Getting intimate … Close-Up Photographer of the Year winners – in pictures

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Johnson confronts biggest test yet: Whether to walk away from his own funding deal

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The week in wildlife – in pictures: a freezing fox, a rescued hedgehog and a snake in the loo

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Evidence grows of air pollution link with dementia and stroke risk

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Country diary: Winter on the farm isn’t meant to be like this | Sarah Laughton

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‘The high life can be low carbon’: the European royals taking on the climate crisis

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Australia’s renewable energy goals can’t come at the cost of biodiversity – we need a strategic approach | Hugh Possingham

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Schumer pushes stopgap bill to avert shutdown next week

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‘I hurt people’: Jelly Roll pleads with Congress over Fentanyl

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The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak: he’s not serious about meeting green targets | Editorial

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