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Aitor Garmendia has been awarded the Picture of the Year International for his photographic report on undercover investigations in farms. The photojournalist scooped the prestigious gong after a photo series uncovering the hardships and appalling conditions that animals have to endure inside factory farms. Garmendia spent two weeks undercover in Northern Italy with Essere Animali - one of the most active European organisations - entering secretly into farms. This is the second time that Garmendia’s work on animal exploitation has been...

As we begin the first day of Lent, 12-year-old climate change campaigner, Genesis Butler, has received a response from Pope Francis regarding her plea for him to try vegan for Lent as part of the Million Dollar Vegan campaign. However, Pope Francis has not yet confirmed whether he will do so, and therefore the campaign is asking whether His Holiness can meet with Butler over a vegan meal at the Vatican, during the Lenten period, to discuss her concerns. Should Pope Francis...

It takes just over a year for boredom to set in for retirees, a study has found. Getting used to life with no set routine, a huge amount of spare time and staying at home with their partner every day gets too much for some. One in 10 even admitted to being bored of retirement and itching for something to do after just five months away from work. Research of 1,000 retirees aged 45 and over, commissioned by National Citizen...

It would have made the iconic ichtyosaur even more terrifying than previously believed. Some were almost as big as a blue whale.

The government’s approach to protecting workers’ rights after Brexit has been heavily cristicised. With claims that the substitutes are “not worth the paper they are written on”. The prime minister said: “We have as a country led the way in workers’ rights while maintaining a flexible labour market. The enormous success of our jobs market and the wealth of opportunities for workers across the nation have long been underpinned by the policies and standards that exceed the minimums set by...

Joe Gynane, 34, also accused of stabbing boy, 16, in second attack within hours

Labour MP and solicitor Onasanya, 35, had been jailed for lying during her speeding court case

Theresa May’s Cabinet today welcomed the first fall in rough sleeping since 2010 after numbers dropped by 2 per cent, but failed to acknowledge the 165 per cent increase since 2010 when the party took the keys to number 10. The figures, which have been described as a "2 per cent slowing down of the tsunami", emerged last week and have been trumpeted by Communities Secretary James Brokenshire to promote a £1.2 billion investment in homeless services. He said: "Councils...

The Conservative party has suspended 14 members for posting Islamophobic or racist comments on internet amid accusations of "insititutional Islamophobia" in the party. Accusations of racism and Islamophobia have dogged the Tory Party in recent years amid calls for an inquiry.  Yesterday the Tory Party came under criticism for allowing an activist suspended for "vile" racist comments to stand as a councillor.  Peter Lamb is to sand as a councillor for Harlow District Council in May. He had been suspended...