I presumed kids books were written by people who were white and dead’: new children’s laureate Patrice Lawrence. 07.30 EDT ...

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Maine’s party leadership calls for Platner to withdraw after after sexual assault allegation emerges ...

Result of court case against Associated Newspapers Limited expected this afternoon ...

Officials admit new post-Brexit EES system is ‘not perfect’, as airports and airlines voice fears over delays ...

Anastasiia Berezovska was being sought by police over attack that seriously injured a Ukraine-born businessman ...

Writer of YA novels Orangeboy and Needle takes over from Frank Cottrell-Boyce and plans to highlight how reading can foster connection in fragmented times ...

The author of Orangeboy, Indigo Donut and Is That Your Mama? plans to use her two-year term to ensure children isolated from reading get involved ...

Our cartoonist looks at the latest major stories from the World Cup as England reach the last eight but the US slump out ...

Fifa has hit back at Uefa in the war of words over the lifting of the USA striker Folarin Balogun’s suspension ...

About 57% of polled Americans also believe economy is worsening in grim portrait of cost of living crisis, according to Harris survey for the Guardian ...

At Menopunkapalooza, riot grrrls sang and rallied around a topic still taboo today: women’s health during midlife ...