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environment and community

The end of Gaza's Khan Younis may spell the imminent end of a people
Khalid Javid

The end of Gaza's Khan Younis may spell the imminent end of a people

Privatised greed has poisoned our rivers – it's time to take our water back
Changing river pollution to boost housebuilding has enraged the RSPB
James Wallace

Privatised greed has poisoned our rivers – it's time to take our water back

Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Photography

Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans

Drag Race UK winner Ginger Johnson: 'The world is burning down… why not tap dance on the table?'
RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 5 winner Ginger Johnson
LGBTQ+

Drag Race UK winner Ginger Johnson: 'The world is burning down… why not tap dance on the table?'

I became an actor after 30 years as a Royal Marine. Here's what people need to know about veterans
Sunray: Fallen Soldier film starring Tip Cullen
Tip Cullen

I became an actor after 30 years as a Royal Marine. Here's what people need to know about veterans

The way Wales does elections is all about to change. But could it pave the way for Reform UK?
Democracy

The way Wales does elections is all about to change. But could it pave the way for Reform UK?

'We get communities dancing': How Bradford's brass heritage still brings people together
Music

'We get communities dancing': How Bradford's brass heritage still brings people together

Meet the chefs braving Russian drones and gunfire to feed troops on Ukraine's frontline
Ukraine war

Meet the chefs braving Russian drones and gunfire to feed troops on Ukraine's frontline

We are all the same age inside a library – curious, young and eager to learn
Robin Ince

We are all the same age inside a library – curious, young and eager to learn

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: 'Hunger is solvable'
Food poverty

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: 'Hunger is solvable'

How bringing back Churchill's wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty
Food

How bringing back Churchill's wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty

When support services fail to recognise cultural context, it creates more barriers than bridges
SWIM provides culturally responsive support to Afro-Caribbean and other ethnic minority communities navigating complex challenges around housing, criminal justice, substance use, and systemic exclusion across the UK
Peter Merrifield

When support services fail to recognise cultural context, it creates more barriers than bridges

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here's what it means
Liberty protesters outside the Court of Appeal after protest law success
Katy Watts

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here's what it means

Labour has shot itself in the foot on immigration – but it's not too late to change course
prime minister Keir Starmer standing in front of members of the armed forces
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Labour has shot itself in the foot on immigration – but it's not too late to change course

No, net zero targets didn't cause blackout – nor are they doomed to fail
Paul McNamee

No, net zero targets didn't cause blackout – nor are they doomed to fail

Israel's aid blockade is pushing people in Gaza to the brink of survival. It must be lifted – now
destruction in gaza
Riham Jafari

Israel's aid blockade is pushing people in Gaza to the brink of survival. It must be lifted – now

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Tony Blair is talking nonsense on net zero. The reality is the UK isn't prepared
Tony Blair
Bob Ward

Tony Blair is talking nonsense on net zero. The reality is the UK isn't prepared

I'm an aid worker in Gaza – the situation has never been worse
British aid worker in Gaza Gavin Kelleher
Gaza

I'm an aid worker in Gaza – the situation has never been worse

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Working class

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK's asylum system really is: 'It's so depressing'
Legal aid crisis

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK's asylum system really is: 'It's so depressing'

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