Science » 1 week ago
Abandoned fishing equipment haunts our oceans, killing coral, turtles, sharks and whales. But in Colombia’s Gulf of Tribugá, ‘guardians’ are on call to free entangled marine animalsAfter a day of scuba diving, Luis Antonio “Toño” Lloreda was exhausted. Then a friend broug...
Science » 1 week ago
Experts scrambling to understand losses in hives across the country are finally identifying the culprits. And the damage to farmed bees is a sign of trouble for wild bees tooBret Adee is one of the largest beekeepers in the US, with 2 billion bees across 55,000 hives. The...
Science » 1 week ago
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading......
Politics » 6 days ago
Blair led the London force from 2005 to 2008 and was made a life peer two years laterIan Blair, who as commissioner of the Metropolitan police led the force through some of its most tumultuous and troubled times, has died aged 72.Blair was the first com...
Politics » 6 days ago
Former chancellor says employees’ contributions should rise to help address a £6bn shortfall caused by recent U-turnsThe Unite union has voted to re-examine its relationship with the Labour party in the light of the governme...
Politics » 6 days ago
UK is confident deal will be approved but EU says it wants to know more about ‘substance and form’ of agreementThe EU has said it will assess Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron’s migrant return deal to see whether it is compatible “with the spirit and the...
Politics » 1 week ago
Exclusive: Tom Dolphin says rise needed to redress real-terms earnings loss since 2008 and strikes could last yearsResident doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, reasonable and easily affordable for the NHS, the new leader of the medical profession has said....
Politics » 6 days ago
The government has hailed its ‘one in, one out’ migrant returns deal as a breakthrough. But awkward questions over its implementation remainTo use a football analogy that he might appreciate, the first year of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership has been a game of two halves. ...
Politics » 6 days ago
This messy policy won’t deter desperate asylum seekers. It’s more likely to have been created to appease the likes of Nigel FarageFor years, human rights campaigners have been calling for safe routes to the UK for asylum seekers to prevent them from taking dangerous journ...
Politics » 6 days ago
Crying in the Commons is not unusual – unless the chancellor is doing it – as attention turns to Trump’s state visitIn all of the coverage given to Rachel Reeves’s tears during last week’s prime minister’s questions, one thing got rather overlooked. Crying in the House of...