Fees for accessing UK seabeds help boost profits to £443m while King Charles says some of surplus will go towards public good The crown estate has generated record profits of almost half a billion pounds from Britain’s offshore windfarms, as talks continue over how much of the windfall should be […]
Minister tells Guardian government has ‘no grasp’ of cost involved in preventing possible collapse The government has “no true grasp on the costs” involved in preventing a collapse of Thames Water, with estimates presented to ministers and regulators suggesting the company could be facing a hole of £10bn in its […]
Pieces of mangled craft brought ashore in Newfoundland, Canada, after five killed on voyage to Titanic wreck Presumed human remains have been recovered from within the wreckage of the Titan, the submersible that imploded on a voyage to the Titanic earlier this month, the US Coast Guard reported on Wednesday. […]
The sound comes from the merging of supermassive black holes across the universe, according to scientists Astronomers have detected a rumbling “cosmic bass note” of gravitational waves thought to be produced by the slow-motion mergers of supermassive black holes across the universe. The observations are the first detections of low-frequency […]
Exclusive: Government accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ after firms push through biggest round of price rises since 1991 Why are UK telecoms firms imposing inflation-busting bills? Case study: ‘I’m being forced to make difficult choices’ The UK’s largest mobile and broadband companies have been accused of fuelling “greedflation” […]
British actor, 65, had been missing since January after going hiking in Mount Baldy area Obituary A life in pictures Peter Bradshaw’s appreciation A body that was discovered in wilderness near Mount Baldy in California on Saturday was confirmed last night to be that of the missing British actor Julian […]
UK has lost leadership in climate action and almost all targets are being missed, Committee on Climate Change finds The government’s plans to hit net zero have been comprehensively criticised in a withering report by its own advisers that warns targets are being missed on nearly every front. Fewer homes […]
Report by RSPB, ELF and Friends of the Earth say even cases with good prospects of success are being abandoned Prohibitively high costs are pricing individuals and community groups out of bringing legal challenges to protect the environment, major NGOs say. A joint report by the RSPB, the Environmental Law […]
BMA members overwhelmingly back stoppage after talks with ministers break down UK politics live – latest updates Senior doctors have voted in overwhelming numbers to go on strike over pay for the first time in nearly 50 years, in an attempt to put pressure on ministers to reverse deep cuts […]
Daniel Korski denies the historical allegations ‘in strongest possible terms’ following article by Daisy Goodwin A woman has accused Conservative London mayoral candidate Daniel Korski of groping her in Downing Street a decade ago. Daisy Goodwin, a TV producer, wrote in the Times that Korski had put his hand on […]