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A flower, a bee, a ray of sunshine ... how the NHS is taking healing outdoors
For Hayleigh Austin-Richards, it is a place to have a cry, breathe fresh air and remind herself there is something magical about butterflies.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Romance fraud victim flees UK after early release of jailed conman
As cases soar by 27%, tricked woman tells of her £115,000 ordeal
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
'Exploited teachers forced into work feeding frenzy' by British Council
The British Council has been accused of exploiting hundreds of agency teachers on zero-hour contracts, leaving them to compete for lessons in a “feeding frenzy” every week.
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Strangers had sex in our Premier Inn hotel room
Strangers had sexual relations in our Premier Inn room while we were out and Premier Inn refuses to do anything about it.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Brain implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts
Trial to see if electrical pulses can control and decrease cravings
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Bringing up the bodies again: third burial of Franco's victims marks Spain's endless agony
Juan Chueca Sagarra was buried for the third time late on Wednesday afternoon, his tiny coffin, topped with a single white rose, stowed in a crypt in his home town of Magallón, which sits among vineyards and wind turbines under the huge, low skies of Aragón.
6 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
The real effects of benefit cuts: 'How can I not charge my wheelchair?'
Adam Gabsi is unequivocal on the subject of his personal independence payment: \"It really is an essential lifeline.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Academic studying India to be deported for long visits... to India
Historian ordered to leave after spending 'too many' days abroad researching archives for Oxford University
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
How info wars start Hoax report that fuelled our conspiracy culture
Intended as a leftwing satire on 1960s state power, Report from Iron Mountain was fake news but it has taken on a life of its own, writes Phil Tinline
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Loved by rockers and royals, Eel Pie Island threatened by flood ruling
Changes in risk status leave residents fearing for Thames isle beloved by Jagger and Bowie
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Academy schools headteacher pay bonanza defies official warnings
50% increase in leaders with £150,000 salaries even though DfE urged trusts to show restraint
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Life without money in your pocket is not the utopia Sweden hoped
In 2018 a former deputy governor of Sweden's central bank predicted that by 2025 the country would probably be cashless.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Mind your manners, diners, restaurants are turning the tables on grumpy reviewers
The post-dinner rant is of a piece with our fetish for feedback, but isn't it all a bit morally cheap?
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
NHS Welfare and aid cuts...
Is Labour on the right track?
8 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Whistleblower's exposé of the cult of Zuckerberg reveals the peril of power-crazy tech bros
There's nothing more satisfying than watching a corporate giant make a stupid mistake.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Yesopotamia minister: scientists discover Iraq’s 2,300BC red tape
The red tape of government bureaucracy spans more than 4,000 years, according to new finds from the cradle of the world’s civilisations, Mesopotamia.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
When is a desk not a desk? When it's a status symbol
Niccolò Machiavelli had an important piece of advice about office politics: \"If an injury has to be done to a man,\" he writes in The Prince, \"it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.\" Most of us can relate to that.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Recalled prisoners are walking free as 'alarmingly full' jails cannot cope
Criminals who have reoffended or broken probation restrictions are being re-released from prisons early on the government's direction under new measures to ease overcrowding.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Why we all love a good gossip more than ever
Sharing secrets is a natural human instinct — and now podcasts have joined books and TV in telling the juiciest stories,
6 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Vučić rejects Belgrade protest as a western 'imported revolution'
Farmers and bikers converge on Serbian capital for student-led demonstration against autocratic regime
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Cash is still king for some. But no one told these high street chains...
Major high street chains and restaurants, including Gail’s bakery, Itsu and Zizzi, are being challenged by campaigners over their refusal to accept cash after a jump in consumers turning to notes and coins for daily spending.
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
If Germany is embracing spending, why can't Labour?
As the president of the US provokes trade and economic chaos at home and abroad, an American tells a British friend of mine: “At least your political system removed Truss; we are landed with Trump for four years.”
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Enfield’s ‘hard line’ left 100 homeless families without help
Labour-run council’s policy of offering homes outside the area led to high refusal rate
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
A TV morality tale for troubled times
The new Netflix drama Adolescence highlights the huge problem of alienated young males. Society must learn its hard-hitting lessons, writes Vanessa Thorpe
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Starmer: 'Putin dragging feet on ceasefire'
Keir Starmer accused Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet over agreeing to a ceasefire with Ukraine yesterday as international pressure grew on the Russian president to enter talks.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Amid all the noise about our 'two-tier' justice system, there is silence on class
As so often in such debates, the controversy over new guidelines for courts from the Sentencing Council for England and Wales has obscured as much as it has illuminated. Critics have condemned them as presaging a “two-tier” justice system, a jibe aimed for months at Labour and Keir Starmer, but which has now crossed the parliamentary aisle to be wielded by Labour ministers, too.
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Anti-slavery watchdog calls for action on abuse of migrant care workers
Visa scheme brought in after Brexit was a 'blunt instrument' that enabled exploitation
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
PM considers U-turn on cut to benefits for disabled people
Ministers have left the door open to a humiliating U-turn on their highly contentious plans to cut benefits for disabled people, amid mounting uproar over the proposals across the Labour party.
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Putin's 'nuances' are just a ploy. Will Trump finally stand up to the Kremlin?
On paper, everyone is in agreement: Donald Trump says he wants a ceasefire; Kyiv's negotiating team has already agreed to a 30-day ceasefire proposal at marathon talks with the Americans in Jeddah; and Vladimir Putin says he accepts the idea, albeit with a few \"nuances\".
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Observer
Being Putin's stooge won't win Trump a peace prize. The Order of Lenin, though, is in the bag
The strange warmth between the leaders has sent a chill globally at the prospect of a troika of authoritarian states
4 min |