Boris Johnson makes last-ditch bid to discredit Partygate inquiry Ex-prime minister due at televised Commons committee hearing, with legal team about to publish new evidence backing his claims The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023
‘We had to hide them’: how Ukraine’s ‘kidnapped’ children led to Vladimir Putin’s arrest warrant Thousands have been taken to Russia for ‘adoption’ or ‘re-education’, but the international community is seeking justice• Russia-Ukraine war – live updates The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023
Home Office accused of ‘shunting’ Afghan child refugees around UK ‘like cattle’ After the Observer revealed cases of girls denied chance to sit GCSE exams, evidence emerges of school pupils being uprooted The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023
Geysers of burning oil, looting and mayhem – reporting on the opening days of the Iraq war The Guardian and Observer’s correspondent recalls his 2003 journey dodging US tanks, checkpoints and police The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023
Mother of Jan 6 rioter confronts judge as he’s sentenced for spraying chemicals at police: ‘He’s lied in it’ Aiden Bilyard was 18 when he took part in the insurrection The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2023
Mother of Jan 6 rioter confronts judge as he’s sentenced to 40 months for spraying chemicals at police Aiden Bilyard was 18 when he took part in the insurrection The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023
Carnegie medal for writing announces all-female shortlist Seven authors are in the running for prize celebrating outstanding achievement in children’s writing The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023
New CEO of failed Silicon Valley Bank was once fired from his Charlotte banking job The new CEO of failed Silicon Valley Bank is a familiar name to many in Charlotte’s banking community — Tim Mayopoulos was fired as general counsel of Bank of America in 2008 in the midst of the financial crisis and escorted out of the office by an HR representative. Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023
Operating firm behind popular wedding venue Airth Castle Hotel enters liquidation The bookings of guests and brides at a popular wedding venue are in jeopardy after the company which manages Airth Castle Hotel went into liquidation. A statement from Airth Castle Hotel Limited confirmed the news, with 26 full-time staff and other Daily Record · Mar 14, 2023
Lives of the Wives by Carmela Ciuraru review – literary couples a breed apart The author raids memoirs and letters but adds little of her own in this juicy group biography of writers’ marriages The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday briefing: How British-Somali citizens are disappearing to ‘culture rehabilitation centres’ A report published by the Observer tells the story of young people of Somali descent being held against their will to be ‘de-westernised’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023
‘They spit on us’: What’s really going on in the El Ouardia migrant centre in Tunis Officially, the El Ouardia migrant centre in Tunis is meant to serve as a reception centre to “welcome and orient” new arrivals to Tunisia. However, what is actually happening there has long remained opaque because NGOs and lawyers aren’t allowed access. The FRANCE 24 Observers decided to investigate the nightmarish… France 24 · Mar 13, 2023
Solar panel firm leaves Londoners in the dark about installations Green Energy Together took £2,000 of Wendy Lewis’s money – but four months and many phone calls later, she’s nowhere near getting what she ordered The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023
The Observer city editor at the centre of the 1980s battle over Harrods Melvyn Marckus led investigations into big business scandals in the 1980s and 90s at Asil Nadir’s Polly Peck and the Bank of Credit & Commerce International The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023 Revealed: experts who praised new ‘skinny jab’ received payments from drug maker Novo Nordisk gave millions to obesity charities and healthcare professionals, including expert who advised Nice
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023 ‘Orchestrated PR campaign’: how skinny jab drug firm sought to shape obesity debate Maker of Wegovy, an appetite suppressor hailed as a weight-loss magic bullet, has spent millions on a slick PR campaign – including payments to some of its biggest cheerleaders
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023 Revealed: child refugees will be detained or deported under small boats plan Senior Tories condemn ‘sickening’ plans which would allow unaccompanied minors to be held, in U-turn on past legislation
Daily Record · Mar 9, 2023 Almost 100 pupils excluded from Stirling schools as teachers warn issues being "swept under the carpet" The FOI data has shows the number of pupils being excluded in the region's schools.
France 24 · Mar 9, 2023 People displaced by Syrian earthquake loot aid supplies after baby dies in camp A video filmed by our Observer shows displaced people living in a camp in northwest Syria storming and looting a warehouse containing humanitarian supplies after the sudden death of a baby in the camp. The baby’s parents say he died of cold because of a lack of humanitarian assistance, an…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023 The Guardian wins daily newspaper of the year at the Press Awards Guardian and Observer journalism won two major accolades at the Press Awards, including the coveted daily newspaper of the year for the Guardian and supplement of the year award for Saturday magazine.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023 Guardian wins daily newspaper of the year at the Press Awards Saturday magazine also awarded supplement of the year, while Aditya Chakrabortty and Jay Rayner receive accolades
The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023 ‘I was trying to help’: How Rupert Murdoch’s relationship with Jared Kushner boosted Trump’s campaign The right-wing media mogul’s flagship newspaper once called him a ‘catastrophe’. With help from his son-in-law, Trump found his pulpit at Fox News, now facing a lawsuit over his election lies, Alex Woodward reports
Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023 Ellis Williams: Why Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson would not make sense for the Panthers Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is available.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2023 Wally Fawkes obituary Political cartoonist and jazz clarinettist who, using the pen name Trog, created the Flook strip
France 24 · Mar 6, 2023 A moment of grace in war-torn Yemen: Tribal chief forgives man involved in son’s killing On February 20, 2023, a man convicted of murder was pardoned moments before he was supposed to be executed in the Marib region of central Yemen. Many locals have been sharing the story on social media as a source of inspiration and to ease the burden in a country scarred…