More results...
Comedian leads coalition against ‘exploitative’ proposal for 16-storey buildings over listed stationGriff Rhys Jones is leading a coalition of conservationists against what he describes as plans to “smother” Liverpool Street station under 109 metres (3…
Local authorities say policing government’s new standards on smoke pollution is beyond their meansLocal authorities lack the resources for the crackdown on highly polluting wood burners promised by the environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey, they say.Wo…
Cancer Research UK report says NHS risks being overwhelmed by cancer diagnosesMore than 500,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer every year by 2040, according to analysis by Cancer Research UK.In its report published on Friday, researcher…
Labour peer who fled to UK to escape Nazis says home secretary’s words ‘deeply and personally upsetting’ Alf Dubs, the veteran Labour peer who arrived in the UK as a child fleeing the Nazis, has described Suella Braveman’s likening of refugees to invad…
Butterfly Conservation report reveals 42% decline in distribution of 58 native species since 1976Butterfly species have vanished from nearly half of the places where they once flew in the UK since 1976, according to a study.The distribution of 58 nativ…
Members of Aslef union to stage second 24-hour strike this week in long-running pay disputeNo trains will run across most of England on Friday as drivers in the Aslef union stage their second 24-hour strike this week.Drivers will strike as part of the …
Union dismisses ‘desperate tactics’ as chief calls for recognition of region’s ‘unique circumstances’A fire service chief has been accused of “desperate tactics” after pleading for firefighters in Northern Ireland to respond to high-risk calls during a…
Directive comes as energy minister expresses ‘horror’ at claims British Gas contractor allegedly broke into vulnerable customers’ homesThe energy minister has expressed “horror” at revelations about a British Gas contractor allegedly breaking into vuln…
Forty families brought to UK after fleeing Taliban given only weeks to move to West YorkshireHundreds of Afghan refugees who settled in London after fleeing the Taliban 18 months ago have been told they have only weeks to uproot and move 200 miles away…
No one ever convicted of deadliest atrocity of Troubles, but injured and bereaved may be closer to knowing full storyThe government’s decision to hold an inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing is the result of a long, lonely campaign by some of the injure…