headlines
Tuesday
8
March
2016
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Smoking ban overturned by court of appealGovernment lawyers had argued that a compulsory ban could cause discipline problems and risk staff and prisoner safety
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Young single people bear the bruntMillennials who are going it alone are finding it harder than ever to make ends meet
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Sponsors drop player after failed drugs testBig sponsors suspend relationship with world’s highest-paid female athlete after tennis star said she failed a drug test
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highlights
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Emma Watson: 'Call me a feminazi – it won't stop me'Join us for live coverage as women from all around the world tells what equality means to them
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JK Rowling casts fresh spells in new storiesPottermore website launching series about Harry Potter’s world, Magic in North America, telling of supernatural practices spanning time and space
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The phantom benefit cheat is the perfect patsy for austerityIt’s in the government’s interests to keep promoting the very myths that keep the benefit fraud hotline ringing – and distract us from real social problems
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Don't laugh, stranger celebrity mayors have won beforePro wrestler Jesse ‘the Body’ Ventura became impassioned with zoning issues, Nikki Benz thought she could out-sleaze Rob Ford, and Clint Eastwood ran on a libertarian platform of ice cream for all
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In the furore over plans to gag City Hall staff, the control freak who lies beneath the London mayor’s careful facade is finally being revealedThe Brexit ‘cock up’ has exposed the real Boris Johnson – it’s not pretty
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No pity or sentiment in crisis–hit Milwaukee, where I saw a succession of poor, black families turfed on to the city’s freezing streetsOne day, nine cruel evictions. How supersized inequality looks in the US
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from the UK
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Competition regulator backs scrapping of rail franchisesCMA says that more direct competition could see lower fares, greater efficiency and more effective use of capacity
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Scientists identify cause for first timeUniversity of Warwick researchers say reduced number of stem cells in womb lining is likely cause, and same team will try to develop treatment
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around the world
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Radar glitch requires F-35 fighter jet pilots to turn it off and on againTroubled warplane that has yet to see any cyber security testing hit with yet another bug affecting flight performance requiring software update
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Handler mauled during feeding show in AustraliaRenee Robertson taken to hospital with an arm injury after being attacked by a 2.5m crocodile near Townsville in Queensland
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in brief
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Samsung and Huawei fingerprint scanners can be fooled using an inkjet printerResearchers show they can spoof common smartphone fingerprint sensors using an off-the-shelf and special paper and ink used for printing circuits
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Robert Plant, Femi Kuti and Laura Marling to playElbow frontman and BBC 6 Music DJ announces the Southbank music festival will also feature Connan Mockasin, Lift to Experience and the Staves, and there will be a theme – boats
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Men 'make up their minds about books faster than women'Reader analytics company finds male readers want an author ‘to get to the point quickly … or they are gone, gone, gone’
in depth
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Our writers share their painPeople who improve their lifestyles in middle age can expect a healthier retirement, says the government. A marathon addict, a couch potato and others reveal their struggles
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A woman died in my arms – her crime? To refuse FGMFor the last eight years, Gift and her husband, Augustine, have spent most of their married life on the road fighting FGM in south-east Nigeria
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Why is domestic abuse still not taken seriously?Female victims left in fear for their lives speak out about the failure of the justice system to punish abusers with long prison sentences
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How crackdown on legal sex aid could criminalise gay usersMore than 2m bottles of poppers are sold legally every year – and Yorkshire is the centre of the trade. How is one factory preparing for the ban?
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How priest child abuse tore apart towns in PennsylvaniaA grand jury report issued last week details abuse by dozens of Catholic leaders in the small communities of Altoona-Johnstown from the 1950s to the 1990s
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Insiders' guide on who to look out for this yearFrom Def Jam’s latest prospect to indie charmers from Australia, this year there will be another batch of hopefuls looking to turn industry heads
pictures & video
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Millennials on their criticsA variety of millennials read criticism of their generation and give their responses
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Too Much TV, The Seventies and Churchill's SecretTelly addict Andrew Collins reviews the week’s TV, fearing for his job after the launch of pundit-and-an-autocue TV review show Too Much TV on BBC2
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Kesha delivers emotional speech while accepting awardKesha accepted the Human Rights Campaign’s Visibility Award at the 2016 Nashville Equality Dinner, telling her audience: ‘Don’t be afraid to speak up’
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Baileys women's prize for fiction 2016 longlistCoinciding with International Women’s Day, the 2016 longlist for the Baileys prize – the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman – has been announced
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Timelapse of the northern lights as seen from spaceTimelapse footage filmed from the International Space Station shows the northern lights above Earth
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Ghost-like octopus discovered near HawaiiThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Okeanos Explorer claim they have discovered a completely new species of octopus
people
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Justin Trudeau meets newly named Canadian panda cubsGood news of the day comes courtesy of Canada, where baby pandas have been cavorting with the nation’s charismatic prime minister
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No more CDs from meAfter The Life of Pablo was released only on Tidal, the rapper announces the end of his relationship with the compact disc, making the transparent case of 2013’s Yeezus ‘an open casket to CDs’
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I wish I'd built more cycling paths for LondonAs the London mayor nears the end of his time in office he looks back on what he’s achieved for cycling in the capital – and the hostility he’s faced
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NFL player retires – and ends the world's most exhausting hagiographyThe Super Bowl winner might have lost his ability to throw a tight spiral, but he’s never lost his skills at promoting himself and his endorsements
the big picture
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Ageing party girls and pint-sized beauty queensRosalind Fox Solomon, 85, didn’t take her first photo until she was 38. Since then she has amassed hundreds of images
Migration crisis EU-Turkey deal could see Syrian refugees back in war zones, says UN
EU and Turkey agree outline of 'one in, one out' deal
Analysis The EU's simplistic answer to the refugee crisis
Cartoon Steve Bell on the EU and Turkey's refugee summit