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Katy Perry, Emma Thompson and Jay Blades wowed fans with their coronation outfits

The MP presented the Jewelled Sword of Offering to the King.

Environment secretary urges Britons to embrace the filth as Labour seeks to flush out Conservative failures

Does the Conservative Party care about the environment? All main parties broadly define themselves as pro-planet these days, so the description is perhaps hard to qualify. Within the party — as in any e-coli strewn beach — there are pockets of resistance, such as the “Net Zero Scrutiny Group”, a…

Letters: Readers on the privatisation of water and the failure to rein in firms’ dumping of sewage

The former Undertones frontman was searching for a hobby and ended up an environmental campaigner. And he’s a man who can win an argument

I could have sworn we had stormy seas before Brexit and there weren’t long delays – but maybe I’m imagining things

To force action on Britain’s sewage-blighted rivers and beaches, we need to kick up a new great stink, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Government has aggressively pursued sanctions despite its own 2020 report showing they are ineffective at getting people into jobs