A walk along the River Ribble to a great pub: the Lower Buck, Lancashire
An easy walk on both right and left banks of the Ribble offers an abundance of history – and pubs …
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‘I see this as a global fascist moment’: author Jeff Sharlet on interviewing far-right Americans
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Sharlet, who spent a dozen years talking to ordinary people about their predilection for violence, …
A moment that changed me: I lost my memories in an accident. A song brought them flooding back
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A decade later, I’d lost hope of ever recollecting my childhood or recovering my creativity. A hit …
Return of the Gedi: space mission that maps Earth’s forests saved from destruction
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Nasa grants last-minute reprieve to invaluable climate and biodiversity scanner on International Sp…
O2 Arena showed a dismal attitude to my disability
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The venue boasts of a ‘gold standard’ customer service award, but it made a concert visit impossibl…
Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman to leave hospital ‘soon’
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The recently elected senator has spent the past five weeks in the Walter Reed hospital receiving in…
Labour vows to ‘secure BBC’s independence’ after Lineker row
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Rows about the football pundit’s tweets and the appointment of a Tory donor as chairman have prompt…
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 395 of the invasion
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Russian attacks on Ukraine leave at least 10 civilians dead; UN says both sides in war have summari…
Indie supergroup Boygenius: ‘Anything that starts a fire in you is the stuff of life’
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Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker are three of the best – and most obsessed-over – songw…
UK asylum seekers who complain about conditions ‘threatened with Rwanda’
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Refugee Action report calls asylum seeker accommodation ‘racialised segregation and de facto detent…
John Lewis may find that cuddly co-investors don’t exist | Nils Pratley
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Sharon White, chair of the partnership, is fishing in an extremely small pool if investors must be …
The improbable rise of landlord influencers: ‘I’m not taking advantage of anybody’
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Buy-to-let property videos are increasingly popular on TikTok and other social media platforms. But…
Top police chief says Met has no ‘God-given right’ to exist without public trust
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Martin Hewitt, outgoing NPCC chair, says new leader deserves time to turn things around after serie…
Voters back Labour on public services as unions blame Tories for ‘months of misery’
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Poll shows just 17% of people back the Conservatives on public services against 43% for the opposit…
Biden administration quietly resumes deportations to Russia
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Exclusive: Apparent reversal of position adopted after invasion of Ukraine sends men fleeing Putin’…
A shopping guide to the best … satin pieces
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Add some shine to your look with our pick of luxe dresses, shirts, trousers and jackets to buy, ren…
UK ministers under pressure to tighten laws on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
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Vast numbers of people drinking water with levels that would be banned in the US, research shows P…
When it comes to pensions, Britain's women are still a long way from equality. Why? | Ros Altmann
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State provision is still lagging behind that for men, while women also lose out significantly in pr…
Junior doctors blame health secretary for triggering strikes across England
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Steve Barclay accused of ‘wasting months’ by failing to meet unions and being dismissive of their d…
Junior doctors’ strike prompts tens of thousands of hospital cancellations
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Many more appointments and procedures postponed than for recent walkouts by nurses and ambulance st…
‘Don’t blame the young for being moody’ - and seven other ways to nurture healthy teenage minds
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Adolescence is a time of great change, with everything from sleep to social media impacting on grow…
Out with pouts and down with frowns as the smile sneaks on to the catwalk
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A strange thing has been seen of late in the world of haute couture – some of its famously straight…
Homes with film connections – in pictures
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From a grand London building that featured in Bond movies to a modern home near a Hogwarts Castle l…
Hillsong accused of money laundering and tax evasion by Australian MP under parliamentary privilege
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Andrew Wilkie claims church money spent on ‘the kind of shopping that would embarrass a Kardashian’…
Optimism over rail dispute after RMT suspends strike action on Network Rail – business live
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Cancellation of planned strike action at Network Rail on 16 March might be ‘the beginning of the en…
SNP leadership debate exposed a party at war with itself
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Ferocious STV battle revealed fissures within Scottish National party as Forbes, Yousaf and Regan t…
An old video of me is on the school curriculum! Unfortunately, I am shocked by my own arguments | Zoe Williams
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In one of my daughter’s classes, she was shown footage of me talking about ethics a decade ago. The…
World’s first openly transgender MP, Georgina Beyer, dies in New Zealand aged 65
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The former actor, drag performer, sex worker and radio host pulled off a surprise victory as a Labo…
Leading British Jews: it’s time to condemn Israel’s shift to far right
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Historian and TV presenter is among those to speak out as protest grows over settler violence again…
British health worker shot multiple times in Iran protests, injuries show
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Exclusive: British-Iranian man says he was attacked after protesting against an assault on a teenag…
Letting thousands of poorer families into London Zoo for £3 has changed us for ever | Matthew Gould
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Bringing children closer to nature is the first step to building the next generation of conservatio…
Savings: Britons can switch to get up to 7% after interest rate rises
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Loyal bank customers are not necessarily rewarded, so shop around for a better-paying account MPs …
Does Europe want Ukrainians as living partners or dead heroes? | Kateryna Mishchenko
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Putin’s genocidal war is turning my country into a graveyard. For our sake and for its own future, …
The era of quiet quitting is over. The age of loud firing has begun | Arwa Mahdawi
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Last week Elon Musk continued to drastically reduce the Twitter workforce, laying off another swath…