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Ministry of Defence
Fighting on two fronts
A member of the armed forces terrorised his wife for years. A family court later awarded him unsupervised access to his daughter – in a case the government hoped would never be made public, Louise Tickle reports
Football
Play the hits
José Mourinho seems destined for a return to Real Madrid, continuing to play his role in football’s biggest soap opera, Rory Smith writes
Books
Unhealthy arguments
The debate surrounding the assisted dying bill quickly became a tribal war of words.Â
In a raft of new books Andrew Anthony finds insight into the morally inflexible positions that helped to halt its progress
For today
Prejudice
Xavier Greenwood
Labour’s attempts to tackle antisemitism risk missing the point
US foreign policy
Thomas Graham
Maduro’s successor cements her power, as Venezuelans wait for change
Local elections
Rachel Sylvester
‘You’re a mug for playing by the rules’: disillusioned voters split left and right
Fridamania
Vanessa Thorpe
Fridamania: How the Mexican artist became a global brand
Truth Tellers
Sir Harry Evans was arguably the greatest newspaper editor of the 20th century. The Sir Harry Evans Global Summit in Investigative Journalism brings together the world’s most dogged and diverse truth-seekers to continue his legacy. Watch this year’s summit here
National
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Politics
Rob Ford
Britain’s fragmented future: why this year’s local elections will be the messiest yet
The Observer walk
Rachel Sylvester
James Timpson: ‘I can see the positive in people where others maybe can’t’
High street
Caitlin Macdonald
Claire’s was doomed when it lost its sparkle with gen Alpha
Reform UK
Catherine Neilan
