Woman empties bag of orange confetti from union jack bag over former chancellor The wedding of former chancellor George Osborne has been disrupted by a protest from environmental group Just Stop Oil. About 200 people, including a number of well-known politicians and journalists, gathered in the Somerset village of Bruton […]

Observer investigation raises concerns about the influence of drugs companies in shaping patient care in services that use their products Pharmaceutical giants are pouring tens of millions of pounds into struggling NHS services – including paying the salaries of medical staff and funding the redesign of patient treatment – as […]

George Eustice, the former environment secretary, is calling for a reciprocal visa scheme so that under-35s can work across the EU and Britain A leading Tory Brexiter on Sunday calls on ministers to reopen the UK’s borders to tens of thousands of young workers from EU nations in order to […]

Exclusive: Trading standards body warns shoppers with severe allergies could face ‘tragic consequences’ What are the rules on labelling vegan food in the UK? More than a third of foods labelled vegan contained animal products, research has found, prompting experts to warn shoppers with severe allergies they face potentially “tragic […]

PM Mark Rutte disbands cabinet after four parties in government coalition disagree over asylum seeker policy Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, has announced his resignation and that of his cabinet, citing irreconcilable differences within his four-party coalition about how to control immigration. The decision on Friday by the Netherlands’ […]

Eight-year-old described as ‘an intelligent and cheeky girl adored by everyone’ An eight-year-old girl killed when a Land Rover crashed through a school fence in south-west London on Thursday has been named by the Metropolitan police as Selena Lau. A family statement said: “Selena was an intelligent and cheeky girl […]

In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a lawyer for the Elon Musk-owned app said Meta had unlawfully misappropriated trade secrets Twitter has threatened to sue Meta over its new Threads app, which Mark Zuckerberg has openly billed as a rival, claiming the company has violated Twitter’s “intellectual property rights”. […]