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Soaring service charges mean 'affordable' housing is being mis-sold, say residents
Anger over estimated costs in marketing documents that have since risen fivefold
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Abuse by Guildhall tutor in 1980s left me in despair, says opera singer
Idit Arad calls for better protection for music students as London college admits failing in its duty of care to her. Exclusive report
6 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
Grief over rail disaster brings anger back to Greece's streets
Until recently, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek prime minister, appeared unassailable.
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
PM's opinion poll ratings up after response to Trump
Keir Starmer's approval ratings have shot up since Donald Trump returned to the White House and shocked Europe by withdrawing support for Ukraine, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer.
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Starmer’s civil service reform plans raises fears of Musk’s Doge agenda
Highly controversial plans to revolutionise Whitehall by introducing performance-related pay, an accelerated exit process for under-performing mandarins and more digitalisation will be announced this week in what ministers say is a programme to “reshape the state” so it can respond to a new “era of insecurity”.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
Buy British: it will help defend the UK against Trump
Invest in Britain. You may make a fortune. Take a punt on a fintech company or an artificial intelligence startup. Better still, join the rest of the world by targeting property, which is the go-to asset class for 80% of global investments seeking a stellar payout.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this 'very compassionate man'
It’s heartening that the terrifying, grim reality of the president’s actions are so invigorating to some of his Tory fans
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
EU defence surge raises pressure on Reeves
As the Nobel laureate Robert Lucas quipped during the 2008 financial crisis: “I guess everyone is a Keynesian in a foxhole.” Donald Trump’s upending of the postwar security consensus has underlined the enduring wisdom of Lucas’s observation. But now, instead of bank bailouts and emergency bond buying, European firepower is being directed at bombs, tanks and drones in the desperate fight to secure the continent's border with Russia.
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Trump's ambition to grab Greenland adds extra heat to the island's election
The president's plan to take over the Arctic territory could find a receptive audience as disillusion with the Danes won't go away
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Opticians could use AI to spot dementia risk with eye scan
High street opticians could play a key role in pinpointing individuals at risk of dementia by spotting distinctive patterns in the retinas of those in the early stages of cognitive decline.
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Revealed: Second Kremlin spy ring in UK
A second Kremlin spy operation has been discovered targeting Russian dissidents in Britain, it can be revealed.
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Yolanda Díaz Pérez - Deputy prime minister, Spain
The leftwing minister’s government has pioneered a workers’ rights bill like the UK’s and there is nothing for Labour to fear, she tells Heather Stewart
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Pregnant, sitting on the floor ... then unjustly fined for fare dodging
A teacher two months away from giving birth ended up being found guilty by a court — because she hadn't printed out a ticket she bought online.
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Why did Alan Turing 'out' himself? College culture at Cambridge may hold clue
Ubiquity of then-illegal gay relations at King's, Cambridge, sheds light on codebreaker's 1952 admission to police
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
The founding fathers baked reason, truth and free speech into the US. That's all gone now
The president’s actions go against the Enlightenment values that gave rise to the constitution. His might-is-right politics have nothing to offer Britain
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
Energy firms – a shocking psychodrama in three acts
Believe me. I would love to write a drama about something other than the energy bills of strangers, but try as I might to find new inspiration, nothing creates tension, plot twists and psychodrama like the utilities sector. So here we go again...
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
AI love you: now bots will write profiles and flirt on dating apps
AI bots will soon be rolled out on dating apps to flirt with people, craft messages on users' behalf and write their profiles for them.
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
'Musk? He's horrendous': Martha Lane Fox on diversity, jobs and the threat from tech bros
The investor and former Twitter board member believes rejecting DEI initiatives is simply denying US companies talent, writes Richard Partington
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
After 80 years of transatlantic ties, Europe forges a whole new alliance
Germany, France and UK sweep away old rules in pledge to do whatever it takes’ to defend themselves from Russian threat
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
'Burn him alive on the street': how Russian journalist was targeted in UK by spy ring
Still living in hiding, Roman Dobrokhotov tells Daniel Boffey the Kremlin will definitely try to kill him again
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Fears of a return to war within days as Gazan airstrikes dent peace hopes
Fears of a return to war in Gaza are intensifying this weekend, with faltering diplomatic efforts and almost daily airstrikes by Israeli forces in the devastated territory.
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
'They brought it on themselves': new low in US-Ukraine relations
There was an audible gasp in the room at the Council on Foreign Relations as Keith Kellogg, the White House’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, characterised the US decision to cut off intelligence sharing and military aid to Kyiv as like beating a farm animal with a piece of wood.
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
'We are still not ready to protect the population'
Remember the lessons of Covid and spend more on health security. Robin McKie hears scientists’ views
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
In the line of fire: the fleet trying to stop Russia taking the Black Sea
When the air raid siren sounds, Captain Oleksandr’s patrol boat scrambles to defend Ukraine against the drone swarms that have come to dominate the war, writes
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Tehran is riven with conflict. Trump's offer of talks won't ease it
The letter the US president, Donald Trump, says he sent to Iran's leadership offering to reopen talks on the country's nuclear programme comes at a point when Iranian domestic politics is at its most unstable for years.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
Crumble, cookies and madeleines – recipes of hope for Iran's jailed women
Sepideh Gholian's diary of prison life came out four years ago. Next month, she will publish a cookbook to honour her fellow inmates. Rachel Cooke meets the journalist who brought her work to the west
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
I adore my children. I'm also scared my son might one day kill me
In the UK, 172 women have been murdered by their sons in the past 15 years. Here, one mother explains why she can't walk away - but often wishes she could
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
Kremlin attacks on Ukraine intensify, killing 14 in Donetsk
Russia launched a devastating attack on Ukraine yesterday, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more, hours after Donald Trump defended Vladimir Putin and said the Kremlin leader was \"doing what anybody would do\".
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
More benefit cuts would risk turning a drip-feed of dissent in Labour's ranks into a flood
There was a telling moment at prime minister’s questions last week when a super-keen Labour backbencher used his moment in the spotlight to praise Keir Starmer as a “true statesman”.
6 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
From Trump whisperer to trouble ... Farage under fire as Reform implodes
Internal row in party over ‘messianic’ leader becomes public amid members’ competing allegations of bullying and dirty tricks
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