People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results

Aviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.

Baroness Brown says there must be better training and planning, after a record year for wildfires in England and Wales.

Persuasion UK has released polling on climate salience following the UK’s hottest summer to date. Climate is now in people’s top five issues.

The defence secretary comments after a number of men were arrested near RAF Fairford in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’

Five men have been arrested as counter-terror police lead an investigation into a major incident near the airbase.

It is said that the most likely way to make a small fortune is to start out with a large one. Starting with money, connections and an expensive education is also the most likely way to become very ric...

Bumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis

Exclusive: UK prime minister says delivering fiscal stability would be ‘crucial’ to be able to fix bigger problems

The prime minister says he wants people without support from the "bank of mum and dad" to receive help.

Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans distance themselves from him

The average price of a litre of diesel at the pump stands at 198.32p, according to the RAC motoring body.

When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

Industry leaders call on government to protect homegrown produce in the interest of national security

Trump said he and Xi had "never gotten along better" as he hosted the Chinese president at the lavish White House event.

The White House is hopeful it’s "an invitation he’ll accept."

Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout – and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried. The mystery led to a neighbouring farm, and a story of waste, pollution and dirty ...

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers

Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.

Farmers fear they may not be able to carry out environmental work because they lost out on funding.

EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age

Some people close to the president have started to use the term but experts say it is unlikely to catch on.

More than 40,000 of the cases – which range from mild coughs to pneumonia – involve toddlers.

A summer of wildfires and heatwaves underlines the threats to the country's economy.

Prime ministers of Australia and Iceland discuss effects on their countries even as some shy away in face of war and inflation

Andy Burnham seeks stability in Middle East to bring down prices at home as first meeting with Trump looms

British Columbia has accused the company of failing to report the shooter's troubling interactions with ChatGPT to law enforcement.

Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule

Run for Life: A Global 5K Against Executions in Iran On 10 October 2026, runners and supporters in ten cities around the world will come together for Run for Life — an international 5-kilometre solida...

Intensified by this year’s super El Niño, fires in Borneo and Sumatra are emitting toxic air for swathes of the population in Indonesia and its neighbours

Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’

The billionaire businessman told the BBC he has lost confidence in the UK due to a combination of high taxes and high immigration.

Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.

There are some events that political commentators make a big fuss about which are scarcely remembered ten weeks later. Really significant events like the financial crisis which peaked in 2008 have an ...

Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?

An oil refinery was also reportedly hit in Moscow, and flights were suspended at two capital airports.

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