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The Observer
Truth and trust are in trouble. It's time for a truly independent BBC
When facts and impartiality are under siege, the future of the world's leading public broadcaster cannot be dictated by politicians
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August 24, 2025
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How to stop voters turning on you? Pick some things you can solve – and fast
Reform's current supporters have swung elections for a decade.
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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'We know where you live': guns and bomb threats target US politicians
A house speaker killed, a state senator shot ... lawmakers across the country fear for their lives as the discourse darkens.
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August 24, 2025
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Communities split, families divided: how Epping lit the fuse on migrant hotels crisis
Nationwide protests fizzle out after few answer the call in the wake of legal ruling
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August 24, 2025
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Millions of Afghans who fled the Taliban are forced back
Millions of Afghan citizens have settled in Pakistan and Iran over the past 50 years, fleeing conflict, repression and poverty.
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August 24, 2025
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Cancer research 'set back years' as visa fees drive scientists away from UK
With vital studies being shelved and foreign experts turning down jobs, leading charity urges ministers to act
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August 24, 2025
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'It was Nigel or no one': there's gold in those bullion ads for fill-your-boots Farage
A £280,000 payment to the MP for promotional work raises questions over the lack of clarity in the register of interests
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August 24, 2025
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Whistleblower's complaint challenges London landlord
Property developer calls in lawyers to investigate allegations that diversity data was misused to boost bonuses, reports Barney Macintyre
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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Run it up a Brummie flagpole and see if it really is patriotic
As you reach Weoley Castle on the 15-minute drive from Birmingham city centre, the streets suddenly change.
2 min |
August 24, 2025
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Reform boss's £13,000 speech to anti-abortion extremists
On a visit to the US last year, Nigel Farage told a room of abortion “abolitionists”, extreme faith groups and alt-right groups they were “saving western civilisation”.
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August 24, 2025
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Global rise in sea levels may be inevitable, experts warn as sci-fi becomes reality
Scientists say that a hotter planet will see Antarctica's vast glaciers crumble - and change the face of the Earth.
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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This doll bubble will turn ugly
If you want to invest in a truly classic bubble, forget artificial intelligence firms and crypto, and instead buy shares in Pop Mart, the company responsible for the Labubu craze.
1 min |
August 24, 2025
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Oasis tour shocker: no fights, no chaos. Critics, stop looking back in anger
And so, imminently, the Oasis reunion tour departs these shores, bound for the US, Japan, Australia, Brazil then back to Wembley in London for a couple of dates in September.
1 min |
August 24, 2025
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Protect the BBC
The broadcaster is a bulwark against the erosion of truth and deserves real independence
2 min |
August 24, 2025
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Chinese triumphs at the robot games bring global tech domination closer
Gold medals galore in Beijing highlight another sector in which the rest of the world is falling behind China
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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Fears that sport will be the loser as Serena Williams embraces weight loss jabs
The tennis superstar has swapped her racket for a syringe. Other athletes may now follow
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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Women's safety group accused of setting back sexual violence debate
The photograph is of women standing outside the Houses of Parliament in June wearing summer clothes. It could blend into an Instagram feed as any other snap of friends getting together, but for the St George’s flags they are holding, and the caption.
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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Naval gazing: 'Unhappiest place' in UK gets a lift from soaring defence budget
The end of the cold war brought lean times to the shipyards of Barrow-in-Furness. Now jobs, money and submarines are back
4 min |
August 24, 2025
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If Rachel Reeves is serious about reform, she should fix a steely eye on council tax
The levy on our homes has become antiquated, outrageously unjust and manifestly absurd. It's in dire need of modernisation
4 min |
August 24, 2025
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So what have we learned today? How to make a comedy gameshow enjoyed by millions
Taskmaster is about to air its 20th UK series and has spawned versions all over the world. Rachael Healy discovers its secret
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August 24, 2025
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Delays rise in SWR's last year as private train line
In May, South Western Railway became the first rail operator to be renationalised. Statistics out last week showed its final year under private ownership was a tough one.
1 min |
August 24, 2025
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Alas, poor Hamlet. They failed to score with me
In her search for a sport to love, Marie Le Conte looks to the seventh tier of English football
2 min |
August 24, 2025
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My book relied on archives. Keep them open
As a passionate devotee of the BBC and a lover - and user - of archives, I feel like weeping with despair at our national broadcaster’s statement about its sudden restriction of access to its written archives: “Given the level of resource available, we are moving to a series of structured content releases rather than individual requests for specific content, which will open up the written archive further and deliver greater value for licence fee payers.”
1 min |
August 24, 2025
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Where does this leave those inspired by champion?
Serena Williams has always stood apart.
1 min |
August 24, 2025
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Bolton raid is vengeful Trump weaponising justice to crush his foes
Twice impeached and the first former president convicted of a crime, Donald Trump campaigned openly on the promise of \"retribution\" against his political opponents.
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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OnlyFans stays undervalued as the money keeps rolling in
The owner of OnlyFans was paid more than $700m in dividends last year, on top of $1bn he had already received from the streaming platform.
1 min |
August 24, 2025
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Joe Caroff
The centenarian designer who created the 007 logo and classic film posters just wanted his art to be effervescent
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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Despair among aid flight crews as airdrops bring only meagre relief for Gaza's starving
As famine is declared, dropping food pallets from the sky is largely futile but with roads closed options are limited.
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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Historians dismayed by 'scandal' of BBC cutting access to written archives
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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If Trump has his sights on a Nobel peace prize, he should focus on Gaza
Earlier this summer in the Oval Office, Donald Trump boasted: “We just ended a war that was going on for 30 years.” Not for the first time the US president was confused about the past and catastrophically wrong about the future.
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