Exclusive: Jake Davison, adherent of misogynistic ‘incel’ culture, may have been trying to quit toxic community, final messages revealThe gunman who killed five people in a mass shooting in Plymouth ranted at a 16-year-old girl that “women are arrogant…
How to make London greener: stick up a tower block with a roof garden
The idea may not win the Garden Museum’s competition but, as a parody, it deserves a prizeThe Garden Museum in London is running an architectural competition for the design of a pavilion for St Mary’s Gardens, a leafy enclave next to its premises in a …
600 UK churches sign up to welcome Christian arrivals from Hong Kong
We must not repeat the mistakes of the Windrush era, say clergyThe Church of England must not repeat its lack of welcome to the Windrush generation when thousands of Hong Kong Chinese people move to the UK in what could be the largest planned migration…
Elite UK universities send students out of town as housing squeeze bites
The record numbers who were awarded top A-level grades could find themselves living far from their chosen collegeTop universities are scrambling to find enough accommodation for thousands of extra students, after record numbers netted the high grades t…
Guess who’s coming to dinner? Roadkill placed on ‘sky tables’ to lure rare birds of prey
Farmers are laying out carcasses to tempt vultures and eagles back to the UK countrysideWhen a griffon vulture last year graced the UK with its presence, awed birdwatchers from across the country gathered in the Derbyshire moors in the hope of catching…
Woman to appear in court over murder of boy, three, in Nottinghamshire
Leila Picker arrested after boy died having been found seriously injured at house in JacksdaleA woman is to appear in court charged with the murder of a three-year-old boy who died after being found injured at a home in Nottinghamshire.Leila Picker, 22…
Director Ken Loach says he has been expelled from Labour
Leftwing film-maker claims move by party is because he would ‘not disown those already expelled’The veteran leftwing film-maker Ken Loach has said he has been expelled from the Labour party.Loach, whose films are regarded as landmarks of social realism…
BBC journalist speaks of ‘increasingly repressive’ Russia ahead of expulsion
Sarah Rainsford says she is caught up in wider diplomatic game as country ‘turns in on itself’A senior BBC journalist who is to be expelled from Russia has condemned “an increasingly repressive environment” for critical journalists in the country.Sarah…
Plymouth shooting: police urged to take misogyny more seriously
Gunman who killed five regularly expressed hatred of women but had firearms licence reinstated in JulyFlags at half mast in Plymouth with city still in shock from shootingPolice must start taking misogyny more seriously in order to prevent more tragedi…
Young country diary: welcome to the world of mini-beasts!
Cambridgeshire: At normal size I can see a beetle below, but what if I am beetle-sized?Imagine you are shrinking, becoming so small that the grass towers over you. Welcome to the territory … of mini-beasts! Wandering down my garden, I feel the summer s…