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The Observer
Whitehall blame game over collapse of 'slam-dunk' case against alleged spies
Questions asked of the CPS, and the case it claimed to have against two men accused of spying for China
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
A cure is our goal: solving the mystery of MND in top athletes
As ex-England rugby captain Lewis Moody becomes the latest to be diagnosed with the disease, Paul Hayward reports on the search for a link with high-intensity sports
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
With money players going for gold, the future of currency looks precarious
The chaotic political scene in the US, with 'so many foundational pillars of society hanging by threads', has spooked market confidence in currency, resulting in a 'perfect storm' moment of soaring prices for the precious metal, writes
5 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Russell Vought
Maga's spending 'bulldog' is playing Cromwell to Trump's Henry VIII, writes Andrew Anthony
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
In our national parks sewage flows while the funds for conservation have run dry
To the untrained eye, Britain's national parks may look like flourishing wild spaces.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
In praise of Kemi's 'rip-off' degrees
In some ways, it is scarcely worth responding to Kemi Badenoch's pledge to end “ripoff” degrees such as — we presume - performing arts, English, design, sociology, anthropology, media and psychology.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Sandwiches and strategy for Starmer's 'Quint'
David Cameron had the “Quad”, the four most senior Conservative and Lib Dem ministers in the coalition years.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
A ceasefire is a start. Now the brutal narrative must change
Who would not want a ceasefire? With the exception of arms manufacturers and politicians desperate to maintain power - whether material, moral, legal or human - at any cost.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
All eyes on Weiss: new CBS news chief keeps US guessing
When it was first rumoured that Bari Weiss might take charge of America's most talked-about newsroom, hearts sank across the liberal US.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
“ I can't bear it. Why did Paddington have to be turned into a coke-addled podcast host?
The show is hilarious when it skewers those who deserve it. But a kindly toy? It just makes me sad, writes Frank Skinner
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Bensons said slumping mattress was our fault
We purchased three mattresses from Bensons For Beds at a cost of £5,459, delivered on 28 January.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Change your tune, Robert Jenrick. For integration look no further than bhangragga
Thirty years ago, the Birmingham-born musician Steven Kapur - aka Apache Indian - released his second album, Make Way for the Indian.
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
I worked on a Gaza peace plan with Blair last year. Let's see if Trump can make it work
Finally, the president has embraced a plan sketched out during Biden’s time in office
5 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
How Labour can unpick the triple lock
It's a commonplace that Britain is in an economic jam. There is not a sufficiently robust and growing economic base to provide the tax revenues at reasonable tax rates to fund all the public spending we crave from a fit-for-purpose NHS to the defence of a newly threatened realm.
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
'My heart breaks until he is home': a widow's plea for the return of her husband's body
The young wife of a kibbutz worker killed fighting Hamas hopes peace will give her a chance of closure at last
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Transparency call after UK party gets crypto donation
The first crypto donation to a political party in British history has been “made, but not declared”, in what experts fear is a sliding-doors moment in political funding.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
The showman, the reconciler and the cynic – why this trinity must succeed
How is this supposed to work? It may be the most honest question about the attempt to link Donald Trump, Tony Blair and Benjamin Netanyahu in a new regional initiative.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Faulty towers: Whitehall loses its grip on the £400bn business of buying
Whether it's doors for high-security schools or windows for jails, bureaucrats accused of bungling orders
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Dear Keir*
Hullo Britain. It’s been a grim week in UK politics.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Honey badger
I know what you're going to say.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Trendsetters: how we led the way with the toughest puzzles of all
When Rosamund Crowther Mathers went through her husband’s papers after he died in 1939, she found mementoes of couples who had met through his crossword puzzles.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
'The only victim in this room is me': Pelicot confronts rapist who forced her back into court
The only man to appeal his sentence - out of the 51 convicted last year - has lost his case. But campaigners fear old attitudes remain.
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Art market slump paints a complicated picture
It’s been a year of grim news for the art market: dozens of galleries have closed across London, New York and beyond, following a 15% slump in global art sales from a height of $67.8bn after the Covid-19 pandemic.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Mexico sings out against the drug cartels — but popular culture isn't listening
A government TV talent show has proven far too wholesome to make a dent in the country’s love of crime ballads.
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
A brother weeps as he hears his siblings will be freed after 23 years
Two men's names appear among 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in swap deal
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Turmeric+ 'A great product that really works' says Martin.
Yacht master instructor and former footballer, Martin Musgrove, 62, tells how Turmeric+ changed his life.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Why Britain will suffer without a coherent attitude towards Beijing
A fear of angering Beijing is claimed to be one reason the government has got itself into a mess over what it could say in court to support the charges against two men accused of spying for China. No one wanted to say out loud that China poses a national security threat.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Reform-run council to pay new boss more than £200K
A council controlled by Reform is set to appoint a new chief executive with an improved pay package of more than £200,000 — despite campaigning against high salaries in the local election.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
We should all work at Specsavers
“Should have gone to Specsavers” is Britain’s longest-running ad campaign: from Postman Pat breaking his glasses then wreaking havoc in his bright red van, to the space shuttle mistakenly landing at Luton airport.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Observer
Lostprophets singer convicted of a string of child sex crimes is killed in jail
Ian Watkins, 48, said to have died having being knifed by a fellow prisoner in HMP Wakefield after surviving earlier attempt
2 min |