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The Observer
Leaked contract shows Unite 'ghost worker' offered £50k
One of the country's biggest unions and a leading donor to the Labour party is being investigated by its regulator as it faces claims it might have offered a £50,000-a-year \"ghost job\" to an airport baggage handler to rig an election.
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
Liberalism has betrayed the working class, but illiberalism will do much worse
If we fail to uphold liberty, equality and democracy, where will our society be?
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
A shared awakening is the only way the sun can rise to end that terrible day
There is little meaning in marking two years since the events of 7 October 2023. That day has not ended. It remains one long and terrible day, in which the sun refuses to rise.
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
Surf's up for the 'cool dictator' ... but what price democracy?
El Salvador's president hopes sport tourism will boost the economy — and his popularity. But enticing the world's top surfers will not end fears over civil rights
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
Grade deflation, overcrowding and 'chaos' as colleges scramble for fees
Russell group hoovers up international students to stave off budget deficit fears
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
British firms hungry to join anti-obesity market
In September, Pfizer announced plans to buy Metsera, a little-known US biotech startup, for $4.9bn (£3.6bn).
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
Jane Goodall
The primatologist who over the course of 60 years uncovered the uncannily human world of chimpanzees
4 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Back to the fuchsia: pink suites and carpet bring a warm 70s vibe to modern bathrooms
High heating costs and a yearning for comfort spur a new lease on life for once derided designs
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Protests erupt over Gaza after plea to respect grief
Hundreds of protesters across the country defied ministers' appeals yesterday to refrain from taking to the streets to protest over Gaza after the Manchester synagogue attack.
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
Dieselgate law firm accused of misleading claimants in Brazil
A UK law firm representing more than 1.2 million claimants in the “Dieselgate” class action lawsuit against car makers for allegedly falsifying emission tests has been accused of spreading misleading information in a separate lawsuit.
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
An unsafe haven
Hate ends up hurting everyone
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
Gisèle Pelicot faces rerun of court trauma after one of her rapists demands appeal
Incredulity at convicted man's claim that victim's husband tricked him into raping her, despite evidence
4 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Sober end to BrewDog's rewilding adventure
After just five years, the troubled brewer has sold the Scottish estate at the centre of its carbon pledges, writes Barney Macintyre
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Climate costs debate rages on
Paul Atkins, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, last week attacked “double materiality” - jumping into an important counting debate raging this side of the Atlantic.
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
Potus tells generals: 'Use American cities as training grounds'
Deep in the woods on Marine Corps Base Quantico, dozens of newly commissioned officers prepare for their assault on Mout Town, creeping through the trees in search of the best entry point, before the smoke grenades fly and gunfire rings out.
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
Max Martin & Shellback
The award-winning producers behind Taylor Swift's new album exemplify the Swedish 'music miracle', writes Barbara Ellen
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October 05, 2025
The Observer
Department of War
Concerns about the fitness, battle-readiness, ethos and composition of America's fighting forces date back to George Washington, writes Giles Whittell
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
The UN, the US and Tony Blair: can they work together to bring peace?
The US has put forward a 21-point roadmap to end the war in Gaza that would see the former British prime minister Tony Blair lead an interim administration of the territory.
2 min |
September 28, 2025
The Observer
David Lammy: 'I was spat on by skinheads... but the flag-wavers today aren't bovver boys'
The deputy PM tells Rachel Sylvester he is troubled that ordinary people have lined up behind far-right agitator Tommy Robinson
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September 28, 2025
The Observer
Keir Starmer may be in trouble but Andy Burnham taking the crown is pure fantasy Andrew Rawnsley
It is a symptom of the dreadful pickle the Labour party finds itself in that the man most widely touted to supplant Sir Keir Starmer is not an MP and was passed over on both previous occasions when he applied to be leader.
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September 28, 2025
The Observer
Children starved of art lose their creative spark - and Britain loses its cultural future
When Keir Starmer became prime minister, he said he wanted to put the arts \"at the centre of a new, hopeful, modern story of Britain\".
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September 28, 2025
The Observer
Clean blood, deep freeze ... how the super rich plan to live forever (with their pets)
In the Swiss resort of Gstaad last week, investors gathered to shop for the newest luxury - longevity
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September 28, 2025
The Observer
Kennedy targets popular abortion pill
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, has ordered a review of a widely used abortion pill, a move that activists fear is a fresh attempt to limit women's access to safe abortions.
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September 28, 2025
The Observer
Levelling up is the way to beat Reform
It's hardly news that the Labour government lacks clear direction, a powerful overarching narrative and even an interest in ideas.
4 min |
September 28, 2025
The Observer
Why you need more dough for a pizza
In 2020 a diner in a central London Pizza Express could expect to pay £9.30 for the chain's classic margherita pizza. Now, the same meal costs £14.45.
2 min |
September 28, 2025
The Observer
Meet C, the higher spec Jackson Lamb
It's a long, long walk from Jackson Lamb to Blaise Metreweli. Longer than the road from a raddled ruin of a hasbeen spycatcher to the impeccable poise of a fitness fanatic spy chief, from a rat-infested Victorian firetrap in London's Liverpool Street to the gleaming postmodern block in Vauxhall Cross.
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September 28, 2025
The Observer
Trump sounds false alarm on pain relief drug – and Kennedy's allies look set to profit
In linking rising levels of autism to Tylenol taken in pregnancy, president opens the door to retailers of alternative remedies
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September 28, 2025
The Observer
The pheasant
One knows it's not the politically correct thing to say these days, but the fact remains that one is the most important bird in Britain. Humans adore us for our beauty. That's why they shoot all the other birds that get in our way.
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September 28, 2025
The Observer
Ovarian cancer care in UK is '15 years behind' other rich countries
Women in the UK with ovarian cancer are less likely to receive timely treatment than patients in similar countries where survival rates are higher, new research has found.
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September 28, 2025
The Observer
'We were forced to run, losing our will to live': escape from Gaza City
Remnants of blighted lives piled in trucks, the air acrid with burnt oil, sewage by the roadside and piercing screams.
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