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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Global superstar of football who was a hugely prolific goalscorer and three times a World Cup winner with Brazil Pelé, who has died aged 82 after suffering from cancer, is widely regarded as the greatest footballer the game has ever seen. He was the only player to have won the […]
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’ […]
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 […]
Exclusive: Nearly one in 10 care homes that offer dementia support reported on by inspectors in 2022 were given worst rating ‘Very grim’: daughter criticises Surrey care home over father’s death Families of people with dementia have said there is a national crisis in care safety as it emerged that […]
Other countries including Italy have taken similar steps after Beijing’s rollback of ‘zero-Covid’ policies led to surge in cases The US has announced all travellers from China must provide a negative Covid-19 test to enter the country, joining other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge of infections. The increase […]
Downing Street says reports of raucous behaviour of all-party trips are a matter for parliament No 10 has said it is “very concerning” that MPs were reportedly met by sex workers in their hotel rooms and engaged in raucous drinking while on parliamentary trips abroad. The prime minister’s deputy official […]
In the northern hemisphere five planets can be seen by the naked eye, and Uranus and Neptune with a telescope or binoculars Every planet in the solar system was visible in the night sky simultaneously on Wednesday, which is regarded by experts as a rare astronomical event. Venus, Mercury, Saturn, […]