Widespread use of chemicals that can harm wildlife means French state has failed to protect the country’s flora and fauna, say NGOSThe French government is being threatened with court action by two NGOs who accuse it of failing to meet its obligations …
UK’s Troubles amnesty plan goes further than Pinochet’s, study says
Criticism of move to end prosecutions says it is broader than almost 300 other amnesties around worldThe UK government’s plan to end all Troubles-era prosecutions in Northern Ireland would create an amnesty wider than the one Augusto Pinochet introduce…
INXS lead guitarist’s loss of finger in boat incident like ‘sticking a knife in a toaster’, court hears
Tim Farriss, who is suing for negligence over a 2015 accident claims he wasn’t properly warned about the equipment on the boatGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe finger-severing accident that INXS’s lead guitarist says ended his ca…
Jailhouse rock: how history’s crimes live on in music
From Maggie May to Ronnie Kray, crooks have long inspired songs, as a new book provesIn the 1960s when Sir Stephen Sedley, the former appeal court judge, was a young barrister, he successfully defended a number of Travellers in Kent who had been charge…
NHS gender identity clinic whistleblower wins damages
Child safeguarding expert awarded £20,000 after bringing claim against Tavistock and Portman trustA child safeguarding expert who faced vilification after raising concerns about the safety of children undergoing treatment at a London NHS gender identit…
My dad scorns my career goals. How do I keep us from falling out? | Annalisa Barbieri
You need to talk to him, but set the scene so that your father is more receptive to your point of view, says Annalisa BarbieriI have just turned 17 and will soon go to college. I have always done well at school; I don’t drink, use drugs or even have a …
The Guardian view on the Texas abortion ban: this is not the end | Editorial
The supreme court’s refusal to block the law marks a grave blow to the freedom and safety of womenThe cruel, vindictive and dangerous law that has taken effect in Texas is much more than the most extreme anti-abortion legislation in the United States. …
Call for sentence review after neo-Nazi told to read classic literature
Hope Not Hate asks UK attorney general to examine if punishment given to Ben John was unduly lenientThe attorney general’s office has been asked to review whether an unduly lenient sentence was handed to a neo-Nazi who was ordered to read classic liter…
Biden condemns US supreme court’s ‘unprecedented assault’ on abortion rights
President denounces justices for failing to block Texas banVows to ‘ensure woman have access to safe and legal abortions’Joe Biden condemned the US supreme court on Thursday, saying it had delivered “an unprecedented assault on a woman’s constitutional…
Texas now has abortion ‘bounty hunters’: Sonia Sotomayor’s scathing legal dissent
Justice Sotomayor wrote a blistering dissent on the US supreme court failing to block an extreme Texas abortion law. We are republishing it hereThe court’s order is stunning. Presented with an application to enjoin a flagrantly unconstitutional law eng…