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The Observer
Angela Mortimer
The 'frail' Wimbledon, French and Australian grand slam winner who made tactical brilliance her hallmark
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August 31, 2025
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Queen Elizabeth II 'was a remainer'
Queen Elizabeth II was a remainer who told a senior minister \"we shouldn't leave the EU\", according to a new book.
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August 31, 2025
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Putin problem looms over Royal Opera return of Russia's reigning prima donna
Anna Netrebko says she doesn't support the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, but her Tosca faces a chorus of critics
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August 31, 2025
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Donors desert Starmer over Gaza, first-year failures and freebies fallout
Labour's wealthy backers are hanging on to their cash in a sign of their unhappiness at the party's performance after winning power
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August 31, 2025
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Sorry, but I can't get too upset if the big chains become has-beans...
The first Starbucks in New York opened in 1994 - but I didn't go.
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August 31, 2025
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A modern Enlightenment is possible
Will Hutton
4 min |
August 31, 2025
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Your problems
No one will admit fault for missed flight fiasco
3 min |
August 31, 2025
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Al cause of job losses for under 25s
In an influential Ted talk in 2013, economist Erik Brynjolfsson said employers should use artificial intelligence to improve productivity by augmenting workers' human capabilities; their main goal should not be merely to replace people with AI.
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August 31, 2025
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Pope's support for the Chagossians echoes far beyond the Vatican's walls
Philippe Sands went to Rome with a delegation of the islands’ exiles for a rare audience with Leo XIV.
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August 31, 2025
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Dismay in nursery sector as free hours plan grows
When Jeremy Hunt revealed sweeping reforms to the free childcare scheme in 2023, Chizzy Chukwukere, founder of Zippys Day Nursery in Greenwich, southeast London, was supportive. \"Anything that helps parents with affordability is a positive,\" she said.
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August 31, 2025
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So sick to make money out of body distress
The news that Serena Williams - a woman with arguably one of the fittest and strongest bodies in the world - is delighted to have lost those pesky post-baby pounds is a story that should give us pause.
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August 31, 2025
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Western firms make move to get back into Russia as peace efforts signal end of isolation
When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, western companies ran for the exit amid a wave of international opprobrium. Now, some firms are manoeuvring to get back in as US efforts to end the war ease Russia's isolation.
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August 31, 2025
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Trump's Warp Speed surprise mixes the message on vaccines
Dare we hope that Donald Trump is tiring of his anti-vax health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr?
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August 31, 2025
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There's a cancer treatment revolution — but Britain is being left behind
For more than four decades, the developed world has been quietly beating cancer. The death rate, when adjusted for age, is falling rapidly, mainly owing to new treatments and big public efforts to stop people smoking. More awareness of bugs that can cause cancer, such as H-pylori in the stomach, have helped, too. In the US, for example, stomach cancer mortality was nine times lower in 2021 than it was in 1950.
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August 31, 2025
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Reeves feels the pinch as bond yields squeeze spending room
The cost of long-term UK borrowing rose to its highest level in almost 27 years last week, putting pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to find ways to raise extra income as she prepares for her autumn budget.
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August 31, 2025
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'No one wants to live in a world where journalists are killed live on television'
As Israel kills five more media workers in Gaza, the UN says the 'eyes and ears of the world' must be protected.
4 min |
August 31, 2025
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How to deal with able-bodied cynicism? Laugh
Seeing the world from a wheelchair exposes life's complications, says Melanie Reid
2 min |
August 31, 2025
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Reeves needs to call time on dodgy stats
On Friday, the latest retail sales numbers for the British economy were due to be published.
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August 24, 2025
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Lucy Connolly isn't a hero. Justice doesn't mean a verdict you approve of Kenan Malik
Lionising a woman who pleaded guilty to stirring up racial hatred is a moral failure by the right
4 min |
August 24, 2025
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We can't shrink from Palestine Action
There is one part of the UK where terrorist flags and placards have rarely been off the news.
3 min |
August 24, 2025
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Politically acceptable UK racism is on the rise. And, worse, this is under 'progressive' Labour rule
As I wrote these words last autumn: \"We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient\", little did I realise just how right I was.
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August 24, 2025
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We want peace – but not on Putin's terms, Ukrainians say
Weary of Russia's war, the citizens of Ukraine are nevertheless wary of a settlement that might give away too much, or that doesn't carry a security guarantee, reports Liz Cookman in Kyiv
4 min |
August 24, 2025
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Take tougher line on asylum human rights, judges told
Labour will order judges to reinterpret parts of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) early next month as the government grapples with the asylum appeals backlog that has sparked the current crisis.
2 min |
August 24, 2025
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Musk flies a drone fleet over the capital. (Luckily, it's not Elon)
News that a Musk-owned fleet of drones is flying over London this weekend might be enough to prompt fears of a new Blitz.
1 min |
August 24, 2025
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Ganges river dolphin
The dark is my delight.
2 min |
August 24, 2025
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Jerome Powell
If anyone can stand up to Trump, it's the affable and decisive Fed chair, writes Matthew Bishop
4 min |
August 24, 2025
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'We're hiding some very dirty secrets'. The scandal of fake foreign honey
An investigation by Jon Ungoed-Thomas reveals the worldwide honey fraud that begins in China and ends with allegations of adulterated jars on UK supermarkets shelves
5 min |
August 24, 2025
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Europe says it will defend Ukraine. Here's how to do it
Donald Trump’s eagerness to end the war in Ukraine forces Europe to confront a simple question: can it deter Russia from restarting hostilities alone? There is ample evidence that the Kremlin, which has struggled to overcome Ukraine, does not believe it could militarily confront the European continent.
2 min |
August 24, 2025
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Never mind the products: our new business model is to hold crypto and forget the risk
Struggling companies the world over are praying that a risky cryptocurrency strategy is the answer to their problems
4 min |
August 24, 2025
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What's in a name? Umami firm's future in balance as 'Honest' brand row rages
When Honest Umami launched last year, selling a range of MSG-based seasonings, its plan was to upend the market. Now the brand is facing a trademark dispute that co-founder Rob Miller has called \"existential\": the Honest Burgers restaurant chain, which has 39 sites nationwide, is objecting to the use of “honest”, a term it has trademarked.
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