78 minutes ago Champagne’s sordid secret: the homeless and hungry migrants picking grapes for France’s luxury winemakers

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds an underpaid, underfed workforce, some of whom are forced to sleep on the streets, exploited by a system of labour providersPhotographs by Valentina Camu/Divergence for the GuardianA Guardian investigation has found workers in France’s champagne industry are being underpaid and forced to sleep on the streets and steal food to stave off hunger.Workers from west Africa and eastern Europe in the town of Épernay, home to the headquarters of some of the world’s most expensive champagne brands, including Moët & Chandon and Mercier, claim that they are either not being paid for their work or illegally underpaid by vineyards near the town. Continue reading...

Events

1 hour ago Over 100 rough sleepers in Edinburgh each night as homelessness reaches record levels

Rough sleeping has doubled in recents months on the streets of the capital city.

Politics

1 hour ago Too many Scots will wake up without a home to call their own this Christmas

In his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says Scotland's homelessness crisis must be fixed.

Politics

1 hour ago Council should deal with housing crisis head on and invest cash in proper facility for homeless

Council should invest cash in a proper facility, professionally run, that can deal with any overflow of homelessness, while a longer-term solution is found to the housing crisis. It is clearly needed.

Economics

1 hour ago Homelessness crisis sees lifeline Scots shelter turn 20 people away each night

“We are not a hostel, we are not a hotel. We are literally an emergency life-saving mattress to allow somebody to get some warmth, some dignity, some food, some compassion.”

Events

2 hours ago Arsenal transfer news: Newcastle explain Isak stance as Gunners face winger battle

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal kept themselves in touch at the top with a win at Crystal Palace on Saturday but it remains to be seen whether they will add to their ranks in January

Sport

5 hours ago Trump vows to rename Denali, North America’s tallest mountain, as Mount McKinley

Democratic former President Barack Obama renamed the mountain using the local natives’ name of Denali in 2015, after a decades-long naming battleUS president-elect Donald Trump has said he will rename Denali, Alaska natives’ name for North America’s tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th US president who was assassinated in 1901.Democratic former President Barack Obama in 2015 officially renamed the mountain as Denali, siding with the state of Alaska and ending a decades-long naming battle. The peak had been officially called Mount McKinley since 1917. Continue reading...

Politics

6 hours ago One in four Brits disagree with Prince William that homelessness is 'not inevitable'

A survey across the nation has revealed that more than one in four Brits do not believe homelessness is preventable, with 70% adding not enough is done about it

Politics

6 hours ago German Christmas market suspect was quizzed in 2013 after suggesting he would commit an atrocity

Dr Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, had been investigated after he threatened to attack a medical association over a dispute about his qualifications.

Politics