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Jeevan Vasagar
Understanding the water outage in southeast England

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Understanding the water outage in southeast England
Rob Ford
Greens look set to clean up as Labour switchers move left

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Greens look set to clean up as Labour switchers move left
Ian Ralby
Shadow fleets, ghost vessels and false flags: what the law says about seizing oil tankers

Thu 15 Jan 2026

Shadow fleets, ghost vessels and false flags: what the law says about seizing oil tankers
Alex Diggins
I advertised myself as a ‘rental friend’. Then a man asked me to lick his toes

Wed 14 Jan 2026

I advertised myself as a ‘rental friend’. Then a man asked me to lick his toes
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Oxfam board knew CEO could make legal claim if ousted

Sun 11 Jan 2026

Oxfam board knew CEO could make legal claim if ousted
Jeevan Vasagar
BP looks to new management to re-energise fortunes

Sun 11 Jan 2026

BP looks to new management to re-energise fortunes
Xavier Greenwood
White supremacist dating site profiles linked to Tory and Reform councillors

Sun 11 Jan 2026

White supremacist dating site profiles linked to Tory and Reform councillors
Catherine Neilan
Banning all political crypto donations will thwart hostile states, PM told

Sun 11 Jan 2026

Banning all political crypto donations will thwart hostile states, PM told
Vanessa Thorpe
Beckhams sent legal request from Brooklyn

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Beckhams sent legal request from Brooklyn
Lily Isaacs
Buckley’s dramatic rise from BBC talent search to the Golden Globes

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Buckley’s dramatic rise from BBC talent search to the Golden Globes
James Tapper
As Goretti defeats the gritters, Britain counts the cost and braces for more

Sat 10 Jan 2026

As Goretti defeats the gritters, Britain counts the cost and braces for more
Patricia Clarke
A global ‘coalition of decency’ could tackle X over sexualised images

Sat 10 Jan 2026

A global ‘coalition of decency’ could tackle X over sexualised images
Barbara Ellen
How clued-up Traitors stormed the castle

Sat 10 Jan 2026

How clued-up Traitors stormed the castle
Rachel Sylvester
Whitehall split over the special relationship – while Starmer grins and bears it

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Whitehall split over the special relationship – while Starmer grins and bears it
Phoebe Davis
Literary style: Hamnet’s jerkins and capes herald ‘poetcore’ fashion trend

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Literary style: Hamnet’s jerkins and capes herald ‘poetcore’ fashion trend
Tim Adams
Helen Macdonald: ‘If you spend a lot of time with another creature, you sense another world’

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Helen Macdonald: ‘If you spend a lot of time with another creature, you sense another world’
Tim Leunig
Starmer says more of us will feel richer this year. Most won’t

Thu 8 Jan 2026

Starmer says more of us will feel richer this year. Most won’t
Amber Rudd
Children can’t escape the horrors of social media. Ban it for under-16s

Wed 7 Jan 2026

Children can’t escape the horrors of social media. Ban it for under-16s
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
War at Oxfam: how the chief and the chair turned on each other

Mon 5 Jan 2026

War at Oxfam: how the chief and the chair turned on each other
John Simpson
Two-tier citizenship could be ‘weaponised by future government’

Sun 4 Jan 2026

Two-tier citizenship could be ‘weaponised by future government’
Kim Willsher
Everyone stands to gain from an entente cordiale with Brussels

Sun 4 Jan 2026

Everyone stands to gain from an entente cordiale with Brussels
Catherine Neilan
Ten years after Brexit, we’re talking about getting closer to Europe again

Sun 4 Jan 2026

Ten years after Brexit, we’re talking about getting closer to Europe again
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Attempts to slow spread of UK high street gambling overturned by town planners

Sun 4 Jan 2026

Attempts to slow spread of UK high street gambling overturned by town planners
Jeevan Vasagar
Weight-loss drugs create expanding problem of toxic waste

Fri 2 Jan 2026

Weight-loss drugs create expanding problem of toxic waste
Rachel Sylvester
Paul Nurse: ‘We are putting barriers in the way of getting the most talented scientists’

Fri 2 Jan 2026

Paul Nurse: ‘We are putting barriers in the way of getting the most talented scientists’
John Simpson
Scrapping our roles will backfire, warn elected police chiefs

Fri 2 Jan 2026

Scrapping our roles will backfire, warn elected police chiefs
Vanessa Thorpe
Return of The Night Manager, the sequel Le Carré tried to kill

Thu 1 Jan 2026

Return of The Night Manager, the sequel Le Carré tried to kill
Philippe Sands
Christmas appeal: Migrants enrich our culture from the football pitch to the concert hall

Wed 31 Dec 2025

Christmas appeal: Migrants enrich our culture from the football pitch to the concert hall
Karl Burnett
I lost my brother James twice – once to addiction, then to overdose

Tue 30 Dec 2025

I lost my brother James twice – once to addiction, then to overdose
Vanessa Thorpe
Allegations against predatory tutors reveal an ‘endemic’ culture of abuse at conservatoires

Mon 29 Dec 2025

Allegations against predatory tutors reveal an ‘endemic’ culture of abuse at conservatoires
John Simpson
Campaigners scent a chance to avert trail hunting ban

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Campaigners scent a chance to avert trail hunting ban
John Simpson
Ex-husband among six on drugging and rape charges

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Ex-husband among six on drugging and rape charges
Phoebe Davis
Gay drama on ice races to cult status – and is set to raise temperatures in UK

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Gay drama on ice races to cult status – and is set to raise temperatures in UK
Rachel Sylvester
Rejoin customs union to help fix ‘botched’ Brexit, says TUC boss

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Rejoin customs union to help fix ‘botched’ Brexit, says TUC boss
Catherine Neilan
Labour averts revolt by MPs as tractor protests drive climbdown on farm tax

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Labour averts revolt by MPs as tractor protests drive climbdown on farm tax
Elif Shafak
‘Stories bring us closer together, while silences only keep us apart’

Sat 27 Dec 2025

‘Stories bring us closer together, while silences only keep us apart’
Zack Polanski
Calais exposes our moral failure on migration. We can and must do better

Fri 26 Dec 2025

Calais exposes our moral failure on migration. We can and must do better
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
The Bradford jeweller who turned dirty money into a trail of gold

Fri 26 Dec 2025

The Bradford jeweller who turned dirty money into a trail of gold
Rachel Sylvester
‘Children need loving, lifelong connections. That’s what this is’

Fri 26 Dec 2025

‘Children need loving, lifelong connections. That’s what this is’
Phil Tinline
The media hedges its bets on the profits of doom

Fri 26 Dec 2025

The media hedges its bets on the profits of doom
Naomi Alderman
Beavers, books and brilliance: 25 things worth celebrating about 2025

Thu 25 Dec 2025

Beavers, books and brilliance: 25 things worth celebrating about 2025
Phoebe Davis
How the trans debate shattered the ‘tranquil haven’ of Hampstead Ponds

Wed 24 Dec 2025

How the trans debate shattered the ‘tranquil haven’ of Hampstead Ponds
Ceri Thomas
A ‘straightforward’ life-or-death decision on hunger strikers

Wed 24 Dec 2025

A ‘straightforward’ life-or-death decision on hunger strikers
John Simpson
Qesser Zuhrah: the student who could soon become the UK’s youngest hunger striker to die

Sun 21 Dec 2025

Qesser Zuhrah: the student who could soon become the UK’s youngest hunger striker to die
James Tapper
The care home gold rush

Sun 21 Dec 2025

The care home gold rush
Rachel Sylvester
Wes Streeting: ‘I’m diplomatically ducking the question. This is not a pitch or a job application’

Sun 21 Dec 2025

Wes Streeting: ‘I’m diplomatically ducking the question. This is not a pitch or a job application’
Claudia Williams
David Walliams’ new book was promoted hours before he was ditched by publisher

Sun 21 Dec 2025

David Walliams’ new book was promoted hours before he was ditched by publisher
Vanessa Thorpe
Counterpoints Arts: ‘As a refugee, I don’t know how I’d have survived without their help’

Sun 21 Dec 2025

Counterpoints Arts: ‘As a refugee, I don’t know how I’d have survived without their help’
Lily Isaacs
Timothée Chalamet proves supremely gifted at the gen Z Oscars game

Sat 20 Dec 2025

Timothée Chalamet proves supremely gifted at the gen Z Oscars game
Rachel Sylvester
Hillsborough law could leave families waiting even longer in search for justice

Sat 20 Dec 2025

Hillsborough law could leave families waiting even longer in search for justice
Charlotte Reck
The big business model making millions from kids in care

Fri 19 Dec 2025

The big business model making millions from kids in care
Martha Gill
Britain is turning into a nation of Scrooges

Thu 18 Dec 2025

Britain is turning into a nation of Scrooges
Stephen Armstrong
Lisa Nandy signals end of the road for BBC board political appointees

Wed 17 Dec 2025

Lisa Nandy signals end of the road for BBC board political appointees
James Tapper
There’s more flu around – but it’s not more dangerous

Sun 14 Dec 2025

There’s more flu around – but it’s not more dangerous
John Ware
MI5 used ‘farcical’ rule to cover up Stakeknife’s role in IRA killings

Sun 14 Dec 2025

MI5 used ‘farcical’ rule to cover up Stakeknife’s role in IRA killings
Phoebe Davis
Exhausted midwives say ‘put up or shut up’ NHS culture puts mothers and babies at risk

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Exhausted midwives say ‘put up or shut up’ NHS culture puts mothers and babies at risk
Vanessa Thorpe
Library card plan to help write newborns’ first chapter

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Library card plan to help write newborns’ first chapter
John Simpson
Far right has ‘parked its tanks on the front lawn of the Church of England’, bishop says

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Far right has ‘parked its tanks on the front lawn of the Church of England’, bishop says
John Simpson
Freemasons challenge Met over membership declaration

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Freemasons challenge Met over membership declaration
Vanessa Thorpe
Who’s in the frame for the Tate’s top job? (Warning: there’s red tape attached)

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Who’s in the frame for the Tate’s top job? (Warning: there’s red tape attached)
Catherine Neilan
‘I never encountered that kind of cruel, personal antisemitism before or since’

Sun 14 Dec 2025

‘I never encountered that kind of cruel, personal antisemitism before or since’
Chloe Hadjimatheou
The real Salt Path: Raynor Winn's 'confession' that she stole from her family

Sun 14 Dec 2025

The real Salt Path: Raynor Winn's 'confession' that she stole from her family
Graham Noble
On Dulwich school trips, Nigel Farage and the other smokers took the ‘Belsen Bus’

Sat 13 Dec 2025

On Dulwich school trips, Nigel Farage and the other smokers took the ‘Belsen Bus’
Luke Turner
Nigel Farage’s Hitler obsession was something else

Sat 13 Dec 2025

Nigel Farage’s Hitler obsession was something else
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer accused of ‘blind spot’ over dangers of social media for children

Fri 12 Dec 2025

Starmer accused of ‘blind spot’ over dangers of social media for children
Erica Wagner
Emma Barnett: ‘BBC colleagues feel under attack, but they should feel proud of their work’

Thu 11 Dec 2025

Emma Barnett: ‘BBC colleagues feel under attack, but they should feel proud of their work’
Caitlin Macdonald
When Krampus came to Yorkshire

Wed 10 Dec 2025

When Krampus came to Yorkshire
Oliver Marsden
Riddled with bullet holes and grief, Sangin has no choice but to remember the British

Mon 8 Dec 2025

Riddled with bullet holes and grief, Sangin has no choice but to remember the British
Xavier Greenwood
Spotify rapped: results don’t reflect the music we like

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Spotify rapped: results don’t reflect the music we like
Becky Pinnington
UK ‘flying blind’ in key policy areas thanks to unreliable official data

Sun 7 Dec 2025

UK ‘flying blind’ in key policy areas thanks to unreliable official data
John Simpson
‘Death risk’ fear for Palestine Action hunger strike activists

Sun 7 Dec 2025

‘Death risk’ fear for Palestine Action hunger strike activists
Vanessa Thorpe
‘Stoppard’s work thrilled him’: critic who spotted brilliance from the start

Sun 7 Dec 2025

‘Stoppard’s work thrilled him’: critic who spotted brilliance from the start
Isabel Coles
Starmer to host Zelensky and EU leaders for Ukraine talks

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Starmer to host Zelensky and EU leaders for Ukraine talks
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer: ‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Keir Starmer: ‘The Greens are anti-Nato and think it’s all right to sell drugs. That’s nuts’
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
FA pressed to close loophole on club owners’ football betting

Sat 6 Dec 2025

FA pressed to close loophole on club owners’ football betting
Vanessa Thorpe
‘It’s like finding myself again’: Julian Lloyd Webber picks up his cello after 10 years

Sat 6 Dec 2025

‘It’s like finding myself again’: Julian Lloyd Webber picks up his cello after 10 years
Catherine Neilan
‘Even Dickens would be lost for words’: inside the supported housing scandal

Sat 6 Dec 2025

‘Even Dickens would be lost for words’: inside the supported housing scandal
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
New ‘romantasy’ novels sell fantasies of sexual violence

Fri 5 Dec 2025

New ‘romantasy’ novels sell fantasies of sexual violence
Deborah Haynes
British fighting power is ‘a mirage’, say former defence secretaries

Thu 4 Dec 2025

British fighting power is ‘a mirage’, say former defence secretaries
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
The tenants forced to pay for their richer neighbours’ gyms

Wed 3 Dec 2025

The tenants forced to pay for their richer neighbours’ gyms
Ceri Thomas
SAS leaders suppressed war crimes claims, Afghanistan inquiry hears

Wed 3 Dec 2025

SAS leaders suppressed war crimes claims, Afghanistan inquiry hears
James Tapper
Concern from former PMs, Olympians and actors as prostate screening rejected

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Concern from former PMs, Olympians and actors as prostate screening rejected
Catherine Neilan
Pro-Kremlin posts attacked BBC after Panorama scandal

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Pro-Kremlin posts attacked BBC after Panorama scandal
John Simpson
David Lammy’s plan to slash jury trials criticised by his own expert adviser

Sun 30 Nov 2025

David Lammy’s plan to slash jury trials criticised by his own expert adviser
James Tapper
Immigration judges targeted by far right after Tory MP’s campaign

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Immigration judges targeted by far right after Tory MP’s campaign
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Windermere hit by 50bn-litre deluge from sewage plants

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Windermere hit by 50bn-litre deluge from sewage plants
Ceri Thomas
History is just one more battleground in culture war being fought over the BBC

Sun 30 Nov 2025

History is just one more battleground in culture war being fought over the BBC
Xavier Greenwood
Councils turn to bailiffs amid cost of living crisis

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Councils turn to bailiffs amid cost of living crisis
James Tapper
Redwoods take root in UK plan to meet climate crisis targets

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Redwoods take root in UK plan to meet climate crisis targets
Vanessa Thorpe
‘He will be remembered for his wit, irreverence and generosity of spirit’

Sat 29 Nov 2025

‘He will be remembered for his wit, irreverence and generosity of spirit’
Malika Browne
All fired up about antique Delft – and a surprise brush with AI

Sat 29 Nov 2025

All fired up about antique Delft – and a surprise brush with AI
Tom Baldwin
The rise and fall of the superadviser, and the future of Morgan McSweeney

Sat 29 Nov 2025

The rise and fall of the superadviser, and the future of Morgan McSweeney
Rachel Sylvester
Richard Branson: ‘I fell in love with a gorgeous girl who worked in a little bric-a-brac shopʼ

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Richard Branson: ‘I fell in love with a gorgeous girl who worked in a little bric-a-brac shopʼ
The Observer leader
Better than forecast

Thu 27 Nov 2025

Better than forecast
Philip Collins
The chancellor’s speech, decoded

Wed 26 Nov 2025

The chancellor’s speech, decoded
Giles Whittell
Rachel Reeves is in a double bind

Wed 26 Nov 2025

Rachel Reeves is in a double bind
Donna Ferguson
Nell Gwyn’s naughty pop-up book pops up at auction

Wed 26 Nov 2025

Nell Gwyn’s naughty pop-up book pops up at auction
Madeleine Parr
In a matter of months Your Party seems to have failed. What needs to be done to make it a viable political force?

Tue 25 Nov 2025

In a matter of months Your Party seems to have failed. What needs to be done to make it a viable political force?
Rachel Sylvester
Eyes in the sky: gamers called up as army bets on march of the drones

Mon 24 Nov 2025

Eyes in the sky: gamers called up as army bets on march of the drones

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