Category: News
‘A special place’: Guardian readers’ generosity helps to save rewilded farm
A unique farm that was “accidentally” rewilded 35 years ago and is now a haven for endangered nightingales and other rare wildlife has been saved, [more…]
Pharmacies vote to cut services unless UK government acts over ‘crisis’
Pharmacies have said they will halt a number of services within weeks, including the end of free medicine deliveries and extended opening hours, unless the [more…]
Olly Robbins on longlist of 10 vying for UK civil service top job
The former Brexit negotiator Oliver Robbins is one of 10 applicants on the longlist to take over from Simon Case as the UK’s most senior [more…]
‘I have lost everything’: southern Africa battles hunger amid historic drought
Emmanuel Himoonga paced his dry field, picking up stalks of maize that had been bleached almost to bone white. The 61-year-old chief of Shakumbila, a [more…]
John Lewis Christmas advert this year tells tale of two sisters
Over the years its Christmas adverts have featured a menagerie of lovable creatures but this year John Lewis is tugging on heartstrings with a Narnia-inspired [more…]
Doctors Without Borders ambulance in Haiti ambushed and two patients killed
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said that at least two of its patients were killed after one of its ambulances was stopped [more…]
South African tiger farms illegally smuggling body parts, says charity
The largest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely in South Africa, facilitating the illegal smuggling of tiger body parts, according to a report by [more…]
Argentina withdraws negotiators from Cop29 summit
Argentinian negotiators representing the government of the climate science denier Javier Milei have been ordered to withdraw from the Cop29 summit after only three days, [more…]
Mystery surrounds John Smyth after leaving UK and Zimbabwe for South Africa
The evangelical Christian barrister John Smyth abused as many as 130 boys and young men in the UK, Zimbabwe and possibly other African countries but [more…]
Streeting’s hospital league table plan riles NHS medics and bosses
Wes Streeting plans to publish a football-style league table of the best- and worst-performing hospitals in England, prompting fury from NHS bosses and staff at [more…]
