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The Observer
‘No one wants Burnham round here’: mayor faces voter hostility in byelection
The Greater Manchester mayor seeks a return to Westminster via Ashton-in-Makerfield. But Reform is poaching once-loyal Labour supporters, residents tell Andrew Anthony
4 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
French artists join La Résistance against a rightwing billionaire’s takeover
Authors, film-makers and journalists have united in their refusal to be part of media mogul Vincent Bolloré’s ‘ideological war’
4 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Common pipistrelle bat
It's the nicest place I've ever heard. The trees are in just the right places, and there’s a couple of handy streetlights where the foolish insects so obligingly gather.
2 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
The prime minister’s past few days have resembled not so much Macbeth as The Comedy of Errors
Streeting and Burnham have unleashed a perilous summer for Labour driven by panic, miscalculation and naked ambition
4 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Swapping push-ups for poetry with a Eurovision cool-down is my kind of fitness plan
A weekly dose of the arts has been found to lower our biological age. I stand vindicated...
3 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Fury as Republican gerrymandering to dilute Black vote is approved by courts
Fearful of November's midterms, the GOP is attempting to redraw district maps in its favour, and lawmakers appear content to let it, writes Hugh Tomlinson
3 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
How a love-starved childhood inspired David Lean, cinema’s great romantic
A new documentary highlights the brutal relationship with his father that shaped the director’s life and work
3 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
A truth problem
There are about 5m reasons not to trust Farage
2 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Billionaires eye classic artworks as Iran war pushes up the prices
The Iran war has caused the cost of crude oil to soar. It may also push up the prices of the more refined oils being traded in the latest round of New York art auctions.
1 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
The gentleman is for turning: Farage changes story on money
When it was revealed last month that Nigel Farage had received a £5m gift from Christopher Harborne without declaring it, the Reform UK leader insisted he did not have to because it was for his personal security.
1 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
French wine crisis leads to death among the vineyards
Desperate vignerons are taking their own lives as climate change, US tariffs and wars take a grim toll on their livelihoods. Alex Diggins reports
10 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Furore over Farage’s £5m stings MPs into action over pre-election gifts
Backbenchers want to change the law so that any sums received by MPs before July 2024 will have to be declared
2 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Severn Trent’s sparkling results buck the water company trend
Ahead of its annual results next week, Severn Trent looks like a rarity: a UK water company that has kept its debts modest compared to its market value and secured the highest rating from regulators for its environmental performance, while revenue is growing and its market valuation has risen by a fifth over the past year.
2 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Kidnap, torture, near starvation: Rohingyas caught in a cruel limbo
Almost a decade after fleeing genocide in Myanmar, a million people are trapped in Bangladesh, tightly packed into the world’s largest refugee settlement while marauding gangs commit rape and murder with impunity.
7 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
OnlyFans, the bank that likes to say yes, yes, yes…!
Having helped its creators monetise their wares, the porn-friendly media company may one day offer them bank accounts, loans, even mortgages. What could go wrong, asks Barney Macintyre
1 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Children’s AI chatbot toys could talk youngsters out of learning about life
Experts say AI-enabled ‘friends’ pose a risk to developing social skills
2 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
How should Labour boost Britain and fix the economy?
Labour's crisis is being forged by the same working-class communities that gave birth to the party.
4 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
A familiar fear and violence is stalking German streets again
The signs, if you want to acknowledge them, are everywhere in Germany. It’s the far-right graffiti that appears faster than authorities can scrub it off.
3 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Want healthier, wealthier cities? Hire an architect
Cities could save billions of pounds and improve the health of residents by hiring architects with local knowledge to improve their designs, a new report has suggested.
1 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Shabana Mahmood set to be Labour 'kingmaker' in leadership battle
Shabana Mahmood has emerged as a key figure in the Labour leadership race.
1 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Patients feel pain as PE drills into dental revenues
Private equity firms are snapping up surgeries and dumping NHS contracts, critics say, driving up costs and creating ‘dental deserts’. Emma Haslett reports
3 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
My sister died after using a suicide site. We need answers
Last week, a pro-suicide website was fined £950,000 by Ofcom.
3 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Streeting vows to undo ‘catastrophic mistake’ of Brexit if he becomes PM
‘Britain’s future lies with Europe’ says the former health secretary and leadership hopeful in a scathing attack on Starmer’s leadership
3 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
SpaceX to float despite debris risk
As Elon Musk’s SpaceX prepares for its IPO, forecast to raise perhaps $30bn at an expected value of up to $2tn, is there a message for investors in the recent headlines predicting that a discarded part of one of the company’s rockets will crash into the moon in August?
1 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Low-hanging fruit on FTSE fuels spree of takeover deals
That loud sucking noise? That’s the sound of companies being pulled off London's stock exchange.
1 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Southampton face playoff expulsion over ‘spygate’
The photograph of a Southampton FC intern, seemingly half hidden behind a tree recording a Middlesbrough training session on his mobile phone, tells you one thing: this does not appear to be high-level espionage.
1 min |
May 17, 2026
The Observer
Foureye butterflyfish
I'm beautiful, but who isn’t?
2 min |
May 10, 2026
The Observer
Praful Nargund Let's forge a path to a new deal
It's just been a disaster. These are not my words, but the words of a Reform voter in Bolton.
1 min |
May 10, 2026
The Observer
Andy Haldane A half-baked loaf of fiscal devolution isn't enough
The government came to power promising a “devolution revolution”.
1 min |
May 10, 2026
The Observer
Richard Dawkins' Claude delusion belies what it means to be human
If these machines are not conscious, what more could it possibly take to convince you that they are?” So asked Richard Dawkins in an essay in UnHerd describing his engagement with the chatbot Claude.
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