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The Observer
KKR's bid for NHS landlord exposes City's vulnerability
Private equity's battle to aquire Assura is the latest example of companies snapping up discounts on the UK stock exchange, writes Barney Macintyre
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
What about tax breaks for investing in UK plc too?
There isn’t any reliable evidence on whether former non-doms are leaving. Non-dom status is reported on tax forms, which have been the basis for quantitative estimates of departures, but not on LinkedIn, nor even on Companies House. The only way to know what is happening is to use tax data, which won't have been submitted yet.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
150 Labour MPs ready to rebel against welfare reforms
As many as 150 Labour MPs are threatening to rebel against the government's welfare reforms next month, raising the prospect of Keir Starmer's first Commons defeat since becoming prime minister.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
RFK Jr effect lifts alternative medicine stocks to the stars
Share trading in Regencell Bioscience, an obscure company that develops traditional Chinese herbal treatments, was halted on Friday due to volatility.
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
Duty done: K-pop's top boyband is reunited
The rapper Suga, below, became the seventh and final member of the K-pop mega group BTS to finish his mandatory South Korean military service on Saturday, marking the end of the band’s hiatus while serving their country.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Ooh err, missus! Lloyds made me into a man
I have been a woman for 59 years but Lloyds has decided it's time for me to be a man.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Miliband: I'm glad Just Stop Oil has closed down. They turned people off
Ed Miliband has called for an end to \"hair shirt\" environmentalism, urging instead a focus on the economic benefits of a \"green industrial revolution\" that, he said, could create almost 400,000 jobs.
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Lena Dunham
The creator of the TV blockbuster Girls is back but avoiding the limelight, writes Barbara Ellen
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Bailed Kneecap face mixed messages before Glasto gig
Billboards, fly posters, T-shirts — nothing unusual outside a music venue.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Keir Starmer faces his greatest test in foreign policy – one that could define his premiership
As the US teeters on the brink of war with Iran, the prime minister must decide whether to support Trump or jeopardise the special relationship
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Dig starts at Irish home where 796 infants died
Preparatory excavations have begun at the site of the unmarried mothers' home in Tuam, County Galway, where the remains of 796 babies and young children are believed to be buried in a mass grave.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Despair of families watching attacks on Gaza food aid sites
The attack began at 9pm last Thursday. Ibrahim al-Qattrawi pushed his face into the dirt, waiting for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) food distribution point to open, while Israeli quadcopters circled overhead. Bullets and artillery shells tore through the air around him.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Iran's Berlin moment
Israel's allies cannot afford to waste it
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
History's women have more to tell us than their fashion choices
Let them wear Manolos! The Victoria & Albert Museum has unveiled plans for an exhibition on the fashion legacy of Marie Antoinette.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Donald's golden steel share
With his love for all things golden, it is unsurprising that Donald Trump has created America’s first golden share.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Alfred Brendel
Piano virtuoso who felt silence was important in music and comically chided coughers and sneezers
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
'This isn't a leader. This is a man in hiding': the myth of Khamenei is over
In Tehran, even under a rain of missiles, people find each other. That's the image emerging on Iran’s fractured, unstable internet. Among those is Bahman, a bookseller in central Tehran. Each evening, he posts late-night updates from his shop — cafe lights still flickering, cigarettes passed under taped windows, strangers exchanging meaningful nods. Another social media user wrote: “The city is wounded, but still breathing - together.”
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
TSB unlikely to attract big banks desperate to grow
As a takeover approach for TSB is expected to kick off a long-awaited consolidation of Britain's mid-tier banks, the question is not so much who but why.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Slam dunk for LA Lakers in record $10bn sale
Last week's $10bn sale of a controlling stake in the LA Lakers basketball team has set a new record value for a professional sports franchise.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Trump keeps Nato allies on edge over pledge to increase defence spending
As summit looms and global tensions rise, podcast’s exposure of UK forces’ weakness is a prescient warning
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Who v Beatles: the original nepo baby causing a big s-s-s-sensation
The Who keep firing drummer, Zak Starkey — and his irked Beatle dad doesn't want him to get fooled again, writes Barbara Ellen
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Israeli hackers steal $90m Iranian crypto – and 'burn' it
A group of pro-Israel hackers known as Predatory Sparrow targeted Iran's largest crypto exchange last Wednesday, stealing roughly $90m (£67m).
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Chancellor faces U-turn on tax rules after non-doms take fright
Mounting evidence that super-rich non-doms are quitting the UK after changes to how they are taxed may push Rachel Reeves into an embarrassing U-turn.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
French police wade into the small boats battle
Small boats crossing the Channel will be intercepted for the first time under new laws proposed by French ministers.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Jaws proves the power of a snappy title
Rachel Cooke
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
The world waits for Trump decision as B-2 bombers move into position
President caught between European diplomacy and risks of US military action
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Flight 171: 'They only had a few seconds. There were no good options'
An engine failure or pilot error? Questions are mounting as the Air India disaster investigation begins.
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
'The fascists have tried to occupy our area': how Trump's raids unleashed a firestorm
It started with seizures of immigrants in factories and troops on the streets — and ended with nannies grabbed from parks and a tide of resistance that has even surprised activists.
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
A world on fire makes compelling case for west's leaders to sit round G7 table
When the G7 meets in Canada today it will be the 51st gathering since its foundation. But there will be no polite applause from the gallery. Instead, it faces searching questions about its relevance in these turbulent and divided times, with war in Europe, the Middle East in flames, and the Oval Office occupied by someone openly disdainful of alliances and multilateralism.
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Barbara Holdridge
The audiobook pioneer whose early recordings of Dylan Thomas kickstarted a global phenomenon
3 min |