As schools and universities plan for the new academic year, and administrators grapple with complex questions about how to keep young people safe, a new report about a coronavirus outbreak at a sleepaway camp in Georgia provides fresh reasons for concern. The camp implemented several precautionary measures against the virus, …...Read More

There is no such thing as a free lunch, or so the saying goes. But from Monday, families will be able to eat at many of their favourite restaurants at a considerably reduced cost as Chancellor Rishi Sunak — dubbed Dishy Rishi — dishes up a helping for the beleaguered …...Read More

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants are still working from home two weeks after Boris Johnson urged workers to get back to the office to help save the economy. Ministerial departments in Whitehall are said to be 'ghost towns' with some seeing just 2 per cent of staff arriving at …...Read More

Monty revisits one of his classic books, Gardening at Longmeadow, in an occasional series. As summer moves into its second half I rely on the half-hardy and tender annuals to provide colour and form. The most dramatic of all late- season annuals – and one of my favourites – is …...Read More

Dressed in an anonymous black outfit on a suburban street, Britain’s worst female paedophile is utterly inconspicuous as she carries her shopping home, occasionally peering at her small mobile phone. And that is just how middle-aged Vanessa George wants it to be. Her distinctive blonde hair has gone. So has …...Read More

Dear Bel, I've been with my partner for 12 years and we have two young children. Though happy with my family, I'm no longer in love with my partner. My wants and needs have changed. If we didn't have children together I wouldn't choose to spend my life with him. …...Read More

He added that the administration planned to file its petition by Aug. 7, far ahead of the deadline. That would allow the justices to consider whether to hear the case at their first private conference after their summer break, on Sept. 29. In a second brief, the environmental groups said …...Read More

Ohio woman Connie Culp, who became the first person in the U.S. to receive a partial face transplant after surviving a gunshot blast to the face, has died at the age of 57. The Cleveland Clinic, where Culp underwent the historic surgical procedure in 2008, confirmed her death in a …...Read More

Seven people were killed, including a member of the Alaska State Legislature, after two planes collided in midair on Friday morning in the Alaskan city of Soldotna, the authorities said. Officials said the collision, between a single-engine de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver and a Piper-PA12, happened at 8:30 a.m. local time, …...Read More

Some former Trump officials said it was a good move to step back in the middle of the summer, when there was still plenty of time to readjust. “Considering the curveball Covid threw into the political landscape, it’s smart of the campaign to reassess what the most effective messaging is …...Read More