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Melissa McCarthy and her "The Little Mermaid" castmates have only gushed about their positive experiences working on the Disney reboot.

Decision to make journalist responsible for hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal costs sets ‘chilling precedent for UK journalism’

Private provider criticised for uprooting more than 60 vulnerable children, with some transferred from south-east England to Scotland

The annual award for aspiring cartoonists offers the chance to be published in the Observer and win £1,000, with past winners going on to land film deals

Prominent members fear a tilt to the right could spell the end in the ‘blue wall’ heartlands

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Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer separately confront the Holocaust with themes prompted by a resurgence of the far right

The court of appeal partially allowed Arron Banks’ appeal. The effect on public interest journalism could be chilling

Criticism over latest development in long-running libel dispute between the leading Brexit backer and the journalist

The Texas Observer lives! The latest from cartoonist Ben Sargent takes on the near-death of our publication.

A suspended FBI employee from Charlotte, North Carolina, who gave whistleblower testimony Thursday to a Republican-led congressional subcommittee had his security clearance revoked over his handling of a Jan. 6-related investigation, and amid questions from his superiors about his “allegiance to the United States.”