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Stirling Observer readers respond as annual Christmas Give a Gift toy appeal begins

Drop-off points across the area are starting to gather in toys for the 15th annual Stirling Observer Give A Gift Appeal after its launch last week. With businesses happy to take donations in right across our circulation area, we hope readers and sup

Daily Record · Nov 15, 2022

Former Top Gear presenter and motoring journalist Sue Baker dies aged 67

One of the original line-up of the BBC’s car show, Baker had been suffering from motor neurone disease

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

Nepali fruit pickers ‘left in debt after being sent home from UK farms weeks early’

Workers spent thousands but were told to leave before they could earn it back, says report

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

‘An amazing feeling’: asylum seeker stuck in hotel thanks Observer readers for sending books

Ali, a Kurd who fled Iran, may also be offered a university place after he told of the tedium of 500 days in limbo

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

‘We’ve forgotten how to be innocent’: Tim Minchin on comedy, music and the joy of Matilda

Tim Minchin refuses to be categorised. So what do we call a man who tells jokes, challenges political tribalism and writes songs that move you to tears? Eva Wiseman meets the man behind Matilda the Musical – and much more

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Seasonal fruit pickers left thousands in debt after being sent home early from UK farms

Nepali workers who quit jobs and borrowed cash to come to UK are out of work just weeks after arriving

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Italy’s PM Meloni sues Gomorrah writer in libel drama over refugee rescue

Anti-mafia journalist to appear in court in Rome over comments made about policy towards migrants drowning in Mediterranean

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

‘I want people to walk away with a sense we can triumph together’: the making of Mandela the musical

Two South African brothers have spent seven years developing a show about Nelson Mandela’s younger, radical years. We talk to the makers and stars of the show

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Cheeses, chilli and cookie-cutters: the best Christmas gifts for food lovers

Stocking fillers and edible treats, as selected by Observer Food Monthly

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

‘Unqualified experts’ should not have role in child welfare cases, court told

Mother’s appeal raises questions over how family courts deal with policy and regulation of psychological ‘experts in alienation’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022