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British farmers: what do you think of the UK-Australia trade deal?

Posted on Jun 16, 2021

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for more information about protections for UK farmers in a new trade deal with Australia, amid fears the UK might face a p


Disease causing mass deaths of frogs reaches Britain

Posted on Jun 16, 2021

A disease that causes mass die-offs in frogs has been found in captive UK populations for the first time, scientists have warned. Severe perkinsea infection (SPI) ha


Smaller LSE firms lag far behind large companies on female directors, study shows

Posted on Jun 16, 2021

Less than half of the 260 smaller companies listed on the London Stock Exchange’s main index have met the target of having a third of their board roles occupied by wom


UK inflation jumps to 2.1% as petrol and clothing prices rise

Posted on Jun 16, 2021

UK inflation jumped to 2.1% in May, breaching the Bank of England’s target for the first time in two years and stoking fears that the easing of pandemic restrictions s


Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 review: Windows 10 as it is meant to be

Posted on Jun 16, 2021

Microsoft’s sleek and stylish Surface Laptop is back for its fourth generation with faster performance and a greater variety of chips. The Surface Laptop 4 is availa


Cyprus struggles with lack of UK tourists after years of record growth

Posted on Jun 16, 2021

In the cavernous hall that hosts the humungous breakfast buffet at Limassol’s Four Seasons, Pam Vernon and Sue Sampson cut solitary figures. At this time of year, the


Poorer households in UK should get free heat pumps, say experts

Posted on Jun 16, 2021

Households on low incomes should be supplied with free heat pumps in order to kickstart the market for low-carbon heating equipment and meet the UK’s climate targets,


Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens in UK risk uncertain status from 1 July

Posted on Jun 16, 2021

Academics are sounding the alarm about the hundreds of thousands of EU citizens in the UK who face falling into legal limbo on 1 July with their right to rent a home,


UK failing to protect against climate dangers, advisers warn

Posted on Jun 16, 2021

The UK government is failing to protect people from the fast-rising risks of the climate crisis, from deadly heatwaves to power blackouts, its official climate adviser


UK-Australia trade deal to include 15-year cap on tariff-free imports

Posted on Jun 15, 2021

The UK has agreed the outline of a trade deal with Australia, Downing Street has said, with a 15-year cap on tariff-free imports in place following concerns from UK fa


Less than 1% of UK travel insurance policies offer full Covid cover, says Which?

Posted on Jun 15, 2021

Less than 1% of UK travel insurance policies provide people with full comprehensive cover for Covid-related disruption, research by Which? has found. The consumer bo


Rich countries urged to come up with detailed plans to cut emissions

Posted on Jun 15, 2021

Rich countries must come forward with detailed plans on how they hope to meet their climate targets, and Boris Johnson must forge much closer relationships with develo


Wimbledon finals to allow full crowd capacity with 45,000 at Euro 2020 final

Posted on Jun 15, 2021

The final weekend of Wimbledon will be played on Centre Court in front of a capacity crowd – the first at a sporting event since the UK went into lockdown as the Covid


Eradicating polio is finally within reach. Why is the UK taking its foot off the pedal?

Posted on Jun 15, 2021

D espite the Covid pandemic, there have been just two recorded cases of wild polio in 2021 – in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the two remaining hiding


Losing our thunder: why the UK is seeing fewer thunderstorms

Posted on Jun 15, 2021

T oday is the day when Benjamin Franklin supposedly flew a kite in a thunderstorm, to prove that lightning was electricity. We have learned a lot


‘The Silicon Valley of turf’: how the UK’s pursuit of the perfect pitch changed football

Posted on Jun 15, 2021

I t was a big moment for English football talent when Real Madrid poached Paul Burgess from Arsenal in 2009. After starting his career at Blackpoo


UK-Australia post-Brexit trade deal agreed in broad terms

Posted on Jun 15, 2021

Details of a trade deal between the UK and Australia will be announced on Tuesday morning, the Guardian understands. A Department for International Trade spokesperso


British nationals in France face losing rights if they miss residency deadline

Posted on Jun 15, 2021

Campaigners have warned that tens of thousands of British nationals living in France and three other countries risk losing their rights to local healthcare, residency


A bird costs less than a pint: welcome to Britain’s poultry capital

Posted on Jun 14, 2021

G rowing up on the family farm in rural Herefordshire, Richard Corbett’s fondest memories are of tinkering in his father’s workshop. “I alwa


He’s back … yet again: why death in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is overrated

Posted on Jun 14, 2021

R emember the infamous trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in which ghostly Luke muttered those not-so immortal words: “No one’s ever


UK aid cuts to Bangladesh NGO a ‘gut punch’, says charity head

Posted on Jun 14, 2021

The UK government’s funding cuts to the world’s largest international non-governmental organisation are a “gut punch” after a successful 10-year £450m partner


Mo Farah given lifeline for Tokyo Olympics after special race added

Posted on Jun 14, 2021

Mo Farah has been given a last-ditch chance to reach the Tokyo Olympics in a hastily arranged invitational 10,000m race at the British Athletics’ Championships in Manc


It’s fruitless to debate the culture-war confections of the rightwing press

Posted on Jun 14, 2021

E arlier this month, MailOnline brought us another dispatch from the colonised towns of the UK. Muslims, we were told, had turned several towns in


Polo G: ‘Death and depression made me lean towards music. It became therapeutic’

Posted on Jun 14, 2021

“E very day a battle, I’m exhausted and I’m weary / Make sure I smile in public, when alone, my eyes teary / I fought through it all, but th