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The Observer
“There were people following us up the coast with torches. It was like a scene from Shrek
Charity rowers tell of ordeal after ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe posts social media messages accusing them of being illegal migrants
4 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
Clear rules are needed for police disclosures to stop information being weaponised
What should police say about an alleged perpetrator in a high-profile case or a critical incident?
3 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
US journalist survives five days on glacier in Norway
After five days of surviving on protein bars and rainwater, Alec Luhn, an award-winning US climate journalist, was found alive on a Norwegian glacier by rescue services on Wednesday.
1 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
Britain's social fabric has been torn but it's just easier to blame immigration
Is the UK “a rich country”, asked the economist Max Mosley earlier this year in a report by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). It might, he observed, seem “a surprising question to ask” about the world’s sixth largest economy. The answer, though, is not as “straightforward” as it might have been in the past.
3 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
Pity nepo parent Daniel Day-Lewis. Is he just another dad who can't say no?
What happens when the nepo debate inconveniently attaches itself to someone whose work you respect? There's excitement about triple Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis returning to acting to star in the film Anemone.
2 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
Pamela and Liam, Katy and Justin, Ana and Tom or the Coldplay duo. Which summer fling are you?
As celebrities use the summer break to unveil new relationships, take Barbara Ellen's quiz to find out which couple you most resemble
5 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
Unite union 'broke law' in hotel construction scandal that left £66m hole in its accounts
Auditors discovered several financial failures by the leading Labour donor linked to Birmingham scheme
5 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
American alligator
You don’t know bout me less you read a book by the name Life on the Mississippi but that ain’t no matter.
2 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
Law supports immediate deportation of foreign criminals
Foreign criminals will face immediate deportation under a change to the law being announced today. Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, said the government would introduce legislation to allow some foreign prisoners to be removed from the UK as soon as they are sentenced.
1 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
Oh no, South Park's got a new owner – let's hope he's in on the joke
The $8bn takeover of Paramount has far-reaching implications for the old Hollywood studios and journalism
4 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
Cheat on your boyfriend if you must. But don't share it on speakerphone with the rest of us
Smartphone noise pollution is altering public spaces, so why are so many of us guilty of it? Kate Maltby takes to the street to find out
4 min |
August 10, 2025
The Observer
Lindsay Lohan
Will the actor's talent finally be recognised in the forthcoming Freaky Friday movie, asks Barbara Ellen
4 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
It's refined in India, but Putin's oil is still gushing into the UK
On 18 July, a jubilant chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, proclaimed that the UK was \"turning the screw on the Kremlin's war chest\".
1 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Starlink 'not up to task' of delivering broadband
Elon Musk's satellite internet company, Starlink, operates more than two-thirds of the active satellites orbiting the earth and is set to take a share of more than $40bn of US public funding for rural broadband. But doubts are now rising over whether it can reliably deliver the service.
2 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Trump floods the media – but can't make the Epstein scandal go away
White House news blitz comes as Ghislaine Maxwell is transferred to 'Club Fed' minimum security prison
4 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
They kill horses, but the outcry is getting louder
The New York cruelty case has again raised the animal rights issue, writes Melanie Reid
2 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Identity crisis
Digital ID cards could be an effective tool against the illegal migration corroding Labour's credibility
2 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Controversy over how to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine
Last week, the supreme court ruled that Phi, a now-derelict superyacht seized in March 2022, would remain in London, writes Emma Haslett
4 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
A second chance: Sizewell C to give jobs to hundreds of ex-offenders
Nuclear power station to offer training courses and work for prisoners in the building and operation of the plant
3 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Howzat! Now India is calling all the shots
Cricket in India manages to be both mass-participation religion and opulent dreamland, set alongside Bollywood.
1 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA IMPROVES ITS POSITION IN THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION UNIVERSITY IMPACT RANKINGS
THE 2025 RESULTS RELEASED IN JUNE show that the University of South Africa's performance regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals rose to 66,3, compared to 65,3 achieved in 2024.
2 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Trump has made the world cross the economic rubicon – an act we will all regret
This weekend is the moment the world crossed the economic rubicon. Until now the open, trade-friendly system built and expanded after the second world war, the midwife of unprecedented global growth and peace, still held - if only just.
4 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Protest or terrorism? Palestine Action wins right to challenge ban in Britain
After more than 200 arrests, activists now hope to build on last week's court ruling with a mass demo that could fill police cells
6 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Tether's record quarterly profit shows strength of stablecoins
In the flurry of results last week one company deserved particular attention. Tether, the world's largest issuer of dollar-backed stablecoins, registered a whopping net profit of $4.9bn (£3.7bn) - a quarterly record.
1 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
A new dotcom bubble? Al hype has yet to translate into profits
The top two tech firms are worth twice the rest of the FTSE 100 combined but valuations haven't turned into revenues, write Patricia Clarke and Katie Riley
2 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Labour is facing a two-fronted battle:and, whisper it, even Sir Keir's seat could be at risk
With a new leftwing party launching, the danger now is that disillusioned voters hand more to rivals from both flanks
4 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
China attacks! It's a TV show... but the fear is real for Taiwan
\"Enemy missile attack! Seek shelter immediately!\" The presidential alert blared on millions of mobile phones.
1 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Why Reeves would do best to bank on Bailey
Rachel Reeves is fighting on too many fronts. She remains wedded to her “iron clad” fiscal rules when even the traditionally hawkish German government is relaxing its budgetary rules to make provision for extra defence spending.
2 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
Children cannot be safe online. We will just have to carry on policing them
The Online Safety Act is a response to a practical problem everyone wants to solve, which is to stop kids from stumbling across pornography online.
3 min |
August 03, 2025
The Observer
The crane
We are the birds who lived. We were gone - for half a millennium - but we came back and, in a modest sort of way, we thrive.
2 min |