Pubs are for everyone. Don’t let Reform make them the political property of the boorish hard right | Jonathan Liew

Lake District village struggles to find GP in chronic doctor shortage

I went to a far right, anti-gender summit in Brussels so you didn't have to. Here's what went down: www.opendemocracy.net/en/far-right... @opendemocracy.net

Great news! The plan would see Ukraine getting a seat at the EU table before carrying out the reforms needed for full membership privileges

The governments harsh immigration plans trigger fear and uncertainty, study finds Families of nurses and carers have said they fear being torn apart under an immigration crackdown condemned as "economic vandalism"

Three decades on from the last documented sighting, Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct a year ago. Arnoud van den Berg reflects on his experiences with this iconic bird at its final known winter refuge:

Ecosystem of anti‑EU nationalism, dark‑money, data‑driven voter manipulation Files show Brexit was the outcome & instrument of a transnational network of oligarchs, data‑operation firms & authoritarian‑leaning actors. All stood to profit from destabilisation, low regulation, weak democratic checks

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

Where is physics headed? No one knows for sure, but Beyond the Quantum by Antony Valentini is a striking new book that reminds us what a big idea really looks like, finds Jon Cartwright

RMT Action Against Assaults campaign at Scottish parliament calls for new law www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

Companies are happy to sell you personalised tracking of your biomarkers or a tailored nutrition plan, but truly personalised medicine should be able to tackle the vast differences some people have in response to the same diseases

Local power starts here. Place by place. Community by community. As Ed Miliband MP explained in Parliament yesterday, the Local Power Plan is about more than energy. It's about putting power, wealth and opportunity in community hands.

In 2011, Goodwin warned that populist extremism rejects human equality and threatens democracy. In 2026, he is now standing for Parliament on that very platform.

Just like Farage and many others in Reform, Goodwin openly admires Donald Trump. He has praised mass deportations, presenting Trump as a model for Britain. He also proposed taxing people without children, a policy that has been described as something from the Handmaiden's Tale.

🧵 Who is Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s provocative far-right candidate? Goodwin was once a serious academic warning about populist extremism. He has since morphed into something very different. Read our updated briefing here: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/02/11/w...

Colder conditions will briefly return later this week. But rain will still be around 🌧️ Read our latest press release ⤵️ www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

❌ Being outside of the EU has proved to be disastrous for our steel industry in a more protectionist world economic order. Britain is isolated on the world stage and Brexit is to blame.

#DYK some species can hybridise? The edible frog is a fertile hybrid of marsh and pool frogs. Introduced newts could also threaten great crested newts with hybridisation. A common hybrid we do see? Greylag × Canada geese—like this bird near our Peterborough reserve.

EV performance declines once batteries degrade to ~80% capacity. But those batteries are still good for storing excess renewable energy from the grid. A startup in Nevada is already doing this, & China could meet 2/3 of its grid storage needs by 2050 this way www.newscientist.com/article/2515...

RMT takes its Action Against Assaults campaign to the Scottish Parliament and calls for a new law to safeguard transport workers in Scotland against a sharp rise in assaults.

Kanzi, a bonobo with exceptional language skills, took part in a make-believe tea party that demonstrated cognitive abilities never seen before in non-human primates

Saturday will be the first entirely dry day of the year for some of us, but ahead of the weekend we've still got some rain over the next few days. Here's a look at how much to expect 👇

Europe should brace for more moments of U.S. hostility, French President Emmanuel Macron has warned, and should treat what he called the “Greenland moment” as a wake‑up call to push through long‑delayed reforms to strengthen the bloc’s global power. www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

Farage presents himself as a normal guy - he's a rich racist bastard clamouring for the attention of billionaires. Chummy, eh? www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

London has led the way on community energy, demonstrating that local ownership works even where space, infrastructure and demand are most challenging. As Mayor Sadiq Khan explains, thanks to the Local Power Plan, more cities will now be able unlock the potential of community energy.

🗺️Daisy Cooper MP: "To your question about Europe, it's right on our doorstep and you just can't fight geography." 🇪🇺"We want to have a better trading relationship with Europe." 🛬 We need a better UK-EU trading relationship. 💪Deeper alignment. Deeper cooperation. Opportunities returned.

This is absolutely hilarious from #PMQs today. Ayoub Khan MP says rubbish is "building right beneath my very nose" as he looks down at the Reform MPs sitting below him "It's becoming a serious problem in Birmingham"

Today’s Local Power Plan announcement is the biggest investment in community-owned energy in British history. Our members have fought for years to put power and profit in community hands. Now that work will shape the future of energy ownership in the UK.⚡️

A type of cognitive training that tests people's quick recall seems to reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease

Congratulations to Bad Bunny for his wonderful, love-filled tribute to the American continent!

If we send Elon Musk to Mars he will be much closer to it. Then surely he can build this settlement on Mars he claimed he can do in just 10 years. Or we can never hear from him again. Whichever is fine.

Why is the UK so rainy this year and how is the climate crisis making matters worse?

They never seem to be familiar with the truly bad stuff.

Paul Erdős was one of the most prolific mathematicians to ever live, known for showing up at the door of others in the field and declaring they should host and feed him while they do maths together. His radical life should be immortalised by Hollywood in a comedy biopic, says columnist Jacob Aron

NATO’s unraveling won’t be immediate & will entail disruption. But it will be no disaster. For Europe, possesses both the motive & means to protect itself. Indeed, this week showed how effective it can be when its leaders work in with one another. Europe has a chance to step out of America’s shadow

Productivity increases between 5% and 13% with working from home, and worker wellbeing improves hugely too. But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing. He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him. www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...

Ben Goldsborough MP speaking in a debate on Russian influence on UK politics: “It seems Reform politicians are comfortable doing the Kremlin’s dirty work for them, regardless of whether they get paid for the privilege or not.”

Things we haven't forgotten: 🤔 Farage never clarified how he got his Clacton house. He said he bought it, then he suddenly said it was his GF, but noone explained where they got the £885,000 from? 🤔 Farage appointed Nathan Gill, his friend and ally, who turned out was a Russian asset.

The FBI has concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men. A cover up to protect Donald Trump.

Isn't Capitalism great?

Nigel Farage has declared that he is against working from home. It's not a surprise given he is never in Clacton.

Cuba aimed to reach 24% renewable energy by 2030. Now due to the USA's boycott which bans anyone from providing them with fuel they aim to reach 100% renewable energy by 2028. Another own goal for Fossil Fuel loving USA.

‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers

Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt

Every spring, common toads cross dangerous roads to reach breeding ponds. Many don’t survive. Your donations help Froglife keep Toads on Roads running and protect local toad populations one tiny life at a time. https://ow.ly/lYez50Y9Xiv 📷 George Cope

Are all right-wingers congenital idiots? I ask this in all honesty www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

🚨Don't forget On Tuesday we're publishing a book – combining analysis & policy with in-depth conversations to understand the needs of lower income families – and hosting a major conference on it. With keynotes from Andy Burnham @andyburnham.bsky.social & Ken Murphy. Register➡️ buff.ly/2tG8LsY

If you're looking for a change in the weather, don't give up hope. Whilst the next few days will remain unsettled and often wet, drier - albeit colder, weather is likely later in the week 📉

A review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on their labels