Half of Britons avoid calling GP when they are ill, survey finds

Anthropic touts AI for COBOL, IBM stock takes a hit

Is the UK’s golden era of free museum entry coming to an end?

Experience: I’m the last traditional clog maker in England

Lion DNA convicts poachers in world first

Wider deer culling planned for England to protect trees and crops

No trees, no food, shot for fun … yet Serbia’s imperial eagles are making an improbable return www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Amazon van gets stuck on Britain’s ‘most dangerous’ mudflat path

Why did I get a £100 parking fine when charging my electric car? www.theguardian.com/money/2026/f...

Charity buys £2.2m tract of land for Wales’ biggest rewilding project

Tinsel to tidewall: discarded Christmas trees reused to protect Lancashire coastline

Vaping in cars with children could be banned under new plans

Communities set to benefit from 13 new bathing spots proposed across England

‘The normal should be darkness’: why one Belgian national park is turning off ‘pointless’ streetlights

Developer urged to sell protected ancient woodland

Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a decade’s effort

South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding

‘Coffee is just the excuse’: the deaf-run cafe where hearing people sign to order www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Brian May says US is currently too dangerous for Queen to tour there

Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges

UK’s first rapid-charging battery train ready for boarding this weekend www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law

First of its kind ‘high-density’ hydro system begins generating electricity in Devon www.theguardian.com/business/202...

NHS to increase accuracy of bowel cancer test in England

UK joins European offshore windfarm plan to create world’s largest ‘clean energy reservoir’

Scafell Pike hikers left Wasdale rescue team to pay hotel bill

Speedboat driver who hit teen kayaker first to be sentenced under new safety law

Council thwarted in bid to axe low-traffic zones

Grassroots music venues struggle to make profit

Judi Dench backs campaign to protect London’s green spaces from developers

Driving test cheating soars with use of headsets and impersonators

Hammersmith school's pipe organ 'one of rarest in Europe' - BBC News

Man arrested over £260,000 graffiti spree on Northern line trains

‘I’ve had vets chasing lorries down the motorway’: The ‘hell’ of post-Brexit paperwork

Lib Dems set out plan to end 12-hour A&E waits - BBC News

Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds

Whistle, crackle, banned: Dutch set to outlaw fireworks after more new year chaos

Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations

Ever been caught short? Here’s the good news: a great British toilet revolution could be on the way | Eddie Blake

Record year for wind and solar electricity in Great Britain in 2025

Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England

High blood pressure: who is at risk and why UK children are getting it | High blood pressure | The Guardian

Slime mould - a hidden wonderland brought to life in photos - BBC News

Why are young people leaving Britain to work abroad? - BBC News

Young country diary: Our local river (The Wandle, South London) is clean again – and the birds are back too | Theo

The Trencherfield wheel is part of our heritage and the last of its kind in the world that works. It needs to be seen again

Seats & Votes won in Council By-Elections in 2025: 🔶 LDM: 106 (+21), 20.2% ➡️ RFM: 104 (+94), 24.2% 🌳 CON: 45 (-24), 18.2% 🌹 LAB: 36 (-89), 16.3% 🌍 GRN: 24 (+6), 9.9% ⚫ Oth: 39 (-8), 11.3%

Britain’s economy has been damaged by Brexit. But what should ministers do about it? | Trade policy | The Guardian

Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 years

Reform councillors in Kent condemned for spending thousands on political assistants