From funding a startup to its name and tackling the red tape, experts and entrepreneurs give tipsMaybe the pandemic made you reassess your lifestyle and work, or maybe you already had considered going it alone and have been waiting to take the plunge. …
More than 2 tonnes of cocaine seized in British and Australian operation
National Crime Agency, Border Force and Australian Federal Police seize drugs worth £160m on yacht off PlymouthSix men including a Briton have been arrested off the coast of Plymouth after authorities seized more than two tonnes of cocaine worth about …
Malorie Blackman: ‘Hope is the spark’
Malorie Blackman, the former children’s laureate, talks to Sian Cain about finishing her Noughts & Crosses series after 20 years, being namechecked by Stormzy and what inspired her to keep going through years of rejectionMalorie Blackman is used to…
Awaiting a ‘tsunami of Covid’: UK lecturers fear students’ return
Unions are calling for compulsory masks and social distancing as the government demands face-to-face teachingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDr Stephanie Coen, assistant professor in health geography at Nottingham University…
The Australia deal shows the UK is happy to compromise climate goals for trade | Gwen Buck
Leaked documents that reveal the removal of references to temperature targets set a worrying precedentWhen the prime minister, Boris Johnson, launched trade negotiations with Australia in June last year, he lauded the opportunities of trading with a li…
Michael Chapman: British folk musician dies aged 80
Esteemed guitarist, whose playing influenced Elton John and David Bowie, died at home, his family saidThe British guitarist Michael Chapman has died at the age of 80. In a post to Instagram announcing the news, no cause of death was given, but it was s…
UK economic recovery stalled in July amid worker shortages
GDP grew by only 0.1% despite removal of most Covid controls, with supply chain crisis making impactCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBritain’s economic recovery from the winter lockdown virtually stalled in July despite the r…
Homes fit for a startup business – in pictures
From a spacious 18th century Derbyshire malthouse to a historic pub in east London Continue reading…
The lesson we failed to learn from 9/11: peace is impossible if we don’t talk to our enemies | Jonathan Powell
We should have engaged with the Taliban 20 years ago, but we thought the winner takes all. It undermined our own armed forcesJonathan Powell was Tony Blair’s chief of staff from 1995 to 2007The fall of Kabul 20 years after 9/11 represents not just the …
Social care: cap could prompt insurers to plug nursing home costs gap
Insurance companies withdrew policies more than a decade ago – but they could return under new plansThe cap on the cost of social care could create a new market in insurance to cover nursing home fees – 11 years after the last policy was withdrawn from…