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Balmaha car park customer left stung with £100 fine - after being less than two minutes late to buy ticket

He appealed the decision twice but has been left desperate after those efforts fell on deaf ears.

Daily Record

Good Friday Agreement: the early 1990s back-channel between the IRA and British government that made peace possible

In February 1990, in the midst of the Troubles, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness publicly invited the British government to reopen a back-channel used during previous phases of contact with the IRA in the 1970s and during the 1981 hunger strike.

The Conversation

Dragging Democracy into the Future

As the Texas Observer survives to muckrake another day, Steven Monacelli highlights the battle for democracy happening in the Lone Star State.

Texas Observer

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The Texas Observer Lives!

After a terrifying near-death experience, we live to muckrake another day.

Texas Observer

Council tenants in England wait more than a year for repairs to damp, mouldy homes

Observer investigation finds many local authorities have extensive backlogs to fix hazards such as falling ceilings and leaking roofs

The Guardian - UK

Operation Chiffon by Peter Taylor review – how they talked their way out of the Troubles

In this compelling account, the author and documentary-maker describes how decades of covert communications between the British government and the IRA eased the path to the Good Friday agreement – helped by an unlikely hero

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: maker of Wegovy ‘skinny jab’ is funding NHS weight-loss services

Critics fear conflict of interest as Novo Nordisk helps medics ‘reduce unnecessary barriers’ to treatment for obesity

The Guardian - UK

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The Observer view on the legacies of slavery: a reckoning with our past must shape our future

The Guardian’s research into its links to transatlantic slavery has made us aware of our broader responsibilities

The Guardian - UK

‘Unfit for purpose’: Ofsted could face legal challenge from school leaders

As anger mounts over headteacher’s suicide, group bids for judicial review into inconsistencies of rulings by watchdog

Britain’s care homes crisis: children sent to live hundreds of miles away

Observer investigation uncovers the scale of the crisis in a system where the most vulnerable ‘will continue to be put at risk’

The Guardian - UK

To our Texas Observer Community

To our Texas Observer Community, This afternoon, the Texas Democracy Foundation has unanimously voted to rescind previous votes for layoffs. We have secured near-term pledges to bridge our immediate budget shortfall and feel confident that there is time for the Texas Observer to determine its future, thanks to the extraordinary…

Texas Observer

We Did It, Y’all! Texas Observer Will Remain Open!

"Thanks to the extraordinary success of the staff’s fundraising this week," the publication's board of directors voted to rescind layoffs and shutdown.

Texas Observer

Texas Observer will continue publishing after staff crowdfunds more than $300,000

The crusading liberal magazine had planned to lay off its staff and shut down. But the board has now reversed course.

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Texas Observer journalists raise $270,000 in bid to save publication

Magazine’s editors asked board not to lay off anyone for a month if staff raised $200,000 after Friday’s vote to cease publication

Texas Observer

Save the Texas Observer!

UPDATE March 29, 5:15pm: We did it, y’all! Thanks to your incredible generosity and outpouring of support, the board of directors voted to reverse the closure and layoffs. The Texas Democracy Foundation, the nonprofit parent of the Texas Observer, told its staff Monday that it is laying off employees—including journalists and…

Salon

Legendary Texas Observer shutting down

The 68-year-old progressive publication hit financial troubles and wasn’t able to broaden its audience

The Texas Tribune

Texas Observer editors protest layoffs, launch crowdfunding to save the 68-year-old magazine

Journalists at the progressive publication expect to be laid off this week. Relations between the board and senior staff have severely eroded.

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Texas Observer, legendary crusading liberal magazine, is closing and laying off its staff

The 68-year-old progressive publication, which published Ronnie Dugger, Molly Ivins and Kaye Northcott, hit financial troubles and wasn’t able to broaden its audience, board members said.

The Guardian - UK

AI expert Meredith Broussard: ‘Racism, sexism and ableism are systemic problems’

The journalist and academic says the bias encoded in artificial intelligence systems can’t be fixed with better data alone – the change has to be societal

The Guardian - UK

Could a chatbot write my restaurant reviews?

Artificial intelligence’s ChatGPT is becoming more sophisticated and polished than ever. In seconds, it will knock out essays, lyrics, poems, almost anything… But could it beat Jay Rayner at his own game?

The Guardian - UK

‘My colleague had a heart attack in front of me’: horrific toll of Ofsted inspections

In the wake of Ruth Perry’s suicide, headteachers speak out about the stress and fear that Ofsted visits can cause

The Guardian - UK

Expanding food banks is no substitute for tackling poverty, charities warn

Letter to the Observer signed by experts from around the world says proper government policies are needed

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: stress of Ofsted inspections cited as factor in deaths of 10 teachers

Observer investigation uncovers link between school reports and heart attacks, strokes and nervous breakdowns

The Guardian - UK

Police in England and Wales ‘evading public scrutiny’ by deleting misconduct outcomes from websites

Observer investigation finds case of Met officer and serial rapist David Carrick among dozens removed from police websites

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