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Asylum seeker still waiting for decision from Home Office after 16 years in limbo: 'It's degrading'
Counter-protesters react to a far-right protest outside an asylum seeker hotel
Immigration

Asylum seeker still waiting for decision from Home Office after 16 years in limbo: 'It's degrading'

Letters: There's hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots
Letters

Letters: There's hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots

Libraries are a boundless resource. We mustn't let their lights go out
Paul McNamee

Libraries are a boundless resource. We mustn't let their lights go out

Sherwood creator James Graham on class, Gareth Southgate and Britain's 'f**kload of problems'
David Morrissey on set as Ian St Clair in Sherwood
TV

Sherwood creator James Graham on class, Gareth Southgate and Britain's 'f**kload of problems'

Countdown star Susie Dent: Why 'willanthropy' is my new favourite word
Willanthropy
Susie Dent

Countdown star Susie Dent: Why 'willanthropy' is my new favourite word

Top 5 books on wood, trees and forests, chosen by woodworker and writer Callum Robinson
Books

Top 5 books on wood, trees and forests, chosen by woodworker and writer Callum Robinson

Sir Ian McKellen on stage fall, rights and why he's 'the last of the lucky generation'
Exclusive

Sir Ian McKellen on stage fall, rights and why he's 'the last of the lucky generation'

We all need a little darkness in our lives. Here's why
Darkness illustration
Jacqueline Yallop

We all need a little darkness in our lives. Here's why

Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester's Moss Side
UK riots

Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester's Moss Side

UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots
Community

UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots

Death of six children and pregnant woman in migrant boat tragedy shows need for asylum safe routes
Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate
Small boats

Death of six children and pregnant woman in migrant boat tragedy shows need for asylum safe routes

Designer and activist Katharine Hamnett on fast fashion, the planet and photobombing Thatcher
katherine hamnett
Second hand September

Designer and activist Katharine Hamnett on fast fashion, the planet and photobombing Thatcher

Tory leadership hopefuls want to prove how 'anti-woke' they are. It shows they've learned nothing
Kemi Badenock and Robert Jenrick
Adam Barnett

Tory leadership hopefuls want to prove how 'anti-woke' they are. It shows they've learned nothing

Oasis tickets row highlights how music fans are 'taken advantage of' amid a cost of living crisis
Music

Oasis tickets row highlights how music fans are 'taken advantage of' amid a cost of living crisis

'This is not human': UK asylum system pushing refugees into 'homelessness and danger', report finds
Asylum seekers risked being left
Asylum system

'This is not human': UK asylum system pushing refugees into 'homelessness and danger', report finds

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here's how that money could've been used
A Modest Proposal

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here's how that money could've been used

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Fury as train operators cut railcard discount despite sky-high ticket prices: 'It's demoralising'
Stock image of a train leaving a station
Transport

Fury as train operators cut railcard discount despite sky-high ticket prices: 'It's demoralising'

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I'm fighting to make life better for others like me
Changemakers

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I'm fighting to make life better for others like me

Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei's 'walk of shame' from Game of Thrones
Letters

Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei's 'walk of shame' from Game of Thrones

'This will only intensify': Millions of pensioners at risk of serious illness due to UK heatwaves
older man in heatwave temperatures
Heatwave

'This will only intensify': Millions of pensioners at risk of serious illness due to UK heatwaves