For National Poetry Day, Rhiannon Grant collects some Quaker poetry and suggests where to find more.

The Orchard Project helps to bring communities together with fruit trees and cider

The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has reminded the UN Human Rights Council that the right to conscientious objection to military service must be protected in wartime.

Defend Our Juries has been awarded the 2026 Quaker Truth & Integrity Award, for its

MORE than 600 people joined a four-hour silent peace procession through London’s Whitehall on Saturday.The Quaker-led Silent Walking Vigil for Peace began with a meeting for worship in Victoria Embank...

EU to ban social media for kids, England approves life-extending breast cancer drug, and reading linked to better health, plus more good news

Grant applications in England surge as interest grows in habitat that captures carbon and helps reduce flood risk

Colin Sutton is due to perform his true crime show on-stage 127 times between January and November.

Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...

Britain is conducting ​a full review of its National Health Service contract with U.S. data analytics ‌firm Palantir , amid growing political pressure for the government to use a break clause at the e...

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We explore the growing concerns about the Army's 'college' for under-18s and the continued failure to address them.

The silent walking vigil is a positive, public witness for peace by Quakers, with an invitation to all who are supportive to join us. We want to show our solidarity and care for those impacted by viol...

I wanted to give everyone supporting this petition a brief update. My dispute with Evri has now progressed further. I have formally notified ACAS and commenced Early Conciliation with Evri Limited, and I am also in contact with solicitors regarding the evidence and potential legal claims arising from my years working as a courier. Since starting this campaign, the evidence has continued to grow…

Plummeting deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon, hurricane-predicting sharks and a courtroom reckoning on the cards for tech giants, plus more

Quakers in Scotland have raised concerns over plans to grow Scotland's military industry, in the Scottish government's newly published five-year Programme for Government (PFG).

I just signed the campaign calling on the Prime Minister to kick Palantir out of our NHS and police, can you ad your name now?

Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.

An ‘historic’ fall in US violent crime, Europe’s right to repair law, and a conservation triumph for Kazakhstan, plus more good news

Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...

Exclusive: Nearly 100 Labour MPs support commission on changing the system used for Westminster election

Postal networks face an existential crisis across all of Europe. I join postal workers and their unions to call on European Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné to deliver a clear and strong EU Delivery Ac...

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Defence minister says police ‘need time’ but ‘in the meantime’ the government has told platforms to take down content glorifying dangerous driving

A ‘pivotal moment’ for cancer treatment, resurgent whales, and the city that made public transport free, plus more good news

Judges stop Trump’s arrogant power grabs

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The PM’s net zero pragmatism may please some voters, but as parts of the country go up in flames, it’s an increasingly hard sell, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff