2020 was the most challenging and extraordinary year for news. The Guardian's coverage sought to foreground the science and the latest data, hold the government and the scientific establishment to...

Medway council missed five chances to help family despite being informed they were at risk

Thousands left with unacceptable living conditions as Home Office ceased evictions in pandemic, finds Refugee Council

Jeremy Fleming to say UK must ‘develop sovereign technologies’ and work with allies to ‘build better cyber-defences’

Exeter visit the leaders Bristol needing to show they will not relinquish their domestic crown without a fight

This thoughtful collection of compositions from the Cathedral of Guatemala City archives reimagines a wealth of music made in colonial Latin America

Ruling breaks with precedents and illustrates the impact of Donald Trump’s appointments of three conservative judges

The Cabinet Office is to launch an internal investigation into the leak of the PM’s text messages with James Dyson after concerns were raised about Johnson’s texted promises to change tax rules

Case against RTHK producer Bao Choy has become central to Hong Kong authorities’ press clampdown

The Irish author explores themes of marriage, children, mortality and memory in vivid, heartbreaking tales

Boris Johnson says he wants to ‘promote the role of fans’ in the game. What should be done to improve football’s governance?

ITV’s one-off follows an elderly couple accused of killing their son 28 years ago, but their own behaviour proves more intriguing than the evidence around the case

Wigan maintained their unbeaten start to the Super League season as two tries from Bevan French helped to inflict a first defeat of 2021 on Castleford Tigers

Anthony McGill missed a shot at a maximum break as he drew the first session 4-4 with Ronnie O’Sullivan

Documents still under development but should be available by time international travel restrictions lift, sources say

Fifteen Sydney waterfront workers waiting on coronavirus test results after boarding ship carrying infected sailors; national cabinet decision to offer all over-50s AstraZeneca vaccine from 17 May...

A fan-led review into the governance of football after the collapse of the ESL will look into whether the current owners’ and directors’ tests is fit for purpose

NorVap says it has been unable to sell devices it created in response to Hancock’s ‘ventilator challenge’

Alan Ladd Jr greenlit Star Wars, Alien, The Omen and many more – winning the lasting admiration of countless directors and actors. Now, his daughter has made a heartfelt celluloid tribute to the...