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At the general election that year, the number of women in the Commons jumped to (an albeit still tiny) 41. Some talk about the sexism – and the solidarity

Many locals want the lockdown traffic-calming measures to be a permanent feature

The controversial pedestrian friendly changes brought in under Holyrood direction during the lockdown are mostly reviled, but wider pavements in busy parts of West Lothian villages have been welcomed by residents.

Former prime ministers are currently making a habit of intervening in government policy. Boris Johnson deployed sources to urge current prime minister Rishi Sunak not to abandon his Brexit policies and to send fighter jets to Ukraine. Liz Truss also used her first speech on the backbenches since leaving Downing…

Letters: Russian forces are covering up unspeakable acts. The UK has evidence – and we should share it immediately, says Prof Brad Blitz. Plus Russell Inglis on a jurisdictional loophole that applies to the UK as well as the US

For those of a certain maturity, the Nineties offered mixed messages. The overthrow of Margaret Thatcher, the ERM debacle and the humiliation by elements in his own party of John Major were all associated with enduring economic misery. The arrival in 1997 of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, the independence…

In their own different ways, the two leaders dream of a return to ‘normality’ – but that’s what got us into this mess , says Guardian columnist John Harris

The special tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia show they work. The US must back one for Russia, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

The Stay with Ukraine project is supported by Mrs Brown’s charity Theirworld.

The departing Scottish first minister has already said she plans to write about her time in office, and publishers are showing keen interest

A court heard the 17-year-old was on work placement at the time