Exclusive: analysis of 126,000 cases over a decade shows black and Asian people wait longer for diagnosis than white people Black and Asian people in England have to wait longer for a cancer diagnosis than white people, with some forced to wait an extra six weeks, according to a “disturbing” […]
Month: August 2022
Findings of survey conducted before announcement of 80% hike in price cap described as ‘national scandal’ Skyrocketing energy prices mean almost one in four adults in the UK will not switch on the heating at all this winter, according to a poll, with opposition MPs describing the findings as a […]
Exclusive: Ministers encouraged to stay at Westminster to devise emergency plans to address cost of living crisis The next Conservative leader has been urged to scrap MPs’ four-week break for party conference season and told it would be “immoral and insulting” to go “missing in action” during the worsening cost […]
Europe’s biggest street party saw exuberant celebrations of Caribbean culture and community after two years of abstinence Notting Hill carnival 2022 – in pictures Thousands of people flooded the streets of west London in a sea of colour and noise as the Notting Hill carnival came back after a three-year […]
Association of Convenience Stores urges chancellor to provide more financial support for small shops Thousands of corner shops will be forced to close due to surging energy costs unless the government steps in with emergency support, a trade body has said. The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has written to […]
Move could see synchronised strikes in autumn as new prime minister takes office Britain is facing a wave of coordinated industrial action by striking unions this autumn in protest at the escalating cost of living crisis, the Observer can reveal. A series of motions tabled by the country’s biggest unions […]
Two men, aged 36 and 33, had been arrested on suspicion of murder after nine-year-old was shot in her home Police have released on bail two men arrested on suspicion of murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was shot dead in her home in Liverpool. A 36-year-old man from Huyton was […]
Party would insulate broadcaster from political pressure, says shadow culture secretary, as Liz Truss prepares to wage war on it Labour has pledged to strengthen the BBC’s political independence and retain it as a publicly-owned, public service broadcaster at the heart of British life, amid signs that a Tory government […]
Dramatic move shows Mark Zuckerberg ‘desperate to avoid being questioned over cover-up’, says Observer journalist who exposed scandal Facebook has dramatically agreed to settle a lawsuit seeking damages for allowing Cambridge Analytica access to the private data of tens of millions of users, four years after the Observer exposed the […]
A Ukrainian woman posed as a Rothschild to gain access to the Florida resort, heightening fears over security lapses A second foreign national is being investigated by US authorities for gaining access to Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida resort which is at the center of an FBI probe over missing classified […]