New research into mutations in sperm helps us better understand why they occur, while debunking a few myths in the process, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
Twelve days of stupefaction: what next?
Those sickened at the spectacle of sycophancy that has been impossible to escape need only keep one thing in mind — there is no way King Charles III will evoke the support enjoyed by his predecessor, writes DAWN EVANS
King Charles III follows the State Gun Carriage carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre, as it leaves Westminster Hall for the State Funeral at Westminster Abbey, London.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
LINDA PENTZ GUNTER reports from the one of 2,700 protests against the Trump government’s power grabs, on a day when seven million people defied fear-mongering in a outpouring of joy and hope in what might be the biggest protest in US history
Our trust makes 3,200 home visits caring for 227 patients despite 198 Israeli checkpoints around Bethlehem; this compassion which transcends boundaries has lessons for the debate on end-of-life care in Britain too, writes FATHER GEOFF BOTTOMS
There is no chance of defending and renewing an NHS which is still savagely undermined by having to pay mark-ups of up to 23,000 per cent to Big Pharma — let’s take control of pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution, writes DREW GILCHRIST
SO, it is all over bar the mopping up, which of course will be left to the army of invisible labourers which no-one will interview, film, clap or queue to see.
As the ranks of medal-festooned royals slink back to their secretive, shadowy, exclusive lairs where they’ll throw off their fake smiles and public-persona masks and slump into a pampered oblivion, the rest of the British populace will start to emerge from the weird 12 day through-the-looking-glass stupor; and face a reality hangover from hell.
Some may wonder as they groggily surface: “What the hell just happened?”
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