The index will allow the government to monitor the effects of policies such as housing and transport on health. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The Guardian The government is to set up the most comprehensive database yet to measure the health of people in England as part of leaked plans to improve life expectancy and ... Read More »

LGBT heroes in the UK from Oscar Wilde to Benjamin Britten, the grave of Amelia Edwards and even Anne Lister, a woman considered the “first modern lesbian,” are being relisted on historic tours of England after being hidden or neglecting their LGBT identities. According to The Guardian the new listed ... Read More »