Are our blueberries radioactive? The fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 30 years on

On 26 April 1986, the worst nuclear accident in human history occurred in the No 4 reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Soviet Ukraine. Kate Brown has spent years researching the cover-up that took place afterwards. Plus: Rory Carroll reflects on the legacy of the Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee

Chernobyl was the worst nuclear accident in human history and its legacy is still being felt today. The public is often led to believe that the exclusion zone, a depopulated 20-mile circle around the blown plant, safely contained Chernobyl radioactivity. But there is a second zone in southern Belarus. In it, people lived for 15 years in levels of contamination as high as areas within the official zone until the area was finally abandoned in 1999.

That is just one of the things Kate Brown discovered during the 10 years she spent interviewing doctors, scientists and international officials involved in the Chernobyl disaster and scouring over 20 archives to unearth never-before-seen documents. She talks to Anushka Asthana about the impact of international organisations lying about the disaster and why we should be asking far more questions about the global health effects of radioactivity as we enter a new nuclear age.

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 04:50:30 GMT

Spaghetti with rocket, anchovies and ricotta | A Kitchen in Rome

A 14-minute meal of olives and rocket hiding in a tangle of spaghetti, and doused in anchovy oil and lemon-scented ricotta

One of the nine books that never leaves the overflowing shelf of my desk is Gillian Riley’s translation of a book by Giacomo Castelvetro. Castelvetro was born into a noble family in Modena in 1546 and died, penniless, in London in 1616. In between, he lived an adventurous and peripatetic life, which Riley describes nimbly in the introduction. What is significant here is that in 1614, while living with the Newton family at Elthem park, Castelvetro penned A Brief Account of the Fruit, Herbs and Vegetables of Italy, which is dedicated to Lucy, Countess of Bedford. A copy now permanently sits on my desk, alongside eight other books, unopened bank statements and other accumulated clutter.

Just 75 pages long and divided into seasons, it’s a lively, opinionated and overwhelmingly gentle book about the Italian fruits and vegetables Castelvetro loved (some of which were also grown in England). In her foreword to the translation, Jane Grigson notes that it was clearly a book written for a privileged, cosmopolitan group, and that Castelvetro had little idea of what the majority of the population were eating. This doesn’t make it any less of a joyful ode to the seasons and what they provide, with most of it still relevant today: broad beans and peas, sweet strawberries, leafy celery, the astringent delights of quince, speckled apples, feathery-topped carrots and chestnut-brown field mushrooms.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:00:12 GMT

Cyclone Kenneth death toll in Mozambique rises as rain continues

Homes destroyed and provision of safe drinking water is becoming a challenge

The death toll from Cyclone Kenneth, the second tropical storm to hit Mozambique within weeks, has jumped to 38 as flooding continued.

Rains from the storm pounded the north-eastern city of Pemba and surrounding areas on Monday, and more torrential rain was forecast for the coming days. Cyclone Idai, which hit central Mozambique in mid-March, killed at least 600 people.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:16:38 GMT

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar is no democrat - UN envoy

Ghassan Salamé makes strongest attack yet on military leader hoping to seize power

The UN envoy for Libya has made his strongest attack yet on the military strongman Khalifa Haftar as his forces intensify their assault on the capital, Tripoli.

In comments in Paris, where the French president, Emmanuel Macron, is seen as Europe’s biggest supporter of Haftar’s attempt to control Libya after eight years of chaos that followed the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi, Ghassan Salamé said Haftar was no democrat and had little support in Tripoli.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:17:26 GMT

Isis leader Al-Baghdadi appears in video for first time in five years

Video released by Islamic State comes weeks after remnants of group were ousted from last stronghold in Syria

The fugitive Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has appeared in a propaganda video for the first time in five years, in which he recognises the terror group’s defeat in the Syrian town of Baghouz.

The appearance is only Baghdadi’s second on video, and comes weeks after the remnants of Isis were ousted from their last organised stronghold in the eastern Syrian desert. Looking heavier than when he proclaimed the existence of the now collapsed caliphate in mid-2014, Baghdadi blamed its demise on the “savagery” of Christians.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:09:23 GMT

Plastic in paradise: the battle for the Galápagos Islands' future – video

The Galápagos Islands are supposedly one of the most pristine locations on the planet, but plastic pollution arriving by sea is threatening this unique habitat and wildlife. Leah Green travels to the islands to see how our reliance on plastic is affecting even the most remote of locations, and to see how the archipelago is hoping to lead the worldwide fight against plastic

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 07:00:37 GMT

A weekend in Mexico? Why the rise of long-haul short trips is so disastrous

More people are jetting off to far-flung destinations for so-called ‘bite-size breaks’. But at what cost to the environment?

As someone who once took a work-related day trip to San Francisco it is a little hypocritical of me to criticise others for taking long-haul flights for vanishingly brief holidays. But for all sorts of reasons it really is a terrible idea.

The trend has been highlighted in Thomas Cook’s Holiday Report 2019, released this week, which notes “an increasing number of trips for less than seven days to long-haul destinations, with Mexico, San Francisco and other cities in the States rocketing in popularity.”

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:06:00 GMT

Barcelona make the extraordinary seem normal to wrap up another title | Sid Lowe

There was a sense of weakness when Valverde took over but successive La Liga titles have made Barça look untouchable

Not long after their 2-0 victory in Vitoria late on Wednesday, with Barcelona four weeks from the finish and three points from the title, Ernesto Valverde was asked if he would like to win the league the following evening or the following Saturday. “What I like,” he said, “is that I get asked that question.”

It was done, again. And it was done early, again. Barcelona had beaten Real Madrid, beaten Atlético Madrid and beaten everyone else except Athletic Club and Valencia. Now they had beaten Alavés too, affording them the luxury of choice: they could take the title with a win over Levante three days later or they could be handed it with an Atlético defeat against Valencia the next day, watching it on TV – and no one wanted that. They didn’t want to be handed it in the car on the way to work three days after that, either. “I’d rather win it at home with our fans,” Sergio Busquets said, speaking for everyone.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:57:06 GMT

Top that! Game of Thrones pulls off the biggest spectacle in TV history

It may have required some intense squinting, but with this feature-length flurry of limbs, Game of Thrones is back to sticking them with the pointy end

Game of Thrones season eight episode three recap – The Long Night

Warning: this article contains spoilers for season eight, episode three of Game of Thrones.

Thwack! The time for talking is over. Here was the ultimate rebuttal to any complaints about the chat-heavy nostalgia-fest of this final season’s first two episodes, a clonking great feature-length instalment that flew by in a flurry of limbs and severed heads. Game of Thrones is back to sticking them with the pointy end.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:42:16 GMT

Russia’s great firewall: is it meant to keep information in – or out?

Vladimir Putin will soon sign the ‘sovereign internet’ bill to allow greater monitoring of traffic. But what are its other consequences?

Earlier this year, US officials briefed reporters on an extraordinary operation: they claimed to have launched an offensive cyber-attack against Russia to protect the integrity of the country’s midterm elections.

Government hackers from US Cyber Command had pre-emptively cut off the internet to a St Petersburg office building that houses the Internet Research Agency, better known as Russia’s troll factory, to prevent the spread of misinformation on election day in November 2018, US newspapers reported.

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 10:00:15 GMT

Ayrton Senna: 25 years since F1 lost its flawed, fascinating hero | Richard Williams

This week sees the 25th anniversary of the Imola accident that took the Brazilian’s life and had a devastating impact not just on his millions of fans but on grand prix racing as a whole

No doubt the Pope, like the Queen, receives many strange presents. But few can have been odder than the one that came his way the other day, when the family of Ayrton Senna presented a bemused-looking pontiff with a bust of the late Formula One champion. Skilfully executed by Senna’s sister, Bianca, the gift was timed to coincide with this week’s 25th anniversary of the accident at the Imola circuit that took the Brazilian’s life and had such a devastating impact not just on his millions of fans but also on grand prix racing as a whole.

Much was always made of Senna’s occasional references to his religious beliefs, and a perceived aura of spirituality certainly marked him out from the general run of grand prix drivers. No one would have expected James Hunt or Nigel Mansell to say something like “If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear”. Senna gave the impression that although he had definitely been put on earth to race, he was also involved in a search for a higher purpose.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:00:30 GMT

Freddy the parrot makes it back to zoo after being stolen, shot and bitten by snake

The bird, Freddy Krueger, found his way back to Brazil zoo after thieves abducted him – the latest survival in his tumultuous life

An Amazonian parrot called Freddy Krueger has made headlines in Brazil after managing to find its way back to the zoo from which it was stolen while recovering from a four-year nightmare that saw it shot in a gun battle, abducted by armed thieves and bitten by a snake.

The turquoise-fronted Amazon parrot – whose Elm Street-inspired moniker stems from its bullet-disfigured face – was pilfered from a zoo in the southern city of Cascavel on the night of 16 April.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:47:08 GMT

Nigel Farage is fuelled by the betrayal myth. And Brexit is only the start | Matthew d’Ancona

His rhetoric was always that the elite would thwart the will of the people, enabling a new movement to rise up amid the anger

It is a grim reflection that no contemporary British politician better understands the networks, dynamics and ever-changing rules of modern politics than Nigel Farage.

He is as effective as he is awful. His fledgling Brexit party is not fielding candidates in Thursday’s local elections – though its baleful spirit will surely loom over the battle for control of 248 English councils, in which the Tories are expected to suffer serious losses.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:00:40 GMT

Federal election week three roundup: kicking goals, avoiding questions – video

Each week of the 2019 Australian federal election campaign, Guardian Australia takes a quick look back at the hot topics. Week three began with a combative, half-hour interview with Barnaby Joyce which failed to shed any light on a Murray-Darling water deal. Bill Shorten was more polite, but not much more forthcoming, on Labor's approach to Adani. On the other hand, there was a heap of sport and plenty of circus action

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:55:05 GMT

Whoa there Democrats – Joe Biden isn't as electable as you think | Richard Wolffe

The idea that the presidential candidate has a lock on white rust-belt voters is wrong in so many ways

Joe Biden has many strengths as a presidential candidate: experience, policy smarts, respect for the rule of law, an ability to do something more than watch cable news. Even a Sleepy Joe is a significant upgrade on a Dumbass Donald.

But what Biden doesn’t possess, no matter how many times lazy reporters and pundits say it, is a steel-like grip on the rust belt states that could decide the general election. No matter what you think of his politics or personality, the electability debate is – as the candidate might say himself – a bunch of malarkey.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:06:52 GMT

Amazon investigates after anti-vaxxer leaflet found hidden in children's book

Mother alarmed after anti-vaccination propaganda found inside book bought for son, who is about to receive the HPV jab

Concerns have been raised that the anti-vaccination movement is targeting children via Amazon warehouses, after a Hampshire mother found a leaflet condemning the HPV vaccine tucked inside a children’s book she had purchased from the online retailer.

Lucy Boyle bought Ali Sparkes’ Night Speakers along with several other novels as a birthday present for her 12-year-old son at the start of April. He began reading the novel last week, “got a few pages in, turned over the page and there was the leaflet,” she told the Guardian.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:59:18 GMT

Carles Puigdemont to be excluded from European elections

Ex-Catalan president’s candidacy declared ineligible after petition from rightwing parties

The former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and two of his former ministers are to be excluded from standing in next month’s European elections after Spain’s central electoral board upheld an appeal from two rightwing parties.

Puigdemont, who fled Spain to avoid arrest after his regional government’s unilateral independence referendum in October 2017, intended to run as a candidate in the European parliament elections for the Together for Catalonia platform.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:50:56 GMT

Whale with harness could be Russian weapon, say Norwegian experts

Fisherman raised alarm after white whale sporting unusual strapping began harassing their boats

Marine experts in Norway believe they have stumbled upon a white whale that was trained by the Russian navy as part of a programme to use underwater mammals as a special ops force.

Fishermen in waters near the small Norwegian fishing village of Inga reported last week that a white beluga whale wearing a strange harness had begun to harass their fishing boats.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:55:21 GMT

DNA search angels: the Facebook 'detectives' who help reunite families

Volunteers are helping others find their roots, and revolutionizing the young science of genetic genealogy

Beth’s older brothers would sometimes joke that she was the postman’s daughter. They had dark hair and brown eyes while she was fair and blonde. Growing up, Beth ignored them – the man that she was told was her father was not around anyway.

But as an adult, when her mother grew sick, the question became more urgent. During visits to the hospital, Beth tried to work up the courage to ask her directly: who is my real father? She would always back out at the last minute.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:00:46 GMT

Tony Slattery: ‘I had a very happy time until I went slightly barmy’

His appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway? made him a major comedy and improv star in the 90s, but then his life fell apart. He talks about love, addiction, bipolar disorder and a long-buried secret

When I moved to London in 1990, I knew that, in order to fit in at school, I had to educate myself about the important British celebrities. While my classmates helped me with regards to the canon – Noel Edmonds, Phillip Schofield, Cilla Black – there was one I found all on my own. Tony Slattery quickly became a source of fascination to me. He was such a ubiquitous presence on television (endless quiz shows and commercials), in theatre (Me and My Girl, Neville’s Island, which got him an Olivier nomination) and film (The Crying Game, Carry on Columbus, Peter’s Friends) that Private Eye ran a cartoon of him in which his answer machine message was, “Yes, I’ll do it!” But, like most people, I discovered him on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the endearingly low-fi Channel 4 improv show that ran from 1988 to 1999.

Pretty much everyone on that show was great – Josie Lawrence, Mike McShane, Ryan Stiles and, of course, Richard-Vranch-on-the-piano. But Slattery seemed to be in a different orbit: a gifted actor and strikingly handsome, he vibrated with creativity and a barely suppressed inner darkness. You could never be sure how his skits would go, but you knew they would have a jittery brilliance to them, with a leftfield lyrical twist or an emotional gut-punch. With his manic energy, he reminded me of Robin Williams, and it was clear that if he learned how to channel his talent there would be no stopping him. And even if he didn’t, well, he would still be exciting to watch. But I was wrong. What happened to Slattery was not exciting. It was sad.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:00:44 GMT

More than 2,500 prison staff disciplined in five years, MoJ figures show

Exclusive: FOI data reveals scale of problem, ahead of launch of counter-corruption unit to tackle offences include bringing drugs into prisons

Prison officer sacked and jailed for having sex with inmate in cell

More than 2,500 prison staff have been subject to disciplinary action in the last five years, including for relationships with inmates, assaulting prisoners and racism, the Guardian can reveal, as the government prepares to launch a unit to tackle corruption in jails.

A total of 2,666 prison staff in England and Wales were subject to disciplinary action between mid-2013 and mid-2018, according to data released by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) under the Freedom of Information Act.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:00:10 GMT

Thomasina Miers’ home fries with crab, watercress and smoky red pepper aioli | The Simple Fix

Home fries made with new potatoes and served with crab, watercress and smoky red pepper aioli

This is a lovely way to showcase new season jersey royals; golden chunks of delicate new potatoes tossed in sweet, sauteed onions and topped with a zippy crab and watercress salad, plus some garlicky mayonnaise for good measure. This recipe will get you out of many a last-minute food fix, too, because it’s so versatile: go simple and add a fried egg and chilli oil, or pair with a crisp caesar salad.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:00:11 GMT

Spotify reaches 100m paying subscribers worldwide

Streaming service boosted by better-than-expected performance in US and Canada

Spotify has reached 100 million paying subscribers, in a landmark for the music streaming service as it faces competition from major tech firms.

The number of users willing to pay for the service soared 32% in the first three months of 2019 compared with a year earlier, Spotify said on Monday.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:08:22 GMT

Spain's socialist PSOE party mulls next move after victory without majority

PSOE aims to govern alone with support of Podemos after rival People’s party loses seats in face of far-right surge

Spanish general election 2019: full results

Spain’s socialist party has begun weighing up its options for government after storming past its traditional conservative rival in Sunday’s snap general election but failing to win a majority.

The prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, led his socialist PSOE party to its first victory since 2008, winning 123 seats and taking 29% of the vote.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:32:26 GMT

'I don’t want to overdose and die:' one woman's death, one country's shame

Saige Earley, who was found dead of a heroin overdose in a toilet stall at Syracuse airport, is the face of ‘real people’ devastated by the worst drug epidemic in American history

Saige Earley was gone in stages.

To her mother, Ellen, the 22-year-old grew increasingly detached within weeks of returning from the dentist with a fateful prescription for opioid painkillers. The young woman with long dark hair and a broad toothy smile was gone physically a few months later when she walked out on her young son and left Ellen wondering if her daughter was even alive.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:00:39 GMT

Unicorns and giant teddy bears: Monday's best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:49:42 GMT

Guantánamo prison commander fired for 'loss of confidence' in leadership

Navy Rear Adm John Ring was relieved of his duties on Saturday. About 40 prisoners are being held at the facility

US military officials say the commander of the task force that runs the prison at the US Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired for a “loss of confidence in his ability to command”.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:53:12 GMT

Some sort of Scottish independence is inevitable. May needs to face up to it | Simon Jenkins

Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP have never been in a stronger position. The future of the United Kingdom is in the balance

Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, yesterday reiterated her promise to give her country another referendum on independence within the next two years. After all, if there’s an argument for Britons having another Brexit referendum just three years after the last, Scotland can surely have another on independence after five years. Besides, Sturgeon must be thinking, was there ever a better moment for divorce from a marriage so dysfunctional as the United Kingdom?

Some might wonder what new horror history could unleash on poor Britain. After Brexit comes Scexit. But Sturgeon is in the ascendant. The weekend’s polls put her SNP’s lead over all other parties at between 23 and 26 points, astonishing for a governing party that has been in office for 12 years, with Sturgeon as its leader for five. In that time, the popularity of Scottish independence has risen to an unprecedented 49% support. With an electorate that strongly rejected leaving the EU, Sturgeon reasonably calculates that this is the moment to strike. The difficulties of the Northern Ireland backstop will pale into insignificance beside an Edinburgh one.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:24:27 GMT

The Voice Kids: Russian reality TV show hit by vote-rigging row

Cybersecurity firm investigates voting after landslide win for pop star’s daughter

Russian state television has ordered an investigation into possible vote-rigging in a cherished institution of direct democracy: the popular singing competition The Voice Kids.

The final of the show’s sixth season ended in scandal at the weekend after the daughter of a Russian pop star won a landslide victory, igniting claims on social media that the vote had been manipulated.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:49:43 GMT

'Epic on every level' – readers' Avengers: Endgame reviews with spoilers

The ‘definitive superhero movie’ or an ‘exasperating’ and ‘ego-filled’ finale? The best of your spoiler-filled discussion

Contains multiple spoilers

I was at the multiplex the moment the doors opened and saw the first screening here in Bangkok. And I’m glad I did. I had no preconceptions, no spoilers and I enjoyed it as Marvel intended! And what a movie! The three hours pass in a flash. Marvel and the Russo Brothers have created the definitive superhero movie. It’s one for us, the fans. You will go through every imaginable emotion – I didn’t dwell on problems caused by the time travel , I went with the flow and simply enjoyed it just as Marvel intended: an amazing, jaw dropping homage to the 21 movies that preceded it. This will always be regarded as the biggest and best Marvel movie ever. NormanBKK

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:31:04 GMT

A week with Extinction Rebellion – podcast

Last week, central London was brought to a standstill when thousands of protesters blocked sites including Waterloo Bridge in a ‘climate rebellion’ organised by Extinction Rebellion. The Guardian reporter Damien Gayle has been with the protesters from the start, while Matthew Taylor, the Guardian’s environment correspondent, assesses their demands

Today marks the end of Extinction Rebellion’s latest campaign, in which thousands of protesters blocked roads in central London, bringing widespread disruption to the capital. The 10 days of demonstrations resulted in more than 1,000 arrests and helped attract 30,000 new volunteers, and are being described by the group as the biggest acts of civil disobedience in recent British history, far exceeding the expectations of the organisers.

The Guardian reporter Damien Gayle has been with the protesters throughout the campaign. He tells India Rakusen about the founders of Extinction Rebellion, the purpose of the demonstrations and what he feels about criticism that the movement is too white and privileged.

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 02:00:37 GMT

'A narrative is being built': Bollywood's battle for Indian hearts and minds

As India goes to the polls, debate rages as to whether its film industry supports Narendra Modi

Few politicians – let alone prominent world leaders – tend to run the gauntlet of quoting cheesy phrases from films when making a major speech, fearing derision and ridicule. But when Narendra Modi began an address with a line from a Bollywood blockbuster, he struck gold.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:00:42 GMT

The Guardian view on Spain’s election: a chance to rebalance | Editorial

The third general election in four years has given the socialists a mandate to govern one of Europe’s most fragmented nations

The most striking and perhaps also the most important thing about the results of this week’s Spanish general election was something that did not happen. In defiance of some predictions, there was no populist uprising in Sunday’s poll, whether from the right, the left or the regions. Instead, the clear winner in a complex multi-party and regionally diverse contest characteristic of modern Spain was one of the two parties which have dominated the country since the return to democracy in the 1970s: the centre-left PSOE socialists of Pedro Sánchez.

The socialist victory was not absolute, but by recent standards it was clearcut. It will be keenly watched around Europe. It is a reminder that, in some parts of Europe, the social democratic centre-left retains the capacity, as it also currently does in countries as diverse as Finland and Portugal, to win elections by offering socially inclusive improvements to the status quo.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:25:52 GMT

Lyra McKee: 29-year-old journalist shot dead in Derry – video obituary

Lyra McKee was fatally wounded during rioting in Derry on Thursday night, becoming what is believed to be the first journalist killed in the UK since Martin O'Hagan was shot in Lurgan, County Armagh, in 2001. The 29-year-old was an acclaimed Northern Irish journalist, who wrote about the Troubles and campaigned for LGBT rights

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:59:38 GMT

Fox News analyst responds to Trump attack: 'This is the way you treat your friends?'

Andrew Napolitano has responded to Donald Trump’s Twitter attacks, calling them a ‘brilliant’ distraction from news of the Mueller report

The Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano has responded to Donald Trump’s Twitter attacks, asking: “This is the way you treat your friends, how do you treat your enemies? Oh boy.”

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:43:29 GMT

Rennes win wild cup final as PSG, Mbappé and Neymar lose their heads

PSG threw away a 2-0 lead, Kylian Mbappé was sent off and Neymar hit out as Rennes won their first trophy in 48 years

By Adam White and Eric Devin for Get French Football News

Rennes had not won a trophy since 1971 and it showed. Keeper Tomas Koubek hared wide-eyed down the touchline; Hatem Ben Arfa was in tears; sporting director Olivier Létang booted balls into the crowd; Clément Grenier cramped up chasing Koubek; and 30,000 Bretons erupted at the end of a raucous night at the Stade de France. Amid a downpour in Paris, the cup of shocks produced one of its most memorable upsets as PSG were embarrassed again, a talented young manager triumphed and Ben Arfa had his revenge.

Incredibly, PSG had been 2-0 up. Dani Alves gave them the lead in the 13th minute, volleying Neymar’s corner past Koubek à la Beckham and Scholes. Neymar doubled the lead with a cute dink eight minutes later. It looked like the rest of the match would be a formality, but Presnel Kimpembe’s sliced clearance flew past Alphonse Areola just before half-time to give Rennes hope.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:33:49 GMT

On the frontline in the fight for LGBT rights

Ruth Hunt joined Stonewall 14 years ago, quickly rising to become the charity’s chief executive. In that time she has seen huge strides made towards equality for LGBT people. As she prepares to step down in August, she reflects on how much further there is to go. And: the author Nicci Gerrard on her campaign for the rights of people with dementia in hospitals

The charity Stonewall, named after the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York, has been fighting for lesbian, gay and bisexual rights since 1989. Ruth Hunt, its chief executive, is stepping down in August. As she prepares to leave the role, Hunt talks to Anushka Asthana about her experience growing up as a gay woman in Britain during the 80s and 90s, and how much more work still needs to be done to gain equality.

She also discusses why it was a mistake for Stonewall to only have taken on transgender rights in 2015, and why she wishes others would recognise that trans rights are human rights.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 02:00:35 GMT

Brexit: Labour urged to resolve second referendum question

MPs call on party to support European election manifesto that campaigns for second vote ahead of crunch meeting

The Labour MPs behind the parliamentary drive for a confirmatory referendum on Brexit have written to their party’s governing body urging it to use the European elections to campaign for a fresh poll regardless of whether a deal has been reached with the government.

The call, from Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson, comes before a crunch meeting of the party’s national executive committee on Tuesday to consider a draft manifesto for the 23 May vote. Presented by Labour’s policy chief, Andrew Fisher, the manifesto is expected to stick closely to the conference policy of supporting a referendum but only to prevent a Conservative version of a Brexit deal.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:36:53 GMT

Williams reel from Baku debacle but Norris leads McLaren F1 resurgence

Vettel identifies Ferrari’s major failing, Leclerc’s honesty bodes well for his future and where’s the bang for all Renault’s bucks?

Williams endured a weekend for the team that must count as the most trying in their history. It began with George Russell arriving in Baku with a respiratory infection. Then his car was smashed by a lose manhole, destroying the chassis at huge expense. In qualifying Russell’s teammate, Robert Kubica, crashed out, setting the mechanics another major rebuilding job overnight. They successfully achieved that but having opted to start Kubica from the pitlane the team sent him too early to the pitlane exit and were given a drive-through penalty. When they finally got racing, their lack of pace was once again exposed; both cars were lapped twice. Kubica said he lacked confidence in his brakes and they finished at the back of the field. “It’s just a relief for the weekend to be over,” said Russell. The deputy team principal, Claire Williams, spoke of light at the end of the tunnel. Having survived Baku, surely the only way is up.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:51:06 GMT

Poor bear the brunt as global justice system fails 5.1 billion people – study

Flawed legal systems mean two-thirds of the world’s population are deprived of justice

Across the world, an estimated 5.1 billion people – two-thirds of the global population – are being failed by the justice system, a study has found.

But providing universal access to basic justice could save the global economy billions of dollars every year, as lost income and stress-related illness due to seeking legal redress can cost countries up to 3% of their annual GDP, according to a report published today by the Task Force on Justice.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:30:35 GMT

'Say no to child marriage': Bangladeshi women fight for equality – in pictures

From violence and harassment to the pursuit of simple pleasures like playing football or riding a bicycle, women in Bangladesh encounter innumerable obstacles. Here, those on the frontline of that struggle discuss the challenges they have faced and the hurdles that remain

Girls in Bangladesh talk their way out of forced marriage

All photographs by Muhammad Murtada/British Council

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:00:42 GMT

Your pictures: share your photos on the theme of ‘silky’

Wherever you are in the world, this week we’d like to see your pictures on the theme ‘silky’

The next theme for our weekly photography assignment, published in print in the Observer New Review is ‘silky’.

Share your photos of what silky means to you – and tell us about your image in the description box.

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:00:14 GMT

I feel grief and relief that I’ve never had children. Other women must share this | Katherine Baldwin

We have a choice about motherhood but it’s not always clear-cut, and ambivalence can be a painful place

In the last month, there’s been a run of fertility-related news stories, from the pregnancy figures that confirmed the trend towards later motherhood, to the suggestion that IVF clinics are exploiting older women, to the huge emotional and financial cost of failed IVF. But among them, I don’t hear about experiences that chime with my own, or with those of some of the women I coach – the women who are or were ambivalent about having children.

Ambivalence, from the Latin, means to be pulled strongly in two directions. This aptly describes my relationship to motherhood. I spent my 20s and early 30s avoiding having a baby at all costs as I built my career as a foreign correspondent. Back in London and approaching 40, a combination of factors sparked baby angst. There was my ticking biological clock, burnout in my job and my father’s death, which exposed my aloneness and made me question why I’d prioritised work over family.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:00:46 GMT

A short history of Brexit for the confused and bewildered – video explainer

With Brexit now on hold for up to six months, it is a good time to take stock and look back at the major moments of the last three years. It’s been a turbulent, confusing series of events which have not led the UK any closer to a solution

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 01:13:27 GMT

Huawei tech would put UK-US intelligence ties at risk, official says

Chinese firm’s technology is security risk, says Strayer after council gives partial go-ahead

A US official has said the UK and any other western countries that adopt Huawei technology for 5G mobile phone networks risk affecting intelligence cooperation with the United States.

The escalation of the rhetoric comes days after a leak indicated the UK was prepared to give Huawei the go-ahead to supply “non-core” infrastructure – a security measure that the US said on Monday would not work in practice.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:26:13 GMT

Are the hyper-specialist shops of Berlin the future of retail?

One shop sells nothing but buttons, another sells only liquorice, and another is ‘the world’s first textile butcher shop’. In the age of Amazon, it seems the way to thrive is to specialise

Do you have a favourite niche specialist shop that only sells one thing? Tell us in the comments below

On the first floor of a nondescript 1,000 sq metre industrial unit in Berlin’s Steglitz district, four workers are cautiously placing pregnant queen ants into test tubes in order to dispatch them across Europe. This is Antstore, the world’s first specialist ant shop, a business with around two dozen employees, a glass-cutting workshop, plastic and plaster modelling studios and a full-time social media manager.

It is just one of the surprisingly large number of shops in Berlin that sell only one thing, be it crawly insects, salty sweets, sticky tape or miniature string instruments. With online retail sales changing the face of high streets in cities around the world, many wonder if this hyper-specialisation could be more than an accidental side effect of the German capital’s tumultuous history, and also a blueprint for the high street of the future.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:30:39 GMT

Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?

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Mon, 22 Apr 2019 14:00:22 GMT

Austrian deputy leader endorses far-right term 'population replacement'

Heinz-Christian Strache says term associated with extreme right is a ‘term of reality’

Austria’s deputy leader has said his party is fighting against a “replacement” of the native population, endorsing a term usually employed by the extreme right, as the country’s rightwing populists double down on their rhetoric before the European elections.

Heinz-Christian Strache, the deputy chancellor in Austria’s conservative-nationalist coalition government and the leader of the far-right Freedom party (FPÖ), told the Krone newspaper on Sunday that his party was “consistently following the path for our Austrian homeland, the fight against population replacement, as people expect of us.”

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:01:42 GMT

Girls in Bangladesh learn to talk their way out of forced marriage

A project in Bangladesh’s Narsingdi district is one of several making inroads on women’s rights, despite a wider conservative backlash that has proved deadly

When Modina Begum heard that a 13-year-old girl in her village in central Bangladesh was about to be married off, she went straight to the girl’s parents and persuaded them to cancel the wedding, rescuing the teenager from a fate Begum herself had escaped.

“I convinced my parents to call off my own marriage, let me finish my studies and become self-reliant before getting married,” says Begum, now 19, as she leads a group of girls in English and digital skills at the Edge club in Narsingdi district, 50 kilometres north-east of the capital, Dhaka. “Now my parents have faith in me and I have the confidence to speak out for others.”

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:00:45 GMT

Time to impeach? Headache for Democrats over how to take on Trump

Many Democrats believe the Mueller report gives ample justification to start impeachment proceedings – but others maintain it might help Trump

When special counsel Robert Mueller’s exhaustive report on Russian meddling in the US presidential election was released to the public earlier this month, the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was in Ireland. Her caucus was spread across the globe on congressional trips abroad or in their home districts, preparing for Easter or Passover.

After a two-week recess that provided ample time to read the 448-page report – a devastating portrait of a presidential campaign eager to accept help from a foreign adversary and president intent on using the power of his office to protect himself, his family and his allies – Democrats return to Washington divided as the fate of Donald Trump’s presidency shifts to Congress.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:00:38 GMT

From 9/11 to Sri Lanka: the terrorists’ deadly message we have failed to grasp

Are there lessons we can learn from last week’s atrocities in Sri Lanka?

The funerals are over, the investigation continues and the blame game begins and media attention shifts away. This time the victims were Catholic worshippers and patrons of luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. A month ago they were Muslim worshippers in New Zealand, shot by a white supremacist as they prayed.

It is almost two decades since attacks launched by al-Qaida on New York, the Pentagon and Washington announced a new era of mass-casualty terrorism. Such violence has long been with us all, of course. Terrorism in its modern form can trace its roots back to the 19th century. The 1970s saw hundreds of terrorist bombings, shootings and hijackings in the US. The 1990s were bloody, too.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:49:55 GMT

Martin Jol’s tactics briefing: where Tottenham v Ajax could be decided

Stopping Frenkie de Jong and the success of the Dutch side’s first press will be key, writes the former Spurs and Ajax manager

As a Dutchman it goes against my principles to say this but Spurs have to stop Frenkie de Jong. He is unbelievable. You have never seen a player like him. He is like Johan Cruyff in the pass but deeper and if he can’t pass it he runs away from you. That is why he is going to Barcelona in the summer for €75m.

Since De Jong came on to the international scene last year, the Netherlands team has developed. Before him, we did not go to the Euros or the World Cup but with him we are a very good country again. We have beaten Germany, we have beaten France and it’s only because of him. You have to stop him. If you don’t, he will kill you.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:40:00 GMT

The Da Vincis of the dancefloor – meet the artists capturing clubland

Why take a selfie in a sweaty club when you can buy a painting of your banging night out instead? We meet the ravers turning 3am euphoria into pulsating art

It would be around midnight when Jah Shaka’s truck pulled up outside Phebes nightclub in east London, and his crew would start humping his big sound system speakers into the dark, cramped, low-ceilinged basement ready for an all-night dub reggae session. As the excitement built and the basement filled with people, Denzil Forrester would squeeze behind the long, narrow bar that ran down one side of the room, prop his A1 sketchbook on the counter … and start sketching.

It wasn’t the easiest place to work. It was dark, hot and crowded, the air fogged with weed and tobacco smoke. Then, when Shaka fired up the system and the heavy bass kicked in, it would take a while for Forrester to adjust to the vibrations passing through his body.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:00:46 GMT

How to ensure blisters heal quickly

Should you burst blisters – and is it best to cover them or leave them open to the air? A consultant podiatrist tells you the best way to care for them

If you have a small blister on your foot – at the end of your toe or under your heel, for instance – you can protect it with a plaster. Keep it covered and the body will usually deal with it. In the case of a larger blister, put a small, sterilised needle into it and allow the fluid to drain out. Leave the skin on top intact to protect the underlying skin, then put a dry, clean dressing over the top to protect the area while it heals. Eventually, that bubble of skin will dry and peel away, and the skin underneath will have had a chance to recover. Put a fresh plaster on it every day and check that it hasn’t deteriorated.

Problems arise if a blister is inflamed, bloody and possibly dirty. In this instance, see a podiatrist, who will clear the skin from the top and ensure the wound is clean and has stopped bleeding. They will apply a sterile, moist dressing, which you should check daily. This is especially important if you are diabetic, because a foot wound is high-risk.

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:00:19 GMT

Pay-to-hey: app lets users receive messages from celebrities – for a price

Snoop Dogg, Meredith from the Office and Ken Bone can wish you a happy bamitzvah for as little as $20 with the Cameo app

The Cameo app is based on a simple idea: let ordinary people pay celebrities to record personalized messages for fans upon request. Instead of tweeting incessantly at a star asking for them to shout you out, you can just pay them $50 and they’ll do whatever you want.

Users can scroll through the hundreds of personalities on the platform, from athletes to actors and social media influencers, to pay for a little bit of their time.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:35:37 GMT

How we met: ‘We shared a hug at the end of the date. It was like I’d been hit by Cupid’s arrow’

Matt and Erika Blayney, 52 and 40, met 16 years ago on a London bus. They live with their two children in Brasília

‘We met on the No 73 bus,” says Matt Blayney, remembering the scorching hot day in August 2003 with total clarity. “No,” says Erika, laughing at her husband. “He’s got this wrong. It was the No 94 and then we changed to the 73.”

When Erika climbed the bus stairs at Notting Hill, the top deck was almost empty. “He loves to tell people that I came to sit beside him,” says Erika. “But I was a tourist, so I only decided to sit at the front of the bus for the views of London.”

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:00:05 GMT

Tell us what it's like running or joining a family business

If your family has a business that multiple generations have been involved in, we’d like to hear from you

Have your family worked for or owned a business for generations? We’d like to know about the challenges and highlights of being part of a business that has been influenced by generations of your family.

Perhaps you currently work for the family business, or are planning to go into it at a later date? Or maybe you’ve inherited a family enterprise that involves a craft or skill that is now a rarity and you want to keep it going, or even modernise it. Do you and other family members agree on the direction of your work or has there been friction?

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:15:01 GMT

Is Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut the best version we'll ever see?

At this year’s Tribeca film festival, Francis Ford Coppola used the 40th anniversary of his Vietnam masterpiece to unveil a new version

Everyone in the house at the Beacon Theatre last night already knew the legend of Apocalypse Now. The troubled production of Francis Ford Coppola’s psychedelic Vietnam war epic has already calcified into the stuff of industry myth: leading man Martin Sheen was nearly felled by a heart attack, second lead Marlon Brando showed up to set too overweight to believably portray a Green Beret, a monsoon seemingly sent by God destroyed thousands of dollars in equipment. The behind-the-scenes documentary Hearts of Darkness tracks Coppola’s descent towards madness during the unending shoot in the Filipino jungle, the money and pressure and humid South Pacific air all getting to him. (The film-maker joked, “It could’ve easily been called Watch Francis Suffer.”)

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:21:15 GMT

Spanish socialists' win is latest sign of Europe's centre-left upturn

Victory of PSOE in Sunday’s election comes at expense of centre-right that tried to outflank extremists

A decisive socialist win in Spain’s election on Sunday may be seen in Europe as evidence of a gathering centre-left recovery – but it also underlines the dangers to moderate conservatives of courting the far right.

Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party (PSOE) won 123 seats and 29% of the vote in Sunday’s election, well up on the 85 seats and 23% they got in 2016. The conservative People’s party (PP) lost half its vote share and half its MPs, finishing second with 66 seats.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:25:51 GMT

ECB opts for quick fix and cleanest of slates before World Cup starts | Vic Marks

The Alex Hales affair weakens England’s options but has not created the sense of calamity seen at previous World Cups

England’s World Cup squad will be diminished by the absence of Alex Hales. He is perversely one of the most dynamic opening batsmen in the world in white-ball cricket, yet even without the current hullabaloo he would probably not have made England’s starting lineup on 30 May against South Africa at the Oval unless the fragile back of Jason Roy continues to play up.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:58:02 GMT

Sri Lankan police raid HQ of Islamic group suspected of attacks

Ban on face coverings in public introduced as 10,000 soldiers deployed to hunt for more suspects

Sri Lankan police have raided the headquarters of a hardline Islamist group founded by the suspected ringleader behind the Easter suicide bombings of churches and hotels. It comes as a ban on face coverings is due to come into force on Monday.

Armed police in the town of Kattankudy searched the headquarters of the National Thawheed Jammath (NTJ) and detained one man at the premises, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. Police did not comment.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:36:12 GMT

Actor who played young mobster is stabbed in Naples

Artem Tkachuk, 18, of Piranhas film is believed to have been attacked by a ‘baby gang’ in city

An actor who appeared in an award-winning film about child criminals in Naples has been stabbed by an alleged member of one of the Italian city’s “baby gangs”.

Artem Tkachuk, 18, originally from Ukraine, played a young mobster in The Piranhas, which told the story of the phenomenon of baby gangs, criminal groups led by youngsters, in Naples.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:57:20 GMT

Recording reveals how Francis Bacon was rushed to finish paintings

Pictures at 1957 exhibition in London were still wet and stained attendees’ clothes after they leaned against them

There is nothing more dull than watching paint dry, but great art cannot be rushed. Francis Bacon was irritated that his dealer put him under huge pressure to finish paintings inspired by Vincent van Gogh for his London exhibition of 1957, according to a previously unheard recording that has come to light.

It reveals that the artist got his revenge because his pictures were still wet when guests leaned against them at a crowded preview event, ruining their clothes. His dealer had to pay for dry cleaning and replacing a dinner jacket covered in streaks and smudges of red, blue and yellow oil paint.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:00:37 GMT

North Korea's Kim Jong-un receives joyous welcome after returning from Russia – video

The supreme leader was met by cheering crowds as he returned from his first Russia visit. Footage of Kim's arrival back in the country was broadcast on state-run television channel KRT. Waiting at the platform among the crowds were high-ranking officials and guards. During his first Russia visit, Kim told Vladimir Putin that peace and security on the Korean peninsula depended on the US, saying a state of hostility could easily return, KRT reported

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:38:49 GMT

There were nearly a million black farmers in 1920. Why have they disappeared?

Today there are just 45,000 African American farmers. One man is fighting to save them

John Boyd Jr’s grandfather Thomas, the son of a slave, slept with the deed to his farm under his mattress. He worried constantly that his land would be taken away.

Twenty miles away and three generations later, Boyd lives on his own 210-acre farm, in a big white colonial house with rows of soybeans that go almost up to the front door, like other people have grass. One hundred cattle, a cluster of guinea hogs, three goats and a small herding dog named Fatso, whom Boyd calls his best friend, live there.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:00:41 GMT

Don't ditch the adverb, the emoji of writing | Gary Nunn

The adverb gets people fired up, and the chorus calling for a ban is getting too loud to ignore

Should we brazenly ditch the adverb? For those who spotted the nerdy linguistic pun in that question, my bias may be already abundantly clear.

But maybe I’m wrong. Plenty of writers offer lexical advice - both solicited and not. The adverb gets people weirdly fired up; many are less fond of it than me. I spent recent months devouring writing about writing as I complete the first draft of my first novel, so the recurring themes are fresh in my sun-kissed skull.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 04:01:09 GMT

'Ghost warrants’: criminal records haunt Americans long after they are invalid

Erroneous or outdated criminal charges can linger on a person’s record for years after they expire, leading to repeated arrests and even jail time

Last month, Causey Davis found himself in handcuffs in the back of a New Orleans police cruiser, bewildered. Held there for over an hour, he was finally informed that an inaccurate arrest warrant – which court records show was dismissed 25 years ago – had somehow appeared under his name in the cops’ computer system.

“You should get that fixed,” the officers told him, he said.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:00:05 GMT

John Oliver: 'I’m in a public beef with an unsanctioned Japanese otter'

The Last Week Tonight host discussed the strange story of Chiitan, an unofficial mascot in Japan and the problems it has created

On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver turned to Japan, “the country that gave us Pokémon”. He discussed Japan’s mascot-mania, and focused on one particularly “amazing” character known for tearing up the town.

Chiitan, the unofficial mascot of the coastal town of Susaki, has found his way into the hearts of millions through its rogue bad-behavior and internet antics. Chiitan is an otter who wears a turtle as a hat, and is not to be confused with the town’s official mascot, an otter called Shinjo-kun who wears a ramen dish for a hat. Until recently, Susaki also had an honorary tourism ambassador, an actual otter also called Chiitan.

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:22:14 GMT

London Marathon 2019 – in pictures

Runners from around the world take part in the 39th London Marathon, with Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei and Eliud Kipchoge winning the women’s and men’s elite races

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:01:25 GMT

The life and reign of Emperor Akihito – in pictures

After 30 years on the throne, Emperor Akihito is to abdicate on 30 April and his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will officially accede on 1 May. The 85-year-old emperor is the first in two centuries to stand down. His reign began on 7 January 1989, following the death of his father, Emperor Hirohito

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:00:48 GMT

Comic Con and baby sumo: the weekend’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 13:08:16 GMT

Global youth movements: tell us about your grassroots campaigns

We want to hear about movements and campaigns led by young people from around the world

The past year has seen two of the most powerful youth protest movements in decades. When 16-year-old Greta Thunberg started a school strike calling for climate action, she sparked a global campaign – now more than 1.4 million schoolchildren have taken part in strikes.

Last March, young people in the US rallied together in March for Our Lives after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, making it one of the biggest youth protests in the country’s history.

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:00:04 GMT

Paolo Di Paolo's Italy in the 1950s and 60s – in pictures

The Paolo Di Paolo: Lost World exhibition presents more than 250 largely unseen images from the photographer’s archive. Di Paolo chronicled life in his country as an economic boom followed the destruction of the second world war. Although those were the years of la dolce vita he was an anti-paparazzo – he shunned the salacious and respected his subjects. The exhibition is at MAXXI in Rome until 30 June

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:00:46 GMT

Owen Jones meets Extinction Rebellion: 'We're the planet's fire alarm' - video

For the last 10 days Extinction Rebellion has blocked roads, railways and bridges in a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience. Now that the period of action has wound down, Owen Jones asks some of the organisers what they have achieved, what they’re planning next and whether it’s capitalism itself that they should be protesting against

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:01:06 GMT

From 'consent football' to 'pin the organ on the body': sex education around the world

As the British debate around how to talk to children about sex intensifies, teachers and students explain how it’s done across the globe

Adults have long been squeamish over talking to children about sex. We have a history of complicated and conflicting attitudes: sex has been seen as simultaneously joyous and desirable (so long as it is between a young couple after marriage and in the interest of begetting babies), but also as dark and dirty, something from which children must be protected.

Religion and paternalism, rooted in a historic cult of virginity at marriage and the ownership of women, continue to influence the debate over sex and relationship education (SRE) around the globe. Even in countries such as the UK, many adults do not feel comfortable with the idea that children can have sexual feelings, particularly if they are LGBT feelings. The parents who object to the government plans for sex education in primary schools talk of the need to “protect childhood innocence”, as if sex is something corrupting or wrong.

Sat, 27 Apr 2019 07:00:47 GMT

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Primarul din Mioveni, Ion Georgescu, a spus astăzi într-o conferinţă de presă a PSD Argeş că lucrările de construire a noului spital orăşenesc din Mioveni decurg conform planurilor de până acum, iar pe 20 septembrie se vor muta aici şi secţiile de la spitalul "Sf. Spiridon". Pentru finalizarea lucrărilor şi pentru investiţii este nevoie de 20 milioane de euro, bani pe care primarul a spus că administraţia locală i-ar putea accesa printr-un credit dacă nu va primi până în mai un răspuns favorabil din partea Ministerului Sănătăţii către care a făcut mai multe solicitări de finanţare pe diverse programe. În ceea ce priveşte angajările, Ion Georgescu a precizat că nu primăria se ocupă de acestea, ci Ministerul Sănătăţii. Cei interesaţi trebuie să urmărească ediţiile din iulie şi august ale revistei "Sănătatea" în care vor fi publicate anunţurile de angajare. - ( 05.04.2019 ) ION GEORGESCU, VEŞTI DESPRE NOUL SPITAL DIN MIOVENI | MIOVENI

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Şedinţă de Consiliu Local la Topoloveni

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Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Program de sărbători la Evidenţa Populaţiei în Piteşti

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Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

FC Argeş joacă în Trivale de Paşti

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Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Camera Deputaţilor a votat pentru repatrierea rezervei de aur a României

Camera Deputaţilor, în calitate de for decizional, a adoptat astăzi proiectul de lege iniţiat de PSD pentru repatrierea integrală a rezervei de aur a României. Proiectul de lege a vizat modificarea şi completarea art. 30 din Legea nr...(Citește tot articolul)

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Simona Bucura Oprescu, 71 de iniţiative legislative!

Simona Bucura Oprescu, deputat de Argeş al PSD, este unul dintre cei mai activi parlamentari ai partidului. Simona Bucura Oprescu a iniţiat sau a fost co-autor la nu mai puţin de 71 de iniţiative legislative, multe dintre acestea devenind legi. ...(Citește tot articolul)

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0200

Buget de peste 10 milioane lei la Regia de Drumuri

Regia Județeană pentru Drumuri și Poduri Argeș a previzionat pentru anul în curs venituri totale de 10,7 milioane lei, iar cheltuielile sunt estimate la suma de 10,63 milioane lei. În structura cheltuielilor de exploatare, preponderea...(Citește tot articolul)

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Cum funcţionează pieţele din Piteşti de sărbători

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Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Autorizații de plantare - defrișare eliberate în primul trimestru al anului 2019

În conformitate cu prevederile Legii Pomiculturii nr. 348/2003R, Direcția pentru Agricultură Județeană Argeș a eliberat în primul trimestru al acestui an, 37 autorizații de defrişare plantații de pomi şi arbuşti fructiferi, 27 a...(Citește tot articolul)

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Lipsa de experienţă, principala cauză a accidentelor de muncă în Argeş!

Reprezentanţii ITM Argeş au prezentat astăzi la Colegiul Prefectural o situaţie a incidentelor apărute pe parcursul anului trecut. Conform raportului, numărul accidentelor de muncă a scăzut de la 137 în 2017 la 132 în 2018, dar a...(Citește tot articolul)

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Autorităţile din Argeş, în alertă din cauza gripei porcine

Autorităţile judeţene au atras astăzi în Colegiul Prefectural atenţia cu privire la problemele care pot apărea în Argeş pe fondul focarului de gripă porcină din Corbeni depistat săptămâna trecută. 'Dacă vom găsi anim...(Citește tot articolul)

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Anunț important de la Primăria Bradu

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Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Aveţi grijă! Recomandări de la Prefectură pentru minivacanţa de Paşti şi 1 Mai!

Prefectul judeţului Argeş, Emilian Dragnea, a făcut o serie de recomandări pentru cetăţeni pentru minivacanţa de Paşti şi 1 Mai. Iată care sunt acestea:- În zonele aglomerate din pieţe, gări, autogări, în magazine, fiţi foa...(Citește tot articolul)

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Coplată pentru serviciile medicale private

Coplata pentru serviciile medicale private intră astăzi pe ordinea de zi a şedinţei de Guvern. Proiectul de ordonanţă de urgenţă prevede că asiguraţii se vor putea trata la spitalele private, însă vor fi nevoiţi să acopere diferen ...(Citește tot articolul)

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

De Paşti, restricţii de trafic pe drumul Piteşti - Râmnicu Vâlcea

Centrul INFOTRAFIC din Inspectoratul General al Poliţiei Române informează că în perioada 25 aprilie - 1 mai 2019, circulaţia vehiculelor rutiere cu masa totală maximă autorizată mai mare de 7,5 tone (altele decât cele destin...(Citește tot articolul)

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

La ce prețuri se vând pomii tăiați de pe marginea drumurilor județene în Argeș

Consiliul Județean Argeș a stabilit tarifele de pornire a licitațiilor care vor fi organizate pentru valorificarea volumului brut de masă lemnoasă pe picior existent în zona de siguranță a unor drumuri județene unde se fac lucrări de &...(Citește tot articolul)

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Utilaje noi la ADP Piteşti

Primăria Municipiului Pitești a achiziționat încă trei utilaje multifuncționale, în valoare de 1.428.000 de lei, care vor putea fi folosite atât iarna la deszăpezire, cât și în restul anului, pentru operațiuni c&...(Citește tot articolul)

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Plecarea deputatului Georgescu de la PSD la Pro România, parte a unui calcul complicat pentru PSD

Conducerea PSD ia în calcul să amâne până după Paște o reorganizare a Guvernului și, implicit, validarea în Parlament a noilor miniștri din cabinetul Dăncilă, pentru a-l scoate astfel din joc pe Klaus Iohannis. Î...(Citește tot articolul)

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Doar patru abatoare în care pot fi sacrificaţi mieii în Argeş

Daniel Lupu, directorul DSVSA Argeş, a spus astăzi că în judeţul Argeş se pot sacrifica miei pentru Paşti în doar patru dintre cele şapte abatoare autorizate. Este vorba despre abatoarele din Câmpulung Muscel, Rucăr şi Bas...(Citește tot articolul)

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Măsuri speciale la biserici pentru Paşti

Riscul de producere a unor incendii la lăcaşurile de cult în perioada Paştelui este mare, iar tragedia de la Costeşti de acum aproape 100 de ani nu a fost uitată. Tocmai de aceea, pompierii argeşeni s-au mobilizat şi inspectorii de prev...(Citește tot articolul)

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Licitaţie de un milion de euro la Rucăr

După ce a obţinut toate cele 25 de avize necesare pentru autorizaţia de construire, Primăria comunei Rucăr a lansat licitaţia pentru execuţia lucrărilor de modernizare a drumurilor de interes local. Modernizarea drumurilor este vitală pentru...(Citește tot articolul)

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Monday 29 April 2019

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