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Following the uproar and the widespread protests after the August 2024 rape and murder of a medical professional in Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital, there were demands for death penalty for the accused. The state government passed the Aparajita Woman and Child [West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment] Bill 2024 [awaiting presidential…

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As regards safeguarding, the Church of England is in no better state than when Justin Welby became Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013. His interview with Laura Kuenssberg, in which he said he would forgive the serial abuser John Smyth if he were still alive, shows a…

Editorial: From Russia to the US, those who seek to uphold the law are coming under increasing pressure

Editorial: If a tree-planting scheme in western England can match the first national forest, people as well as wildlife will benefit

Hardship is inevitable, but being resilient doesn’t mean we are invincible. It means we can draw on our coping strategies to manage setbacks

Solo dining is a sign of unhappiness, a new report claims. I’ll tell you why I think that’s nonsense – but please don’t pull up a chair, says author Emma Gannon

As a controversial list of rules for eating out does the rounds, here is my unsparing list of commandments for eating in, writes Emma Beddington

The anxiety and horror of these sweeping cuts are a matter of deliberate policy. How did the party of Bevan come to this, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

Ono was blamed for splitting the Beatles and taking John Lennon from his true calling. Let’s hope things are getting easier for women who date famous musicians

Is it worth me writing jokes about Trump’s US? It looks like they are targeting even their mildest visa-carrying critics

Under a stricter code of conduct, the chancellor and others need only use their judgment on gifts