‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills
Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots The easy thing for the people who live on the banks of the River Dart in Devon might have been to grumble and groan about the sewage…
‘People are deserting it’: why are London mansions struggling to sell?
For decades, the capital’s house prices raced ahead of the national average – but now they are falling in prime areasAn elegant Georgian facade, a full-width balcony and an exclusive address in South Kensington just steps from the Natural History Museum…
I’m not buying into the ‘Keminaissance’. If the Tories lowered the bar any further, they’d be Reform UK | Frances Ryan
Rather than ridding the Conservatives of their ‘nasty party’ status, Badenoch has a plan – to cut benefits for young people and demonise the unemployedKemi Badenoch is considering doing her job. With her second Conservative party conference as leader…
Country diary: The breathtaking sight of a tuna taking flight in British waters | Anita Roy
South Hams, Devon: These are monstrous animals, growing to 3 metres and reaching 40mph, and I was lucky enough to see a pack in hunting modeIt is a perfect autumn day for a clifftop walk: sea and sky blend into a veil of baby blue, and the water is calm…
Ann Widdecombe murder suspect charged with planning terror act against Nigel Farage
Joshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts, say policeThe man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe has been charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of acts of terrorism including…
At Brighton, Polanski raised his arms in triumph. It felt more like a wave goodbye | John Crace
The Greens’ leader seems long on agitprop but short on ideas – and one byelection away from losing his jobThe Chronicle of a Death Foretold. It must be weird to realise that you have in effect made yourself obsolete inside a year. Worse, that you have…
Palestine Action activists used whips and hammers to threaten guards at arms factory, court hears
Five defendants accused of being part of ‘black team’ tasked with overcoming security at Israel-linked firm Elbit near BristolPalestine Action activists brandished whips, hammers and kebab skewers to intimidate security guards and keep them at bay during…
‘Just like my big brothers’: boy with cerebral palsy passes GCSEs with eye-tracking technology
Patrick McCabe’s herculean feat shows limits and possibilities of special educational needs and disabilities systemPatrick McCabe is instantly recognisable in the early autumn sunshine, his wheelchair surrounded by fellow pupils at Fallibroome Academy in…
The Guardian view on the Conservative conference: a party still searching for a purpose | Editorial
Kemi Badenoch has a lot to say about Labour and Reform UK but none of it amounts to a coherent alternative programme for governmentThe Conservative party is far from the margin of British politics, but it has yet to recover the relevance to which it…
The Green party’s anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews how we should think | Jonathan Freedland
The resolution shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism worksTomorrow I will be in synagogue to say Kaddish, the traditional mourner’s prayer, in memory of my father who died eight years ago this week. If I were a…