Exclusive: Extraordinary levels of absence fuelled by anxiety, illness and cost of living crisis ‘His safe space is at home’: parents on why their children are absent from school One in 10 GCSE-year pupils have been absent from school in England each day this year, up 70% since before the […]

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 […]

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 […]