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Reporter. The Observer
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The Observer
8 days ago
The tenants forced to pay for their richer neighboursâ gyms. Residents in affordable flats in south London were barred from the premium facilities their costly service charges were paying for, writes
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The tenants forced to pay for their richer neighboursâ gyms | The Observer
https://bit.ly/44LAdCN
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Victory for residents in property tribunal over claims service charges of up to ÂŁ7k a year on âaffordableâ flats were helping to fund exclusive facilities in development that they were barred from using, including concierge service and gym.
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The tenants forced to pay for their richer neighboursâ gyms | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-tenants-forced-to-pay-for-their-richer-neighbours-gyms
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The Observer
15 days ago
The Observer is no longer just a Sunday paper; you can now get a little bit of Sunday every day. Our new website and app are live, and weâre publishing daily for the first time in 233 years. Sign up today:
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Cat Neilan
2 months ago
âThere is no climate crisis,â Sean Matthews, leader of Lincolnshire council, posted on X last year. âWe are all paying for these idiots to escalate their fantasies.â By my colleague
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Climate-change denying Reform councils are axing net zero...
Environmental fears are being described as lies and fantasies to justify scrapping green policies
https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/climate-change-denying-reform-councils-are-axing-net-zero-targets
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The Observer
2 months ago
Unite created phoney job to prevent challenge to leaders, says whistleblower Union gave a Heathrow baggage handler a âghost postâ and let him keep his first job, according to claim âď¸@JonUngoedThomas
https://bit.ly/4nX84A8
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What's gone wrong with our honey? My latest investigation in the Observer.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
4 months ago
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"I lived through the Troubles...I know what a terrorist organisation is." Interview with former magistrate Deborah Hinton, 81, OBE, arrested under Terrorism Act and held in cell for seven hours over Palestine Action vigil.
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Former magistrate, 81, faces six months in jail for Pales...
Cornish pensioner arrested at Truro cathedral falls foul of governmentâs labelling of direct action group as a terrorist organisation
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/former-magistrate-81-faces-six-months-in-jail-for-palestine-action-vigil
4 months ago
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The Observer
6 months ago
âThe most damaging thing for the seaâ ⌠and 300 trawlers are at it in Europe Conservationists call for action after tracking hundreds of vessels they suspect of harmful deep-sea fishing
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âThe most damaging thing for the seaâ ⌠and 300 trawlers...
Conservationists call for action after tracking hundreds of vessels they suspect of harmful deep-sea fishing
https://bit.ly/45okXwV
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More than 3,000 species are caught by bottom trawlers and at least 10% are critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable, including hawksbill turtle and Patagonian seahorse, reveals new research. In today's Observer.
add a skeleton here at some point
6 months ago
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The Observer
6 months ago
Issue #12,183 Deep Trouble Buy your copy of The Observer, available across the country, tomorrow morning. Get the newspaper delivered to your door every Sunday:
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Incineration plants for refuse undermine recycling and have been branded the country's dirtiest form of generating power - so why is England now burning more than half its rubbish? (Ed Miliband approved a new plant in March against planning inspectors' advice.)
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Dirty work: more than half of our rubbish is being incine...
More waste is being burned as fuel than recycled, releasing more carbon and other toxins into the atmosphere
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/dirty-work-more-than-half-of-our-rubbish-is-being-incinerated
6 months ago
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"There are bits of the environment being destroyed all along their supply chain." Food giant Cargill challenged over its soy supply chain from one of richest ecosystems in the world in South America to the catchment of the now blighted River Wye.
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High court to decide if 23 million chickens are killing the River Wye | The Observer
Poultry industry insists that phosphate-rich manure is not to blame, as 3,000 people join one of the biggest environmental legal cases ever seen in the UK
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/high-court-to-decide-if-23-million-chickens-are-killing-the-river-wye
7 months ago
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The Observer
7 months ago
The gambling watchdog has put 38 failing betting firms into special measures in the past five years under a secretive regime ďťżthat prevents the companies being identified. âď¸ âŞ@jonungoedthomas.bsky.social⏠Read more:
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Dozens of betting companies secretly put in special measures | The Observer
The Gambling Commission is under fire for keeping the identity of troubled companies secret in return for charity payments
https://bit.ly/3ZmljAb
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The Observer
7 months ago
The Firm: Trump Inc. and the new age of corruption. Buy your copy of The Observer, available across the country, tomorrow morning. Get the newspaper delivered to your door every Sunday:
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How millions of consumers are misled over scale of 'dead zones' in UK's mobile network coverage.
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Millions of people misled over Britainâs mobile network âdead zonesâ | The Observer
Trackers placed in bin lorries reveal mobile coverage in some areas â1,000 times worseâ than official data suggests
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/millions-of-people-misled-over-britains-mobile-network-dead-zones
7 months ago
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One of the most toxic pesticides ever produced is banned for use in more than 50 countries. Still made in Britain (where it use is also banned) for export.
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The UK's toxic export: banned weedkiller
Daughter joins campaign to stop production of controversial pesticide at factory in Huddersfield after her father died with Parkinsonâs disease years after spraying his farm
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/paraquat-huddersfield-campaign
7 months ago
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Shanti Das
10 months ago
New: Gambling companies are secretly tracking visitors to their websites and sending their data to Facebook without consent. We visited 150 sites and found a third breaking the rules. In the days after the testing, we were flooded with gambling ads. With
@jonungoedthomas.bsky.social
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Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing usersâ data with Facebook without permission
Betting companies secretly track visitors to their sites before sending data to parent company Meta
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/08/gambling-firms-secretly-shared-users-data-with-facebook-without-permission
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The Guardian
11 months ago
âUnwillingâ coroners failed us, say families of gambling addicts who took their own lives
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âUnwillingâ coroners failed us, say families of gambling addicts who took their own lives
Relatives of those who committed suicide claim betting industry is not being held to account, report reveals Families of gambling addicts who took their own lives have told of being let down by the coroner service, which they say failed to properlyâŚ
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/19/unwilling-coroners-failed-us-say-families-of-gambling-addicts-who-took-their-own-lives?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Guardian
11 months ago
Clean water campaigners claim victory in Windermere sewage case
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Clean water campaigners claim victory in Windermere sewage case
United Utilities has dropped legal fight to block access to data on the discharge of treated sewage in Lake District The water company United Utilities has conceded defeat in its legal battle to block public access to data on treated sewage it isâŚ
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/18/lake-windermere-sewage-clean-water-campaigners-united-utilities-drops-legal-case?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Guardian
12 months ago
Labour under fire over plans for 40 more âgreenwashingâ waste incinerators
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Labour under fire over plans for 40 more âgreenwashingâ waste incinerators
Communities across the UK are fighting âcatastrophicâ proposals to build new energy-from-waste plants Labour faces a growing backlash across the country over proposals to build a new generation of more than 40 waste incinerators to burn household andâŚ
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/29/labour-under-fire-over-plans-for-40-more-greenwashing-waste-incinerators?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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"Net zero farce": Labour under fire over plans to build more than 40 new incinerators to help burn more than half of household and commercial rubbish in England.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Labour under fire over plans for 40 more âgreenwashingâ waste incinerators
Communities across the UK are fighting âcatastrophicâ proposals to build new energy-from-waste plants
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/29/labour-under-fire-over-plans-for-40-more-greenwashing-waste-incinerators
12 months ago
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Pensions turning to "rust": US multinationals accused of exploiting pensions law loophole to freeze increases in payouts to former UK employees.
www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...
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âHeartlessâ multinationals exploiting pensions loophole for UK workers
Hewlett Packard, American Express and Pfizer among firms to have frozen increases in payouts despite inflation
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/dec/22/heartless-multinationals-exploiting-pensions-loophole-for-uk-workers
12 months ago
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The Guardian
12 months ago
âHeartlessâ multinationals exploiting pensions loophole for UK workers
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âHeartlessâ multinationals exploiting pensions loophole for UK workers
Hewlett Packard, American Express and Pfizer among firms to have frozen increases in payouts despite inflation Some of the worldâs richest companies are accused of exploiting a loophole in pension law to freeze increases in payouts for many former UKâŚ
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/dec/22/heartless-multinationals-exploiting-pensions-loophole-for-uk-workers?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Just 2% or fewer of trains on some of the busiest Avanti West Coast services between London and Manchester are leaving and arriving on time.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Just 2% of some key trains on London to Manchester line run on time
Failing passenger service is a ânational embarrassment,â says Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/21/just-2-of-busiest-trains-on-key-london-to-manchester-line-run-on-time
12 months ago
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The Guardian
12 months ago
Just 2% of busiest trains on key London to Manchester line run on time
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Just 2% of busiest trains on key London to Manchester line run on time
Failing passenger service is a ânational embarrassment,â says Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham Just 2% or fewer of trains on some of the busiest Avanti West Coast services between London and Manchester are leaving and arriving on time, analysis ofâŚ
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/21/just-2-of-busiest-trains-on-key-london-to-manchester-line-run-on-time?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Guardian
12 months ago
Labour condemned for allowing ânew generation of slum homesâ in England
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Labour condemned for allowing ânew generation of slum homesâ in England
Government accused of permitting a planning âfree-for-allâ by allowing developers to convert office blocks into flats without the usual controls Labour has been accused of allowing developers to build a new generation of âslumâ homes by converting officeâŚ
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/14/labour-condemned-for-allowing-new-generation-of-slum-homes-in-england?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Labour warned over new generation of "slum" tower blocks in drive to build 1.5m homes in England by 2029.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Labour condemned for allowing ânew generation of slum homesâ in England
Government accused of permitting a planning âfree-for-allâ by allowing developers to convert office blocks into flats without the usual controls
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/14/labour-condemned-for-allowing-new-generation-of-slum-homes-in-england
12 months ago
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I am today joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours over the sale of the Observer. I will be back at work on Friday. For more information please follow @GoNUJ93 and @NUJofficial or visit
nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
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Not for Sale: Save The Observer
Journalists at the Guardian & Observer are taking strike action in opposition to the hurried sale of the title.
https://nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
about 1 year ago
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Shanti Das
about 1 year ago
New: the true scale of 'dark money' flowing into UK politics Cash from firms that have never made a profit, from unincorporated associations that don't declare their funders & banned donations from abroad are all entering the system
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by âdark moneyâ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/30/uk-political-donations-dark-money?CMP=share_btn_url
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
Beekeepers halt honey awards over âhuge fraudâ in global supply chain
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Beekeepers halt honey awards over âhuge fraudâ in global supply chain
Warnings that genuine products are bulked out with cheaper sugar syrup prompt international congress to withdraw prizes The World Beekeeping Awards will not award a prize for honey next year after warnings of widespread fraud in the global supply chain.âŚ
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/30/beekeepers-halt-honey-awards?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Honey to be withdrawn as a category in World Beekeeping Awards in 2025 after warnings of widespread fraud in supply chain.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Beekeepers halt honey awards over âhuge fraudâ in global supply chain
Warnings that genuine products are bulked out with cheaper sugar syrup prompt international congress to withdraw prizes
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/30/beekeepers-halt-honey-awards
about 1 year ago
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
British Olympic sailors threaten to quit Dorset base over plans for waste incinerator
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British Olympic sailors threaten to quit Dorset base over plans for waste incinerator
Paris medallists join people on Isle of Portland in opposing proposals that could damage air quality and environment British Olympic athletes who train at an internationally renowned sailing academy on the south coast are threatening to quit the siteâŚ
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/23/british-olympic-sailors-threaten-to-quit-dorset-base-over-plans-for-waste-incinerator?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Olympic sailors threaten to quit south coast base after government approves waste incinerator on their doorstep.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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British Olympic sailors threaten to quit Dorset base over plans for waste incinerator
Paris medallists join people on Isle of Portland in opposing proposals that could damage air quality and environment
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/23/british-olympic-sailors-threaten-to-quit-dorset-base-over-plans-for-waste-incinerator
about 1 year ago
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
KFC drops pledge to stop using âFrankenchickensâ in the UK
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KFC drops pledge to stop using âFrankenchickensâ in the UK
Chain says it wonât be able to stop buying fast-growing breeds by 2026 because poultry industry cannot supply enough higher-welfare animals The fast food chain KFC has ditched its pledge in the UK to improve animal welfare by sourcing its chicken fromâŚ
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/23/kfc-drops-pledge-to-stop-using-frankenchickens-in-the-uk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Matt Staniek
about 1 year ago
đ¨ Breaking News đ¨ In todayâs Guardian you will see more work from Save Windermere and Professor Peter Hammond from Windrush Against Sewage Pollution. Analysis from Prof. Hammond shows over 500 days with illegal spilling in and around Windermere in 6 years âŹď¸
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New report by
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reveals that United Utilities has presided over suspected illegal sewage spills for more than 500 days over a period from 2018 to 2023 in Windermere and the surrounding area.
@savewindermere.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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âItâs a national disgraceâ: fury at sewage-filled Windermere over toxic algae and dead fish
Campaigners blame United Utilities for blighting famous lake with raw effluent
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/16/windermere-toxic-algae-dead-fish-sewage-united-utilities
about 1 year ago
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One of UK's biggest water firms in legal battle to block release of environmental information on treated sewage being discharged into Windermere in Lake District.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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United Utilities refuses to hand over data on sewage discharges into Windermere
Water company claims information is not in the public interest despite widespread pollution of UK waters
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/16/united-utilities-refuses-to-hand-over-data-on-sewage-discharges-into-windermere
about 1 year ago
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