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The Observer
observer.co.uk > news > national > article > middlesbrough-hopes-for-meaningful-change-after-shock-of-nine-deaths-in-a-week

Middlesbrough hopes for meaningful change after shock of...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (801+ words) Sunday 6 September 2026 When David Ions woke up in hospital 18 years ago, handcuffed to the bed, he turned to a nurse and said: “Why the fuck am I still alive?” Ions, and plenty of others like him, are the dabs of…...

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observer.co.uk > news > business > article > cut-national-insurance-contributions-for-under-25s-to-get-young-into-work-says-bcc

Cut national insurance contributions for under-25s to get...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (524+ words) Saturday 5 September 2026 The British Chambers of Commerce is calling on the government to cut employer national insurance contributions for all under-25s in the budget next month – a measure it says will help tackle youth employment and generate higher growth. In…...

The Observer
observer.co.uk > news > sport > article > fourth-officials-hung-out-to-dry-by-antiquated-tools

Fourth officials hung out to dry by antiquated tools

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (402+ words) Saturday 5 September 2026 Hands up if you had a humble fourth official triggering the new football season’s first major refereeing row. Reasonable to have assumed, I would say, that on any pitch there would be at least three other people ahead…...

The Observer
observer.co.uk > news > columnists > article > memo-to-mr-burnham-dont-expect-your-ministers-to-clap-like-performing-seals-every-week

Memo to Mr Burnham: don’t expect your ministers to clap l...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (182+ words) Sunday 30 August 2026 It is often said, almost always in a scornful tone, that Andy Burnham is a people-pleaser. “Well, better that than the opposite,” retorts one of the prime minister’s friends. They have a point. It is no crime for a…...

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observer.co.uk > news > politics > article > burnham-pledge-to-bring-back-hope-as-problems-mount-on-no-10s-doorstep

Burnham pledge to ‘bring back hope’ as problems mount on...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (654+ words) Sunday 30 August 2026 Andy Burnham will declare that he wants to “bring back hope” to Britain when he addresses MPs for the first time as prime minister this week, but problems are already piling up for his prime ministership. Over the…...

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observer.co.uk > news > politics > article > ulez-was-politically-toxic-but-now-theres-proof-that-children-have-healthier-lungs

Ulez was politically toxic – but now there’s proof that c...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (412+ words) Sunday 23 August 2026 The stories of London’s Great Smog of 1952 always sounded a bit overblown to me as a child – yellow air you could taste, feeling your way home by tracing a wall, 4,000 dead. Then I moved to Delhi. In London,…...

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observer.co.uk > news > national > article > prince-williams-goal-to-end-homelessness-faces-uphill-battle-as-numbers-rise

Prince William’s goal to end homelessness faces uphill ba...

4+ week, 21+ hour ago   (575+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Andy Burnham is not the only one who faces a difficult task in pledging to end rough sleeping and tackle the UK’s housing crisis. Homelessness is rising in four out of six UK locations where…...