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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

The UN’s leading authority on climate issues - the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - has issued a stark warning against measures that seem a good idea at first, but can actually be counterproductive. Some of these ‘maladaptive mitigations’ are, unsurprisingly, linked to animal agriculture. Claire Hamlett reports.

THOUGHTS: The situation in Ukraine is worsening day by day, and so too are the many challenges faced by Ukrainians in the midst of an invasion by Russia. For many families and those who do not stay to fight, the answer is of course to evacuate and find safety. But to the people who run animal shelters and sanctuaries, this is simply out of the question. Claire Hamlett shares her thoughts on these brave humans.

NEWS: When humans who abuse animals are taken to court, they get a defence lawyer. But who represents the animals in these cases? The US state of New Jersey thinks our non-human companions should also be represented fairly.

PICTURES: In the grip of a Russian invasion, the situation for everyone in Ukraine is truly terrible. Among the pictures and videos emerging of the pitched fighting and humanitarian crisis, glimpses of pets and other animals caught in the crossfire are helping to tell a different side of the human story.

The use of pesticides in crop farming is a very common ‘gotcha’ that meat-eaters use against vegans when comparing the animal death toll and environmental impact of our food systems. But a new report has found that huge quantities of these harmful chemicals are being used to grow crops for animal feed. Claire Hamlett reports.

The UK government is on the verge of backtracking on its proposal to ban imports of fur and foie gras, driven by the will of Jacob Rees Mogg and other Tory cronies. Claire Hamlett reports.