6 h. ago Transgender group vandalise feminist conference in Brighton as they vow 'new era of trans rage'

Members of Bash Back, a movement dedicated to 'combating the rising tide of bigotry in the UK', have targeted the Brighton Centre, the FiLiA Women's Liberation Conference is being held today.

Politics

32 h. ago Pig's liver transplanted to human in world first as medics declare 'new era has started'

The patient, who was not eligible for a human liver transplant, lived for nearly half a year after the procedure

Science

2 w. ago The Guardian view on the climate crisis: green energy is booming – but fossil fuels need to shrink too | Editorial

The planet is nearing dangerous limits. Yet progress on clean energy shows what’s possible. With political will, cooperation can still avert the worst of the climate crisisAll is not lost, Simon Stiell, the UN’s climate chief, told the Guardian last week. But the latest planetary health check from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research is a brutal reminder of how close the Earth is being pushed beyond repair. Seven of the nine planetary boundaries are now breached, with ocean acidification added to the danger list. Yet the world has proved that cooperation works: the ozone layer is healing, air pollution controls are working. A decisive test looms at the end of the month, when governments must file new climate pledges, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This is no time to ease off: the fossil-fuel era must end, and the clean‑energy transition must accelerate.There is real concern that big emitters, including China and the EU, will fall short of what is n...

Events

3 w. ago 26 of the best photos transporting you back to golden era of bus travel in the 60s, 70s and 80s

There was no tapping on and off back then, but getting the bus was a much smoother experience for many passengers.

Culture

3 w. ago Geodesic genius: Nicholas Grimshaw brought futuristic grandeur to trains, planes, gardens – and even going shopping

As well as the Eden Project, Grimshaw’s ambitious and audacious work on railway stations, airports, sports complexes and supermarkets could elevate even the most mundane experience• Eden Project architect Nicholas Grimshaw dies aged 85 – news ‘I asked for the eighth wonder of the world and I got it,” declared Tim Smit, co-founder of the Eden Project designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, who has died at 85. In a Cornish china clay quarry, a cluster of geodesic domes resembling monumental soap bubbles enclose conservatories housing luxuriant plant eco-systems. Completed in 2000, it was one of Grimshaw’s most ambitious and audacious projects, seemingly springing from the mind of a science fiction novelist rather than an architect.But however thrillingly futuristic Grimshaw’s buildings appeared, they were grounded by an avid interest in engineering and craft, and how historic precedents could be transformed and adapted for the modern era. Instead of using glass for the Eden Project’s domes, Gr...

Economics

3 w. ago Geodesic genius: Nicholas Grimshaw brought futuristic grandeur to trains, planes, gardens – and shopping

As well as the Eden Project, Grimshaw’s ambitious and audacious work on railway stations, airports, sports complexes and supermarkets could elevate even the most mundane experience• Eden Project architect Nicholas Grimshaw dies aged 85 – news ‘I asked for the eighth wonder of the world and I got it,” declared Tim Smit, co-founder of the Eden Project designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, who has died at 85. In a Cornish china clay quarry, a cluster of geodesic domes resembling monumental soap bubbles enclose conservatories housing luxuriant plant eco-systems. Completed in 2000, it was one of Grimshaw’s most ambitious and audacious projects, seemingly springing from the mind of a science fiction novelist rather than an architect.But however thrillingly futuristic Grimshaw’s buildings appeared, they were grounded by an avid interest in engineering and craft, and how historic precedents could be transformed and adapted for the modern era. Instead of using glass for the Eden Project’s domes, Gr...

Economics