The Latest Breaking News from John Hughes

In June of last year, the Guardian revealed that John Hughes’ Miles Franklin-longlisted novel The Dogs contained material lifted from The Unwomanly Face of War, a book by Nobel Prize-winning Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich. When approached about this, Hughes apologised for the transgression, describing the plagiarism as unintentional.

An earlier alleged assault in the same store was not caught on camera

Michael Gannon mans the phones as Old Firm fans kick off the Cold Firm war in the build up to the Viaplay Cup Final showdown.

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

In 2022, the acclaimed Australian author was found to have plagiarised whole sentences from Leo Tolstoy and F Scott Fitzgerald. When a former student discovered he was among those greats, his reaction was complicated

Unite move means NHS will struggle on 6 February, but union says escalation caused by ministers’ wrong claims over patient safety

Boxer Dai Lewis was murdered in Cardiff city centre almost a century ago and two men were hanged. But just hours before his death, and following the fatal attack, Lewis said one of the men executed for his murder 'had nothing to do with it'

Written by teen-movie legend John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus – who went on to direct the first two Harry Potter films – Home Alone stars a young Macaulay Culkin in his breakthrough role

The fake 1961 California Spyder is one of three replicas made specifically for the John Hughes classic.