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Ockenden report, as it happened: families call for public inquiry and say babies treated with ‘absence of dignity’

Senior midwife Donna Ockenden’s review found more than 500 women and babies died or suffered serious harm due to poor care

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24

Experience: I’ve spent decades collecting over 260 postboxes

It started with an obscure railway postbox that had been thrown in a skip – now my museum has pieces from Scotland, Ireland and Hong Kong

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27

Portsmouth’s John Swift: ‘Rivalry with Southampton is so big that the game feels like a final’

Pompey midfielder tells Ben Fisher that playing in first South Coast derby league meeting in 13 years is bucket-list worthy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2025

A car hit me, drove off – and left me annihilated. Here is how I put myself back together

When a car hit Adam Johnson at 55mph, he was left with broken legs, nose, teeth and spirit, and was put into a coma in hospital. His slow recovery was helped by one of the few things he still had – his creativity

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024

A sting in the tale: weaving with nettles helped turn grief into joy

Recovering from the loss of his wife, Allan Brown turned his hand to an ancient craft

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023

Tragic death of the ticket office: the inhuman, isolating change that could ruin train travel

Along with nearly 1,000 other railway stations in England, Ryde is set to lose their facility, part of a recent £10m transformation. Both locals and tourists are incensed

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

No gym fees, no fancy equipment: it’s the skint bouncer’s guide to fitness!

Forget treadmills, rowing machines and air-conditioned exercise suites: you can get in shape with a staircase, a chair and fridge. Take it from a man who can’t afford to throw money around

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023

‘We don’t need police’: the New Forest village taking the law into its own hands

At the village with the most unsolved burglaries in the UK, shopkeepers are turning to vigilante-style tactics

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2023

‘There’s nowhere to go’: a family made homeless in the UK housing crisis

Colin and Gemma Booth and their children are among more than 100,000 families in temporary accommodation in England

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023

‘This way of farming is really sexy’: the rise of regenerative agriculture

On the Isle of Wight Hollie Fallick and Francesca Cooper are part of a movement to bring tired and depleted soil back to life – and boost food security

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023