Alex Turner meets some of the amateur detectorists stalking the fields of the UK searching for buried history In July 2009, Terry Herbert of the Bloxwich Research and Metal Detecting club picked up a signal with his metal detector; the signal for what …
Black History Month launches in UK with ‘proud to be’ campaign
Local authorities raise pan-African flag to mark start of series of events for October across BritainBlack History Month launches with hundreds of events across the country this October, amid a new campaign encouraging people of all ages to share what …
Homes for sale near good public transport links – in pictures
From a converted Victorian dairy factory in Cardiff to a Durham mansion, they are ideal for a smooth commute Continue reading…
Hospitality and tourism bosses plead for VAT rate freeze at 12.5%
Coalition of UK industry bodies warns of ‘painful’ job losses if Treasury returns tax to pre-Covid levels in AprilHospitality and tourism bosses are pleading with the government to permanently lower the VAT rate on businesses in their sectors to help s…
Indigenous Amazon singers and sacred cacao … the UK festival that’s wild in a different way
The Medicine weekender specialises in nature and cultural exchange – a rare festival that you leave feeling better than when you arrivedOn a stage in a yurt in the Berkshire countryside, the leader of the Huni Kuin tribe from the Brazilian Amazon is ta…
Britain needs clear laws to protect LGBT+ people from ‘conversion therapies’ | Helena Kennedy
Lawyers and campaigners have drawn up a framework to take long-overdue action against these coercive practicesBaroness Helena Kennedy QC is chair of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights InstituteIn May, at the opening of parliament, the Que…
Reform UK tones down culture war rhetoric and targets Tory voters
Richard Tice promises ‘wow factor’ at party conference and criticises Conservatives over high taxesReform UK, the rebranded Brexit party, plans to focus less on culture war issues and instead try to attract disenchanted Conservatives with more weighty …
Britons find more joy in autumn colours than Christmas, study finds
National Trust says people are turning into ‘leaf peepers’ with more noticing trees than at start of pandemicThe nights are drawing in and there is a chill in the air but research commissioned by a conservation charity suggests British people are incre…
What the government has to do to get the economy moving again
Ministers must sit down with businesses to work out a recovery plan to stop Britain’s economy falling into recessionUK business confidence collapses as ‘stagflation’ fears growCovid cases rise as UK schools return and furlough endsThe events of the pas…
Make tackling violence against women a police priority, says victims tsar
Vera Baird calls for greater resources and urgency after sentencing of Sarah Everard’s killerPolice forces should be compelled to deal with violence against women and girls with the same level of resources, expertise and urgency as terrorism or organis…