Once coveted for its clean lines and timeless design, the functional furniture is no longer seen as cool. Anyone for cottagecore and chrome?

From a young chef and a single father to business owners and a pensioner, Guardian readers reveal how John Healey’s measures will affect them ...

Chancellor cuts business rates for more small businesses and limits rise in minimum wage for younger workers ...

With the final count unlikely to shift results significantly, experts say Gadi Eisenkot’s hopes of unseating Benjamin Netanyahu rest on his willingness to work with Palestinian parties ...

When Basir Arian was summoned to the Taliban headquarters, he knew he had to go. To defy them meant death. The torture left him devastated and sure he had to leave the country ...

Sally Lindsay’s antique-dealing detective is drawn into a festive investigation in Madame Blanc. Plus: Martin Lewis tackles the Budget. Here’s what to watch this evening ...

The star plays a sadistic murderer still pulling the strings from behind bars. With his high-pitched giggles and fatal whispers, it is a perfectly terrifying show for Halloween ...

Milwaukee clinch their first World Series title with a Game 5 victory over Tampa Bay, ending a championship wait dating to their arrival in Wisconsin ...

Campaigners say costly new funds will lead to higher bills, which company denies ...

Writers are being bombarded daily with invitations from fake book groups and offers to publicise their work. For the scamming industry, aspiring authors can be a soft touch ...

Voters have a lot of negative feedback in this month’s Guardian Essential poll. Political reporter Josh Butler speaks with Essential Media chair Peter Lewis about the problems with Labor’s policy narr ...

The 29th season has begun to slightly spin its wheels, but this poo-splattered episode suggests an imminent story arc: the release of Grand Theft Auto VI ...