Luton vs Tommy Robinson: the myth of a UK town divided

Summer 2025 was marked by a surge in anti-immigrant protests, attacks on mosques and racist graffiti across the UK. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn The unrest, stoked by far-right agitators such as Tommy Robinson, sought to pit communities against each other. But in Luton, where Tommy Robinson himself grew up, writer and journalist Taj Ali explores how the communities of his home town have resisted this division and fought back against radicalisation; and asks whether today’s economic hardships threaten to unravel that progress The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/sWJjIa8 Website ► https://ift.tt/f7dpaHu Facebook ► https://ift.tt/75fCk9W Bluesky ► https://ift.tt/6dg8GuH Instagram ► https://ift.tt/VBAzr49 The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #luton #tommyrobinson #farright #edl #andrewtate #therealluton

Between Moon Tides: hacking nature to save the saltmarsh sparrow

Sea levels are rising in New England at some of the fastest rates in the world. On a quiet ribbon of saltmarsh in Rhode Island, septuagenarian Deirdre isn't prepared to accept the loss of her beloved saltmarsh sparrow, which risks becoming extinct by 2050 due to elevated high tides inundating nests and drowning fledgling birds. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Leading a team of citizen scientists, Deirdre unravels the secret to finding delicate nests amid thick marsh grass, while they design and deploy a low-cost 'ark' to try to raise vulnerable sparrow nests to safety. Will this be the year they manage to save them? The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/eCcWPx5 Website ► https://ift.tt/WUD13JZ Facebook ► https://ift.tt/D5x3oAu Bluesky ► https://ift.tt/rAGh4ka Instagram ► https://ift.tt/lQCdmgI The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #betweenmoontides #nature #saltmarshsparrow #newengland #rhodeisland #usa #extinction #birds

Sudan's war refugees are filling prisons in Greece - here's why

‘It’s clear what this is really about, the criminalisation of migration itself,’ Julia Winkler from De:Criminalise told migration journalist Katy Fallon after two Sudanese teenagers were charged with smuggling in a Greek court on the island of Crete. Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Greek officials also brought another 13 young Sudanese people to court earlier this week for smuggling cases, but the majority were not heard and were postponed. Fallon, who has been looking into immigration in Greece for over six years, reported that this is common now in Crete and that an estimated 50 other Sudanese men, most of whom, lawyers and activists say, are war refugees, have been detained and accused of migrant smuggling after seeking asylum in Europe and arriving on Crete. To find out why, watch our video.