‘No one will save you’: tourists warned as volcanic site reopens in Iceland after six eruptions in a year Local safety chief’s stark advice as visitors return to Grindavík – with more activity expected The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2024
UK scientists fear £1bn funding cut for new research Concerns that future projects may be axed in budget to help pay for rejoining EU’s Horizon programme The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2024
Thousands are fined by HMRC even though they don’t owe any UK tax Campaigners call for reform after more than 83,000 low earners are hit by HMRC penalties The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2024
Revealed: water firms in England ‘passed’ pollution tests that were never carried out Self-monitoring regime will change to plug loophole that allowed failing sewage plants to pass pollution checks The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2024
Letters by Oliver Sacks review – science, sex and motorcycles The kaleidoscopic world and polymathic interests of a great neurologist brought to life in his correspondence The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2024
Psychedelic Outlaws by Joanna Kempner review – a compelling case for the use of magic mushrooms in pain relief The US sociologist’s study of psychoactive fungi to treat little-known medical conditions such as cluster headaches is well researched and wide ranging The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024
Netanyahu, the brutal chancer, will keep on bombing, but his brinkmanship may go too far The notion that he will claim a victory and stop now is deluded. He will press on until there is the political will in the US to stop him, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2024
Pumping the unemployed with weight-loss drugs echoes Victorian attitudes to the poor Shifting blame to the victims of economic policy is an old trick by politicians. Now they’re using obesity to tackle joblessness The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024
Scientology-linked UK rehab centre falls foul of charity regulator Charity Commission finds ‘range of shortfalls’ at Narconon facility after Observer investigation The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024
Rachel Reeves will tax businesses to plug £9bn black hole in NHS The chancellor is set to announce a revenue-raising budget designed to reset Britain’s public finances The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024
‘Appreciate winter for what it is, without wishing it were something different’: psychologist Kari Leibowitz on beating the seasonal blues The researcher spent 10 years studying how attitude affects mood and behaviour, and her new book shares ways in which we can learn to value the colder months The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024
Private school campaigners liken education secretary to Nazi over VAT plan Bridget Phillipson has been targeted with personal abuse on Facebook by campaigners opposed to Labour’s tax policy The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024
The GOP Megadonor Behind the Bid to Break Dallas City Government Conservative hotelier Monty Bennett and a California-based company that offers protesters-for-hire have seeded an “astroturf” right-wing influence network that has kicked into overdrive to push controversial “Dallas HERO” city charter amendments. Texas Observer · Oct 18, 2024
In Texas’ High Criminal Court Races, the Stakes Are Life or Death Bipartisan opposition to planned execution highlights power of state’s top criminal appeals court as Paxton candidates and Dem opponents vie for open seats. Texas Observer · Oct 16, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024 ‘They are ruining my life’: how the shadowy world of debt collection can wreck your finances A stranger’s bill can be passed, in your name, down a chain of companies until it reaches the courts without you knowing anything about it. The result can be catastrophic
The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2024 Free holiday or visa chaos? Housesitting firm accused of misleading advice after claims of deportations Members of TrustedHousesitters who claim they were detained while travelling abroad say the company’s visa information is misleading
The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2024 James Cleverly warned MPs that tactical votes could kill his leadership hopes Dismayed senior Tories predict second contest for head of party will be needed amid chaos after centrist’s shock ejection from race
The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2024 ‘Russia’s dirty money will hijack our democratic process’: how tiny Moldova fears Kremlin is fixing EU referendum Officials believe €100m has been funnelled into the country to influence the pivotal vote and the presidential election
The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2024 Private equity barons lean on Rachel Reeves to water down proposals for higher taxes With the budget and Starmer’s investment summit approaching, the industry’s lobbyists are in full cry over ‘carried interest’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2024 UK overseas aid budget faces £900m raid to pay for housing asylum seekers Witt the amount spent on refugees and asylum seekers this year on course to hit £3.6bn, the sum available for international projects must be cut again, warns thinktank
The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2024 UK academies ‘very sorry’ for policies saying pupils must attend when unwell Parents force U-turn on hardline approach that included ban on absence for period pains without medical information
Texas Observer · Oct 9, 2024 Texas Is Taking Back the State Highway 288 Tollway—at a Steep Price The private firms who have operated the tollway will be paid $1.7 billion by TxDOT, adding to the profit they’ve already made in toll revenues, construction contracts, and sales of shares.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024 ‘My father was devastated’: family battles to recover thousands stolen in email scam New rules that have just come into force aim to help those tricked by authorised push payment fraud
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024 North Carolina’s second-largest newspaper condemns Trump for ‘ridiculous’ Helene response ‘falsehoods’ Harris vows ‘we’re here for the long haul’ as she visits western NC and combats Trump’s relief effort lies
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024 Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – staring death in the face The American writer’s vivid and generous third novel, in which a poet is hospitalised by a near-fatal illness, is full of rich, universal themes