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Last chance to enter! The 2025 Observer/ Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism closes soon

The annual competition to discover outstanding new critical writing on the arts is open for submissions until 28 February

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We’ve lost our supernova: farewell to Patrick Barclay, one of the very best

The football journalist, who has died at the age of 77, combined Caledonian charm and natural effervescence with a body of work that few could match

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Betting giants spared regulatory action after secret deals with watchdog

Controversial ‘special measures’ regime under fire after failures were not made public

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Hoop dreams in peril as British basketball’s crisis reaches boiling point

Clubs deeply unhappy with governing body’s handling of a transfer of power and are threatening to set up their own league

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Prayer and prosecutions: the US ‘hate group’ waging war over Britain’s abortion clinic buffer zones

Anti-abortion campaigners cheer as JD Vance brands safe zones an attack on ‘liberties of religious Britons’

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Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests

An investigation has exposed the tech firm’s cooperation with autocratic regimes to remove unfavourable content

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Mould, mice and droppings among issues discovered at Whitehall’s restaurants and bars

Rodent infestation and out-of-date food was found across government canteens and cafes in recent inspections

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Patrick Barclay, talented and respected football journalist, dies aged 77

Patrick Barclay, the hugely talented and widely respected football journalist, has died at the age of 77

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Guardian and Observer nominated for top honours at 2025 Press Awards

Twenty-seven Guardian entries and eight from Observer shortlisted for UK’s most prestigious journalism awards

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Cash-strapped schools plan to lay off teachers in blow to Labour’s promise

Despite government pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers, headteachers are under renewed pressure to avoid going into deficit

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Rare metal assets, 4,000 workers, a Canary Wharf HQ… but does this billion-pound firm really exist?

A bizarre mining business’s fake audit reveals the potential for fraudsters at Companies House

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We didn’t click ‘consent’ on any gambling website. So how did Facebook know where we’d been?

In an experiment, we surfed sites without making a wager or agreeing to data sharing. Our Meta feed filled up with betting ads

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Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission

Betting companies secretly track visitors to their sites before sending data to parent company Meta

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Thames Water chairman accused of conflict of interest over £37m share dividend payment

Defra officials concerned about ‘conflicted position’ of Sir Adrian Montague over dual role chairing holding company

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Save our cider: apple growers and producers call on government to protect traditional ‘native wine of England’

Nine in ten traditional orchards in England have been lost since the second world war. Farmers and cider makers are now fighting for their survival

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Trump’s Gaza power-trip tells us this: he is just another coward denying the need for a Palestinian state

Benjamin Netanyahu called it ‘groundbreaking’ thinking but it isn’t. It is idiocy that will make a bad situation worse, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in January

Authors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month

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I Want to Talk to You by Diana Evans review – a fascinating overview of a writer’s evolution

In this collection of social commentary and interviews, the novelist sheds light on the artistic process and her need to help shape the cultural landscape

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‘I lost 10 years of my life’: how UK betting giant’s unlawful marketing kept suicidal gambler hooked

Sam found himself getting sucked deeper and deeper in to betting, sometimes risking £10,000 in a day. Now a judge has ruled he was unlawfully targeted

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Settled, industrious, essential: it’s time we saw immigration as a British success story

New arrivals are set to push the population to 72.5 million but the numbers matter less than how well people fit in once here

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Mould, money and murder accusations – residents try to oust management on their London housing estate

The organisation managing the Loughborough Estate in Lambeth is beset by complaints of disrepair, damp and vermin – and has made some big claims of its own

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Only 3% of new housing approved in London is accessible, study finds

Shocking shortage of suitable homes for disabled and elderly, with less than 1% designed for wheelchair users

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Tension and defiance in Panama after Trump threatens to ‘take back’ canal

Diplomatic frenzy and rattled nerves in republic as officials and former president reject US president’s comments

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Reeves thinks big on planning and growth with housebuilding project

Chancellor to apply ‘zoning scheme’ around commuter train stations to boost fragile UK economy and encourage investment

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‘Move closer to Europe – not Trump’ voters tell Starmer in major UK poll

Pressure growing on Labour to improve trade with EU as Rachel Reeves admits Brexit damaged UK

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