Decision to allow 190 controversial new homes in north Somerset sparks campaign for change in the law

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

The Reform UK leader claimed it is “targeted directly” at his party.

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

Online disinformation about channel rescues is no longer just poisonous rhetoric, it’s putting real people at risk

Glen Matlock, Viv Albertine and Rat Scabies revisit the music, clothes and disgusting spitting in a likable documentary marking half a century of British punk

Two highly protected and rare Black Storks graced the islands on Monday afternoon, seeking refuge for the night in the Buskett environs. One of the birds was shot down at Xagħra tal-Isqof, outside Bus...

This Sunday’s storms over the Mediterranean Sea surrounding the Maltese Islands caused a bird-fall phenomenon, bringing abundant numbers of various bird species seeking shelter on the islands as they ...

This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

Toxic narratives around ‘benefit scrounging’, fed by successive governments, have become embedded in the national psyche, says Mik Scarlet, campaigner and co-CEO of the national charity Phab

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Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group

Bruce Sinclair, Local Democracy Reporter A council is being urged to trial pesticide-free weed control amid concerns that chemicals used on streets and verges could find their way into a major Welsh r...