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Rare camellias at English stately home bloom again after £5m revamp
Newly restored plant house at Wentworth Woodhouse, home to some of world’s oldest camellias, formally opens as a global teahouse
Living hell: Britain’s rent crisis
Residents rise up against damp homes in Little London, RotherhamResidents who had feared eviction if they complained are uniting to force improvements to estate’s porous concrete housing
Rotherham honours Arthur Wharton, England’s first black professional footballer
Observer book of the week
The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life by Theresa May review – blind to her own failings
Peer Nazir Ahmed’s jail term for 1970s sexual assault cut by three years
Appeal court judges reduce sentence to six months for buggery of boy when ex-Labour MP was a teenager
‘There’s civic pride involved’: the UK acts scoring No 1 albums thanks to regional fanbases
The likes of the Reytons, the Lathums, the Courteeners and Jamie Webster are all hitting big on the strength of local support that isn’t always mirrored nationally – but is it limiting?
South Yorkshire village endures seventh week of toxic smoke from industrial fire
Waste stored in Kiveton Park building caught fire in September and is proving difficult to extinguish
Coronation Street star Duggie Brown dies aged 82
‘It felt so powerful’: how I was seduced by the UK’s far right
Woman killed and man injured in Rotherham dog attack
Victim pronounced dead at scene in West Melton, while man also left with potentially life-altering injuries
Costly report into Rotherham police failings ‘lets down’ grooming survivors
Police and crime commissioner ‘disappointed’ as child sexual abuse inquiry ‘fails to identify individual accountability’
Child sexual exploitation is downplayed to avoid bad publicity, report says
Inquiry into abuse in England and Wales points to ‘extensive failures’ in way exploitation by criminal gangs is tackled
Police must do more to help child sexual abuse survivors, says Rotherham report
IOPC says some systemic problems identified in 91 separate investigations still exist
Liberty Steel owner GFG to restart Rotherham and Stocksbridge plants
‘Substantial majority’ of 1,000 jobs will be saved, with £50m pumped into the business
Rotherham school has its own stricter standard of Covid measures
As cases rise in South Yorkshire, Wales high school exceeds government advice on mixing and mask wearing
'If it shuts it will be a disaster': Rotherham fears for its steel industry
Workers tell of worry as cash crisis at Liberty Steel threatens factories and supply chains
Abuse survivor calls for UK children born of rape to have 'victim' legal status
Rotherham grooming victim says children need specialist help and should be able to prosecute fathers
Clean air zones to tackle traffic pollution delayed or on hold
Local authorities deferring schemes to reduce toxic emissions as calls rise to put WHO targets into UK law
North of England mayors reject support plans for local Covid lockdowns
Greater Manchester’s Andy Burnham said government package would mean ‘failure and collapse’ for businesses
'I feel cheated': Rotherham students struggle to make sense of exam grades
At Wales high school, 84% of pupils have had at least one grade moderated down
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