‘If only there was a way to feast in the Championship without risking famine the next season’

Manchester United is used to success. But it is languishing in the league and saddled with debt

Inclusion in the documents does not indicate wrongdoing. But the public may not give the benefit of the doubt to those who corresponded with the sex offender

One of Britain’s biggest trade unions has built a hotel in Birmingham at vast cost. Following the threads which explain why it became so wildly expensive leads inevitably to a surprising place: to Liverpool. And to questions which could hurt the Labour party.

Transatlantic travel between the two cities puts snow, Monet and haberdashery into perspective

Founded in the late 1980s to make fun of the news of the time, the Onion has always been taken seriously. Now as the title relaunches in print it is thriving and finding ways to laugh through bleak times

The brutal crackdown on protests across the country demonstrates that the regime is frailer than ever, but will not go lightly

Conservative councillor suspended after her account is included on a leaked user list from WhiteDate site

Renee Nicole Good died at the hands of a federal agent. Trump has blamed the victim

The seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker is the latest articulation of Trump’s view of the world

The capture of the Venezuelan president took months of preparation and involved coordination from 20 different bases

Video footage shows teenagers in the Crans-Montana ski resort dancing beneath a blazing ceiling. At least 40 people are known to have died

Starting positions are randomised in Magnus Carlsen’s radical take on an ancient pastime, but is it injecting new life or ushering in the endgame?

Australian singer taps into British nostalgia to end Wham!’s winning streak with her crowdpleaser XMAS

The British citizen has been found guilty of national security offences in Hong Kong. He faces life in prison

‘You’re basically turning on the radio without any DJs’ some say as same artists top the end-of-year charts

A tiny department is playing a defining role in the Labour government

Weighed down by £6.6bn of arrears, English local authorities have turned to debt agencies – with some shocking results

A new feature that allows users to see where accounts are located seems like a positive step, but this so-called transparency comes with major drawbacks

Limiting global warming to 1.5C becomes unlikelier by the day

It still might not stop Reform

Holyrood wants more community ownership of rural land – but it’s an uphill struggle