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  • Dan Poulter, sitting at a table with two red Labour mugs on it, signs a form as Ellie Reeves watches

    Top Tory MP defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisis

    Ex-health minister Dan Poulter, who also works as a hospital doctor, says Conservatives have become ‘nationalist party of the right’
  • Demonstrators hold placards related to the NHS infected blood scandal and Bayer-owned Cutter Laboratories warned the presence of virus in its commercial blood product Koate 'should be assumed'.

    Revealed: UK government was warned of infected blood risks in 1970s

News

  • A teenage girl sitting in a dark doorway with light coming from an adjoining room

    Vulnerable teenagers ‘dumped and abandoned’ in hotels by councils in England

  • Scott Rider, as a child and adult, who was convicted in 2005, said he had lost hope he would ever be freed.

    ‘Indefensible’: UK prisoner jailed for 23 months killed himself after being held for 17 years

    Coroner condemns ‘inhumane’ imprisonment for public protection sentences that have no end date for release
  • Prime minister Rishi Sunak at a press conference in the Federal Chancellery during his visit to Berlin.

    Threat of summer poll a tactic to ward off Sunak revolt, say senior Tories

    Rumours of an early election, despite Labour’s lead in opinion polls, being used to keep unruly Conservative MPs in check

  • ‘Almost beyond belief’: axing of teacher recruitment scheme will worsen crisis, say critics

  • Tory staff running network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse

  • SNP split from Greens boosts Keir Starmer’s election chances, say Labour insiders

  • Rageh Omaar says he was ‘determined to finish’ after becoming unwell on air

  • London Gaza protest: has row over ‘openly Jewish’ remark changed the march’s mood?

  • ‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’: how UK’s infected blood scandal has torn lives apart

  • ‘Plasma was called liquid gold’: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal

  • The ‘boring phone’: stressed-out gen Z ditch smartphones for dumbphones

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World

  • a person holds a sign that reads "free Palestine" with a drawing of a watermelon slice

    Echoes of Vietnam era as pro-Palestinian student protests roil US campuses

    Calls for divestment continue despite hundreds of arrests, with more demonstrations planned for Democratic national convention
  • Posters showing councilwoman Marielle Franco, whose murder has inspired a generation of journalists to probe Rio’s underworld and its ties to police and politicians.

    ‘My hands went cold’: Rio’s reporters risk death to reveal criminal ties between police, politicians and mafia

  • Two totally burnt out cars, one upside down, illuminatewd with orange light, form part of an exhibit

    ‘We are showing the world what people do’: grim relics of Hamas attack go on display in New York

  • An Atlantic salmon on a petri dish.

    From petri dish to plate: meet the company hoping to bring lab-grown fish to the table

  • Begoña Gómez preparing to cast a vote with Pedro Sánchez standing behind her

    Spain’s PM Sánchez could quit after far-right attacks on wife and bid to ‘politically kill’ him

  • Gold pocket watch and portrait of John Jacob Astor

    Gold pocket watch of richest man on Titanic fetches record-breaking £1.2m

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In focus

  • Members in camp - 1924 Mount Everest Expedition, Back row (left to right) - Andrew Irvine, George Mallory, Edward Norton, Noel Odell and John Macdonald. Front row (left to right) - Edward Shebbeare, Geoffrey Bruce, Howard Somervell and Bentley Beetham, Tibet, China, Mount Everest Expedition 1924. (Photo by J.B. Noel/Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images)

    Heroism, sacrifice, defeat? The enduring mystery of George Mallory’s final Everest attempt

    It’s almost a century since the 1924 expedition ended in tragedy, yet the question of whether the climbers conquered the summit remains unanswered
  • The bar at Ministry of Sound nightclub

    ‘I know my limit’: how gen Z became Britain’s ‘sober-curious’ generation

  • A family walks along the Southbank in the rain with The Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, in the background, in London

    Red walls and green dreams: what are the key battlegrounds in England’s local elections?

  • A Labour party rosette.

    ‘It would be seismic to win in Sunak’s backyard’: is Labour about to paint England red?

  • James Righton drinking from a tall mug of beer next to Jamie Reynolds with his mouth on a beer bottle and Simon Taylor-Davis of Klaxons at a bar

    It’s 20 years since the UK hit ‘peak booze’. The hangover is still with us

  • A ballot box sitting on a table

    From Tyneside to London: five key battlegrounds in England’s 2 May local elections

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Comment

  • Sonia Sodha

    Some are born lucky, so the left shouldn’t flinch from giving others a helping hand

    Sonia Sodha
  • Andrew Rawnsley

    Keir Starmer needs to have a frank conversation with voters about the price of security

    Andrew Rawnsley
  • Kenan Malik

    For migrants, ‘deterrence’ doesn’t deter. It’s cruelty, not compassion, Mr Sunak

    Kenan Malik

  • Jacob Rees-Mogg is just posing as a GB News anchor, but Ofcom doesn’t care if we’re confused

    Catherine Bennett

  • Lost civilisations make good TV, but archaeology’s real stories hold far more wonder

    Flint Dibble

  • Tony Blair had it, Boris Johnson too... the quality that wins Angela Rayner support despite her gaffes

    Martha Gill

  • It’s immoral to push children into poverty, but that’s what the benefits cap does

    Torsten Bell

  • Chris Riddell on how one-word Ofsted assessments would apply to the Tory party – cartoon

  • Did five frightened horses bolting through London really mean the end was neigh?

    Michael Hogan

  • What joy it is to have a friend with a superpower – getting a table at the hottest restaurants

    Rachel Cooke

  • Civil War is a terrifying film, but Trump: The Sequel will be a real-life horror show

    Simon Tisdall
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Editorials & Letters

  • Tents at Everest base camp.

    The Observer view on overtourism: sometimes, the planet’s hotspots are best left unvisited

  • Medical staff wearing PPE on a ward for Covid patients at King's College Hospital, London, in December 2021.

    We must learn the lessons of Covid before another deadly disease strikes

    Why has so little been done to make indoor spaces safer, to stop the spread of airborne viruses?

  • For the record

    Kate Andrews | Toheeb Jimoh | Culinaris deli
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Business & Cash

  • Rosemary in her garden leaning against a wall.

    ‘No one’s being honest about it’: how NHS crisis forces patients to go private

  • William Keegan

    How can Labour fix Britain’s ‘economic failure’ without rejoining the EU?

    William Keegan
  • UK lorry having checks at Calais

    Three and a bit years after Brexit, are border checks finally here?

  • Elaine Bedell stands in a small garden on the South Bank, with the Centre and the London Eye ferris wheel visible in the background behind her

    Running the cash-strapped Southbank Centre: ‘We feared Cate Blanchett would get stuck in a lift!’

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Sport

  • Travis Tygart (left), chief executive officer of the US anti-doping agency, and Wada director general, Olivier Niggli.

    Inside anti-doping’s civil war: anger and suspicion spill into the open

  • Geraint Thomas pictured in a park next to his home in Monaco late last year

    ‘It’s not like I lost it’: Geraint Thomas on the Giro, crashes and a last Olympic hurrah

    The British rider talks to Jeremy Whittle about doubling up in the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, and why cycling can do more in terms of safety
  • Conor Gallagher celebrates after scoring Chelsea’s second goal against Aston Villa.

    Gallagher rescues draw at Aston Villa but Chelsea fume over disallowed goal

    Conor Gallagher’s long-range effort earned Chelsea a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa, who suffered a blow in their race for the top four

  • Bukayo Saka: ‘The hunger to win keeps me going, that’s why I keep getting up’

  • Emma Hayes sees Champions League dreams washed away in the rain

  • Emma Hayes blasts ‘worst decisions in Women’s Champions League history’ after Chelsea exit

  • John Mitchell’s new England pass French test and will only get better

  • Ange Postecoglou the ‘plastic’ manager is perfect fit for a club at odds with its fans

    Jonathan Wilson

  • Idrissa Gueye’s strike sinks Brentford and ensures Everton’s safety

  • Heartbreak for 10-player Chelsea as Rolfö’s penalty sends Barça into final

  • Matthews leads England to third grand slam in row with victory in France

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Reviews

  • A drone’s eye view of the northern section of the redeveloped King’s Cross site, 2023.

    ‘Nervous of its own boldness’: the (almost) radical rebirth of King’s Cross

  • Mike Faist, Zendaya and Josh O'Connor in Challengers, sitting on a bed smiling

    Challengers review – Zendaya holds court in absurdly sexy three-way tennis romance

  • Gabriele Münter, Listening (Portrait of Jawlensky), 1909. detail

    Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider review – bringers of joy

  • Lucia di Lammermoor directed by Katie Mitchell, staring Nadine Sierra

    The week in classical: Lucia di Lammermoor; Nash Ensemble; Anthony McGill and Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective – review

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New Review

  • Billy Bragg.

    Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing like going out there singing your truth. That ain’t changed’

    The activist singer-songwriter on fighting for trans rights, his 40 years in the music business and his forthcoming tour with his son
  • Clockwise from left: Tom Hanks, Rosie O’Donnell and Madonna in A League of Their Own (1992), Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Hoop Dreams (1994), Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2006).

    Game, set and match: the 20 best sports movies

  • Peggy Guggenheim with her Lhasa Apsos terriers.Palazzo Venier dei Leoni; Venice, 1973 Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Photo Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche, Gift, Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, 2005

    ‘She was trying to find herself’: the untold story of Peggy Guggenheim, Hampshire homemaker

  • The BAFTA Tea Party Presented by Nina Hoss.Delta Air Lines And Virgin Atlantic - Portraits<br>BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 14: Nina Hoss attends the BAFTA Tea Party Presented by Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic on January 14, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/BAFTA/Contour by Getty Images)

    German actor Nina Hoss: ‘London is more driven. In the theatre, people are full of positive energy’

  • Illustration by David Foldvari of a film reel containing pictures of a person being quoted

    Context is vital. That’s why I’m filming everything I say and do from now on

    Stewart Lee
  • An illustration of a heart made of jigsaw pieces, with a missing piece and a hand holding a smartphone

    ‘The science isn’t there’: do dating apps really help us find our soulmate?

  • The big picture: Lydia Goldblatt’s reflection on family and absence

  • ‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute

  • Moses McKenzie: ‘I was thinking about the predicament of the black British diaspora’

  • ‘These people matter’: why Diana Matar photographs the sites where US police have killed civilians

  • Silicon Valley’s business model is incompatible with the moderation of online horror and hatred

    John Naughton

  • On my radar: Shami Chakrabarti’s cultural highlights

  • One to watch: the Cavemen

Magazine

  • Actor Daniel Mays photographed by Alun Callender for the Observer Magazine at The Mildmay Club, London.

    ‘I was always able to get away with things’: Daniel Mays on playing bent coppers, acting opposite Michael Douglas, and working-class bias

    It’s a huge leap from playing a bent copper in Line of Duty to starring in the musical Guys & Dolls, but if anyone can make a role work, it’s actor Daniel Mays
  • Observer Magazine<br>Lauren Bensted pictured with her baby - her story of a bowel disease triggered after child birth.

    ‘I felt myself split into before and after’: how giving birth triggered a life-changing illness

  • HI Res Dr Lisa Kaltenegger 1Q2A9195-Enhanced-NR-4

    ‘We live in a golden time of exploration’: astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger on the hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life

  • Senior woman sitting on the bench<br>Lonely senior woman is sitting on the bench in park

    I’ve lost contact with my brother. Is it too late to reach out?

  • ‘I sometimes found myself languishing in the romanticism of the past’: Agnes Arnold-Forster.

    That yearning feeling: why we need nostalgia

  • Istanbul views, including Galata tower.

    Turkey’s melting pot: a foodie break in Istanbul

  • Nigel Slater’s recipes for green vegetable stew with basil pesto toasts, and asparagus with melted cheese

  • A family ferry trip across to Dublin has its fair share of drama

    Séamas O’Reilly

  • Notes on chocolate: we all have a favourite

  • Shelf life: why are toy shops full of horrors these days?

    Eva Wiseman

  • Sunday with Fay Ripley: ‘I’m a feeder – breakfast, brunch, snacks, roast’

  • Eyebrows that hit a high note

  • The plots thicken

  • Medlock Canteen, Manchester: ‘Dishes that are the best versions of themselves’ – restaurant review

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Observer Food Monthly

  • George Jones (left) and Nick Kelleher at IJ Mellis Cheesemonger, Morningside, Edinburgh.

    Right up your street: favourite local shops in the UK, chosen by chefs and food writers

    Fuchsia Dunlop, Dan Smith and Melissa Thompson tell us where they buy Chinese vegetables in London, heritage produce in Kent, and the best chicken you’ll ever eat
  • Lunch with Simon Reeve Observer Food Monthly OFM April 2024

    Simon Reeve: ‘At a Russian school the headmaster greeted us with a bottle of vodka. It wasn’t yet 9am’

  • John Dory, Sandgate

    ‘We’re trying to make it more inclusive’: the rise of Britain’s new wine bars

  • Baklava Cheesecake Georgina Hayden Greekish

    Sticky aubergine tart, sea bass with pistachio pesto, baklava cheesecake – Greekish recipes by Georgina Hayden

  • Baked tomatoes with chickpeas and curry leaves.

    Salmon pie, pork in cider, fig tart – Nigel Slater’s one-pot dinners

  • Our Favourite shops Observer Food Monthly OFM April 2024

    Welcome to April’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Gill Meller’s secret ingredient: smoked paprika

  • I eagerly await the English asparagus season, from tender start to woody finish

    Rachel Cooke

  • Esme Young: ‘I got Mini Cheddars in the green room when I started on Sewing Bee. Still do’

  • Food crazes make me want to roll my eyes. But first, pass me a crookie

    Jay Rayner

  • Lemon drizzle, pistachio and blood orange, egg-free date – Tarunima Sinha’s spring bakes

  • Welcome to March’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Hats off! It’s Tom Kerridge’s Easter recipes: shoulder of lamb, onion tart and a hot cross bun bread and butter pudding

  • Right place, long time: what are the secret ingredients that help a restaurant last for years?

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