Eilish Rothney’s first instinct was to get rid of the wasps entering her converted shipping container in Norfolk. Now she enjoys their constant humWhen wasps began streaming through a rusted gap in her office door one June...
Read MorePeople voice frustration with officials’ failure to engage with community over placement of asylum seekers in areaA smashed window pane and some broken eggshells on a footpath were some of the tell-tale signs of events that took...
Read MoreMore than double number of arrests made since 2024 compared with previous two-year periodMorning and welcome to our UK politics blog.The government said more arrests are being made for illegal working, with Home Office figures...
Read MoreNew unitary councils will replace 43 county and district councils, in latest round of local government overhaulFifteen new councils will be created in the south and east of England under the latest round of a major local...
Read MoreThe government was warned by its lawyers that such a move could be illegal as it pledges an additional £63m to help councils with reorganisationIn his Q&A with journalists, Keir Starmer was also asked to respond to a report...
Read MoreThird of councils affected by overhaul from two-tier to unitary authorities ask for postponementUK politics live – latest updatesMore than a third of local authorities in England have asked to postpone elections in May, saying...
Read MoreWhen BT earmarked the kiosk for closure in January, Derek Harris began to campaign. The fight gave him purpose at a difficult time in his life‘I don’t want it to die’: one man’s battle to save the last phone box in his...
Read MoreAs part of the Guardian’s Against the tide series, readers aged 18 to 30 share what they love about living in their coastal town, the challenges and why they often choose to leaveMegan, a 24-year-old from the Isle of Wight, is...
Read MoreShabna Begum of Runnymede Trust says toxic rhetoric could lead to more vigilantism and violence The vitriol faced by scouts and charity rowers mistaken for migrants was not an “innocent mistake”, a race equality campaigner has...
Read MoreHead of Runnymede Trust warns toxic rhetoric could lead to rise of vigilante groups that ‘just breed more violence’The vitriol faced by Scouts and charity rowers mistaken for migrants was not an “innocent mistake”, a race...
Read MoreMP reported crew rowing from Land’s End to John o’Groats to raise money for motor neurone disease to coastguardThe independent MP Rupert Lowe has agreed to donate £1,000 to a charity after mistaking its rowing crew, including a...
Read MoreAfter fears £11m would be diverted to Treasury, money will be spent on restoring polluted areas where penalties issuedMillions of pounds of fines imposed on water firms will fund environmental schemes to protect the country’s...
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