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

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

Join our writers for latest updates as the men’s and women’s singles quarter-finals get under way at SW19 ...

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

George Robertson warns prime minister’s defence investment plan fails to meet scale of challenge facing the UK ...

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

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 ...

Lachie Perrem suffered life-threatening injuries after the explosion on Thursday destroyed his share house in Brabham ...

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 ...