Czech Republic This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPoll has become a tussle between three frontrunners whose campaigns have all hit problems Voters in the Czech Republic go to the polls this week to elect a new president in a contest that could set the country on a renewed path of populism or bring to office a national unifier promising to heal divisions opened up by the rumbustious incumbent, Miloš Zeman.

Ask Annalisa BarbieriFamilyThere’s little point in throwing a grenade into her life unless you are sure you can be there for the long term if the child is yours, says Annalisa Barbieri Before lockdown, I began an affair with a married woman, J. She told me I was her soulmate and no one had ever made her feel like I did. Those feelings were reciprocated. After much indecision and heartache, she left her husband and I left my wife so we could start a new relationship together.

Mexico This article is more than 5 years oldMexico City: newly opened Artz Pedregal shopping mall collapsesThis article is more than 5 years oldThe center, which opened in March, suffered previous subsoil slides. No injuries were reported A newly opened shopping mall in Mexico City has partly collapsed after structural problems apparently led the mall’s operators to evacuate the area. No casualties were reported. Mexican state gets its first electric escalator, followed by judgmental snarkRead moreVideos posted on social media show a cantilevered, multi-storey section of the mall collapsing in a cloud of dust and twisted metal on Thursday.

From the Guardian archivePink FloydReview19 February 1972: Pink Floyd perform music from their as yet unrecorded new work, The Dark Side of the Moon This was one of the finest rock concerts I have heard. Ever since their days as house band at UFO – the first “underground” club – the Pink Floyd have been in the experimental vanguard, but have never before progressed quite this far. Their dabbling in electronic games (which marred the first part of their latest, disappointingly pedestrian album) has been transformed into the most complicated, yet, integrated use of electronics and sound systems that any band has devised.

Music blogMusicSteve Mackay: the Stooges' great experimenterThe late saxophonist had a huge influence on the band’s 1970 album Fun House, in spite of the fact that, by his own admission, his heart lay in jazz The Guardian’s product and service reviews are independent and are in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative. We will earn a commission from the retailer if you buy something through an affiliate link.

MelbourneFake nails found next to dead woman among evidence for murder charge against girl, 12, Melbourne court hearsProsecutors provide details of crime scene in court as they seek DNA samples from girl accused of stabbing a woman to death Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Pink butterfly fingernails found next to the blood-soaked body of a woman allegedly stabbed to death is among the key evidence prosecutors hope to use to convict a 12-year-old of murder.

AdvertisingHeroin victim's body used for campaignThe life of a 21-year-old university dropout who died after injecting heroin is to feature in an educational film warning schoolchildren of the dangers of drug abuse. The 22-minute film, called Rachel's Story, tracks Rachel Whitear's descent from a university student to her death at a flat in Exmouth, Devon, after two years of drug abuse. She was found dead on her father's birthday in May 2000 three days after suffering from a heroin overdose.

BooksHoffman's taleEva Hoffman's Jewish parents survived the Holocaust in hiding in Ukraine. She was born in Poland two months after the war and, as a teenager, moved to the US. She was groomed as a concert pianist but instead chose to be a writer and academic, shedding light on the tangled roots of racial prejudice in Europe. Andrew Brown reportsEva Hoffman stands at the lectern at the Sheldonian theatre at Oxford University like a bird drinking.

AthleticsObituaryJim Hines obituaryAmerican sprinter who was the first man to run 100 metres in under 10 secondsJim Hines, who has died aged 76, was the first man to run 100 metres in less than 10 seconds, but he had to do it twice to claim his world record that stood for nearly 15 years. Hines cracked the 10-second mark for the first time at the US outdoor championships in Sacramento, in June 1968, in a race dubbed the Night of Speed.

How to live nowAlcoholThousands of people will attempt to give up alcohol next month and for many it will be the hour after work that ruins their plans. Here’s how to relax without reaching for alcohol With Sober October just around the corner, thousands of us will again be attempting to give up booze for a month. But what are the best ways to wind down at the end of the day when alcohol is off the menu?