Selma Shakil, 27, with her daughter Fizar, in Delhi. Her son, Muzzamil, died in July last year aged one. Two million children die before the age of five every year in India, says Save the Children. Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain Millions of children die before their fifth birthday because developing countries skew public health spending to [...]

A man enjoys his favourite tipple of dandelion and burdock at Fitzpatrick’s Temperance Bar in Rawtenstall, Lancashire. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images I stopped drinking almost 20 years ago, and I sometimes think that my real life began on that day in 1991. Getting sober was one of the best things I ever did, and, strangely, [...]

Gary McKinnon could face up to 60 years in prison if he is extradited to the US. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian The Home Office is to announce a review of extradition arrangements, including those with the US and EU countries following high-profile rows over the way they are operating. The main impetus has [...]