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Thames Water workers distribute bottled water to residents in Cranleigh.
1 in 4 chance of ‘catastrophic’ water supply failure for 1m Britons

Official documents suggest the danger has risen sharply in a matter of months due to climate change and cyberattacks

Firefighters working in smoky conditions to extinguish a wildfire.
Public banned from Forestry Commission land over wildfire fears
Jeff Court, CEO of Tungsten West, in a hard hat and safety vest, stands at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon.
Inside the Dartmoor tungsten mine that could be crucial for Ukraine’s war
Retired vicar Annette Reed standing in front of a church.
Retired vicar Annette Reed standing in front of a church.
The church with 20 worshippers and an eye-watering bill to go green
Collage of people protesting data centers with a photo of a large data center and power lines.
Collage of people protesting data centers with a photo of a large data center and power lines.
Polanski: Put the brakes on data centres due to climate impact
Two cars flooded on Church Road in Birmingham due to severe rainfall.
Two cars flooded on Church Road in Birmingham due to severe rainfall.
Residents in Birmingham floods overwhelmed as storms sweep UK
Aerial view of the 17th green at Seaford Head Golf Course next to eroding chalk cliffs.
Aerial view of the 17th green at Seaford Head Golf Course next to eroding chalk cliffs.
It’s a hazard: the golf course at risk of crashing into the sea
Jeff Court, CEO of Tungsten West, in a hard hat and safety vest, stands at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon.
Jeff Court, CEO of Tungsten West, in a hard hat and safety vest, stands at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon.
Inside the Dartmoor tungsten mine that could be crucial for Ukraine’s war
Jeff Court, CEO of Tungsten West, in a hard hat and safety vest, stands at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon.
Jeff Court, CEO of Tungsten West, in a hard hat and safety vest, stands at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon.
Inside the Dartmoor tungsten mine that could be crucial for Ukraine’s war
Retired vicar Annette Reed standing in front of a church.
Retired vicar Annette Reed standing in front of a church.
The church with 20 worshippers and an eye-watering bill to go green
Retired vicar Annette Reed standing in front of a church.
Retired vicar Annette Reed standing in front of a church.
The church with 20 worshippers and an eye-watering bill to go green
Collage of people protesting data centers with a photo of a large data center and power lines.
Collage of people protesting data centers with a photo of a large data center and power lines.
Polanski: Put the brakes on data centres due to climate impact
Collage of people protesting data centers with a photo of a large data center and power lines.
Collage of people protesting data centers with a photo of a large data center and power lines.
Polanski: Put the brakes on data centres due to climate impact
Two cars flooded on Church Road in Birmingham due to severe rainfall.
Two cars flooded on Church Road in Birmingham due to severe rainfall.
Residents in Birmingham floods overwhelmed as storms sweep UK
Two cars flooded on Church Road in Birmingham due to severe rainfall.
Two cars flooded on Church Road in Birmingham due to severe rainfall.
Residents in Birmingham floods overwhelmed as storms sweep UK
Aerial view of the 17th green at Seaford Head Golf Course next to eroding chalk cliffs.
Aerial view of the 17th green at Seaford Head Golf Course next to eroding chalk cliffs.
It’s a hazard: the golf course at risk of crashing into the sea
Aerial view of the 17th green at Seaford Head Golf Course next to eroding chalk cliffs.
Aerial view of the 17th green at Seaford Head Golf Course next to eroding chalk cliffs.
It’s a hazard: the golf course at risk of crashing into the sea
Thames Water workers distribute bottled water to residents in Cranleigh.

Labour's net-zero challenge

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COVER STORY

Labour versus wind farm resistance: who are the true environmentalists?

Pylon wars in the quiet Welsh hills are already only going to get more bitter

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The secret to sustainable farming in the Fens? It’s in the water

Feeding the nation while cutting carbon emissions is a challenge, but growers in Cambridgeshire and East Anglia are engineering a solution in the peaty soil

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The secret to sustainable farming in the Fens? It’s in the water
Why electric lorries are better than ever — and still not selling
PODCAST
Andreia Pawel’s bold million-hectare rewilding vision in Namibia
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Labour’s net-zero challenge in five charts, from trees to EVs
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Climate change

Hilary Lightfoot stands in front of her home, which is at risk due to collapsing cliffs.
‘Our homes are being demolished before they fall into the sea’

Devastating coastal erosion is leaving houses in East Anglia on cliffside precipices. We speak to homeowners about to lose their beloved properties

Property & Home
Donald Trump speaking at a campaign town hall while South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem listens, with a backdrop displaying "DRILL BABY DRILL."
Donald Trump speaking at a campaign town hall while South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem listens, with a backdrop displaying "DRILL BABY DRILL."
Trump wants energy dominance — is he just drilling US into a hole?
Zack Polanski, the Green Party’s new leader, poses for a portrait in London, England.
Zack Polanski, the Green Party’s new leader, poses for a portrait in London, England.
INTERVIEW
You can fly, drive, eat meat and still be green, says Polanski
Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across a heath, with smoke covering parts of the landscape and a road with emergency vehicles visible.
Extreme weather events are ‘new normal’ for UK wildlife
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Stormy weather gives Britain its greenest autumn
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Strict climate policies ‘erode public appetite for green living’
Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across a heath, with smoke covering parts of the landscape and a road with emergency vehicles visible.
Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across a heath, with smoke covering parts of the landscape and a road with emergency vehicles visible.
Extreme weather events are ‘new normal’ for UK wildlife
Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across a heath, with smoke covering parts of the landscape and a road with emergency vehicles visible.
Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across a heath, with smoke covering parts of the landscape and a road with emergency vehicles visible.
Extreme weather events are ‘new normal’ for UK wildlife
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Stormy weather gives Britain its greenest autumn
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Stormy weather gives Britain its greenest autumn
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Strict climate policies ‘erode public appetite for green living’
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Strict climate policies ‘erode public appetite for green living’
Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across a heath, with smoke covering parts of the landscape and a road with emergency vehicles visible.
Extreme weather events are ‘new normal’ for UK wildlife
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Stormy weather gives Britain its greenest autumn
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Strict climate policies ‘erode public appetite for green living’
Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across a heath, with smoke covering parts of the landscape and a road with emergency vehicles visible.
Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across a heath, with smoke covering parts of the landscape and a road with emergency vehicles visible.
Extreme weather events are ‘new normal’ for UK wildlife
Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across a heath, with smoke covering parts of the landscape and a road with emergency vehicles visible.
Aerial view of a large wildfire burning across a heath, with smoke covering parts of the landscape and a road with emergency vehicles visible.
Extreme weather events are ‘new normal’ for UK wildlife
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Stormy weather gives Britain its greenest autumn
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Met Office weather map of the UK showing a yellow wind warning for heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England and Wales.
Stormy weather gives Britain its greenest autumn
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Strict climate policies ‘erode public appetite for green living’
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Bollards with a Low Traffic Neighbourhood sign in Cowley near Oxford.
Strict climate policies ‘erode public appetite for green living’
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Sustainable living

Nature

Marsh-marigolds, vulnerable to extinction, with bright yellow flowers and green leaves.
A quarter of Britain’s native plants now at risk of extinction
Sunlight breaking through clouds over a green mountain valley with a winding road.
Plan to water down laws protecting national parks branded ‘outrageous’

Green business

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Aug 27, 2026
A lunar eclipse, with the moon partially visible as a bright crescent and partially obscured by a dark, reddish-brown shadow.
Lunar eclipse to bring another celestial showstopper

North American stargazers can see the August spectacle today, but people in Britain will need to get up early on Friday — and hope for clear skies

The Times
Heavy traffic on the A38M Aston Expressway in Birmingham during a rail strike.
Air pollution texts to warn people with asthma of dangerous days

The free service will send an alert when high or very high air pollution is forecast, so anyone with heart and lung conditions can be prepared

The Times
Aug 26, 2026
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JANICE TURNER | NOTEBOOK
Sizing up a nuclear power plant is like a trip into space

Having booked weeks in advance, I donned hard hat, hi-vis and gloves to tour Sizewell B after years of gazing at it

The Times
Aerial view of houses damaged by wildfires near Stourbridge, England.
Stourbridge fires that destroyed 19 homes started accidentally

Officials have confirmed that the wildfires, which also damaged another 18 homes in the West Midlands town, were not lit deliberately

The Times
Two people sit in striped deck chairs in Hyde Park, London, during an amber warning for extreme heat.
Heat-related deaths rising as sweltering summers become the norm

The number of deaths linked to hot weather is catching up to those linked to cold snaps, which used to be far higher, the Office for National Statistics says

The Times
Aug 25, 2026
Two Canada geese and two goslings on a paved area by a lake at St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club.
Tennis club orders ‘objective’ review of secret goose cull

St George’s Hill Lawn Tennis Club in Surrey has launched an inquiry after members were upset to discover that eight Canada geese were shot by a marksman

The Times
a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes is wearing a blue jacket
ALICE THOMSON
Trees will cool us down better than air con

A planting programme in Colombia brought shade and better health, but here we leave saplings to wither and die

The Times
Illustration of the United Kingdom as a circuit board with glowing yellow points.
Digital cities: the future of Britain’s data centres

They stream our Netflix shows, answer our ChatGPT questions yet few of us understand the scale of the infrastructure needed … until it gets the go-ahead in fields near you

The Times
Aug 24, 2026
People queue to reach the trig point at the summit of Mount Snowdon.
Peak Britishness? Etiquette row erupts over queue-jumping on Snowdon

A self-enforced queue on Wales’s highest mountain has divided hikers: is it just good manners or the result of an obsession with the perfect summit photo?

The Times
Carly Clarkson with Josephine. She said the wounds were “like a dog had bitten a football”
Fox creeps into home and bites sleeping baby’s head

Josephine Clarkson’s mother Carly nodded off while feeding her three-month-old, having left the door to the garden open

The Times

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Aug 27, 2026
Lunar eclipse to bring another celestial showstopper

North American stargazers can see the August spectacle today, but people in Britain will need to get up early on Friday — and hope for clear skies

The Times
Aug 27, 2026
Air pollution texts to warn people with asthma of dangerous days

The free service will send an alert when high or very high air pollution is forecast, so anyone with heart and lung conditions can be prepared

The Times
Aug 26, 2026
JANICE TURNER | NOTEBOOK
Sizing up a nuclear power plant is like a trip into space

Having booked weeks in advance, I donned hard hat, hi-vis and gloves to tour Sizewell B after years of gazing at it

The Times
Aug 26, 2026
Stourbridge fires that destroyed 19 homes started accidentally

Officials have confirmed that the wildfires, which also damaged another 18 homes in the West Midlands town, were not lit deliberately

The Times
Aug 26, 2026
Heat-related deaths rising as sweltering summers become the norm

The number of deaths linked to hot weather is catching up to those linked to cold snaps, which used to be far higher, the Office for National Statistics says

The Times
Aug 25, 2026
Tennis club orders ‘objective’ review of secret goose cull

St George’s Hill Lawn Tennis Club in Surrey has launched an inquiry after members were upset to discover that eight Canada geese were shot by a marksman

The Times
Aug 25, 2026
ALICE THOMSON
Trees will cool us down better than air con

A planting programme in Colombia brought shade and better health, but here we leave saplings to wither and die

The Times
Aug 25, 2026
Digital cities: the future of Britain’s data centres

They stream our Netflix shows, answer our ChatGPT questions yet few of us understand the scale of the infrastructure needed … until it gets the go-ahead in fields near you

The Times
Aug 24, 2026
Peak Britishness? Etiquette row erupts over queue-jumping on Snowdon

A self-enforced queue on Wales’s highest mountain has divided hikers: is it just good manners or the result of an obsession with the perfect summit photo?

The Times
Aug 24, 2026
Fox creeps into home and bites sleeping baby’s head

Josephine Clarkson’s mother Carly nodded off while feeding her three-month-old, having left the door to the garden open

The Times
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