Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate
Good morning. Half of England and all of Wales are officially in drought, wildfires have burned through parts of the Cairngorms, Suffolk and the Isle of Wight, and reservoirs are…
UK plastic manufacturer could face legal action over toxic emissions
A plastic manufacturer in the north of England is facing potential legal action over emissions of benzene, a carcinogenic chemical with no safe level, the Guardian can reveal. The Environment…
GPs’ breast cancer guidelines ‘miss’ 95% of women who will develop disease
Young women in England who later develop breast cancer are not being referred for early tests or preventive treatment because current guidelines used by GPs miss 95% of patients, research…
Approval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy
A £500m redevelopment of the Truman Brewery estate in Brick Lane, east London, has been approved, clearing the way for the construction of a datacentre, offices and apartments despite opposition…
July was driest month in southern England since records began
July 2026 was the driest month in southern England since records began nearly 200 years ago, the Met Office has said. England and Wales also provisionally recorded their driest July…
What chaos? Farage tries to distract with immigration plans – podcast
Read about Richard Tice being investigated by parliament’s standards watchdog here You can read Alexandra’s report on Andy Burnham’s trip to Dover here and about constitutional reform here Please keep…
Nigel Farage and the £5m question that won’t go away – podcast
For a while this year, it looked like nothing could stop Nigel Farage getting to Downing Street. Not the allegations of schoolboy racism, not the dodgy Cameo videos or even…
Is Reform UK’s plan to use the navy to stop small boat crossings feasible?
The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, whose summer has been dominated by the Guardian’s disclosure of a £5m undeclared gift and his connections with a fraudster, emerged on Monday to…
Rupert Lowe’s ‘olive branch’ to Farage piles more pressure on Reform leader
Even by the standards of their rivalry, the speed at which Rupert Lowe’s olive branch to Nigel Farage morphed into fresh recriminations between the two was swift. It began with…
‘Clacton voters need a serious person’: the independent candidates taking on Nigel Farage – and Count Binface
In the town square in Clacton, in the blazing midday sunshine, some of the candidates for the upcoming byelection made their pitch to a scattering of potential voters, passing Deliveroo…