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Next UK banknotes to feature barn owls, bumblebees, puffins and hedgehogs

Four native species selected after consultation, but which one adorns which note is yet to be decided

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

The dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’

It used to be quite normal to pop next door for a coffee or invite friends over for dinner. But not any more. What’s behind this change – and just how damaging is it?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

Germany is right to rearm. But Europe has well-founded fears about that

Berlin’s allies are right to be wary of a sudden surge in German military spending that shuns cooperation with them, says the European Policy Centre’s Paul Taylor

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8

Comebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists say

A landmark report reveals that the world must change the way it produces food to avoid a biodiversity collapse

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year

Hundred-and-fifty-year-old Wych elm in Newcastle, Co Down, has grown sideways owing to strong winds

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

Family of student who took his own life say university ‘will be held to account’

Ethan Scott Brown died after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate from the University of Glasgow

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

Gene therapy can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers reveal

Optogenetic therapy, based on Nobel prize-winning science, involves turning nerve cells on and off using light

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins

People tell of lives changed beyond recognition after the 7 October attacks by Hamas three years ago and the subsequent Israeli offensive

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts

Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamic

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7

WHO says it does not have ‘full picture’ from Russia following suspected plague death

‘Transparent information sharing’ from Moscow is required to conduct full risk assessment, UN agency says

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7