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Storm Iolanthe makes landfall on the Atlantic coast

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09:42 AM

Chipmakers bet on a slower, cheaper future

08:40 AM

A ferry strike leaves three islands without fresh food

08:20 AM

Parliament delays vote on the transport budget

08:05 AM

Coalition talks stall over a single line in the budget

07:50 AM

Arctic survey counts fewer terns for a third year

07:40 AM

Grocery chain cuts prices on 400 staples after supplier deal

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Silhouette of electric post during sunset

Transmission lines outside Lyon. Europe added record solar capacity this year, but much of it cannot reach the grid.

Climate · Lead story

Europe’s grid is running out of room for the power it already makes

Wind and solar farms are being paid to switch off while cities wait years for a connection. The bottleneck is not generation. It is copper, permits and a system built for coal.

By Mara Ellison

Editors’ picks

A purple and black 3d printer with wires

Technology

The robot that can finally fold a towel

Ines Okafor

An aerial view of a cargo ship in the ocean

World

Why the world’s busiest shipping lane is slowing down on purpose

Amara Diallo

Opinion

“We keep asking AI to be neutral. It never was”

Woman in black crew neck shirt wearing black framed eyeglasses

Ines Okafor

World

More world →

Dry brown earth with a network of deep cracks across the surface

News

A drought-hit river town votes to pay farmers not to plant

After three dry summers, a community on the Guadiana decided that leaving fields empty was cheaper than watching the river disappear.

A black and white photo of a smiling woman

Amara Diallo

7 min read

Village houses and a communication tower on a forested hillside

Feature

The village that wired its own fibre network

Amara Diallo

Feature

The border town where two currencies and one bakery keep the peace

Amara Diallo

Feature

Inside the city that rebuilt its bus network in a single weekend

Priya Raman

Technology

The machines, the code and the consequences.

More technology →

Two parking meters at the side of a street

News

A city switches off its parking app and nobody misses it

After six years and three redesigns, the app is gone. Drivers pay at a meter again, or by text message.

Ines Okafor

5 min read

News

A city switches off its parking app and nobody misses it

After six years and three redesigns, the app is gone. Drivers pay at a meter again, or by text message.

Ines Okafor

5 min read

News

A city switches off its parking app and nobody misses it

After six years and three redesigns, the app is gone. Drivers pay at a meter again, or by text message.

Ines Okafor

5 min read

News

The open-source model that runs on a laptop and embarrassed the giants

Ines Okafor

News

The open-source model that runs on a laptop and embarrassed the giants

Ines Okafor

Analysis

The quiet return of the landline in small businesses

Mateo Ruiz

Analysis

The quiet return of the landline in small businesses

Mateo Ruiz

Feature

The call centre workers training their replacements

Ines Okafor

Feature

The call centre workers training their replacements

Ines Okafor

Politics

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Sep 27, 2026, 7:00 AM

The mayors quietly rewriting national housing policy

Daniel Szabo

Sep 26, 2026, 10:00 AM

The regional elections nobody is polling

Daniel Szabo

Sep 25, 2026, 9:15 AM

Young voters are turning out. They are not turning up for parties

Mateo Ruiz

Sep 24, 2026, 6:00 AM

The committee that decides what counts as a public document

Mateo Ruiz

Sep 27, 2026, 7:00 AM

The mayors quietly rewriting national housing policy

Daniel Szabo

Sep 26, 2026, 10:00 AM

The regional elections nobody is polling

Daniel Szabo

Sep 25, 2026, 9:15 AM

Young voters are turning out. They are not turning up for parties

Mateo Ruiz

Sep 24, 2026, 6:00 AM

The committee that decides what counts as a public document

Mateo Ruiz

Business

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Analysis

Why Europe’s ports are quietly changing hands

Investment funds, shipping giants and foreign states are buying stakes in the terminals that handle most of Europe’s trade.

Amara Diallo

10 min read

Analysis

Second-hand furniture is the fastest-growing shop on the high street

Tomasz Wren

Analysis

Second-hand furniture is the fastest-growing shop on the high street

Tomasz Wren

Feature

The café chain that pays baristas like engineers

Tomasz Wren

Feature

The café chain that pays baristas like engineers

Tomasz Wren

Feature

How small exporters are hedging a volatile dollar

Tomasz Wren

Feature

How small exporters are hedging a volatile dollar

Tomasz Wren

Opinion

Columns, editorials and arguments from people who have done the reading.

“The four-day week worked. Now comes the hard part”

Bearded man sits with crossed arms, illuminated by light

Tomasz Wren

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“Cities should stop building for cars they no longer need”

Two women hold red flowers over their eyes

Priya Raman

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“Stop calling it a housing crisis. Call it a policy”

A distinguished man in a suit with graying hair

Daniel Szabo

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“Editorial: a newspaper should tell you when it gets things wrong”

Clara Lindqvist

Read the column

“The four-day week worked. Now comes the hard part”

Tomasz Wren

Read the column

“Cities should stop building for cars they no longer need”

Priya Raman

Read the column

“Stop calling it a housing crisis. Call it a policy”

Daniel Szabo

Read the column

“Editorial: a newspaper should tell you when it gets things wrong”

Clara Lindqvist

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Explainers & analysis

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Explainer

Explainer: what a hung parliament actually means for your rent

4 min read

Explainer

What happens to your data when a startup dies

5 min read

Explainer

Why your sleep tracker is probably wrong

5 min read

Explainer

Five things to watch as the autumn session opens

4 min read

Explainer

Explainer: what a hung parliament actually means for your rent

4 min read

Explainer

What happens to your data when a startup dies

5 min read

Explainer

Why your sleep tracker is probably wrong

5 min read

Explainer

Five things to watch as the autumn session opens

4 min read

Culture

Film, books, music and the ideas worth arguing about.

A painter at work on a large, brightly coloured mural on a concrete wall

Feature

The mural painters being paid to paint over their own work

A person holding a camera with a portrait of a woman on the screen

Sofia Brandt

8 min read

A cinema marquee lit up at night on a quiet street

Feature

The one-screen cinemas selling out on a Tuesday

An empty concrete car park with a ramp leading up

Feature

The choir that only sings in car parks

Sofia Brandt

Feature

The quiet collapse of the mid-size city bookstore

Clara Lindqvist

A black vinyl record spinning on a turntable

Analysis

Vinyl pressing plants are booked until spring

Hand tools hanging in rows on a workshop wall

Feature

The libraries lending drills, seeds and sewing machines

Clara Lindqvist

Visitors on walkways inside a multi-level museum storage building

Analysis

Why museums are putting their storerooms on show

Analysis

Why every band is touring small rooms again

Black wireless headphones resting on an open book

Analysis

Audiobooks are outselling paperbacks at two publishers

Sofia Brandt

Four dancers rehearsing, photographed in black and white

Feature

The dance company rehearsing in an empty department store

Priya Raman

6 min read

Feature

The mural painters being paid to paint over their own work

Sofia Brandt

8 min read

Feature

The one-screen cinemas selling out on a Tuesday

Feature

The choir that only sings in car parks

Sofia Brandt

Feature

The quiet collapse of the mid-size city bookstore

Clara Lindqvist

Analysis

Vinyl pressing plants are booked until spring

Feature

The libraries lending drills, seeds and sewing machines

Clara Lindqvist

Analysis

Why museums are putting their storerooms on show

Analysis

Why every band is touring small rooms again

Analysis

Audiobooks are outselling paperbacks at two publishers

Sofia Brandt

Feature

The dance company rehearsing in an empty department store

Priya Raman

6 min read

More culture

Science & Climate

More science →

More climate →

The number

1.5°C

The warming limit agreed in Paris. Last year was the first full year above it.

Climate coverage

Brown bare trees on body of water during daytime

Science

A lake that froze every winter for a century stayed open

Leo Hartmann

Aerial view of a residential neighborhood with solar panels on grey rooftops

Climate

Rooftop solar is outpacing the grid in three regions

Mara Ellison

Science

A telescope the size of a city block opens its eyes

Leo Hartmann

Climate

The city that painted its streets white

Priya Raman

Science

The night shift at a hospital sleep lab

Hannah Okoye

Reviews

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A long dining table set for a dinner party with flowers and candles

Film

4/5

Review: a four-hour film about a single dinner party, and every minute earns it

Kenji Moreau

Album

4/5

Review: the debut album that sounds like a city at 4am

Sofia Brandt

A visitor studies an illuminated antique map in a dark gallery

Exhibition

4/5

Review: an exhibition of hand-drawn city maps that lets you get lost

Sofia Brandt

Book

5/5

Review: a novel about a translator who stops translating

Clara Lindqvist

Film

4/5

Review: a four-hour film about a single dinner party, and every minute earns it

Kenji Moreau

Album

4/5

Review: the debut album that sounds like a city at 4am

Sofia Brandt

Exhibition

4/5

Review: an exhibition of hand-drawn city maps that lets you get lost

Sofia Brandt

Book

5/5

Review: a novel about a translator who stops translating

Clara Lindqvist

Video

Short documentaries and explainers from our reporters, filmed where the stories happen.

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8:12

Climate

Inside the grid queue

We followed one solar farm through seven years of waiting for a connection.

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8:12

Climate

Inside the grid queue

We followed one solar farm through seven years of waiting for a connection.

Watch the video