Exclusive: In the midst of a growing prison overcrowding crisis, men were piled into HMP Dartmoor. Officials had been warned parts of the ageing Victorian prison were filled with dangerous levels of a toxic gas linked to 1,100 lung cancer deaths each year. But in their desperate scramble for cells, the government appears to have been willing to gamble with the health of prisoners and staff, Holly Bancroft and Amy-Clare Martin report

Mock reviews had seen the hole ranked as a town's top attraction before the bar was added.

Ex-chancellor asked Badenoch’s team for seat in Lords but was apparently rebuffed over sacking for tax affairs

‘Hobby dogging’, where dog lovers train with imaginary pets on the end of leashes and harnesses, has taken off in Germany.

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New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies

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European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Cornwall’s NHS needs investment, not cuts. Patient care depends on the staff who keep the system running.

Promotion-chasing Notts kept their good running going with victory over Cambridge United.

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Mark Shooter has been fined thousands of pounds for illegally renting out crammed bedsits in Camden. One of his former tenants just became Green Party leader.

Office is part-funded by public duty costs allowance, which should only be used to support public work of former PMs