The trustees of the Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum are disposing of its Harry Simpson Memorial Library in September, next month.

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

An amber extreme heat warning is in place for parts of England until midnight.

Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in England * UK politics live – latest updates * Business live – latest updates A US private equity firm will take control of NHS patient records in a deal experts say should “ring alarm bells” amid concerns sensitive health data is increasingly being handed to private companies. The investment firm TPG has bought Optum UK, the healthcare technology business behind the electronic patient record system used by most GP practices in England, in a deal worth about $400m (£300m). Continue reading...

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

The number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The Economist and more.‘Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to b...

In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global

Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations

Public health experts say the Ebola emergency underlines the need for continued British backing of efforts to detect and contain emerging diseases

Campaigners say builders’ demolition of nest site highlights weak protection of wildlife from development A building that was a noted nesting site for swifts, among the UK’s most at-risk birds, has been demolished during the nesting season, highlighting significant weaknesses in the protection of wildlife from development, campaigners say. Contractors for the housebuilder Hill Group carried out the demolition of Regent House near Dorking station in Surrey over the last few weeks, during the nesting season which runs from 1 March to 31 August. Continue reading...

Paul Singer is founder of a leading creditor in the hedge fund consortium locked in talks with the UK government

According to property records seen by Sky News, the purchase was completed in May 2024. Reform said the "purchase of this property commenced before the gift".

No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Inste...

A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.

In Gaza City’s Old Quarter, volunteers are recovering manuscripts from the damaged Al-Omari Mosque library following repeated Israeli aggression since 2023

Volunteers work to salvage rare manuscripts from Gaza’s Great Omari Mosque library, left in ruins after Israeli bombardment

ITV’s four‑part drama Believe Me , which airs from 10 May, is the true crime story of the legal battle fought by two survivors of serial rapist taxi driver, John Worboys to hold the police accountabl...

If you are reading this post near the start of 2026 then there’s a good chance you might be aware that we are campaigning to raise £150,000 to secure an incredibly rare Bronze Age treasure – a gold ‘d...

EU citizens with post-Brexit settlement status in UK will not have to present British passport to airlines