Spokesperson confirms ex-leader will be free to address fringe events, despite status as independent MPJeremy Corbyn will be granted a pass to Labour’s conference in Brighton later this month and will be free to address fringe meetings despite currentl…
The white supremacist student sentenced to read Austen and Dickens fits a grim pattern | Gaby Hinsliff
Young, angry men are falling down a rabbit hole of online radicalisation. The isolation of Covid will only make this worseRead a book, as the old saying goes, and it will set you free. But even the power of literature surely has its limits, and this we…
‘The nicest guys’: mother finds men who rescued son from Milton Keynes lake
Family praises brothers who stopped seven-year-old from drowning, after using Facebook to track them downA woman has spoken of her gratitude after she managed to track down the two men who saved her son from drowning.When seven-year-old Frankie Creek f…
Hospital calls for action to stop cyclist deaths at notorious London junction
Colleagues of Dr Marta Krawiec, who was killed while riding to work, say urgent safety work is neededA leading hospital has called for immediate safety works at a notoriously dangerous junction in central London where one of its doctors was killed last…
UK going backwards on tackling media’s racism, warns new Voice editor
Lester Holloway of Britain’s only black national newspaper points to a ‘regression’ in recognising inequalityThe new editor of Britain’s only black national newspaper has warned the UK is going backwards in recognising institutional racism in the media…
Home Office spent almost £9m on deportation charter flights in 2020
At least 828 people were removed on charter flights last year, more than double the number removed in 2019The Home Office spent almost £9m on deportation charter flights last year, the Guardian has learned, including more than £500,000 for planes that …
Flash floods and flower power: Thursday best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
Brexit: food and drink exports to EU suffer ‘disastrous’ decline
First-half sales fall £2bn, says industry body, as barriers are compounded by staff shortagesExports of food and drink to the EU have suffered a “disastrous” decline in the first half of the year because of Brexit trade barriers, with sales of beef and…
Raab’s Afghan debacle is turning into a competence issue for the whole government | Katy Balls
The foreign and defence secretaries openly squabbling over what went wrong is a sign of dysfunction in Johnson’s cabinetDominic Raab’s appearance before the foreign affairs select committee was more notable for what he didn’t say than what he did. Afte…
Britons holidaying in UK give welcome boost to high street
Domestic tourism helped footfall in August hit highest level since start of Covid pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFootfall in UK high streets and retail parks last month hit its highest level since the start of the C…