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FoodEvery year, the French nibble away at 4,000 tonnes of frogs' legs. But that's nothing compared with the vast number being eaten in Asia, South America and even the US. And it's pushing the world's frog population towards extinction, says Jon Henley Food blog: Are frogs on their last legs?In the cavernous community hall of the Vosges spa town of Vittel, a large and lugubrious man, his small, surprisingly chirpy wife, and 450 other people are sitting down to their evening meal.

The new arrivals Refugees 'Then the shooting started': Afghan asylum seekers on the moment they lost their family – video Said fled Afghanistan with his wife and seven children. Only he and his nine-year-old son Wali Khan made it to Britain. Their life in Derby is precarious and for Said, who is struggling to learn English, lonely. We will follow this family as they attempt to make a home in Britain and seek a legal right to stay here

FictionReviewA young female graduate is blind to the grim truth about the older man she falls for when she takes a job on his farm in the Pyrenees Contrary to its title’s implication, there are three significant figures shaping the course of Daisy Lafarge’s debut novel. Besides Paul himself, a charismatic, self-taught anthropologist who runs a chaotic farm-stroke-commune in the Pyrenean valleys, there is Frances, the first-person narrator, a recent medieval history graduate from the UK.

HousingExperts say agents often list properties for much less than they’re worth to lure in buyers – and regulators ‘don’t seem to care’ Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast When Jack Sukhen checked out a property for sale in western Sydney, he decided to put in an offer before auction. It was a nice place – renovated, four bedrooms, with solar panels and a pool.

‘For many LGBTQI+ people, coming out is a time of trauma or celebration, but having been raised within the community, my sexuality was neither a revelation nor a shock’ – writer and theatre-maker Maeve Marsden (in bow tie) with friends. Photograph: Supplied by Maeve Marsden‘For many LGBTQI+ people, coming out is a time of trauma or celebration, but having been raised within the community, my sexuality was neither a revelation nor a shock’ – writer and theatre-maker Maeve Marsden (in bow tie) with friends.

AfghanistanUS soldiers still missing in AfghanistanA small team of US soldiers was today still missing in the same eastern Afghan mountains where a special forces helicopter was shot down earlier this week. The MH-47 Chinook helicopter came down on Tuesday while trying to help the reconnaissance team on the ground. All 16 US personnel on board the aircraft were killed. The Taliban claimed to have shot down the helicopter, and US officers at the crash scene today said it appeared an unguided rocket-propelled grenade had hit the aircraft with a "

Technical hitch … Christina Aguilera and the virtual Whitney Houston. Photograph: The VoiceTechnical hitch … Christina Aguilera and the virtual Whitney Houston. Photograph: The VoiceWhitney Houston This article is more than 7 years oldWhitney Houston’s hologram appearance on The Voice axedThis article is more than 7 years oldThe late singer’s part of a planned duet with Christina Aguilera ‘not ready to air’, says estate after online leak After footage of Whitney Houston’s hologram was leaked online ahead of its official premiere, the singer’s estate has decided to cancel its official unveiling.

Heritage in Dulwich, London SE21: ‘Dances a fine line between high-end, crowdpleasing classics and more unexpected delights.’ Photograph: Karen Robinson/The GuardianHeritage in Dulwich, London SE21: ‘Dances a fine line between high-end, crowdpleasing classics and more unexpected delights.’ Photograph: Karen Robinson/The GuardianGrace Dent on restaurantsFoodReview‘I keep a picture of the king prawns on my phone and sometimes look at them during sadder life moments in life’ Heritage in Dulwich is my favourite sort of review – a restaurant I didn’t plan to write about, but somehow it ambushed me.

Plants This article is more than 10 months oldJapan’s most familiar orchid is found to have near-identical cousinThis article is more than 10 months oldAll the Spiranthes on the Japanese mainland were thought to be a single species, but in fact there are two In Japan, a country with a rich and ancient history of horticulture, it is nowadays extremely rare for a new plant species to be identified. But the latest one has been growing under their noses, and it is exceptionally beautiful.