Chinese manufacturers are using the electric transition to seize market share, with the UK as their gateway When Tesla wanted to catch the eye of British buyers, it put its cars and bright signage at a dealership in west London’s prominent Hogarth roundabout. Exposure to half a million drivers every day helped the US carmaker … Read more
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures Wooden stakes bearing pictures of young men were driven into the yellow sands of Copacabana beach this week, opposite Rio de Janeiro’s swanky hotels on Avenida Atlântica where 300 mayors and their entourages were staying during … Read more
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools US government investigations into universities over antisemitism allegations surged following the 7 October 2023 attacks and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza, with more investigations open in the last two months of … Read more
Experts say pupils should spend less time in exam halls and more time on activities like life skills, sport and work experience A review of England’s curriculum has recommended reducing the amount of content and emphasis on exams and instead focusing more on life skills and “enrichment”. The review, led by Prof Becky Francis, wants … Read more
Reliance on overseas students’ tuition fees under scrutiny as scholars describe chilling effect of being targeted UK academics whose research is critical of China say they have been targeted and their universities subjected to “extremely heavy” pressure from Beijing, prompting calls for a fresh look at the sector’s dependence on tuition fee income from Chinese … Read more
It may be a midlife crisis, says the man behind seven-metre installations of the Earth, moon and Sun who has planted 365 trees in a 100-year project in Somerset Luke Jerram, whose art installations have travelled the world, is philosophical about his latest project bearing fruit beyond his time on Earth. Known for his Play … Read more
After nine weeks of inquiry evidence, a picture has emerged of systemic breakdown and poor information sharing Of all the professionals who studied Axel Rudakubana before his murderous attack in Southport last summer, the notes of a rookie police officer in 2019 may be the most prescient. The actions of Rudakubana, then aged 13, showed … Read more
Almost one in five school-leavers in West Midlands town are not in education, employment or training and chancellor is under pressure to deliver promised ‘youth guarantee’ It is a rainy day in Dudley and Alex Jones and his friends are taking shelter under some trees in the car park of the college of technology. Clad … Read more
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’ The Green party is offering “simple solutions to complex problems” and making “undeliverable” promises to voters ahead of the next election that could leave them disappointed, the prime minister’s chief secretary has said. Darren Jones, one of Keir … Read more
Karolis Peckauskas of Drogheda and Garrett Pollock of Annalong in Northern Ireland charged with possession of explosives Irish authorities have charged two men with possession of explosives in relation to an alleged planned terrorist attack by a far-right extremist group. Karolis Peckauskas, 38, of Drogheda, County Louth, and Garrett Pollock, 35, of Annalong, County Down, … Read more