Exclusive: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission added up cost to NHS and economy of diet-linked disease The UK’s growing addiction to unhealthy food costs £268bn a year, far outstripping the budget for the whole NHS, the first research into the subject has found. The increased consumption of foods high in […]
Exclusive: Person who complained tells Guardian that columnist’s ‘Jew haters’ post was inflammatory Daily Telegraph readers have woken up this week to successive front-page headlines alleging a grave threat to free speech, triggered by a star columnist’s “Kafkaesque” encounter with police. The rightwing broadsheet described how Essex police had told […]
The 600kg animal was in the deep end and it took Leicestershire firefighters three hours to get her out safely A pregnant cow has had to be rescued by firefighters after she got stuck in a small swimming pool. The 590kg (93-stone) cow was found in the deep end of […]
Andrew Bailey callls for relations with EU to be rebuilt as Trump plans US tariffs The Bank of England governor has urged ministers to “rebuild relations” with the EU, warning that Brexit has undermined the UK’s economy. Speaking at the Mansion House dinner in the City of London on Thursday […]
Skirmish quickly quashed by security guards at stadium as riot police is deployed at ‘high-risk’ game A skirmish involving Israel fans broke out in the stands of the Stade de France during a tense match between Israel and France’s men’s football teams, but a heavy police presence ensured a repeat […]
Exclusive: Campaigners urge ministers to intervene to prevent cruel punishments over carer’s allowance More than 250 unpaid carers risk criminal prosecution after falling foul of draconian benefit rules in the past six months, official figures reveal. Since April, when the carer’s allowance scandal was first revealed by the Guardian, officials […]
Future UN conferences should only be held in countries that show support for climate action, urge influential group Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report Future UN climate summits should be held only in countries that can show clear support for climate action and […]
Nominee for health secretary decried as ‘vaccine denier and tin foil hat conspiracy theorist … this is going to cost lives’ Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr as US secretary of health and human services has prompted widespread criticisms towards Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist who has embraced a […]
Collection of 1,700 pieces dating from third to 20th century is highest-value gift of objects in UK museum history The British Museum has been given a private collection of Chinese ceramics worth about £1bn, the highest-value object donation in UK museum history. The 1,700 pieces dating from the third to […]
Congressman decried as ‘person of moral turpitude’ amid questions over whether Senate will confirm nomination Donald Trump’s decision to nominate the far-right Republican congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general has sent shockwaves through Washington, including the president-elect’s own party. Trump on Wednesday announced Gaetz as his pick to be the […]