Riverside encounter with an otter family: Country diary, 14 May 1945

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Cargo ship sailors press-ganged into keeping the world’s trade afloat

Thomas Stapley-Bunten was due to finish his contract aboard a huge cargo ship carrying liquid natural…

Country diary: where the wildflowers grow weird and wonderful

P lanted across a large area with hardly any paths, the wild and the cultivated flow…

Alexander to remotely chair coronavirus hearing after staffer tests positive for virus

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Lamar Alexander warns ‘not enough money’ to help everyone

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After coronavirus, focus on the climate emergency | Letters

Last month, the Guardian quoted Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, saying if…

Schumer calls on VA to explain use of unproven drug on vets

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UK plans GBP250m boost for cycle lanes and fast-track e-scooter trials

The government is expected to unveil a GBP250m investment in UK cycle lanes to encourage commuters…

Lockdown has made us see the natural world anew – let’s not waste it | Gaby Hinsliff

Back in the days when we all still hurried oblivious through crowded city streets, the names…

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I t was a grim irony that the best transport news in ages was buried in…