China’s response to criticisms of horrifying human rights violations in Xinjiang is clear and calculated. Its aims are threefold. First, the sanctions imposed upon ind
This week, the home secretary, Priti Patel, has set out a reform of the UK’s asylum system. And she’s right, the system does need an overhaul – but in ways very differ
I t was billed as the vaccine to deliver the world from Covid. But over the last six months, AstraZeneca â whose jab was designed to save thousa
As the UK festival industry gets back on its feet after a fallow, fun-free year, the issue of gender equality on lineups has fallen by the wayside, Guardian analysis o
A cold snap at the start of the weekend will give way to warmer and wetter weather in parts of the UK in the lead-up to Easter, meteorologists have said. The Met Off
A cold snap at the start of the weekend will give way to warmer and wetter weather in parts of the UK in the lead-up to Easter, meteorologists have said. The Met Off
One in 25 people hospitalised with Covid-19 since December have had at least one dose of vaccine, with the majority infected shortly before or soon after vaccination –
Thousands of staff at one of the worldâs biggest call centre companies face being monitored by webcams to check whether they are eating, looking at their phones or l
Almost a year ago, on 16 March 2020, health secretary Matt Hancock told the House of Commons that all unnecessary social contact should cease, marking the first step i
Since 1 January, meat exporters and food processors wanting to export their products to Europe have been subject to many more checks and processes than before Brexit.
M ost interviews in the lockdown era are conducted by video, but the novelist Edward St Aubyn and I are talking by old-fashioned telephone because
A s the flames move fast, snaking quickly upwards in the treacherous terrain of Similipal national park and turning everything on the ground to sm
Billionaire tax exiles, the British National party, Saudi royals and oil-rich Gulf states have claimed millions of pounds in taxpayer-funded furlough money, the Guardi
I was held in Napier barracks from September 2020, through a Covid outbreak, during which I joined nearly 200 of my fellow detainees – many of wh
While anglophone fans await a translation of her 1,100-page magnum opus, the Nobel-prizewinning Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk has a picture book out. She created her
T hailand’s Phuket island used to vibrate with life. Before the pandemic, March was part of peak season and the resort’s long white beaches were p
Twenty-eight million households are preparing for their Covid close-up on Sunday in what may be the last official census after 180 years of mass data gathering once a
Millions of UK bank customers are missing out on a vital service designed to help prevent people being scammed by fraudsters. Last year the industry launched confirm
An infection control specialist who has been offered a job as a senior NHS biomedical scientist to help tackle the pandemic is facing deportation by the Home Office, p
While so much of the UK’s human activity has juddered to a halt during the third lockdown, its wildlife continues unabated. Have you seen any special species in your
Eggs are my go-to for an easy lunch or dinner, but I always end up poaching, scrambling or frying them. What else can I do? James, Solihull
Plans for the summer’s music season remain in flux, with Isle of Wight festival moving to a new September date, while metal festival Download and Barcelona’s Primavera
A charity has urged US authorities to consider a ban on Boohoo’s clothing over poor conditions in the online fashion seller’s UK supply chain. Liberty Shared, which
Eating meat regularly increases someone’s risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, pneumonia and other serious illnesses, research has found. It is already known