Venetia Menzies

As she grew up, the woman at the heart of the Olympic boxing gender row was told by a conservative society that she could not be a boxer because she was female

The subject has staged a remarkable turnaround and now attracts 100,000 teenagers a year. Experts say it’s time parents stop joking about their own rubbish sums

Diseases including hepatitis A and gastroenteritis are already spreading in crowded shelters as hospitals and aid agencies are overwhelmed

Most leavers earn less than the average twentysomething, official figures reveal. So how does your subject stack up?

With prisons at 99% capacity, the government is releasing up to 2,000 inmates early

Aerial pictures and scorched earth show how the Israel-Hamas war has rendered this strip of land almost unrecognisable

Almost a year into the Israel-Hamas war, this audit of the destruction shows Gaza before and after October 7

A year on from October 7, nearly 100 people are still in Hamas captivity. These are their stories

Cornered by the Israelis and covered in dust, the Hamas leader’s final throw gave him away

Eyal Golan, brother of Shirel, who died aged 22 a year after the attacks, says Israel has failed survivors of the Hamas massacre