Rugby, West Midlands: We got so much great footage on the night-time camera, even if our cat, Jaffa, tried to steal the show On my birthday, I made my way into the woods carrying a plate of fruit, scrambled egg, cat food and peanut butter on toast. The bait for my new trail camera had…

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan is investigating threats from James Crumbley, father of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, to prosecutors following his trial. Two juries found James Crumbley and his wife, Jennifer Crumbley, guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter each for their roles in then-15-year-old Ethan Crumbley’s decision to shoot up…

A Virginia dad convicted then pardoned by Gov. Glenn Youngkin for protesting the Loudoun County School Board expressed outrage Thursday over the group’s latest bid to “shut” out parents. Last week, the board voted along party lines to turn cameras off during the public comment portion of meetings, according to FOX5. When the new policy…

As the ex-president fans the flames of violence, experts and insiders say November will be a brutal test for US democracy A bloodbath. The end of democracy. Riots in the streets. Bedlam in the country. Donald Trump has made apocalyptic imagery a defining feature of his presidential election campaign, warning supporters that if he does…

The city says evicting migrants will make them self-sufficient – but some say it’s a tool to deter people from seeking asylum On 25 January at 10am, Jhoann Reyes carried his family’s belongings – several suitcases, a jumbo plastic checkered bag, three backpacks, and two baby strollers – from their room at the Stewart Hotel…

Ex-special counsel speaks to New Yorker about stunning criticism he’s received for doing a duty he felt he owed to the US The former special counsel who investigated Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents has said he is stunned at “the level of vitriol” that greeted him across the US’s political spectrum after he declined…

Wye Valley, Herefordshire: The wild garlic was everywhere, carpeting the floor and filling my nose (and mouth). Spring is surely coming! I stepped into the squelchy woodland knowing there would be hundreds of wild garlic leaves just waiting to be picked and consumed or made into delicious recipes. I was right! After a few metres…

Living in a minuscule home is so crazy, you’d have to be a lunatic to do it. And it turns out I am that lunatic … It is November. It is 3am and I am lying awake listening to the sound of rats chewing the electrical wires within the walls of my house. If you’ve…

After a lifetime exploring the country’s cities, coast and countryside, our France expert chooses her personal highlights When you can gaze on the salt pans of Guérande, near Nantes, cycle through lavender fields in Drôme, in the south-east, and bask in the splendour of the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrénees, you have to wonder…

The activists, who first met at Occupy Wall Street in 2011, talk about the limits of protest – and the power of connecting across difference to change the world Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor’s new book, a galvanising examination of the history of solidarity and how we can use it today to shape a fair…