Specieswatch: Jersey tiger moth heads north as climate heats up ( www.theguardian.com )
The Jersey tiger, Euplagia quadripunctaria, is one of the more spectacular British moths. Rather than trying to blend in with its surroundings, its dramatic black and white wings, with additional orange flashes when flying, seem to be saying “eat me if you dare” and get a stomachache. Most potential predators appear to heed...
TV tonight: rivals and icons in the super competitive world of piping ( www.theguardian.com )
Pressure is building in the runup to the World Pipe Band Championships. Plus: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen’s whistle-stop tour of madcap houses. Here’s what to watch this evening...
Jewish figures criticise ‘stigmatising’ Tory attack on Starmer family time ( www.theguardian.com )
Keir Starmer has accused the Conservatives of desperate tactics amid claims that Tory criticism of his defence of family time was insensitive and had antisemitic undertones....
Tory student group condemned after video shows them ‘singing to Nazi song’ University of Warwick says video ‘troubling’ after footage shows students dancing at Conservative association dinner ( www.theguardian.com )
UK | Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegal ( www.theguardian.com )
Labour administration says ‘globally pioneering’ legislation will be brought in before next Senedd elections in 2026...
‘This ain’t a culture war’: the UK women who feel politically homeless ( www.theguardian.com )
Many of the women who responded to an online callout or spoke to the Guardian expressed frustration with politics that had failed to address poverty, inequality, healthcare for women and children in particular, the climate and Brexit, and voiced acute fears for their and their families’ future: mothers of children with SEN...
Activists arrested on suspicion of contempt after London court protest ( www.theguardian.com )
‘It’s the future of sugar’: new technology feeds Vermont maple syrup boom amid climate crisis ( www.theguardian.com )
2,100 deaths in 10 years: how fentanyl is devastating Los Angeles’ unhoused community ( www.theguardian.com )
French centrists must decide: support the left – or hand the keys of power to the far right? ( www.theguardian.com )
America’s big problem is not Joe Biden, it’s the menace to democracy posed by Donald Trump ( www.theguardian.com )
South Carolina implements one of US’s most restrictive public school book bans ( www.theguardian.com )
‘I don’t feel like your vote counts’: little faith in politics among young people of Nottingham ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Not just for fuddy-duddies’: interest in moths booming as species struggle ( www.theguardian.com )
Everyone loves bees and butterflies, but now moths are coming into the spotlight (as long as they don’t fly around it)....
I want to survive the apocalypse – but not if it’s just me and some terrible billionaires ( www.theguardian.com )
Lindsey Graham warns ‘accountability coming to Biden’ if Trump wins ( www.theguardian.com )
Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights ( www.theguardian.com )
‘I am not made for war’: the men fleeing Ukraine to evade conscription ( www.theguardian.com )
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Byron Bay is to be stripped of its nudist beach – and naturists blame ‘conservative creep’ ( www.theguardian.com )
It’s a Tuesday morning, the infinite blue sky of Byron Bay has opened up and the six naturists – four men, two women – have stripped down to their birthday suits for a quick dip in the buff....
Rees-Mogg tells young Tories he wants to ‘build a wall in the English Channel’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Trump loyalists plan to name and shame ‘blacklist’ of federal workers ( www.theguardian.com )
Armed with rhetoric about the “deep state”, a conservative-backed group is planning to publicly name and shame career government employees that they consider hostile to Donald Trump....
UK haulage industry calls for investment in electric truck infrastructure ( www.theguardian.com )
Ukraine war briefing: Thousands of Ukrainian convicts join fight against Russian forces ( www.theguardian.com )
TV tonight: the maid who inherited a castle she is not allowed to sell ( www.theguardian.com )
A fascinating documentary details the conundrum Justina faces when she is bequeathed the property she has worked in all her life. Plus: lifesaving surgeons at work. Here’s what to watch this evening...