Exclusive: In address to NFU conference on Tuesday, Labour leader will make his pitch to the rural community
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/19/keir-starmer-to-make-eu-trade-and-standards-pledge-as-tories-give-up-on-farmers

Exclusive: NHS England director calls on managers to do everything possible to maintain elective care for patients
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/19/nhs-leaders-urged-not-to-cancel-operations-during-strikes-in-march

Met police say investigation under way after fatal accident in Greenwich on Sunday evening
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/19/man-dies-and-three-injured-in-motorcycle-collision-in-london

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan’s plan, spurred by ministers’ ‘failure to act’, will save families about £440 for every child
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/19/london-to-offer-free-school-meals-to-all-primary-pupils-for-a-year

Longtime Ireland correspondent McDonald, 57, lauded after untimely death following treatment for cancer
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/19/tributes-paid-after-death-of-former-guardian-writer-henry-mcdonald

Deselection fuels speculation that those deemed responsible for Boris Johnson’s exit are being targeted
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/19/damian-green-rejected-as-tory-candidate-for-weald-of-kent

While Lancashire constabulary’s investigative focus may have been right, it will face the consequences of its disclosures for years
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/19/polices-poor-communications-on-nicola-bulley-case-are-a-lesson-for-other-forces

FoI request reveals data for six-month period in 2022, with some children held unlawfully for over 24 hours
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/19/children-manston-asylum-seeker-centre-home-office

PM’s efforts at breaking Brexit deadlock could be scuppered by hardliners in his party as Boris Johnson urges tougher stance
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/19/rishi-sunak-warned-more-than-100-tory-mps-could-rebel-over-ni-protocol-deal

Tunnelling stopped briefly after brown bubbling substance emerged from the ground on rugby pitch in Ruislip
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2023/feb/19/tunnelling-for-hs2-halted-as-mysterious-pool-of-bubbling-foam-appears-video

Witnesses tell of lockdown gathering with alcohol, food and loud music at private apartment above 11 Downing Street
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/18/partygate-inquiry-focus-abba-evening-boris-johnsons-flat

Ex-PM will fight to save Northern Ireland protocol bill – while Labour vows to support No 10 if it can reach deal with EU
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/18/boris-johnson-threatens-rishi-sunaks-bid-to-end-deadlock-over-brexit

Home Office rejects suggestions strikes by Border Force staff in Calais, Dunkirk, Dover and Coquelles impacting wait times
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/18/children-returning-from-school-trips-delayed-for-six-hours-by-calais-strikes

Attempted assassinations and abductions made public as Iranian broadcaster forced to quit London for US after safety concerns
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/18/met-police-mi5-foil-15-iranian-plots-against-british-or-uk-based-enemies

Armed police detain man in Exeter city centre hours after fatal attack in Ludwell Valley Park
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/18/police-launch-manhunt-after-exeter-park-attack-leaves-woman-in-her-70s-dead

Care4Calais says it offers refugees aid and dignity and does not want them to cross Channel by dangerous means
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/18/refugee-charity-rejects-tory-vice-chairs-claim-they-are-just-as-bad-as-people-smugglers

The Scottish health secretary and former Scottish minister enter race to replace Nicola Sturgeon
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/18/snp-leadership-humza-yousaf-and-ash-regan-announces-plans-to-stand

A cross-party group is urging Suella Braverman to adopt plan that would allow 40,000 people a year to seek asylum in Britain
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/18/humanitarian-visa-could-cut-number-of-asylum-seekers-reaching-uk-by-boat

With no obvious successor to the first minister and a waning appetite for independence, Labour senses an opportunity
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/19/shock-and-wild-celebration-exit-of-nicola-sturgeon-upends-scottish-politics

Revealed: almost 90% of food banks see increased demand, as organisers fear having to cut support or turn people away
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/19/record-number-of-uk-households-depending-on-food-banks

The 400-year-old Grade II-listed Brightwell Manor in Oxfordshire boasts five acres and a moat fed by its own natural spring
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/17/boris-johnson-agrees-to-buy-4m-nine-bed-georgian-manor-house-with-moat

Move follows agreement from employers on lowest-paid workers and review of salary grades
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/17/strikes-by-university-support-staff-called-off-after-pay-breakthrough

PM is embarking on frantic weekend of diplomacy in attempt to break post-Brexit deadlock
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/17/rishi-sunak-facing-threat-tory-rebellion-brexit-northern-ireland-protocol-plans

UK PM expected to urge leaders at Munich Security Conference to ‘double down on our military support’ for Kyiv
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/17/rishi-sunak-speech-ukraine-munich-security-conference

Christo Grozev features in the film, Navalny, based on plan to poison Kremlin critic and nominated at the awards
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/17/journalist-who-exposed-plot-to-kill-alexei-navalny-claims-family-banned-from-baftas

PC Fabian Aguilar-Delgado denies sexual assault after DNA found on woman who requested police support
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/17/met-police-officer-tells-court-dna-on-womans-breast-result-of-hand-shake

The departing Scottish first minister has already said she plans to write about her time in office, and publishers are showing keen interest
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/18/nicola-sturgeon-memoirs-attract-fevered-speculation-from-publishers

Hundreds gather to remember killed 16-year-old as appeal raises more than £100,000 for family
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/17/appeal-for-brianna-gheys-family-raises-more-than-100000

Model ‘disgusted’ following letter from force concerning Whatsapp messages about son, Harvey
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/17/discriminatory-messages-about-katie-prices-son-allegedly-shared-by-met-officers

Anas Sarwar attempts to exploit SNP disarray and tells conference in Edinburgh ‘our opponents’ time is up’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/17/scottish-labour-leader-attacks-tired-and-arrogant-sturgeon-government

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group say this represents a ‘conflict of interest’ in preliminary hearing
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/16/pr-firm-behind-tory-pandemic-response-linked-to-covid-inquiry

RCN says services in England will be reduced to ‘absolute minimum’ in huge escalation of pay dispute
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/16/next-nurses-strike-to-include-ae-and-intensive-care-units-in-major-escalation

Family of missing woman Nicola Bulley describe her experience of brain fog, poor sleep and headaches
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/16/what-is-perimenopause-and-what-are-the-symptoms-and-treatment-nicola-bulley

SNP politicians fear quarrel weighing on leadership contest, while any compromise could break coalition with Greens
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/16/scottish-leadership-election-leaves-gender-reform-hanging-in-balance

Party leader meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy and says UK position will remain the same if he becomes PM
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/16/keir-starmer-visits-kyiv-labour-backing-ukraine

Economy and business backdrop is grim, but the energy boom and shareholder payouts have helped
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/16/five-factors-to-explain-ftse-100s-record-high-despite-recession

From a mansion where Charles Dickens enjoyed London’s summer social season to George Orwell’s childhood home
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2023/feb/17/homes-for-book-lovers-in-pictures

Despite her rise through Scotland’s political ranks, her views on abortion and same-sex marriage could be problematic for the SNP
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/16/kate-forbes-sturgeon-successor-religious-beliefs

English Heritage to unveil new monument after original removed during Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/17/memorial-to-st-cuthbert-restored-to-lindisfarne-after-nearly-500-years

Police stopped ‘eight late-stage terror plots’ in the past year
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/16/counter-terror-chief-reveals-real-threat-of-school-terror-plots

It’s the end of an era for Nicola Sturgeon, and for Jeremy Corbyn, too. Gaby Hinsliff speaks to Guardian deputy political editor Jessica Elg..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2023/feb/16/nicola-sturgeon-resigns-politics-weekly-uk-podcast

Hardcore followers say they would vote for Corbyn over party, but others say Labour is right to move on
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/15/islington-residents-react-news-jeremy-corbyn-will-not-stand-labour-candidate

Independence campaign and gender recognition laws will be at top of successor’s in-tray
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/15/nicola-sturgeon-resignation-why-now-and-what-happens-next-on-key-issues

On Wednesday morning, Nicola Sturgeon called a press conference to announce she would be stepping down as the first minister of Scotland. Se..
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/feb/16/nicola-sturgeon-resignation-end-of-era-scotland-podcast

Throughout her political career, outgoing Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has never been afraid of a photo op, often taking her shoe..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/gallery/2023/feb/16/nicola-sturgeons-best-photo-ops-in-pictures

Brief letters: Love is in the air | Benefiting from slavery | Lost in translation | Haberdashers’ Aske’s alumni | First lawnmower of spring
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/15/thrift-and-romance-can-go-hand-in-hand

Labour had been hoping to win 15 seats at the next general election but could now aim for double that number
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/15/sturgeon-exit-could-help-scottish-labour-regain-ground-say-senior-figures

Local authority in Margate said it had removed installation to make it safe
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/15/kent-council-returns-freezer-banksy-valentines-day-artwork

Half the contemporary artists will be women, with works by Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Bridget Riley and Tracey Emin
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/15/first-tate-britain-rehang-in-10-years-will-centre-women-artists

Letter: It’s not just lecturers who are struggling with stress due to unrealistic workloads, says one reader
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/15/university-admin-staff-are-burnt-out-too