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The Observer
DMGT takes NatWest loan to purchase the Telegraph
With RedBird Capital set to transfer its right-to-buy option, the ball is in Lisa Nandy's court to greenlight Rothermere's deal, writes Stephen Armstrong
3 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Library card plan to help write newborns' first chapter
New mothers receive a modest bundle of gifts from the state, from nappy packs to the NHS “red book” in which to chart their baby’s health.
2 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Free Willy lifeline is just a fantasy for France’s last two captive orcas
Environmentalists are fighting to save a pair of killer whales that can’t be released into the wild
4 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Musk has shut Doge but does it leave a data trail?
Even Elon Musk admits that the Department of Government Efficiency he ran was only “somewhat successful”.
1 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
After budget betrayal, hospitality industry faces leaner times
It may not be all gloom, but smaller pubs are struggling to stay afloat in their busiest season, writes Jasper Reid
2 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
To ban or not to ban
Social media debate splits the government
1 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Thank heavens for Sondheim as Star Trek makes an illogical Netflix exit
Off to the Bridge Theatre in London, and a new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into The Woods, directed by Jordan Fein and designed by Tom Scutt.
2 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
I still bear the scars of Farage’s cruelty, says former pupil
The Reform leader’s rejection of Tommy Robinson won over voters. But new claims from contemporaries could change that
3 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Musk has shut Doge but does it leave a data trail?
Even Elon Musk admits that the Department of Government Efficiency he ran was only “somewhat successful”.
1 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
'BBC colleagues feel under attack, but they should feel proud of their work'
To stroll through Herne Hill and Brockwell Park in southeast London with Emma Barnett and Jeremy Weil is to see a seemingly ordinary London district anew: and for the two of them, that’s the whole point.
8 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
On Nebraska's frozen plains, farmers count the costs of backing Trump
The rural communities that voted for the president in droves are facing their worst economic crisis in 40 years - caused in large part by the tariff policies they supported.
6 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Who's in the frame for the Tate's top job? (Warning: there's red tape attached)
Maria Balshaw is to quit as galleries director in the spring. Her successor will have plenty on their plate
3 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
As US piles pressure on Maduro's regime, Venezuelans focus on everyday survival
The state has been mandating Christmas celebrations since October — but across the country fear, anxiety and surveillance are all on the rise
3 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Tawny owl
I have my being in silence, but without noise I'm nothing.
2 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Bulldozers raze homes and history as Ethiopia’s PM builds his new Dubai
Tsadik Bayou’s new flat on the edge of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, is little more than a concrete shell.
3 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
"They call it peace, but in storm-tossed Gaza, it looks like purgatory
After the war, came the storm.
3 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Starmer accused of 'blind spot' as call for under-16 social media ban grows
With rising fears about mental health impact of tech, ministers are split on following Australia's restrictions
5 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Morocco’s gen Z move their protest online … and all the king’s men click to follow
First the young rose up in Nepal, then Madagascar. Now Moroccans are using gaming platforms to voice their own fury. Olivia Acland reports from Agadir and Casablanca
6 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Oracle bodes ill for Al bubble
In only three months, Oracle has turned from a surprise winner in the huge boom in AI company shares into a potential weakest link that could cause the market to crash.
1 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
King's message sends 100,000 flocking to online cancer checker
A televised message by King Charles urging people to get themselves checked for cancer has been credited with a surge in people seeking information about screening.
1 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
MI5 used 'farcial' rule to cover up Stakeknife’s role in IRA killings
The ‘neither confirm nor deny’ protocol has become a pantomime, say those who led the inquiry into the spy’s murderous activities
3 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Far right has 'parked its tanks on the front lawn of the Church of England', bishop says
Priest warns of emerging US-style nationalism within Christianity and of a looming battle against a Maga agenda
2 min |
December 14, 2025
The Observer
Faulty and inaccessible defibrillators linked to dozens of deaths
On a Saturday afternoon in early November last year, the members of Beauchief Tennis Club in Sheffield were taking part in their annual winter league.
2 min |
November 23, 2025
The Observer
Behind the wheel I’m free. That irks some people
Motability for disabled people is no freebie, says Melanie Reid - it's sweet independence
2 min |
December 07, 2025
The Observer
Reform's record £9m crypto donation is just the latest offering from abroad
Two thirds of funds given to Nigel Farage's party this parliament have come donors with overseas interests
2 min |
December 07, 2025
The Observer
Trump’s favourite for Fed chair gets a cool reception from Wall Street
Donald Trump’s search for a new chairman of the Federal Reserve seemed to reach a conclusion last week — at least until Wall Street lobbying against his presumed choice put the announcement on ice.
3 min |
December 07, 2025
The Observer
Will the leftish parties unite to stop Nigel Farage from becoming PM?
It's time to start thinking about electoral pacts - though now it's near impossible to see how a bargain would be struck
4 min |
December 07, 2025
The Observer
‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’
Keir Starmer says the thing he misses most as prime minister is taking long, solitary hikes in the countryside.
8 min |
December 07, 2025
The Observer
Riddled with bullet holes and grief, Sangin has no choice but to remember the British
'Kill or capture' raids and 'call-out procedures' that ended in unexplained deaths in Afghanistan are at the heart of the hearing into war crimes. Oliver Marsden tours a still traumatised land
9 min |
December 07, 2025
The Observer
Aid in a post-aid world
In a world where much foreign policy is in Trumpian disarray, it is hard to spare a thought for multilateralism - just another victim in a global road crash.
4 min |