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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2025
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’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2025
Mould, mice and droppings among issues discovered at Whitehall’s restaurants and bars Rodent infestation and out-of-date food was found across government canteens and cafes in recent inspections The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2025 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
The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025 ‘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
The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025 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
The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025 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
The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025 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
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025 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
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025 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
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025 ‘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
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025 ‘I can’t sleep, I’m terrified’: the rise in mothers having their babies taken away within days of giving birth in England Charity finds ‘inhumane’ system is forcing women to defend themselves in court, sometimes from their hospital beds, while in fear of having their newborn child taken from them
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025 Rwandan army ‘ready to invade DRC’ and help rebels seize city Intelligence sources suggest battle for Congolese regional capital Goma is imminent before UN crisis talks on Sunday
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025 Gig economy firms warned by UK government they may be operating illegally Companies supplying ‘freelance’ workers contacted by minister over practices that could breach employment law