Campaign group says it will pursue all legal means to ensure personal accountability for ‘grave betrayal’ Covid-bereaved families have called for Boris Johnson to lose access to public funds and said they will pursue all legal options for personal accountability after a damning report into his handling of the pandemic. The families said they want all privileges Johnson receives as a former prime minister, including his ministerial pension, his place on the privy council and access to the public duty costs allowance, to be withdrawn. Continue reading...

Victoria's first treaty with Aboriginal people has been signed by members of the Aboriginal community, the premier and state governor.

Recent events at the BBC have wide-reaching implications for our democracy - and the sooner we realise it, the better

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.

Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Wellcome Leap commit $100M to accelerate women’s health research and close long-overlooked gaps worldwide.

Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation Carbon emissions from the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have been directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for the first time, according to a new analysis. The research has been hailed as a “leap forward” in the legal battle to hold big oil accountable for the damages being caused by the climate crisis. The research found that the emissions from any one of the 14 biggest companies were by themselves enough to cause more than 50 heatwaves that would otherwise have been virtually impossible. The study shows, in effect, that those emissions caused the heatwaves. Continue reading...

The rapid spread of these banners is unsettling – and shows how the hard right is reaching people and places the left cannot, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every way, says naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Government to loosen eligibility rules for pensioners in face of backlash against decision to means test benefit

Learn why the Great Barrier Reef deserves to become the first non-human recipient of the UNEP’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Open letter signed by more than 600 industry figures says corporation is failing in its journalistic responsibility Oscar winning actor Susan Sarandon and British filmmaker Mike Leigh are among hundreds of figures from the cultural world accusing the BBC of censoring “Palestinian voices”, after its decision to delay the broadcast of a documentary on medics in Gaza. Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, has received an open letter signed by more than 600 industry figures – including some of his own employees – stating that editorial caution over the subject has spilled over into “political suppression”. Continue reading...

In early March, I warned of authoritarian like attacks on science and universities. Six weeks later and the Trump administration has gone even further than feared.

Since the election, the government has been busy making new laws, but most people have not noticed. So, here’s a roundup of progress.