Why not emulate private schools with class sizes, playing fields, music facilities and modern languages?Just as many of us are thinking ahead to winter and a possible next wave of Covid, worrying about whether schools have proper ventilation and what e…
Menopause at centre of increasing number of UK employment tribunals
Rise in women taking employers to court citing event as proof of unfair dismissal and discriminationCase study: the social worker fired while perimenopausalGrowing numbers of women are taking their employers to court citing the menopause as proof of un…
Edinburgh Fringe returns with mix of in-person and online shows
Festival is part of world’s largest annual arts season which has been forced to curtail events due to CovidThe Edinburgh festival Fringe returns this weekend with a hybrid programme of nearly 800 in-person and online shows after its cancellation last y…
Ever heard a shrew warble? Secret sounds of small mammals revealed
Discover how bat detectors are used to capture the hypersonic world of voles, shrews and wood mice – and listen in yourselfIt sounds like the alarm call of a macaque but is in fact the slowed-down squeak of a pygmy shrew. This warbling call is an insig…
Anger as Boris Johnson does not isolate after staffer’s positive Covid test
Exclusive: PM continued tour of Scotland despite at times being ‘side-by-side’ with official, source saysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson is facing mounting anger after it emerged he continued with a tour of Sco…
Alok Sharma is trying to save the world. Should he be able to fly to do it?
Experts and campaigners defend UK minister in charge of Cop26 talks amid furore over diplomatic plane tripsThe starkest warning yet on how close the global climate is to the point of no return will be delivered to the world on Monday morning, when the …
Shops accused of failing to publicise recall of food linked to cat deaths
Cat owners share evidence of chains including Sainsbury’s stocking food suspected of causing pet deathsRetailers have been accused of doing too little to warn customers about recalled cat food that has been linked to the deaths of potentially thousands…
Keir Starmer calls on Boris Johnson to say sorry for coalmines joke
Labour leader says remarks about pit closures ‘utterly shameful’ and shows prime minister ‘out of touch’Keir Starmer has called on Boris Johnson to apologise for joking about Margaret Thatcher closing coalmines, describing the remarks as “utterly shame…
The Guardian view on energy bills: a price hike that threatens millions | Editorial
Raising the cap on gas and electricity charges will have a societal impact across Britain – and a political one tooThe energy regulator Ofgem sounded apologetic as it announced another big rise in the industry’s price cap on Friday. It was right to do …
The Guardian view on the Taliban’s advance: we still have a responsibility to Afghans | Editorial
The human cost is accumulating with the withdrawal of US and British troops The fears held by many Afghans since Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of all US troops by September have been not only realised but surpassed. Many anticipated steady gains b…