Leading experts advise on the impact of deliveries, buying organic, packaging and food wasteHow do UK supermarkets rate on the climate crisis?We want to make the right decisions when we shop, but with so many different options on offer, how are we supp…
Police appeal for information after man’s body found in Thames
Mohamed Mussa, 27, a Dutch national who lived in Wandsworth, was reported missing on Sunday Police are appealing for information after the body of a man was found in the River Thames.Mohamed Mussa, 27, known to his friends as Mussa, was reported missin…
Flood risk for parts of UK as heavy rain hits Cumbria and Scotland
Environment agency and Met Office tell swaths of England, Scotland and Wales to brace for more rainSwaths of the UK have been told to brace for more heavy rain this weekend amid warnings of further flooding.The Environment Agency had a dozen flood warn…
Barclays continues to wreck credit rating with mortgage claims
Despite a promise to rectify its mistake, the bank claimed six more times that a reader had paid lateThree weeks ago I featured the case of CS from Norwich whose credit score had been trashed after Barclays falsely claimed he and his wife had not paid …
‘Got to be accessible’: Derbyshire MP presses on with face-to-face surgeries
Robert Largan has made one concession to safety after the death of Sir David Amess: a security guardAt least once a week, Robert Largan, Conservative MP for High Peak in Derbyshire, holds a surgery. It might be outside a supermarket or a train station …
What does a stream of raw sewage symbolise? Broken Brexit promises, for one | Zoe Williams
A Lords amendment sought to stop water companies dumping raw sewage – and 265 Tories voted against it. This faecal matter has become a powerful symbol of modern BritainI remember the good ol’ days, when we weren’t always lurching from one crisis to ano…
Rishi Sunak to announce £500m package for families
Labour describes plan as ‘smokescreen for the Conservatives’ failure to deliver’ in the pastHundreds of thousands of families are to receive extra support as part of a £500m package from the government that will include the creation of a network of “fa…
‘We don’t need to buy more stuff’: the people who kit out their home for free
Many people turning to skips or sites such as Freecycle in a bid to save money and help the planetOne man’s trash is another man’s treasure, so goes the saying. That is certainly evident through the rise of exchanges on platforms such as Olio, Facebook…
Petrol retailers warn of record prices at UK pumps within days; inflation dips – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsLatest: Petrol prices on brink of record, says PRAPensions set to rise 3.1% next year after inflation dataFacebook fined £50m by CMAIntroduction: UK inflation dipped to 3.1% in September, but st…
Boris Johnson questioned over online safety and extremism at PMQs – UK politics live
Latest updates: PM says online harms bill will include criminal sanctions for allowing ‘foul content’ onlineBoris Johnson promises online harms bill debate before ChristmasCoronavirus – latest global updatesDame Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan police c…