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As the number of flood victims continues to climb in Libya, survivors from devastated towns in the northeast are still waiting to be rescued. Access to phone and internet networks has been cut off by the immense damage caused by the storm. Our Observer, a resident of Derna, the town…

TDCJ will allocate $85 million to provide air conditioning to more units. In the meantime, is heat killing people in Texas prisons?

Database errors mean customers have been getting huge demands from firms that don’t even supply them

Coruscating was originally a sparkling synonym, but now we understand that it’s something more scathing

The fast-growing US writing platform has come of age. But how do you find the good stuff? We pick some of the best by theme

This endless week of crumbling schools, poor public services and collapsing council finances has been 13 years in the making – and even loyal Tories now know the game is up

Last year, research cast doubt on the dominant ‘chemical imbalance’ theory of depression. Now two persuasive books by scientists Philip Gold and Camilla Nord offer very different causes of the illness – though both are optimistic about our future treatment of the ‘cancer of the self’

Freedom of information requests show such was haste to open new schools unsuitable buildings were purchased without checks for asbestos or concrete

Riding is added to the school curriculum, girls get the ‘pony habit’ and horse-powered vehicles – and food

Industry figures and the TUC warn of missed carbon reduction targets and lost jobs unless government boosts green investment

Exclusive: Rick Haythornthwaite was paid £200,000 a year by Saudi company, PetroSaudi, involved in 1MDB scandal