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‘We’ve got no choice’: locals fear life as lab rats in UK hydrogen heating pilot

In Whitby, just outside Ellesmere Port, residents wait to hear whether their village will be chosen

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022

Uncovering Britain’s secret history of bussing ethnic minority children

Shabina Aslam was sent away to a remote school under a policy of dispersing non-white children in the 1960s and 1970s, which she now explores in a Bradford-based exhibition

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2022

‘People are fed up’: sensor to spot loud drivers splits opinion in Keighley

West Yorkshire road identified as one of UK’s loudest takes pole position in £300,000 noise camera trial

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2022

‘I’m scared when anyone says winter’: shocking tales from UK energy crisis frontline

For the Zinthiya Trust and those in Leicester who it helps, the price cap rise is just one in a stack of mounting problems

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2022

‘The government’s got to get its hand in its pocket’: Darlington speaks out on the cost of living crisis

The ‘red wall’ town plays host to Tory hustings amid worries over fuel bills and Labour ‘gloom’ over winning back control

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2022

‘When I see kids vaping, I warn them: that’s what killed my daughter’

The mother of a teenager who died after her lungs collapsed believes e-cigarettes were the cause and is calling for tougher legislation

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022

‘It destroyed 20 years of memories’: Yorkshire family devastated by heatwave fire

Residents near Sheffield lost all their possessions when houses were ignited by wildfires on UK’s hottest day

The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2022

‘Heard it all before’: Tory race leaves Birmingham voters unimpressed

In marginal seat of Birmingham Northfield, voters say infighting could put them off Conservatives

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022

‘It was refreshing to see what Sherwood did’: how the BBC’s acclaimed miners’ strike drama went down in the real pit villages

In the Nottingham streets where the serial is set, the struggle now is to control the narrative of a fiercely contested history

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2022

Tuesday briefing: Hope all but lost for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

In today’s newsletter: Amid conflicting reports over the fate of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, friends and colleagues call for action

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2022