• Rachel Reeves says Tory approach is ‘increasingly reckless’ • Business leaders claim that small firms are being ‘hammered’ The UK economy faces a “massive hit” in 2023 because Rishi Sunak’s government is refusing point blank to negotiate with unions over ending public sector strikes, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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”. […]
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. […]
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’ […]