In Human Resources, time Out and The Class, the Palme d’Or-winning film-maker – who has died aged 63 – addressed French and European society at all levels

Energy watchdog warns pace must accelerate to hit targets after new batteries increased capacity by 130%

From Miriam being ‘revealed’ as a transgender woman to the contestants trashing the set, it was the cruellest reality show ever. Ahead of a new series about its tragic fallout, Miriam’s brother and friend open up for the first time abo ...

Cleaners had to dangle from the road in the middle of the night

Henry Roffe-Silvester was struck six times by a 16-year-old student at Blundell’s School in Tiverton, Devon

Polster suggests timescale of a potential vote depends on ‘uncertain’ politics and how a potential incoming Labour government approaches relations with the EU

The chief executive of a horse charity has insisted there is "nothing cruel" about the way Household Cavalry horses are trained after several of the animals threw their riders and wreaked havoc across six miles of central London on ...

There is "no way back" for the UK and Vladimir Putin's relationship, David Cameron has said. When pressed on a time when he took the Russian president to watch judo competitions at the Olympics in London during his time as prime min ...

Our capital has many problems, but it is time to push back against attacks from those who neither know nor understand it, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

‘The first time it happened, it gave rise to all complex life,’ scientists say

The cheapest cities are all in the north of the UK

‘She is a horrible leader,’ Mr Tillis said

Cleaners dangled 33m from the road on Tower Bridge as they cleaned the underside of the structure's glass walkways for the first time in 10 years. Footage from the City Bridge Foundation shows rope access specialists hanging from the iconic fixture o ...

Police in Memphis have shared footage of the moment a car was stolen with a baby inside. The one-year-old child was found uninjured in the back seat of the vehicle around two miles away from the scene of the theft and quickly reunited with its mother ...

Two rampant horses covered a great distance in central London, leaving four injured

‘This will not be a Seder as usual. These are not usual times’

Watch the moment a lightning strike causes a shower of sparks after hitting the roof of a house in China. Footage shows heavy rainfall in a mountainside village near Zunyi in Guizhou province on Thursday 18 April. The peaceful scene was suddenly shat ...

Angela Rayner told Tory MPs to "stop obsessing" over her council tax and "get a grip" during a fiery Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 24 April. The deputy Labour leader's reply came after Oliver Dowden aime ...

Prime Minister’s Questions descended into chaos on Wednesday 24 April, as a Tory MP opened the session by attacking Labour with a long-winded question. Jonathan Gullis stood to speak for 85 seconds, before asking deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden ...

A resident said they found the conduct of the restaurant to be 'disrespectful' but the owner says the noise complaints were on days where they had 'special events'