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Lucy Letby This article is more than 5 months oldProfileThis article is more than 5 months oldHe looked relaxed before the jury gave its verdict in the latest high-profile case he has presided over Lucy Letby sentencing – latest updates The judge who will decide on Monday whether Lucy Letby will ever be released from prison is well-versed in making big decisions. In 2017, Mr Justice Goss took the almost unprecedented step of deciding on the guilt of three defendants himself, having dismissed the jurors after they were approached and offered bribes as they left the court building.

Paramore … ‘We were a support system to each other’ Photograph: Zachary GrayParamore … ‘We were a support system to each other’ Photograph: Zachary GrayParamoreInterviewParamore: ‘We realised this band isn’t worth risking our health for’Laura SnapesOne of the most influential bands of their generation, the pop-punk pioneers were nearly torn apart by infighting and industry sexism. Now, after four years of self-reflection, they’re back – and ready to respond to a ‘crazy’ moment for the US

Pop and rockObituaryTim Hauser obituaryFounder of the Manhattan Transfer, the American jazz-swing quartet best known for its hit Chanson d’AmourThe British singles charts in March 1977 were topped by Chanson d’Amour, sung in close harmony by an American quartet, the Manhattan Transfer. Led by its founder, Tim Hauser, who has died suddenly of heart failure, aged 72, the group combined contemporary and nostalgic sounds from the jazz, gospel and pop traditions.

US news This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldKroger and Albertsons seek deal through FTC but employees say previous merger experience has them deeply concerned Thousands of workers at two of America’s biggest supermarkets are warning of potential mass layoffs as the giant firms push for a merger. Kroger, the second largest grocery chain in the US, and Albertsons, the fourth largest, are pushing for a merger through the Federal Trade Commission, which is reviewing the proposal.

Health & wellbeing'I can't imagine not sharing my life with this machine'Patricia LeBlack may be the longest-surviving kidney dialysis patient in the world. Emine Saner meets herAttached to a machine with tubes disappearing into her arm, Patricia LeBlack, dressed in a loose cotton top that keeps slipping off her narrow shoulder, might look frail but when she speaks there is nothing feeble about her. She shouts to the man in the bed opposite, on the renal ward of the Royal Free hospital in north London, who is hooked up to an identical machine, and she jokes with the staff, who call her "

Christian PulisicChristian Pulisic named US male soccer player of the year, tying recordUSMNT star ties Landon Donovan’s record with four winsKevin Paredes was named US Soccer’s young male player of the yearChristian Pulisic was voted the US Soccer’s Male Player of the Year for the fourth time Thursday, matching Landon Donovan for the most times receiving an award that began in 1998. Pulisic received 53% of the vote, followed by Yunus Musah (21.

OpinionSpain This article is more than 1 month oldIn Spain, we don’t share Britain’s migration panic – ‘stop the boats’ has few fans hereThis article is more than 1 month oldMaría RamírezThis year, more people arrived by sea in Spain than in the UK. But most politicians and the public see migration as a benefit In the first 10 months of 2023, more than 43,000 migrants and refugees landed on the Spanish coasts.

BooksObituaryLiana BurgessItalian-born translator, she was the second wife and team-mate of Anthony BurgessThe 1966 Who's Who entry of the writer Anthony Burgess listed, under hobbies, "wife". It aroused controversy, not quelled by his explanation that any marriage brings "a private language, a system of codes and signals which would be incomprehensible to outsiders". It was not even that simple. In 1968 the translator Liana Burgess, who has died aged 78, was to become his second wife.

The ObserverChildren and teenagersInterviewSelfies, sex and body image – the revolution in books for teenage girlsSarah HughesWith her positive messages and dark themes, Louise O’Neill is leading a new wave of young adult fictionThe idea for her first book came to Louise O’Neill in a cafe in New York on a cold January morning in 2011. Then 26, O’Neill was working at Elle magazine in Manhattan and had recently started to relapse back into the anorexia she first suffered from at the age of 14.