictures

Defence secretary says prejudice led to more than 100,000 first world war soldiers not being commemorated properly
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/apr/22/war-graves-no-doubt-prejudice-played-a-part-in-decisions-says-ben-wallace-video

One thing is clear: there is virtually no evidence that low-traffic neighbourhood schemes hold up emergency vehicles
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2021/apr/23/opponents-of-ltns-claim-they-delay-emergency-services-but-look-at-the-facts

ITV’s one-off follows an elderly couple accused of killing their son 28 years ago, but their own behaviour proves more intriguing than the e..
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/22/accused-of-murdering-our-son-the-steven-clark-story-review-a-bizarre-yet-gripping-mystery

The playwright’s Tennis Elbow is a gender-swapped version of Writer’s Cramp, his uproarious 70s hit about a failed literary figure
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/apr/21/tennis-elbow-writers-cramp-john-byrne-pitlochry-festival-theatre-edinburgh-lyceum

Letters: It’s not more social science data we need, it’s the will to act, writes Nicholas Bradbury, while Lesley Evans says our education sy..
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/21/poverty-and-why-regeneration-must-start-with-people

How newspapers – and Queen Victoria – described the unusually wintry conditions
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/22/weatherwatch-the-great-snowstorm-that-engulfed-britain-in-april-1849

Letter: Susheela Math lays bare how the Danish government targets those of ‘non-western origin’ in a society that’s far from egalitarian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/20/denmark-would-be-a-disastrous-model-for-scotland

The prime minister announced a new antivirals taskforce that will aim to find coronavirus treatment drugs by autumn
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/apr/20/johnson-government-to-fast-track-development-of-drugs-to-stop-covid-in-its-tracks-video

Safety campaigners say plan does not go far enough and demand hard shoulders be reinstated
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/apr/20/government-promises-radar-on-uk-smart-motorways-to-detect-stopped-vehicles

Six people from any households can meet outdoors from Saturday and hospitality can reopen outside from next Monday
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/19/wales-to-ease-covid-restrictions-on-outdoor-mixing-and-hospitality

The decision means most travel from India will be banned, with only UK citizens and residents allowed into the country on condition of a hot..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/apr/19/matt-hancock-announces-india-to-be-added-to-uks-travel-red-list-video

The Labour leader was prevented from entering the Raven in the centre of Bath by Rod Humphris, the pub’s landlord, who loudly castigated Sta..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/apr/19/you-have-failed-me-owner-tells-keir-starmer-to-leave-his-pub-over-lockdown-policies-video

Explainer: former PM tried to persuade the health service to use a Greensill app called Earnd
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/18/greensill-lobbying-how-did-david-cameron-target-the-nhs

Ahead of a busy summer of domestic tourism in the UK, qualified lifeguards and trainees rehearse life-saving procedures
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/apr/19/respect-the-water-rnli-lifeguard-training-in-cornwall

Untreated waste regularly flows into waters across England and Wales. Is it time to radically rethink sewerage – or do away with sewers alto
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/19/sewage-island-how-britain-spews-untreated-waste-rivers-sea

The Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest at a ceremony at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/apr/17/prince-philip-funeral-key-moments-as-royal-family-bids-farewell-video

The poet laureate said he wanted the poem to address the duke’s values and personality
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/apr/17/prince-philip-royal-family-releases-photo-montage-set-to-elegy-by-simon-armitage-video

A minute’s silence was marked around the UK in memory of Prince Philip, whose funeral took place at Windsor Castle
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/apr/17/national-minutes-silence-marks-funeral-of-prince-philip-video

Instead of looking south, campaigners are looking north, to the egalitarian models of small Nordic nations, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/17/scotland-norway-denmark-independent

The actor best known for her roles in the films The Queen and the Harry Potter franchise, as well as TV series including Peaky Blinders, has..
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2021/apr/16/helen-mccrory-looking-back-at-the-life-of-the-fearless-star-video-obituary

Letters: Understandable human responses to difficult circumstances should not be framed as a ‘mental illness’ pandemic, writes Dr Lucy Johns..
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/16/has-the-pandemic-really-caused-a-mental-health-crisis

'We need to understand completely what's gone on here,' Johnson said
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/apr/15/boris-johnson-government-get-bottom-greensill-scandal-video

The biggest rockfall in the UK for 60 years affected 300 metres of cliff, with 4,000 tonnes of rock coming away in massive chunks on a secti..
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2021/apr/15/dorset-jurassic-coast-rockfall-drone-footage-video

People in England are now able to take the free rapid tests twice a week – but experts have raised concerns
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/15/what-is-lateral-flow-covid-test-how-accurate

If he refuses a referendum that Scots have voted for, there would be no lawful way to leave the UK. The implications are huge, says Guardian..
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/14/boris-johnson-is-telling-scotland-that-the-union-is-no-longer-based-on-consent

British Heart Foundation records takings of £1m in England and Wales, while Salvation Army says business doubled on Monday
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/14/charities-report-bumper-day-of-sales-as-locked-down-shops-reopen

The long read: In 2019, the body of a man fell from a passenger plane into a garden in south London. Who was he?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/15/man-who-fell-from-the-sky-airplane-stowaway-kenya-london

As surge testing is deployed in London borough, residents express concern about easing of lockdown
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/13/its-all-very-uncertain-lambeth-on-the-surge-in-the-south-african-variant

Owner offers £2,000 reward for record-breaking pet while rabbit expert predicts ransom demand
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/13/pet-detective-says-stolen-giant-rabbit-is-still-hot-and-a-smuggling-risk

Researchers find no increase, though results are based on data from wealthier countries
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/13/pandemic-did-not-raise-risk-of-suicide-in-rich-countries-study-suggests

Brief letters: Nesrine Malik’s columns | Ex-leaders compared | Love for Guardian letters | A mother’s place
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/12/a-wistful-yearning-for-home-and-family

Fall in usage and lack of step-free access on the classic front-engined doubledeckers cited as reasons for permanent withdrawal
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/13/transport-for-london-retires-last-heritage-service-of-routemaster-buses

Our senior news reporter writes about exposing violence and abuse – and how shared parental leave could make things better
https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2021/apr/13/reporting-on-womens-safety-we-tell-the-stories-that-have-been-ignored

Inquest will ask if deaths of Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones at hands of convicted terrorist Usman Khan could have been prevented
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/12/security-services-and-police-to-face-questions-over-london-bridge-attacker

In April 1981, a simmering tension between the police and Brixton’s black community erupted in violence. Forty years on, Aamna Modhin revisi..
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/apr/12/remembering-brixton-riots-40-years-on-today-in-focus-podcast

Seven deaths within 28 days of testing positive for Covid reported, the lowest total since 13 September
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/11/uk-reports-lowest-daily-death-toll-in-nearly-seven-months

Thomas Schreiber, 34, has been charged by Dorset police with murder, attempted murder and dangerous driving
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/11/man-charged-with-of-millionaire-hotelier-sir-richard-sutton

An ambitious plan to take overnight services through the Channel tunnel reflects a growing interest in sustainable travel
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/11/the-dream-ticket-a-sleeper-train-to-europes-cities-may-soon-be-on-track

Official military gun salutes marked the death of the Duke of Edinburgh as people laid flowers in tribute
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/apr/10/gun-salutes-prince-philip-people-leave-floral-tributes-video