The ‘Brexit’ deal of the Conservative government left the UK outside the ‘Dublin procedure,’ whereby people seeking asylum in the UK could be returned to the first EU country they entered. After 2020 ...

Some routes will see fares fall by as much as 50% at busy times, but on others prices will be unchanged.

Sometimes red paint can get you 14 years. Sometimes it is tolerated. When did intimidating your neighbours become acceptable?

The regulator, which is due to be abolished by the government, has written to water companies to investigate whether they have paid executives via offshore vehicles, Sky News learns.

Yorkshire Water courts councillors with PR invites while facing backlash over sewage spills, leaks, hosepipe bans and million-pound payouts

Exclusive: Concentrations of faecal bacteria in the lake were found to peak in summer but there were high levels throughout year Bathing water quality across most of Windermere is poor throughout the summer, indicating high levels of sewage pollution, according to a comprehensive analysis of water quality in England’s largest lake. High levels of bacteria found in human faeces – Escherichia coli (E coli) and intestinal enterococci (IE) – indicating sewage pollution, were found to be highest in the summer months, when Windermere is used heavily by holidaymakers for swimming and watersports. Continue reading...

Chinese banks lead in financing ‘corporate laggards’ without deforestation policies

Study finds Wiltshire ham products sold by retailers such as M&S and Tesco contain highest level of nitrites

The figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The North is short-changed: £140bn transport funding gap leaves region decades behind, IPPR calls for urgent investment.

Conservationists call for more funding and warn of danger to ‘cherished’ native species, from water voles to ladybirds

Love butterflies? Help science & nature by joining the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) – just two to four summer walks can make a difference!

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The population crash myth, pronatalism, eugenics and the threat to women’s rights: why is the right obsessed with reproduction?

‘Groundbreaking’ tool aims to help tree-planting efforts and identify areas to create nature-rich habitats

Menstruation is a topic that men should learn about just as much as women