UK and Switzerland record hottest ever June day as health emergencies surge in Europe
A woman drinks water in London on Thursday. The UK had its highest ever June temperature for the second day…
UK records its hottest June day, beating highs from 1957 and 1976
The Met Office issued a rare red extreme heat warning for 9am on Wednesday until 9pm on Thursday/ Photograph: Guglielmo…
Driven to succeed: meet London’s youngest black-cab driver
Bahrain Mujagata completed the Knowledge in just two years and five months. Photograph: Jill Mead/The GuardianView image in fullscreenBahrain Mujagata…
London Climate Action Week Foiled By Climate Change
As record-breaking heat crushes Europe, organizers are moving events online to avoid exposing people to dangerously high temperatures.
‘A new world has been opened up’: how a London street got filled with art – and brought the neighbours together
Communal art … Liam Gillick’s architectural sculpture, which is now used by neighbours as a gathering spot for BBQs and…
‘Absolute nightmare’: Brexit bellwether constituencies revisited 10 years on
David Milne voted leave to try to save the UK fishing industry – to have more say over what happened…
Bedtime blues: London ‘killing off nightlife’ as UK city with strictest licensing rules
People drink outside the Dog and Duck in Soho. A residents’ group has vowed to oppose any new bars or…
Heathrow third runway GDP yield may be 90% less than previous estimates
Environmental campaigners protesting in London against the proposed Heathrow expansion. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenEnvironmental campaigners protesting in…
Cross purposes: how the England flag got caught in a tug-of-war between rightwing nationalists and football fans
‘It’s to get the community together’ … the football-mad Kirby estate in Bermondsey, London. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The GuardianView image in…
‘I don’t like being stuck in an office’: the young people helping plant a ring of trees around London
Lucy, in Hadley Wood, north London, is one of the young adults working towards a ring of trees around the…