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Brexit, wearing masks, the royal family: we want to hear your views on divisive issues

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

Where do you stand on wearing masks, Brexit or the royal family? Have you ever wanted to try and persuade someone with a different view? For a new Guardian series,


Time for tea: refreshing alternatives to alcohol

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

JING Jasmine Pearls Sparkling Tea (£17.95, jingtea.com) The British have been reducing their daily intake of tea for decades – a long, steady decline that has coincide


Rudy Giuliani says ‘I committed no crime’ while working for Trump

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

Rudy Giuliani, under federal investigation over his dealings in Ukraine, has insisted he committed no crime while working as Donald Trump’s personal attorney.


Calls for social tariff on UK energy bills as rises push extra half million homes into fuel poverty

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

The government faces calls to bring in a social tariff to help struggling households pay their energy bills as soaring prices threaten to drive an extra half a million


UK drivers want lower wet-weather motorway speed limit, finds poll

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

Drivers want a lower speed on motorways in wet weather to help make roads safer, a survey of motorists in the UK shows. A poll of 2,100 drivers by the RAC found that


Labour will end the UK’s bogus system of different employment statuses

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

F or many UK workers, insecurity is not a new problem, but one that the pandemic has both exposed and deepened. The weakness of employment rights


Ink positive: how tattoos can heal the mind as well as adorn the body

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

I f one thing has become obvious in the summer heat and the inevitable baring of flesh, it’s the degree to which body art is now the norm. At the


Is Covid-19 on the run in the UK?

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

J ohn Edmunds has been at the centre of the unravelling of the Covid-19 pandemic since cases first appeared in January 2020. A member of Sage, the


Great Britain beaten to Olympic men’s 4x100m medley gold by USA world record

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

Duncan Scott became the first British athlete to win four medals at a single Olympics as Team GB celebrated their best swimming haul at a Games. Luke Greenbank, Adam


Discounts from Uber and Deliveroo will lure young people in UK to get Covid jab

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

Cheap taxi rides and discounts from the biggest takeaway companies are to be deployed by the government in a desperate effort to boost Covid vaccination rates among th


Keir Starmer’s aide warns: Labour has lost touch with target voters

Posted on Aug 01, 2021

Millions of voters who Labour must win back if it is to regain power have little idea what the party stands for or why it would improve their lives, according to a sta


The best of British seaside festivals and events for 2021: readers’ tips

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

Winning tip: Bournemouth Arts by the Sea festival The annual programme here takes place across the picturesque backdrops of Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch, whic


The final piece of my eco puzzle? Switching to a green pension

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

The people in my life know me as the “sustainable” one. I’m the person who makes every decision guided by my ethics and concern for the environment. I quit fast fashio


Green your pension – and four other unexpected ways to lower your carbon footprint

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

Give up flying, go vegan, get on your bike, grow your own – these are tried and tested tactics for reducing your carbon footprint. But there are plenty of other ways


‘I’ve ridden the storm’: Todd Edwards, the inspiring force for Daft Punk and UK garage

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

T he video keeps getting removed from YouTube, but whenever it does, someone else uploads it again: jerky cameraphone footage of a man in a homema


Russia rocket mishap briefly nudges International Space Station out of position

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

Russia’s troubled Nauka laboratory module has caused a fright when its rockets accidentally fired after docking the with the International Space Station, briefly throw


Holocaust memorial in Westminster is given go-ahead after inquiry

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

A controversial Holocaust memorial and education centre is to be built in the heart of Westminster at a cost of more than £100m after the government gave it the go-ahe


Storm Evert: high winds and heavy rain to hit south-west England

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

Winds of up to 75mph (120km/h) will lash parts of south-west England as Storm Evert, the first storm to be named in the month of July, hits the UK on Thursday and Frid


Mishcon de Reya and former partner face prosecution by solicitors regulator

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

The solicitors regulator is to prosecute Mishcon de Reya, one of the UK’s most prestigious law firms, along with a former partner in its high profile sports practice.


Invasive species have cost UK at least £5bn since 1970s, study reveals

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

Invasive species such as the grey squirrel, Japanese knotweed and the European rabbit have cost the UK economy at least £5bn since the mid 1970s, according to researc


UK-listed companies report combined £7.2bn in dividends and share buybacks

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

UK-listed companies announced a combined £7.2bn in dividends and share buybacks on Thursday, as the economic rebound and receding Covid fears allowed firms to resume


Millions of destitute Britons rely on charity handouts, yet ministers feel no shame

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

A decade ago, the emergence of mass food banks in the UK could genuinely be described as shocking. The image of families queueing in their local


Team GB: Duncan Scott stays calm to qualify for 200m individual medley final

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

It was the morning after the morning before for Duncan Scott, who produced a composed swim to qualify for the men’s 200‑metre individual medley final, winning his semi


Donations to RNLI rise 3,000% after Farage’s migrant criticism

Posted on Jul 30, 2021

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has raised more than £200,000 in a single day after defending its work rescuing migrants at risk of drowning in the Channel, w