Initiatives such as London’s ULEZ can be a model for other cities. But even more could be done to save lives and protect us from deadly toxins in the air, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Proposals to reduce grass cutting and litter picking in County Durham communities have been criticised.

“Touching grass” really does improve one’s mental health.

Global warming isn’t only affecting animals like polar bears and emperor penguins. African wild dog populations may also collapse due to…

A new study reveals how the video sharing platform helped radicalise leading figures on the far right

Milan’s mayor says agents ‘clearly not welcome’ in co-host city and that Italy can take care of security itself A unit of US immigration and customs enforcement agents (ICE) will have a security role in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Italy, sparking uproar and petitions against the deployment. Sources at the US embassy in Rome confirmed a statement from ICE, the agency embroiled in a brutal immigration crackdown in the US, saying that federal agents would support diplomatic security details during the Milan-Cortina games but would not run any enforcement operations. Continue reading...

In late August the release of a report by US senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on the destruction of hospitals in his home state of Connecticut, and across the US by private equity companies highlights on...

Keir Starmer’s dismal decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor has bought him time, but it won’t change his fate, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee