Ministers are facing demands for more honesty and transparency over any logjams at the UK border in the wake of Britain’s exit from the EU, amid concerns that waves of
The Co-op is to launch a range of own-brand plastic-free teabags nearly three years after it first pledged an eco-friendly version of the nationâs favourite brew.
Julian Assangeâs partner has said a decision to extradite the WikiLeaks co-founder to the US would be âpolitically and legally disastrous for the UKâ, on the eve
Fairweather footballers? Not Arsenal, at least not here. Mikel Arteta’s team made light of fierce conditions and desperate opponents to produce possibly their best per
A potent mix of hope and fear accompanies the start of 2021 in most of the world. Scientists have created several vaccines for a disease that did
A South African man who survived an 11-hour flight from Johannesburg to London after hiding in a plane’s undercarriage has told of the last words he exchanged with a f
A s someone who writes about online culture, I spend a fair bit of time researching the internetâs shady corners â and itâs hard to be surpr
I t would appear that the mindfulness movement is overrun by preening narcissists. Who could have guessed? A Dutch study by Roos Vonk and Anouk Vi
G reg Jackson, chief executive of Octopus Energy, wears the unassuming combination of jeans and trainers one might expect from the founder of a wi
Georgina George had a tough time at school and struggled for years afterwards to work out what she wanted to do with her life. Then just before the pandemic hit, it
Almost a quarter of all household wealth in the UK is held by the richest 1% of the population, according to alarming new research that reveals a historic underestimat
Surrounded by fences and set against the dramatic backdrop of the Rock of Gibraltar, the frontier between Spain and Gibraltar has long set the pace of life in the sout
With more than a week still to go, the Guardian and Observer 2020 appeal has raised an amazing £1m for its three partner charities supporting disadvantaged young peop
Moments after the UK left the EU with an 11th-hour deal, the first trucks hauling goods across the new customs border presented their clearance documents to French age
This was the year that made achieving nothing look like progress. I mean that in the nicest way. A wise old man I spoke to recently put it better. He has spent a lif
Students have called on the universities minister to provide emergency financial support to cover fees and rent after she announced that most of them should not return
It was all quiet on the Dover front in the hours after the UK left the EU, as lorries continued to avoid the port. But just minutes away, beyond the famous white cli
Tate & Lyle has been accused of betraying 200 families in Cambodia who have fought for years to secure compensation for land they say was taken from them to make w
Martin Lambie-Nairn, who has died aged 75, broke new ground in branding television networks and commercial goods and services. His idents – moving logos shown between
Claude Bolling, the pianist, composer and bandleader, who has died aged 90, was a leading figure in French jazz from the early 1950s, who worked with many internationa
A t the start of 2020, Sue Peachey could never have predicted how her life would change over the next 12 months. She was one of 108 people to take
The City’s financial regulator has relaxed rules on transactions with a daily value of billions of pounds, just hours before the UK officially left the EU’s single mar
B y supporting the Brexit bill, Labour has given Boris Johnsonâs government a massive majority and made itself look even weaker than it did alre
I n 1969, a British engineer was invited to the White House to meet President Nixon. His name was Francis Thomas Bacon and he had developed the fu