Virgin Media O2 to axe thousands of jobs in sweeping shake-up

Election integrity, extremism and Pete Hegseth: nine voters on the US midterm election

Days away from a national verdict on Trump 2.0, we check in with nine midterm voters across the US and the political spectrumUS voters will soon deliver a national verdict on the second presidency of Donald Trump. On 3 November, millions of Americans will vote in midterm elections to decide control of the House of Representatives and Senate, as well as the governorships in 36 states and state legislatures across the country. The results could have a huge impact on Trump’s final two years in...

‘A gust of wind blowing back her hair added something special’: Mark McEvoy’s best phone picture

It was very cold and the young smoker was barelegged, barefoot and wearing a fur coat … How could the photographer resist?This Margate shop is now an ice-cream parlour, but back in 2014 it was a vintage clothes store. Mark McEvoy, who had relocated from London the previous year with his partner and baby daughter, approached the young woman to ask permission to take this shot. “I remember it being a very cold October day, so I was surprised she was barelegged and barefoot,” he says.

Jeremy Nguyen on a very arty pumpkin – cartoon

Christopher Capron obituary

‘Ruthlessly impartial’ editor of Panorama and BBC executive who fought for the corporation’s independence during the Thatcher eraChristopher Capron, who has died aged 90, was a well-regarded editor of the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme Panorama, and then the corporation’s head of current affairs, during which time he was a key player in the BBC’s battle for independence in the Thatcher era. He went on to form his own production company, and in 1994 became the first independent to...