Jubilant crowds ushered in 2023 with the first large gatherings without restrictions in many cities since before the pandemic Countries around the world welcomed in an uncertain new year amid economic woes, fears of new Covid variations arising in China, and the political backdrop of conflict in Ukraine. Many cities […]
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Flights delayed, rivers flooded and roads and railways disrupted by after-effects of deadly US ‘bomb cyclone’ Flooding has caused widespread travel disruption across Scotland with warnings over strong winds and ice heading into Hogmanay on Saturday, as the impact from the US “bomb cyclone” continues. Train services across western, eastern […]
Returns date from 2015 to 2020 and span nearly 6,000 pages as former president rails against effort by ‘radical left Democrats’ Six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns were made public by a congressional committee on Friday, ending the former president’s long-running effort to break precedent and keep them secret. […]
Department of Health confirms that from 5 January anyone travelling to England will be asked to take a pre-departure test Rishi Sunak has performed a major U-turn by imposing Covid checks on travellers from China from 5 January, after criticism from a growing number of Conservative MPs over his “dithering”. […]
Prime minister’s new year message makes no mention of the chaos that has plagued the Tory party in 2022 Rishi Sunak has blamed Covid and the Ukraine war for what he acknowledged had been a “tough” 12 months, and warned in a prime ministerial new year message that the country’s […]
Brian May and Grayson Perry are knighted, Denise Lewis is made a dame and Frank Skinner becomes MBE The fashion designer Mary Quant, the Lionesses and the Queen guitarist Brian May are among those recognised in the first new year honours of the king’s reign. Quant, 92, who as one […]
The first global football superstar made everyone smile and his tricks were never designed to diminish his opponents Tributes paid to a football great – live updates and reaction For the generation born just after the end of the second world war, the emergence of the teenaged Pelé during the […]
Tributes paid to a football great – live updates and reaction Pelé scored a world record 1,281 goals in 1,363 games Pelé tops our list of the top 100 all-time World Cup footballers Observer Archive from 1970: ‘There is only one Pelé’ Pelé, the Brazilian virtuoso whose captivating skill and […]
Iconoclastic British designer rose to prominence by outfitting the Sex Pistols as punk took off in the 1970s Remembering Vivienne Westwood: ‘The rebel who was never without a cause’ Her life and career – in pictures Dame Vivienne Westwood, the pioneering British fashion designer who played a key role in […]
A retired businessman recalls the time when, in 1958, the then-17-year-old World Cup footballer practised at his school Pelé, Brazil World Cup winner and football legend, dies aged 82 Pelé tops our list of the top 100 all-time World Cup footballers Observer Archive from 1970: ‘There is only one Pelé’ […]