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How a shocking DNA test revealed my family’s links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica
Books

How a shocking DNA test revealed my family’s links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica

Author Diana McCaulay thought she’d written her last novel, but a surprising discovery got her thinking

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed
Damp and mould

The mouldiest places in Britain to live, revealed

Campaigners Warm This Winter has ranked the top 10 cities for cold and damp homes in the UK in a bid to urge the government to speed up to home insulation

Growth and jobs or a net zero nightmare? Why there’s so much opposition to Heathrow’s third runway
Heathrow Airport

Growth and jobs or a net zero nightmare? Why there’s so much opposition to Heathrow’s third runway

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been slammed by environmental groups as ‘catastrophic’, ‘desperate’ and ‘irresponsible’

‘The right is on the rise’: UK’s democracy is too fragile to be ‘complacent’ about Trump, experts say
Donald Trump

‘The right is on the rise’: UK’s democracy is too fragile to be ‘complacent’ about Trump, experts say

Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries
Letters

Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries

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What impact will Trump’s presidency actually have on the UK? Here’s everything you need to know
Donald Trump

What impact will Trump’s presidency actually have on the UK? Here’s everything you need to know

We live in what feels like dark and anxious times – but there’s still lots we can learn from the stars
Space

We live in what feels like dark and anxious times – but there’s still lots we can learn from the stars

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
Rewilding

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too
Tom Bennett

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too

The 1.5C global warming target is a ‘delusion’, warns climate scientist who fled Los Angeles
Global heating

The 1.5C global warming target is a ‘delusion’, warns climate scientist who fled Los Angeles

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
Robin Ince

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out

Calling MPs of all stripes: Our planet is counting on your vote on the Climate and Nature Bill
Roz Savage MP

Calling MPs of all stripes: Our planet is counting on your vote on the Climate and Nature Bill

‘I’m scared – but I’m ready to go’: Why GPs are willing to go to prison to protest the climate crisis
Dr RIta Issa

‘I’m scared – but I’m ready to go’: Why GPs are willing to go to prison to protest the climate crisis

Cruise ships pump out 10 times the CO2 per passenger as flying. Can they turn the tide?
Sustainable travel

Cruise ships pump out 10 times the CO2 per passenger as flying. Can they turn the tide?

I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
Greta McMillan

I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature

‘Dictators die, the people live on’: What Syria’s revolution means for those who fled Assad’s regime
Syria

‘Dictators die, the people live on’: What Syria’s revolution means for those who fled Assad’s regime

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

Polarisation and a test for Starmer: How Trump 2.0 will pose a major climate challenge for the UK
Donald Trump

Polarisation and a test for Starmer: How Trump 2.0 will pose a major climate challenge for the UK

‘I didn’t see a future’: Trans veteran forced to hide true self for decades under armed forces ‘gay ban’
LGBTQ+ veterans

‘I didn’t see a future’: Trans veteran forced to hide true self for decades under armed forces ‘gay ban’

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was
Foster care

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father’s agony in missing person story: ‘I hope it makes people think’
Emmerdale

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father’s agony in missing person story: ‘I hope it makes people think’

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Privatisation’s thirst for profit will never be quenched. It’s time to take our water back
Cat Hobbs

Privatisation’s thirst for profit will never be quenched. It’s time to take our water back

Our prisons are so broken that we can’t carry on – we must seize the opportunity to fix them
Andrea Coomber

Our prisons are so broken that we can’t carry on – we must seize the opportunity to fix them

‘We are all connected’: A day in the life of a refugee support volunteer in Calais
Immigration

‘We are all connected’: A day in the life of a refugee support volunteer in Calais

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: ‘We’ve left very little room for nature to exist at all’
Rewilding

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: ‘We’ve left very little room for nature to exist at all’