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Exercise is good for everyone – but too many LGBTQ+ people still don’t feel they belong
Simon Blake

Exercise is good for everyone – but too many LGBTQ+ people still don’t feel they belong

Play sport and exercising improves health and wellbeing, but too many LGBTQ+ people still feel excluded, writes Simon Blake, CEO of Stonewall

Why you should take one hour out of your day and look to the skies
Britain's birds

Why you should take one hour out of your day and look to the skies

The RSPB is encouraging the public to take one hour out of their weekend to join in their Big Garden Birdwatch

Housing asylum seekers at Crowborough military camp is repeating dangerous mistakes
Michael Bochenek and Alex Firth

Housing asylum seekers at Crowborough military camp is repeating dangerous mistakes

While in opposition, Labour denounced the Tories for cramming people seeking asylum into military camps. Now they’re dusting off the very same failed playbook, argues Just Fair and Human Rights Watch

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis
Housing

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future
Housing

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future

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‘It won’t work’: Labour can’t fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say
Water

‘It won’t work’: Labour can’t fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say

I care for my disabled son. South East Water outages left us without water for six days
Water

I care for my disabled son. South East Water outages left us without water for six days

Sorry, Trump: Scotland slaps private jet tax on the uber-rich – here’s why it’s such a good idea
Private jets

Sorry, Trump: Scotland slaps private jet tax on the uber-rich – here’s why it’s such a good idea

How family hubs are helping families in poverty when they need it most: ‘Money is never enough’
Family hubs

How family hubs are helping families in poverty when they need it most: ‘Money is never enough’

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’
Food banks

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
Sabine Goodwin

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks

Customers don’t want Thames Water to be saved with a debt deal – they want it to be nationalised
Thames Water

Customers don’t want Thames Water to be saved with a debt deal – they want it to be nationalised

The world may be giving up on solving conflicts, warns Doctors Without Borders boss
Humanitarian aid

The world may be giving up on solving conflicts, warns Doctors Without Borders boss

It’s fine to be confused by Labour’s economic plans – here’s the thread that connects it all
Pranesh Narayanan

It’s fine to be confused by Labour’s economic plans – here’s the thread that connects it all

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson: ‘A child’s background won’t determine their future’
Child poverty

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson: ‘A child’s background won’t determine their future’

‘A Muslim is someone who strives for peace’: How this young imam is challenging Islamophobia on- and offline
Islamophobia

‘A Muslim is someone who strives for peace’: How this young imam is challenging Islamophobia on- and offline

Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change – or catastrophe is around the corner
Mark Wright

Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change – or catastrophe is around the corner

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here’s the proof
Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here’s the proof

2025 was tough on the planet. We can’t afford a year of Labour in-fighting on environment policy
Shaun Spiers

2025 was tough on the planet. We can’t afford a year of Labour in-fighting on environment policy

Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’
Exclusive

Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’

I fled female genital mutilation in Guinea. This is how I will be spending Christmas Day
Refugees at Christmas

I fled female genital mutilation in Guinea. This is how I will be spending Christmas Day

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I came to Britain as a teenager. Now I’m the first female Syrian refugee pilot
Refugees at Christmas

I came to Britain as a teenager. Now I’m the first female Syrian refugee pilot

My family fled Iran to escape death. This year’s Christmas in Britain will be unlike any other
Refugees at Christmas

My family fled Iran to escape death. This year’s Christmas in Britain will be unlike any other

I fled Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. This is what Christmas is like for refugee families like mine
Refugees at Christmas

I fled Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. This is what Christmas is like for refugee families like mine

This Lancaster Priory monument was a culture wars flashpoint. Then it became a force for good
Dr Chris Donaldson and Dr Sunita Abraham

This Lancaster Priory monument was a culture wars flashpoint. Then it became a force for good