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Distinguished Guardian film critic who wrote with wit and charm for more than 25 years

Travel back with me a few hundred years to before the industrial revolution, and the wildlife of Britain and Ireland looks very different indeed. Take orcas: while there are now less than ten left in Britain’s only permanent (and non-breeding) resident population, around 250 years ago the English cleric and…

Clervie Ngounoue of the United States and Henry Searle of Britain won the junior singles titles at Wimbledon

Conservative MPs have described an FTA with the US as the ‘greatest prize of all’

Britain has officially joined an Asia-Pacific trade group that includes Japan and 10 other nations during a meeting in New Zealand

Trade secretary lashes out at critics – claiming they were wrong to ‘laugh’ at the government

Critics note government estimates that suggest membership of CPTPP will add just £1.8bn a year to UK economy after 10 years

Britain has been getting sicker for years, but the worst-hit are also the poorest

From Austria to Italy, Sweden to Spain, the far right is gaining ground. But ultimately, people want security and fairness, not regressive policies