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Greg Barradale
Greg Barradale is an Orwell Prize-shortlisted journalist whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Observer, and Sunday Times. He was a winner of the News and Investigations category at the MHP 30toWatch awards 2023, and was shortlisted for feature writer of the year at the 2023 BSME Talent Awards. He was previously a senior reporter at Big Issue, where his stories included the revelation that councils had lost millions buying back ex-Right to Buy homes, exposing the hidden toll of Britain's synthetic opioid crisis, and reporting the first pictures of a hidden statue of Harry Kane. If you've got a story which you think needs covering, email him at greg@gregbarradale.com
Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means
A baby beaver swimming in the water
Rewilding

Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
UK riots

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

Could London follow Paris' Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?
A tourist boat on the River Seine, Paris
Rivers

Could London follow Paris' Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?

Labour's new towns plans is a start on housing crisis – but much more is needed, experts say
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner laugh while wearing hard hats
New towns

Labour's new towns plans is a start on housing crisis – but much more is needed, experts say

'You're basically abandoned': How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18
Care leavers

'You're basically abandoned': How care leavers are forced from foster homes as soon as they turn 18

What does Britain's £20bn 'black hole' mean for you and your money? Experts explain
Rachel Reeves
Public finances

What does Britain's £20bn 'black hole' mean for you and your money? Experts explain

Still no opening date set for UK's first drug consumption room
Drugs

Still no opening date set for UK's first drug consumption room

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent
Rishi Sunak
A modest proposal

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists 'set a terrible example for the rest of the world'
Traffic on the M25 during a Just Stop Oil protest
Climate activism

Hefty jail terms for Just Stop Oil activists 'set a terrible example for the rest of the world'

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: 'It's shameful'
A montage of Premier League shirts from Brentford, Everton, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, and Crystal Palace, over a pixellated backdrop of Wembley Stadium as Southampton FC returned to the Premier League
Exclusive

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: 'It's shameful'

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election
Keir Starmer during the 2024 general election campaign
Democracy

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election