Mines in supply chains of western carmakers linked to widespread deforestation of primary rainforest in nickel-rich lands inhabited by Tolaki people in Indonesia

The Bard of Salford, who is publishing his latest poetry collection at 77, talks to Ursula Kenny about getting older, wrestling with technology and the joys of cycling on very flat roads

The Greens’ leader did not handle the pointless and damaging conference motion about Zionism well. But why on earth would his own supporters create such a trap for him?

Animation studio narrows annual loss to £1.1m amid ‘challenging market’ in children’s content

The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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'The best chairman Albion never had' - Tom Silk is remembered fondly by all those who knew and met him

A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now

The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles.  The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say – s...

Natasha Walter talks to Rachel Marsh, the resident of the newly ‘independent’ Oxfordshire village whose anti-racist BBC interview led to abuse, doxxing and death threats

Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde

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Britain's mapping service provides data that could help predict the risk of future wildfires.

Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

Motion passed at party conference calls for new approach to implementing ruling that legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex only

New analysis from Ordnance Survey has revealed the country’s hottest cities and those most at risk of reaching boiling point in the near future. Helen Coffey investigates what can be done to cool them...

In answer to the question ‘what can I do?’ in the face of Trump, the tech bros and their apocalyptic visions – we can come together in the love and support of our communities

The hamlet that voted to secede from the UK over asylum seekers is about to be invaded by the very worst Britons this country has to offer

The hamlet that voted to secede from the UK over asylum seekers is about to be invaded by the very worst Britons this country has to offer

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.

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.

Call for ‘constitutional change in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’ likely to challenge Burnham’s devolution agenda

Matt Shea’s explosive film on the far-right activist tells a story of a man who exploits victims and tragedies to raise large sums of money that become very hard to trace. He talks to Lucia Osborne-Cr...

When the rightwing pro-Christian protesters are standing outside the rightwing pro-Christian newspaper demanding to be bought a house, you hardly need a satirist to intervene

When the rightwing pro-Christian protesters are standing outside the rightwing pro-Christian newspaper demanding to be bought a house, you hardly need a satirist to intervene

this is a lo fi post - some thoughts on mental health and suicide - there will be a series of crisp professional podcasts going up soon and

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Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

One in five young people aren’t learning to drive because of the soaring costs, while government proposals for a minimum learning period could make matters worse. Helen Coffey investigates how getting...

It’s tricky enough dealing with the press when you’re just trying to flog a few DVDs. Imagine if you were trying to change Britain’s mind about Brexit?