NEWS: An All-Party Parliamentary Group is urging the UK government to look once again at animal testing for medical research which it says could be hindering new advances due to its high failure rate.

BREAKING NEWS: Activists from East London Chicken Save (ELCS) and Animal Rebellion have ‘locked on’ outside London’s last remaining slaughterhouse, Kedassia in Hackney Wick, stopping it from operating.

SPECIAL REPORT: Why did Animal Rebellion paint the offices of the Marine Stewardship Council in red? Claire Hamlett reports on the destruction to our oceans and marine life endorsed by the MSC’s fisheries certification scheme.

SPECIAL REPORT: With Russia and Ukraine exporting much of the world’s wheat and maize, food security has become one of the most pressing international issues to arise from the crisis. Claire Hamlett brings together a comprehensive range of analyses to explain how players within the agricultural industries are seeking to take advantage of the uncertainty.

VOICES: The vegan-friendly Burger King in London has been open for a week now and the hype is very real. But what many plant-based fans forget is that Leicester Square has been the venue for countless outreach actions over the years. So what do some of the local animal rights activists think about it?

FACT CHECK: The meat lobby has been up in arms since Oxfordshire County Council voted on Tuesday in favour of its historic plant-based meals motion, throwing about accusations of unfair treatment of those who choose to eat the body parts of dead animals. But is there any substance to their argument?

BLOG: Well-intentioned egg eaters will be unable to appease their consciences from tomorrow as free-range eggs are taken off supermarket shelves. The UK’s largest ever bird flu outbreak has meant chickens have not been allowed outside, a requirement of so-called “high welfare” labelling.

SPECIAL REPORT: In the otherwise unassuming chambers of Oxfordshire County Council, a battle for the future was fought in the heart of Middle England, and the vegans and environmentalists emerged victorious. Claire Hamlett attended today’s historic vote in favour of plant-based menus.

INTERVIEW: In an age of fraught politics, environmental degradation, the threat of pandemics and other public health crises, Claire Hamlett speaks to author and academic Jeff Sebo about how saving animals is vital to saving ourselves.

NEWS: In a move that has baffled most of the UK’s ruling Conservative Party, inside sources have revealed that a “handful of very wealthy peers” have managed to can new legislation that would have banned the import of hunting trophies.

POSITIVE NEWS: Power to the people, or rather power to the vegans! The Vegan Land Movement (VLM) has revealed that its latest crowdfunded land buy-out actually blocked the plans of two chicken farmers, one of whom was looking to build a facility with a turnaround of an estimated 20,000 birds per year.

BREAKING NEWS: The impossible has happened - Burger King is going fully plant-based. Well, for one month and only at its UK flagship store in Leicester Square, London, but it’s still a huge moment for the vegan community.