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In the 1970s, huge crowds – even royalty – packed cinemas to watch bawdy ‘sexploitation’ films. Ahead of a documentary, their stars talk pain, secrets – and being ‘the most famous bare bum in British screen history’

Undercover officer was deployed as Thatcher wanted to know what the ‘Greenham women were doing’, inquiry told

Only one UK prime minister has been assassinated, but others have faced close calls

Even after election wipeout, the Conservatives are too blinded by ideology to see their voters don’t want a Reform merger, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Public inquiry hears that at least five undercover officers spied on anti-nuclear movement during 1980s

General elections in Britain throw up some predictable news stories. For those, like myself, with an interest in animal history, some of the best are the familiar photo features of pets at polling stations. This is a recent tradition, now firmly established, that has proven handy for news outlets that…

The countries have met twice before, in 1980 and 1996, with the Three Lions getting the better of La Roja both times

It was more a Tory collapse than a Labour triumph, but I'll take that

Letter: Inevitably, the members choose on policy or populism, when the leader should be chosen on capability, work ethic and teamworking, writes Stephen Reid

Sir Keir Starmer and Joe Biden’s working relationship may be different to that of forerunners, such as Theresa May and Donald Trump, and Gordon Brown and Barack Obama

Familiar concerns over bosses’ pay, prices and borrowing emerged in the utilities’ early years in private hands, with UK dubbed the ‘dirty man of Europe’