The pain of letting go of a loved one’s belongings | Letters
Readers respond to Polly Hudson’s article about disposing of her late mother’s possessionsReading Polly Hudson’s account of clearing her mother’s house (My mum has died – and every decision I make about her belongings feels wrong, 20 September) made…
The final whistle for the football booze ban? | Letters
The rushed law probably increases pre-match binge drinking, writes Prof Geoff Pearson; plus a letter from a concerned reader who lives near a football groundThe prime minister is right to identify that the existing ban on alcohol consumption at football…
Facing up to the threat that Reform poses to our democracy | Letters
Readers respond to an article by John Harris in which he urges Labour to offer hope and change John Harris writes: “Reform is apparently in deep trouble, yet also still in with a serious chance. How come?” (Don’t discount Reform because it’s had a bad…
Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns
Keys crops such as cereals, potatoes, sugar and oils grown in areas with moderate to very high riskThe vast majority of the UK’s essential foods, including cereals, potatoes, sugar and oil, are grown in areas of England rated as having a moderate to very…
Burnham refreshes the parts others can’t reach on the Andy and Laura show | John Crace
The PM oozes confidence and easy-going charm as he tells Laura Kuenssberg the hill he’ll die on is fixing social careUK politics live – latest updatesIn recent weeks there has been much speculation in some parts of the media that Andy Burnham would call…
Anatomy of an inferno: inside the push to map, predict and prevent spread of increasing UK wildfires
Scientists are racing to understand how fires behave as hotter summers turn green landscapes into tinderboxesFrom the scorched heathlands of the New Forest to the smouldering valleys of south Wales and burned-out homes in Stourbridge, an extraordinary…
Lime bike profits double as rider numbers surge in England
US-owned firm says average monthly users at UK arm surged to nearly 700,000 with sales up by a thirdLove them or hate them, Lime ebikes are an increasingly common sight on England’s roads with new figures showing annual profits more than doubling thanks…
Britain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truth
Research draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for LondonThe “complex and unsettling” story of what Britain knew during the Holocaust is being explored amid plans to create a new permanent national memorial.An…
Monty Don says he may have to let go of his gardeners after leaving BBC
Presenter reveals corporation has been paying part of their salaries to keep his Herefordshire garden camera-readyFor 15 years, viewers have looked in amazement at Monty Don’s beautiful Herefordshire garden, known as Longmeadow, as he hosted the show…
Labour is nostalgic for two-party politics. That cosy, simple time is over – let it go | John Harris
Our fragmented political model will endure for the foreseeable future – and Reform will benefit from it until Burnham learns that cooperation is keyAs I wrote last week, whatever its current troubles, Reform UK has hardly disappeared. Meanwhile, those…