Analysis: eastern bloc spy agencies historically would target western staff in junior roles
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/11/old-style-espionage-britons-arrest-feels-like-cold-war-throwback

Three people affected by Covid pandemic backlog in England tell their stories to the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/11/life-waiting-for-vital-nhs-treatment-the-pain-and-anguish-are-too-much

Raised charges and Covax deals on order books of Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/11/covid-19-vaccines-the-contracts-prices-and-profits

When 18-year-old Edward Mallen killed himself, his father blamed the NHS, society – and himself. He founded the Zero Suicide Alliance to try..
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/11/i-dont-intend-to-let-my-son-down-twice-the-bereaved-father-trying-to-end-suicide

Analysis: fate of condemned camelid shines light on one of the UK’s greatest animal health threats
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/10/tb-or-not-tb-why-geronimo-the-alpaca-has-divided-experts

Analysis: switching to pre-Covid ‘norm-referenced’ grading in 2022 could sharply deflate results if adjustments are not made carefully
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/10/after-record-a-level-results-government-must-manage-next-years-hangover

Group gain access to old Television Centre in west London, which is now mostly rented by ITV daytime shows
https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2021/aug/09/anti-vaccine-protesters-clash-with-police-outside-former-bbc-hq-years-after-it-moved-out-video

Bridge opened on Monday to allow wooden ship through, before its arms got stuck in raised position
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2021/aug/09/london-disruption-as-tower-bridge-stuck-open-after-technical-failure-video

Editorial: The Thatcherite wing of the Conservative party desires a restoration of ideas whose time has come and gone
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/09/the-guardian-view-on-post-covid-recovery-powered-by-the-state-not-the-market

The UK is on the side of Belarusian opposition leaders trying to bring down the tyrannical regime led by Alexander Lukashenko, Boris Johnson..
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2021/aug/03/were-on-your-side-boris-johnson-backs-belarus-opposition-leader-video

Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the country would move beyond level 0 of the Scottish government’s five-tier system of Covid controls from 9 August
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/aug/03/scotland-to-lift-most-coronavirus-restrictions-from-9-august-video

Fully vaccinated Britons will not have to quarantine on return from France and Spain for the next three weeks
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/aug/05/vaccinated-britons-can-travel-without-looking-over-their-shoulder-says-shapps-video

Even though it is one of England’s most affluent areas, study finds one in seven households went hungry during last lockdown
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/01/high-wycombe-the-home-counties-food-insecurity-hotspot

Letters: Emma Ginn and Annie Viswanathan on the effect of solitary confinement on immigration detainees and Dean Kingham on prisoners abando..
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/01/serious-questions-raised-by-solitary-confinement-in-prisons

Skilled jobs, affordable housing and investment in education are all vital components of any rescue package
https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/commentisfree/2021/aug/01/our-seaside-towns-are-worth-saving-observer-letters

As TV revisits the scandal, the author of an acclaimed play about it asks what the media and key institutions have learned – and whether sur..
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/01/jimmy-savile-10-years-on-what-has-changed-in-uncovering-abuse

MPs have raised serious concerns about “shocking conditions” they found in Kent holding facilities for asylum seekers, including an unaccomp..
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/picture/2021/jul/30/martin-rowson-on-refugees-forced-to-sleep-in-offices

Transport secretary Grant Shapps ‘acted irrationally and unlawfully’ when he approved the £1.7bn project, judge rules
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/30/high-court-victory-for-stonehenge-campaigners-as-tunnel-is-ruled-unlawful

Editorial: The drive for reform caused by the Stephen Lawrence scandal has stalled. A new Commons committee report issues a summons to action
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/30/the-guardian-view-on-race-and-policing-a-wake-up-call-from-mps

While it emerges that the Queen’s lawyers lobbied Scottish ministers to exempt her land from carbon emissions laws, Prince Charles continues..
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2021/jul/29/steve-bell-on-the-royal-familys-approach-to-the-environment-cartoon

The government’s law and order crackdown displays the performative cruelty that Priti Patel has made her own, says Guardian columnist Martin..
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/29/crime-pays-tories-law-and-order-cruelty-priti-patel

The RNLI has moral justice on its side when reasserting its humanitarian mission to provide sea rescue without discrimination
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/28/the-guardian-view-on-channel-migrants-people-not-political-props

Sitting in a small dinghy in darkness as it filled with water was frightening enough in a sea survival exercise let alone for real
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/28/how-an-rnli-training-pool-gave-me-an-insight-into-crossing-channel-as-a-migrant

The effects of Brexit, Covid and tax changes have led to competition for workers between UK supermarkets
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/27/tesco-offers-lorry-drivers-1000-signing-on-fee-due-to-shortage

Stories of women bought and sold ‘like meat’ and the criminal gangs enjoying lavish lifestyles at their expense are under the spotlight in t..
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jul/26/taken-hunting-the-sex-traffickers-review-stomach-turning-tales-of-abuse-and-exploitation

How can Britain recover without greater public spending? The tax-cutting party has no answers, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/26/pandemic-conservatives-britain-public-spending-tax-cutting-party

Pudding Mill Lane station was under what appeared to be at least a foot of water, and cars were left stranded underneath a bridge in Worcest..
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/jul/25/london-flooding-vehicles-stranded-tube-stations-submerged-thunderstorms-video

Labour points to Tory cuts to neighbourhood officers after Boris Johnson unveils policing policies
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/25/ministers-pledge-to-raise-police-numbers-dismissed-as-hypocrisy

Scheme to prevent knock-on effect on food of ‘pingdemic’ is branded an absolute disaster as railways and airports are hit by staff self-isol..
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/24/food-bosses-say-ministers-are-making-englands-covid-pingdemic-supply-chaos-worse

Latest NHS salary plan fails to offset past drop, as teachers and police furious at wage freeze
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jul/25/nurses-pay-in-england-to-fall-7-in-a-decade-even-after-government-offer

Editorial: Floods, fires and droughts show the global urgency. But the prospects are not looking good for the COP26 conference
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/23/the-guardian-view-on-the-climate-summit-100-days-to-save-the-world

Sales are forecast to soar over the coming year with the support of government initiatives and new infrastructure
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/24/cycling-brands-gear-up-for-rapid-growth-in-uk-cargo-bike-market

Research on police data for London neighbourhoods finds greatest reduction in injury rates among pedestrians and people in cars
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/23/low-traffic-schemes-halve-number-of-road-injuries-study-shows

Under parliamentary rules, MPs are not allowed to accuse each other of lying in the chamber
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/jul/22/the-prime-minister-has-lied-dawn-butler-asked-to-leave-commons-chamber-video

Multiple challenges, as well as Covid self-isolation, result in only 14 of people being on board, it is believed
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/22/legal-bids-mean-uk-deportation-flight-to-zimbabwe-takes-off-just-one-third-full

Keir Starmer accused Boris Johnson of presiding over a 'summer of chaos' due to confused policies and mixed messaging over Covid restrictions
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/jul/21/pmqs-uk-headed-for-summer-of-chaos-due-to-government-inconsistency-starmer-says-video

According to epidemiologists, meeting outside helps minimise infection risks but heat itself has a negligible effect on the virus
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/20/does-warm-weather-mean-you-are-less-likely-to-catch-covid

Grant Shapps told plans won’t solve lorry driver shortage for months, amid calls for EU drivers to return
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/20/hgv-license-fast-track-wont-stop-uk-food-shortages-industry-warns

My children are not enjoying the current British heatwave. And they think they know the culprit, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/20/who-is-to-blame-for-the-sweltering-weather-my-kids-say-its-boomers-and-me

Blair wrote to then South African leader in 1997 after aides said raising issue at summit in Scotland would be ‘pretty disastrous’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/20/tony-blair-urged-nelson-mandela-not-to-discuss-lockerbie-trial-papers-show

Operation Brock restarted to handle anticipated queues as travel industry questions government decision
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/18/post-brexit-roadblocks-in-place-in-kent-despite-travel-u-turn-on-france

The PM had initially tried to avoid isolation by saying he was part of a pilot testing scheme, prompting an outcry from members of the publi..
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/jul/18/important-everybody-sticks-to-rules-johnson-explains-u-turn-on-self-isolation-video

FoI responses suggest home secretary did not consult Police Federation and did not have data on modern slavery
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/18/priti-patel-misled-mps-over-plans-for-protest-crackdown

The UK health secretary, Sajid Javid, has announced in a video on Twitter that he has tested positive for coronavirus and has mild symptoms
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/jul/17/sajid-javid-health-secretary-tests-positive-for-covid-video

In Hard Times, Charles Dickens writes of boys ‘rowing a crazy boat’, every dip of oar stirring up vile smells
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/17/weatherwatch-in-dickens-coketown-sun-is-harsher-than-frost

Tourists are fuelling record bookings but severe staff shortages due to Brexit and workers self-isolating have kept many hospitality firms c..
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/17/scarborough-predicts-a-bumper-tourism-season-if-it-can-find-enough-staff

The prime minister has claimed he never condoned England fans booing players taking the knee against racism, rejecting accusations of 'stoki..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2021/jul/15/boris-johnson-rejects-accusation-of-stoking-division-over-footballers-taking-the-knee-video

Highly critical findings by police and CPS watchdogs include first-hand accounts of how cases were handled
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jul/16/they-didnt-really-investigate-it-at-all-survivors-speak-out-in-report

The Northern Ireland secretary says current and future generations would be condemned to division and reconciliation impeded if the governme..
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/jul/14/brandon-lewis-troubles-amnesty-plan-is-best-chance-of-some-sense-of-justice-video

At a news conference on Wednesday six Labour metro mayors said they would all be doing everything they could to require passengers to keep w
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/jul/14/six-labour-mayors-unite-to-call-for-mandatory-mask-wearing-on-public-transport-video