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The new free tool puts a range of hard-to-find school data into the hands of parents so they can make more informed and personalised choices on secondary schools The Guardian has today launched a new interactive Schools Guide to help parents and children make better decisions when choosing a secondary school.

On my way to meet the writer Javier Cercas in Barcelona's bohemian Grcia district, a cryptic poster in the Metro caught my eye: a silhouette of a moustached figure in a paramilitary cap, pointing a pistol. To any Spaniard the image is unmistakable, even without the legend "23-F". Drawn from TV footage inside the Spanish

In the past few decades, the fortunate among us have recognised the hazards of living with an overabundance of food (obesity, diabetes) and have started to change our diets. But most of us do not yet understand that news is to the mind what sugar is to the body. News is easy to digest. The

Many tears have been shed during inquest into what happened when Jake Davison went on rampage As is frequently the case in mass shootings, Jake Davisons eight-minute burst of savagery began with a domestic attack on a woman.

Annette Pershal, 68, who was shot multiple times with a pellet gun, was full of love, said daughter Brandy Nazworth Two San Diego teenagers have been arrested in the fatal shooting of Annette Pershal, a 68-year-old unhoused woman who had lived on the streets for years and was known to locals as Granny Annie.