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  • Andy Street

    Stunning Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands leave Sunak reeling

    Keir Starmer says the prime minister has no option but to call a general election

News

  • Khan making his victory speech in London yesterday.

    Sadiq Khan’s win ‘bucks trend’ of Muslim voters rejecting Labour over Gaza, say party figures

  • Sadiq Khan makes a speech as he is re-elected for a record third time as mayor of London on Saturday.

    Desperate Tories left in disarray as Labour celebrates seismic swing

    Rishi Sunak’s government tries to limit the damage as the Conservatives’ worst fears prove correct in the English local elections
  • Keir Starmer and Claire Ward hug, clutching a microphone, in front of a crowd holding "Britain's Future" signs

    Local elections drubbing shows time is nearly up for the Conservatives

    Rob Ford was part of the BBC team analysing the local election results as they poured in over the past 48 hours. Here he tells how a dramatic set of results for the government unfolded

  • Lib Dems ‘on course to topple leading Tories’ in general election

  • Anger over burst main that deprived 31,000 East Sussex properties of water

  • ‘They hear a bang at the door and it’s the Home Office’: threat of being ‘disappeared’ haunts asylum seekers amid Rwanda crackdown

  • UK flower industry thrown into chaos by new Brexit border checks

  • ‘I feel disgusted and ashamed’: Bristol student camp one of many protesting at university ties to Israel

  • Inquiry into Nazi camps on Alderney to examine if there was British cover-up

  • Warning over asthma drug after 500 neuropsychiatric reactions reported in young children

  • NHS mental health trust failings linked to more than 30 deaths in Norfolk and Suffolk

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World

  • Maj Maksym Taran of Ukraine's national guard said that it would ‘take 100 years’ to win the war without western weapons.

    Putin on our doorstep: Ukrainians watch as the frontline edges closer

    Russian forces are advancing in the country’s eastern regions, but the recent arrival of US arms could help turn the tide
  • Thai dancers keep cool with cold drinks and a fan during the heatwaves in Thailand, where 30 people have died from heatstroke this year.

    ‘Inside an oven’: sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia

  • Smoke rises into the sky over Gaza

    Hopes of Gaza ceasefire rise as Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo

  • Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss is led away after dawn raids by police in December 2022.

    The prince, the plotters and the would-be putsch: Germany to try far-right coup gang

  • 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

  • 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

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In focus

  • Fish and chips takeaway in a box.

    Britain’s most overrated food? No chance … fish and chips is a marvel

    Tomé Morrissy-Swan
    So a Michelin-starred chef said he loathed our one truly globally renowned dish. I beg to differ
  • A stag surveys the land in Glencoe, Scotland.

    The SNP may be laid low but the call of Scottish independence is loud and clear

    Neal Ascherson
  • 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

  • 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?

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Comment

  • Andrew Rawnsley

    After the local election rout, will the panicked Tory herd now stampede over Rishi Sunak?

    Andrew Rawnsley
  • Torsten Bell

    Spending cuts are often false economies that end up costing society dearly

    Torsten Bell
  • no chance saloon rishi

    Chris Riddell on Rishi Sunak, sitting in no-chance saloon after local elections drubbing – cartoon

    The prime minister has been trying to put a brave face on the Tories’ heavy losses, but there’s nowhere left to hide

  • Live concerts have the power to delight – let’s try to forget about our phones

    Martha Gill

  • A successful woman in her 40s with a toyboy pop star? Great on screen in The Idea of You, scary in reality

    Bidisha Mamata

  • Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards

    Simon Tisdall

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

    Sonia Sodha

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

    Andrew Rawnsley

  • 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
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Editorials & Letters

  • For the record

  • Rishi Sunak in Teesside on 3 May to mark Ben Houchen’s mayoral victory in Tees Valley.

    The Observer view on the local elections: Rishi Sunak is a busted flush, it’s time to call a general election

    After this week’s terrible results for his party, the only honourable thing to do is let voters decide his fate
  • Tents at Everest base camp.

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

    From Everest to Machu Picchu, we can’t get enough of those ‘must-see’ places. It’s time to show some restraint
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Business & Cash

  • Two soldiers walk past burnt-out blocks of flats with rubble strewn around them.

    Europe must find a way to help fund the fight against Putin – for its own sake

    Phillip Inman
  • pylons against sunset

    Capacity crunch: why the UK doesn’t have the power to solve the housing crisis

  • A photograph from a low angle of the impressive pillared facade of the Bank of England, with spring flowers in the foreground

    Should the Bank of England cut interest rates with Britain’s economy in bloom?

  • Tom Bradshaw smiling over farm gate

    ‘It’s pretty gloomy out there’: new NFU chief Tom Bradshaw fights to give food producers a better deal

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Sport

  • Youngster Jarell Quansah celebrates with Luis Díaz after the Colombia star netted against LASK in the Europa League back in November 2023.

    Jarell Quansah finds solace from Liverpool sealing top four after title pain

  • Max Verstappen during qualifying for the Miami GP.

    Max Verstappen storms to Miami GP pole after earlier sprint success

    Red Bull driver Max Verstappen took pole ahead of the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
  • Iga Swiatek celebrates adding the final clay title missing from her collection in Madrid

    Iga Swiatek wins three-set duel against Aryna Sabalenka to take Madrid crown

    Iga Swiatek beat Aryna Sabalenka 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7) in Madrid to add the final crown missing from her collection of titles on clay

  • Blair Kinghorn: ‘The mentality at Toulouse is that we win trophies’

  • Erling Haaland is ‘back to business’ for Manchester City, says Pep Guardiola

  • Mature Foden and brutal Haaland rev up City’s relentless winning machine

  • Erik ten Hag’s Ming the Merciless act has given United only flashes of glory

    Jonathan Wilson

  • Lowe fires Leinster into Champions Cup final despite Northampton’s late rally

  • Four-star Haaland shines as Manchester City sink Wolves in title pursuit

  • European football: Real Madrid clinch La Liga title after Barcelona are beaten

  • ‘I love it here’: Joyous McKenna pledges to take Ipswich party to Premier League

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Reviews

  • Dua Lipa.

    Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review – a banger-filled missive from dating land

  • Le nozze di Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera buffa in vier Akten [1786] Libretto von Lorenzo Da Ponte, basierend auf der Komödie La Folle Journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro von Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Musikalische Leitung: James Gaffigan Inszenierung / Bühnenbild und Kostüme: Kirill Serebrennikov Co-Bühnenbild: Olga Pavlyuk Co-Kostümbild: Tatyana Dolmatovskaya Choreographie: Evgeny Kulagin Dramaturgie: Julia Jordà Stoppelhaar, Daniil Orlov Chöre: Jean-Christophe Charron Licht: Olaf Freese Video: Ilya Shagalov Foto: Monika Rittershaus

    The week in classical: Le nozze di Figaro; Larmes de couteau/ Full Moon in March review – all shook up

  • Small Boat Migrant Crossings Are At Record Levels For Early Part Of 2024<br>DOVER, ENGLAND - MARCH 06: An inflatable dinghy carrying around 65 migrants crosses the English Channel on March 06, 2024 in Dover, England. According to official figures 401 migrants arrived in the UK by small boat on Monday, the busiest day of the year so far for Channel crossings. This brings the provisional total number of UK arrivals so far this year to 2,983. Government data indicates this is more than the 2,953 logged this time last year and surpasses the running totals documented between January 1 and March 4 each year since current records began in 2018. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

    The week in audio: To Catch a Scorpion; Romesh Ranganathan; Uncanny Series 4 – review

  • Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy.

    The Fall Guy review – Ryan Gosling fails to fly in vacuous stuntman action comedy

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New Review

  • R. F. Kuang - Portraits - Boston MA - 21 Mar 2023<br>Novelist R. F. Kuang poses for a portrait in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Kuang is the author of, most recently, "Yellowface," which she calls a "psychological thriller and satire about the publishing industry," published in May 2023. "Yellowface" is Kuang's fifth novel.

    Rebecca F Kuang: ‘I like to write to my friends in the style of Joan Didion’

    The author of bestseller Yellowface on her agent’s fears about publishing the novel, the joys of a social media purge and being a workaholic who gets bored easily
  • John Naughton

    The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding

    John Naughton
  • Scott Galloway

    Pivot podcast host Scott Galloway: ‘Tech bros conflate luck with talent’

  • Author Andrew O'Hagan<br>Scotish Author Andrew O'Hagan, at his home in London. His most recent book 'Mayflies' is about a friend of his from his youth and the hedonistic times they had. He is also Editor at Large of the London Review of Books and Esquire Magazine. Date: 11 August 2020 Photograph by Amit Lennon. **RE-TOUCHED High Res. Use This!

    On my radar: Andrew O’Hagan’s cultural highlights

  • five people, three with unsmiling faces visible, one wearing a dog face mask, one with a bandana tied round their face. one of the unmasked ones is holding a small dog

    One to watch: Fat Dog

  • Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox and Christopher Eccleston in Shallow Grave (1994).

    Mark Kermode on… Danny Boyle, a director who defines British pop culture

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

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

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

  • Game, set and match: the 20 best sports movies

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

    Stewart Lee

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

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

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

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Magazine

  • Adele Roberts<br>Adele Roberts

    Adele Roberts: ‘My GP told me I was too young for cancer. She sent me for tests anyway and saved my life’

    The DJ, 45, on her fan Prince William, improving lesbian representation, recovering from cancer and why colostomy bags are nothing to be ashamed of
  • Spelt patties and marinated tomatoes.

    Nigel Slater’s recipe for spelt, ricotta and basil patties

  • ‘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

  • OM Nigel GREEN VEGETABLE STEW, BASIL PESTO TOASTS

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

  • A Stena Line sea ferry sails into Dublin port near an Irish Ferries sea ferry in Dublin<br>A Stena Line sea ferry sails into Dublin port near an Irish Ferries sea ferry, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dublin, Ireland, March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

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

    Séamas O’Reilly

  • Notes on chocolate: we all have a favourite

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

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

    Eva Wiseman

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

  • 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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