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Hightailing along city streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain

Still rare only 20 years ago, the charismatic animals are in almost every UK river and a conservation success story

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

Donald Trump wants a Europe in chaos – a sure sign for Britain to shore up its democracy

With the US threatening to support ‘patriotic’ parties here, we need better defences, starting with tough new rules about political donations, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

As the UK looks to invest in nuclear, here’s what it could mean for Britain’s environment

In this week’s newsletter:​ The government’s bid to speed up nuclear construction could usher in sweeping deregulation, with experts warning of profound consequences for nature

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

Roman occupation brought new diseases to Britain, archaeologists find

Lead in urban Roman infrastructure may have led to long-term impacts on the population’s health, scientists say

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

Britain slipping down global league table for youth employment, says report

PwC warns that future of a generation is at risk and that jobs crisis is costing UK economy £26bn a year

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025

This citizenship scandal is a chance for Mahmood to show courage and clarity

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The scandal of 200 people being deprived of their right to citizenship at the stroke of a government pen is a moral failure – a country has a duty to those who have rightly called it home

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

The city hailed as the most generous in Britain for second year running

The list, compiled by GoFundMe, ranks locations based on donor numbers relative to population

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought

Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 years ago

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025

Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests

Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2025

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson lead eight-strong GB figure skating team at 2026 Winter Olympics

The ice dance partners are bidding to become Britain’s first Olympic medallists since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean over three decades ago

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025