Company constructed more than 7,300 houses in first half of 2021 after Covid hit earnings a year earlierCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTaylor Wimpey, one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders, has returned to profit and upgrade…
UK children aged 16 and 17 expected to be offered Covid vaccine
Minister says JCVI experts to update advice ‘imminently’ on widening access to vaccine to more teenagersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCovid vaccines are expected to be offered to children in the UK aged 16 and 17, in line …
Scottish forests could save red squirrel from extinction
Researchers found 20 areas where the mammal would survive even if grey squirrels colonised all of BritainTwenty forest strongholds in Scotland would save the red squirrel from extinction even if grey squirrels were to colonise the whole of Britain, acc…
Johnson’s disregard for rules helped him get elected – but it’s starting to wear thin | Rafael Behr
From travel to vaccine passports, Covid policy is a mess because the prime minister struggles with the concept of protocolAre we nearly there yet? It is the backseat question that haunts long journeys, except in Britain’s pandemic road trip the impatie…
Suspected tanker hijacking off UAE coast is over, says British military
Armed group has left the Panama-registered Asphalt Princess, says British navy, after initial reports Iranian-backed forces had raided vesselA group of armed men who boarded a tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman have le…
Coronavirus live news: vaccinated ‘three times less likely to test positive’; 220,000 children in England jabbed
Study suggests fully vaccinated less likely to pass virus on to others; more 16- and 17-year-olds in UK could be given green light for vaccineChina shuts down transport routes as it battles worst outbreak in monthsStatus of some UK citizens vaccinated …
Repairing and reusing household goods could create thousands of green jobs across the UK
The Green Alliance thinktank found more than 450,000 jobs could be created by minimising waste Reusing and repairing household goods, from washing machines to phones, and recycling throwaway consumer items such as plastic bottles, could create hundreds…
Barnado’s blogpost on white privilege did not breach charity laws
Charities regulator says post deemed ‘ideological dogma’ by Tory MPs was in line with the Barnado’s missionBarnardo’s did not breach charity laws when it published a blogpost on its website discussing racial inequality and white privilege, inadvertentl…
Weatherwatch: Cardiff taps into its subterranean heat
Pioneering scheme in Welsh capital uses groundwater boreholes to take advantage of urban warmthThe air in urban areas can be up to 3C (5.4F) warmer than in the surrounding countryside, known as the urban heat island effect. But less well known is that …
Status of some UK citizens vaccinated overseas still not recognised by NHS
Ministers pledged people inoculated overseas but registered with GP in UK would be able to get vaccine record updated by end of JulyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters have been criticised for their failure to let some…