England and Wales pioneered the criminalisation of coercive control, but it doesn’t apply outside of intimate or family relationships. Why stop there, asks deputy head of Guardian Opinion Barbara Spee ...

Government told to focus on transition to mix of wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy ...

Precious ocean life is being pushed to the brink’ say campaigners, arguing that overfished marine areas are ‘protected only on paper’ ...

Greens amendments to let new tertiary education watchdog scrutinise uni fees and the Jobs-Ready Graduates scheme rejected by federal government ...

Practice of using apartments to store relatives’ ashes has risen as rapid urbanisation and aging population increases competition for cemetery plots ...

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Kuwait says fire broke out after Iranian attack on giant tanker and warns of possible oil spill in surrounding waters ...

It costs the UK economy £700m a year, and criminal gangs are operating with near impunity. Every time a lorry gets robbed, raided or hijacked, it’s Mike Dawber who investigates ...

Lawyers for Liam Alexander Hall say the 32-year-old is undergoing treatment in custody ...

Nationwide reforms aim to standardise collections and expand food waste recycling to tackle stagnating rates ...

It] could be intelligence. I was not there … I would have to check [why] it is not possible to release that video information,” Newman says ...

He went from a Glasgow council estate to Hollywood fame. Now, in his directorial debut, the X-Men star is challenging stereotypes about his homeland via the remarkable tale of a real-life hip-hop hoax ...