Michael Goodier

Alder Hey children’s hospital opens its vaping cessation service for nicotine-dependent 11- to 15-year-olds

Exclusive: About 89% of such crimes closed without a suspect being caught or charged in the year to June 2024

Exclusive: Frank Cottrell-Boyce says Conservative funding freeze over 14 years has created ‘enormous’ equality gap

Revealed: 1.5m children in England studying in unfit school buildings

Guardian analysis finds 1.6 million pupils in schools in need of repair, while some NHS sites endanger patients and staff

Data supports belief that Christmas-themed merchandise, songs and decorations are appearing ahead of season

Other submissions included a vertical grand piano, smart goalie gloves and cheese made of potatoes

In a week in which the government has been forced to release inmates early, experts point to a confluence of factors in the overcrowding

Number of people in prison in England and Wales has dropped by 2,188 in seven days, a fall of about 2.5%

Fifty potential cases in first three months of this year as rising costs lead to increase in parallel market