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Germanwings crash: report that co-pilot Lubitz had suffered 'personal life crisis' - live updates
As a cancer researcher I ask whether a new drug may prolong a child's life
Wrestling is scripted, but WrestleMania headliner Brock Lesnar is a true athlete
'Our work makes the lives of older people better'
UK house price growth slows for 7th month in a row, says Nationwide
Ben Stiller's teenage punk band gets picked up by Brooklyn indie label
Co-op Bank halves its annual losses
Cameron v Miliband: everything you need to know about the leaders' interviews
Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's background under scrutiny
Oil prices dip as Yemen fears fade - live updates
UK first country in world where half of all ad spend is on digital media
Right to buy for housing associations is the idea that won't die – it should
The Seventh Son by Joseph Delaney- quiz
Election 2015: Cameron edges Miliband in first leaders' interviews – live reaction
Kipper Williams on the new London black cab factory
Why is schizophrenia portrayed so negatively on screen?
Labor's NSW election scare tactics show one thing: defeating scare tactics is possible
We shouldn't keep quiet about how research grant money is really spent
Why women are still missing out despite a rise in UK employment
All Day Long: A Portrait of Britain at Work by Joanna Biggs – review

Germanwings crash: report that co-pilot Lubitz had suffered 'personal life crisis' - live updates

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:31 AM PDT

More details emerge about Andreas Lubitz, the 27-year-old German co-pilot
French prosecutor says co-pilot crashed plane deliberately
Airlines adopt two-person cockpit rule
Interactive: the last minutes of Germanwings flight 4U9525

As a cancer researcher I ask whether a new drug may prolong a child's life

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:30 AM PDT

The direct impact of cancer research isn't just about performing an experiment, it can also be about using scientific knowledge to inspire people

Wrestling is scripted, but WrestleMania headliner Brock Lesnar is a true athlete

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:30 AM PDT

He's won an NCAA wrestling title, a UFC championship and impressed in NFL training camp, but so why doesn't Brock Lesnar get more credit as an sportsman?

'Our work makes the lives of older people better'

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:30 AM PDT

Providing information and advice about care rights to older people confused by the social care system

UK house price growth slows for 7th month in a row, says Nationwide

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:22 AM PDT

Prices rising fastest in the north of England with London market cooling and falls recorded in Wales, Scotland and west Midlands

Ben Stiller's teenage punk band gets picked up by Brooklyn indie label

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:22 AM PDT

Capital Punishment's Roadkill is to be released on the hip Captured Tracks label

Co-op Bank halves its annual losses

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:06 AM PDT

Bank announces plans to close a further 57 branches and keep chief executive Niall Booker until end of 2016

Cameron v Miliband: everything you need to know about the leaders' interviews

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:01 AM PDT

How the leaders scored in Thursday night's TV and what we found out about the candidates

Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's background under scrutiny

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:01 AM PDT

Investigators looking into the background of Lubitz for clues as to why he may have wanted to take his own life – and to kill 149 other people as he did so

The investigation into Tuesday's crash of the Germanwings plane that killed 150 people is focusing on the background of the co-pilot, who appears to have deliberately downed the plane in a rocky ravine in the French Alps.

Airlines around the world have scrambled to introduce rules to ensure two crew members are always in the cockpit, after investigators said first officer Andreas Lubitz locked the flight commander out of the cockpit before deliberately crashing the plane.

Oil prices dip as Yemen fears fade - live updates

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Brent crude falls 1.7% as fears over Yemen and a broader Middle Eastern conflict subside

UK first country in world where half of all ad spend is on digital media

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Digital advertising is expected to grow by 12% this year to £8.1bn, according to eMarketer

Right to buy for housing associations is the idea that won't die – it should

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT

Extending the right to buy your social home to the country's 2.5m housing association tenants is – still – a disaster in waiting

The Seventh Son by Joseph Delaney- quiz

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 01:00 AM PDT

To celebrate the release of The Seventh Son film, author of the books Joseph Delaney has created a quiz to see how big a fan you are!

Check out the trailer for Spook's Seventh Son

We have a complete set of the 12 Spooks books to give away, with Seventh Son signed by Joseph Delaney himself! To enter email childrens.books@theguardian.com with the headline 'Seventh Son' by Monday 6 April, and tell us why you should win. Entrants should be aged between 8 and 18, or entering on behalf of a child. Please include your name, age, and postal address; if you are under 16 you must also include the name, contact telephone number and email address of your parent or guardian. Continue reading...

Election 2015: Cameron edges Miliband in first leaders' interviews – live reaction

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 12:52 AM PDT

After the prime minister tops the polls for last night's TV grilling by Jeremy Paxman, the Guardian's politics team scoops up and analyses the fallout

Catch up with our morning briefing

Kipper Williams on the new London black cab factory

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 12:48 AM PDT

The Chinese owner of the London Taxi Company is expanding production, including a new factory making super low-emission cabs

Why is schizophrenia portrayed so negatively on screen?

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 12:45 AM PDT

New film The Voices and Louis Theroux's BBC documentary reinforce the stereotype that people with schizophrenia are dangerous

Labor's NSW election scare tactics show one thing: defeating scare tactics is possible

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 12:39 AM PDT

The opposition's sinister suggestions about foreign powers secretly taking over are mostly nonsense but their likely failure might just encourage parties to push big policy ideas instead

We shouldn't keep quiet about how research grant money is really spent

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 12:30 AM PDT

The same organisations that make it difficult to get a grant can be ridiculously laid back about how their money is spent once they have signed it over