Cancer This article is more than 6 months oldNutmeg entrepreneur Nick Hungerford dies of bone cancer aged 43This article is more than 6 months oldHungerford founded the charity Elizabeth’s Smile for children who lose a parent to terminal illness after his diagnosis One of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs has died aged 43 as a result of bone cancer. Nick Hungerford, the founder of the personal investment site Nutmeg, was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called Ewing’s sarcoma in 2020 after feeling pain in his right thigh.

Local wool producer George Welch at Allerdown farm with Naturalmat co-founder Mark Tremlett. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The GuardianRecently B Corp certified, Naturalmat is the first bed and mattress firm to achieve the ethical status in the UK. We visited to see how it minimises the impact of production and supports local people by Bibi van der Zee , photographs by Graeme Robertson“We’re control freaks,” admits Mark Tremlett. “We buy direct from the sources so that we have more control.

Argentina This article is more than 5 years oldPolice officer who breastfed baby on duty in Argentina promotedThis article is more than 5 years oldCeleste Ayala comforted child recently taken away from his mother near Buenos Aires A police officer in Argentina has been promoted after she comforted a crying baby by breastfeeding him. Celeste Ayala was on duty at Sor María Ludovica children’s hospital near Buenos Aires when she heard the cries.

Sarah Silverman: ‘I’m not trying to have empathy for Harvey Weinstein, he’s clearly a monster, but monsters are made.’ Photograph: Ramona Rosales/AugustSarah Silverman: ‘I’m not trying to have empathy for Harvey Weinstein, he’s clearly a monster, but monsters are made.’ Photograph: Ramona Rosales/AugustThe ObserverComedyInterviewSarah Silverman: ‘There are jokes I made 15 years ago I would absolutely not make today’Sophie HeawoodSarah Silverman’s comedy has always aimed a laser into the dark corners of sexism, racism and religion.

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The ObserverTaiwanTaiwan elects Lai Ching-te, from incumbent pro-sovereignty party, as presidentLai’s Democratic Progressive party wins unprecedented third term in result likely to anger China Taiwan has voted for Lai Ching-te to be its next president, ushering in a historic third term in power for the pro-sovereignty Democratic Progressive party (DPP), in a result that will anger Beijing and heighten tensions across the Taiwan strait. The victory of Lai, who since 2020 had served as vice-president to Tsai Ing-wen, marks the continuation of a government that promoted a sovereign Taiwan and a national identity separate to China, and oversaw some of the deepest cross-strait tensions in decades as Beijing pushed towards its goal of annexation.

‘Helpless before her own irrespressible on-stage self’ … Charlotte Moorman‘Helpless before her own irrespressible on-stage self’ … Charlotte MoormanBooksReviewElectrified bikinis, cellos made of ice … Moorman created a template for avant-garde and performance art. So why is she still unknown? On a freezing night in February 1967, connoisseurs of advanced music thronged to a small concert hall beneath the Wurlitzer Building in New York to hear – also, assuredly, to get an eyeful of – the cellist Charlotte Moorman.

UK news This article is more than 8 years oldWine bar fined after woman's stomach removed following liquid nitrogen shotThis article is more than 8 years oldOscar’s Wine Bar and Bistro in Lancaster must pay £100,000 after Gaby Scanlon needed life-saving operation following consumption of cocktail Scientists question cryotherapy’s safety A wine bar has been fined £100,000 after a woman needed to have her stomach removed after drinking a smoking liquid nitrogen cocktail handed to her for free.

SocietyFor 15 years, Brent Lee spent hours each day consuming ‘truther’ content online. Then he logged off. Can he convince his former friends to question their worldview? Brent Lee struggles to explain why he used to believe that a cabal of evil satanic paedophiles was working to establish a new world order. He pauses, looks sheepish, and says: “I cringe at all this now.” For 15 years, Lee collected signs that so-called Illuminati overlords were controlling global events.

Genetics This article is more than 5 years oldFirst modern Britons had 'dark to black' skin, Cheddar Man DNA analysis revealsThis article is more than 5 years oldThe genome of Cheddar Man, who lived 10,000 years ago, suggests that he had blue eyes, dark skin and dark curly hair The first modern Britons, who lived about 10,000 years ago, had “dark to black” skin, a groundbreaking DNA analysis of Britain’s oldest complete skeleton has revealed.