Donations to Nigel Farage’s party of £36m each by billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne may fall foul of new laws on political funding

Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Exclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset

South West Water plans to pump untreated sewage into one of the UK's most protected marine environments. Add your name to demand the highest standard of sewage treatment for the Isles of Scilly and he...

Early Life Mary Anne Theresa Whitby was born in 1783. She was the daughter of a naval officer named Thomas Symonds and had seven siblings. Marriage and Meeting Admiral Cornwallis In 1802, Mary marr…

More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave

South West Water's legal troubles continue as the firm awaits sentencing this...

The global goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030 “will not be achieved” unless action by countries “accelerates…

CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’

Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...

Within days of taking office incoming prime minister Andy Burnham is preparing to announce new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea as well as taking public control of Thames Water.

The Sunday Times says the Reform UK leader failed to register the support supplied by a man who had been convicted of fraud in the US.

Ian Dunt: Labour attacked the Tories for governing like drunken clowns and then did the exact same thing

New study on fluazinam’s neurotoxicity comes up with different findings from earlier report based on manufacturer’s data Researchers who re-ran a crucial fungicide study on neurotoxicity have come up with significantly different findings, and campaigners argue that the substance should now be withdrawn from the market. In 2005, a study conducted by Huntingdon Life Sciences on behalf of ISK, the manufacturer of fluazinam, on the development of neurotoxicity of fluazinam in pregnant rats concluded there were no statistically significant effects in relation to brain development in the rats’ offspring. Continue reading...

It’s Swift Awareness Week in the UK so I wrote this short piece about some of our encounters with these birds near our house in Totnes in south Devon. High-pitched screams punctuated my break…

Countless spaces for adults with complex needs have been shut down. If Andy Burnham wants to fix social care, keeping them open must be a priority, says Guardian columnist John Harris

We live in Totnes in south Devon on a street that borders agricultural land on the southern edge of the town.   Sometimes, we can hear the sound of sheep bleating in nearby fields and occ…

Pictures of Scarborough Surfers Against Sewage Protest credit @torysmasher In over 50 locations across the country, people gathered today to express their outrage at the ongoing sewage pollution of…

Dense fog and mist blanketed this part of south Devon for much of the first week of March.  Leaves, flowers and other surfaces were covered in water droplets, the air felt cool and visibility …

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Cheshire villagers are letting lawns grow wild to improve diversity and reconnect with nature on their doorstep