Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism

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.

It’s something akin to a quiet earthquake: home nations jointly declaring their wish to be freed from English domination. A big move needs a big response, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Bill fails at second reading despite near-identical legislation being approved by Commons in last parliament

President makes offer that would cost US over $1tn and asks voters to ‘pretend that I’m on the ballot’ despite being deeply unpopular among electorate

Carbon capture and storage could make the Rosebank site compatible with UK net zero commitments – if its owners are willing to pay the price, says economist Michael Jacobs

A FORMER BBC News director has criticised the broadcaster's coverage of Reform UK's latest welfare plans branding it "bizarre".

Nurses collapsing, builders with heatstroke, bus drivers in cabs that reach 44C. The new PM wanted to spend the summer talking about the cost of living – he should change his plans, says Guardian colu...

As his new film & Sons hits the screen, the actor turned podcast agony uncle relives his ‘cliched’ ambitions, deplores working lunches – and yearns to do the splits like Prince

When he saw a messy yard being criticised on social media, Stephen Jalland grabbed his trimmer and decided to help. An overgrown garden, he discovered, often hides an overwhelmed owner

Emily Price  An investigation by Nation.Cymru has found that Reform politicians in Wales are regularly interacting with far-right social media accounts, including amplifying disturbing content and pos...

The idea that former colonies should pay reparations makes perfect sense to the new right. But have they got the telescope the right way round, asks author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

In my country, devolution has been the equivalent of giving someone a new electric car without the capacity to charge it. That can’t be the model for the whole UK, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

Basildon, Grimsby and Rotherham also make the 15-strong shortlist as well as Strabane.

Our new PM will be hit by multiple crises when he enters No 10. Success or failure will depend on the decisions he makes in first 100 days, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Serena Williams’ Wimbledon appearance in women’s doubles with sister Venus is in doubt because of a knee injury

Head coach seems to have led a charmed life since finishing his playing career but England are currently shambolic off the field as well as on it

Bradford-born painter, who made his name with sun-kissed visions of California, has died

Growing up in Dublin, I learned navigate life in fight-or-flight mode. Yet even now, our leaders are ducking a vital conversation, says Seán Gallen, a Martinican-Irish writer and film-maker based in B...