In the first Covid-19 lockdown, Selaine Saxby noticed how empty her village had become. “I live on a close of 30 homes of which only…
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Average monthly UK rent up 9% – the highest annual increase recorded
The average monthly rent paid by tenants in the UK rose by 9% in the year to February, official figures show – the highest annual…
View More Average monthly UK rent up 9% – the highest annual increase recordedCourt ruling erodes climate activists’ ability to defend themselves – as the planet heats up
It took a matter of minutes in the court of appeal, where demonstrators were strangely absent, for the dial to shift once more on the…
View More Court ruling erodes climate activists’ ability to defend themselves – as the planet heats upGet a railcard and ditch season tickets: how to beat the rail fare rises
If you regularly travel by train, you can’t fail to have noticed that ticket prices in England and Wales rose by 4.9% earlier this month.…
View More Get a railcard and ditch season tickets: how to beat the rail fare risesGround rent not legally or commercially necessary, says UK watchdog
Britain’s competition watchdog has said ground rent is “neither legally nor commercially necessary” and that government may need to step in to protect consumers from…
View More Ground rent not legally or commercially necessary, says UK watchdogYoung country diary: I’m racing the mist to the mountain top | Emily
I stand on a grassy slope, gazing at the impending mountain. Mist billows at its ridges, charging into the sky. I begin the climb upward…
View More Young country diary: I’m racing the mist to the mountain top | EmilyDefra officials buried analysis showing dire financial prospects for hill farmers
Government officials have buried an analysis of the financial prospects for some of the most vulnerable farmers in the UK after realising it was almost…
View More Defra officials buried analysis showing dire financial prospects for hill farmersEight million UK households to get £299 cost of living payments from Tuesday
Eight million households on means-tested benefits will receive their final cost of living payment to help with high food and energy bills from Tuesday. The…
View More Eight million UK households to get £299 cost of living payments from Tuesday‘A lot of it is sloppiness’: the biologist who finds flaws in scientific papers
When Sholto David quit his job last autumn he could have looked for another post, taken time out to travel, or grabbed his tent and…
View More ‘A lot of it is sloppiness’: the biologist who finds flaws in scientific papers‘It wouldn’t exist’: Viagra inventor tells how Welsh miners began its rise
It was the ultimate serendipitous discovery: a failed heart medication that became a multibillion-dollar erectile dysfunction drug. But the blockbuster story of Viagra could have…
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