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Wales failing to tackle alarming decline in nature, report finds

One in six Welsh species threatened with extinction but report says Welsh government lacks ‘action and investment’

Steven Morris

20, Jan, 2025 @12:01 AM

Corbyn and McDonnell agree to police interview after pro-Palestine march

Former Labour leader and former shadow chancellor due to be interviewed under caution following protest in London

Ben Quinn

19, Jan, 2025 @6:12 PM

‘This is about witnesses speaking their truth’: Prince Harry gets his day in court against Murdoch’s newspapers

The Duke of Sussex and the former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson are the last two claimants still suing

Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

19, Jan, 2025 @12:00 PM

Call for ‘censorship culture’ to end as Unity Mitford’s German diary is revealed

Extracts from Mitford’s papers published but many more archives concerning British fascists remain concealed

James Tapper and Vanessa Thorpe

19, Jan, 2025 @12:00 PM

UK Ministry of Defence enlists sci-fi writers to prepare for dystopian futures

Imaginations of science fiction community used to help policymakers prepare for potential crises in Britain

Ben Quinn

19, Jan, 2025 @11:00 AM

‘We are resting on our laurels’: Scotland faces significant challenge to protect its environment

Francesca Osowska, the outgoing chief executive of NatureScot, says more needs to be done for Scotland to hit target of restoring 30% of natural environment by 2030

Severin Carrell Scotland editor

19, Jan, 2025 @8:00 AM

‘Creative use of punishment’: Covid-style lockdowns proposed for criminals in England and Wales

Bar Council calls for pandemic restrictions to help reintegrate non-violent offenders into society and ease pressure on overcrowded jails

Lizzie Dearden

19, Jan, 2025 @6:00 AM

Looking back on National Service in 1970

Ten years after the last callup, the Observer assessed attitudes, which were perhaps surprisingly positive, to compulsory recruitment in the armed forces

Genevieve Fox

19, Jan, 2025 @6:00 AM

Reform deputy leader Richard Tice splitting time between Skegness and Dubai after partner leaves UK

MP says says he is totally committed to his constituency after Isabel Oakeshott moved to the Emirates

Toby Helm Political editor

18, Jan, 2025 @3:33 PM

‘Discovered’ diaries of British socialite Unity Mitford reveal Hitler relationship

Diaries, believed to be genuine, chronicle 139 pre-war meetings between antisemitic aristocrat and Nazi leader

Tom Ambrose

18, Jan, 2025 @12:48 PM

Home Office accused of ‘blocking’ people stuck in war zones from joining family in UK

FoI figures show Home Office apparently refusing to use biometrics waiver for people who have no way to submit them

Geneva Abdul

18, Jan, 2025 @12:38 PM

British man admits stabbing partner to death in Italy

Michael Whitbread, 75, is on trial in Lanciano for murder of fellow Briton Michele Faiers, 66, in October 2023