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  • Manchester City’s Kyle Walker lifts the Premier League trophy after the final-day 3-1 victory over West Ham.

    Premier League
    Manchester City beat West Ham to win fourth consecutive title

  • Dozens of people protesting holding up placards that read it's time, hashtag contaminated blood and recognise the victims

    Infected blood scandal
    Inquiry to call for prosecution of those responsible

    • Angela Rayner
      Greater Manchester police chief defends decision to investigate Labour deputy leader

    • Aslef
      Leader left proposed deal to end rail strikes unread

    • Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
      Music mogul admits he beat ex-girlfriend Cassie

    • Virgin Atlantic
      Hundreds of cabin crew sue for unfair dismissal

    • Donald Trump
      Ex-president floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention

    • European politics
      Far-right leaders gather ahead of EU elections

News in focus

  • Keir Starmer laughing on TV talkshow sofa with Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer

    Analysis
    Starmer tries to curry favour with electorate through Sunday Brunch tandoori

  • Composite picture of Paula Vennells, with short hair and wearing a matching suit jacket and dress, grinning, next to a postbox, stamped letters and a sign reading "Post Office"

    Post Office scandal
    How did Paula Vennells, an ordained priest, fall so far and so fast from grace?

    The former chief executive and archbishop’s confidant appears at the Horizon IT inquiry this week to explain her role in the affair that wrecked the lives of so many of her staff
  • A train moving through countryside beneath chalk cliffs

    Transport
    UK rail faces fight to stay on track as climate crisis erodes routes

    Britain’s railways are spending billions on bolstering the tracks against geological movements caused by extreme weather. But technology and new infrastructure will not save every service

Spotlight

  • Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton

    Bridgerton
    How real-life Lady Whistledown scandalised 18th-century society

    The subversive work of Eliza Haywood, the feminist forerunner of the TV show’s gossip columnist, is about to be republished
  • A young Black man wearing a straw-colored cowboy hat lit by sunlight coming through rafters out of the frame has his arm over the neck of a brown, saddled horse.

    A history that’s been suppressed
    The Black cowboy story is 200 years old

  • Lunch With Dr Chris Van Tulleken

    Academic and doctor Chris van Tulleken
    ‘Ultra-processed products are food that lies to us’

    The author on how his mission to improve our national diet began – and where it needs to go
  • Phil Daoust has his brain scanned.

    Keep forgetting things? Worried about your brain?
    Here’s what Phil Daoust learned when he had his scanned

    • Film Still: Limonov – The Ballad. Directed By Kirill Serebrennikov. Ben Whishaw

      Limonov: The Ballad review
      Ben Whishaw brilliant as Russia’s outlaw bohemian

    • Portrait of a primeval caveman wearing an animal skin in a cave, holding a lit torch

      Readers reply
      What was humanity’s first word?

    • Hannah Hall

      Young pigeon fanciers
      Meet the new kids on the flock

    • Picture of open school books

      US book bans intensify
      ‘Scary’: public-school textbooks the latest target

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Opinion

  • R Fresson special needs education 170524 OPINION WEB01

    Education’s deepest crisis is being ignored by Westminster – and even harsher cuts are on the way

    John Harris
    A politicians fuss over sex education, a void in special needs provision is leaving families with nowhere to turn, says Guardian columnist John Harris
  • woman walking on pavement

    The walking cure: when an injury forced me to slow down, I learned that we can only amble our way to wisdom

    Justine Toh
  • Woman having her hair cut in a salon

    Demanding a haircut without talking is just rude – how important do you think you are?

    Barbara Ellen
    The chat-free salon session is now a thing, but is it really that hard to feign a bit of interest in your stylist’s love life and holiday plans, writes Barbara Ellen
  • Donald Trump surrounded by supporters with US flags and 'Make America Great Again' placards.

    US voters are increasingly polarised over politics, but Brits are far less stubborn

    Torsten Bell
    Pundits say rising negative feelings to other parties threatens democracy. Apart from in America, new research tells a different story
    • Young woman grimaces at laundry in clothes drier

      Free the fridges! Make dishwashers great again! US conservatives have odd priorities

      Emma Beddington
    • Ella Baron on the infected blood inquiry report – cartoon

      Cartoon
      Infected blood inquiry report

    • Illustration by David Foldvari of a person's head coloured in with items of food.

      I haven’t tried Ozempic but I know how it feels

      Megan Nolan
    • ‘The Tories will struggle to turn Sir Keir into a convincingly frightening bogey figure.’

      Rishi Sunak’s scare tactics aren’t going to work against a soothing Keir Starmer

      Andrew Rawnsley

Editorials & Letters

  • Two people walking their dogs at Hook Moor windfarm, near Leeds, with two wind turbines visible.

    The Guardian view
    Net zero: a bank-led green transition won’t work for Britain

  • A view of the audience and stage at Symphony Hall, home of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, seen from the back of the stalls

    The Guardian view
    Phones in concert halls: what engages some enrages others

  • An air source heat pump.

    Letters
    A lot of hot air? The pros and cons of heat pumps

  • 1970 FA Cup final between Leeds and Chelsea

    Letters
    When the beautiful game was a bit brutal

Climate crisis

  • Cruise ships line up at the City Cruise Terminal, Southampton, Hampshire. P&amp;O MS Ventura, Saga Spirit of Adventure, and Seven Seas Splendor.<br>2K02AM2 Cruise ships line up at the City Cruise Terminal, Southampton, Hampshire. P&amp;O MS Ventura, Saga Spirit of Adventure, and Seven Seas Splendor.

    Environment
    Ships in some UK port cities create more air pollution than cars

  • Municipal Guard In Porto Alegre Boat Patrol The City to Keep Order And Help People Affected By The Floods<br>PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL - MAY 17: Aerial view a members of the Municipal Guard on a boat guard the flooded streets near Porto Alegre City Hall on May 17, 2024 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The situation in Rio Grande Do Sul remains critical as the predictions mention that the level of the water will keep above the flood level for about a month. Death toll continues to increase and as of today, it has surpassed the 150 deceases. Damages to the infrastructure of the State and its capital, Porto Alegre, worsen while authorities and citizens continue with the rescue and safety efforts. (Photo by Jefferson Bernardes/Getty Images)

    Brazil
    Country counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon

  • Climate activists sit near a Lufthansa plane as police stand nearby

    Germany
    Eight climate activists arrested over airport protest

  • A tractor spraying of potato crops with chemical pesticides

    Sticky trick
    New glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals

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From the UK

  • A view of the Tyne at Ovingham, near Newcastle.

    Northumberland
    Boy dies and second in critical condition after getting into difficulty in River Tyne

  • An RAF A400M dropping humanitarian aid in Gaza earlier this year.

    RAF
    Grant Shapps orders review into plane shortage before 80th D-day anniversary

    • Transport
      UK rail faces fight to stay on track as climate crisis erodes routes

    • 'Living in limbo'
      Home Office in threat to deport disabled man to Nigeria after 38 years in UK

    • Zarah Sultana
      The Labour MP taking on the Tories, and her own party, over Gaza

    • Viagogo
      Website ‘mistakenly’ listed resale of England football match tickets

    • Eurostar
      Operator reverses wheelchair policy that left user stranded, after Observer campaign

    • Analysis
      Inflation in the UK is about to tumble. But how far – and for how long?

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Around the world

  • Trucks passing through border crossing at night

    Gaza
    UN humanitarian chief delivers ‘apocalyptic’ warning over aid

    Emergency relief coordinator says famine looming as Israel’s Rafah offensive blocks vital aid routes
  • Oleksandr Usyk stands in the ring holding up a flag with Ukraine's national colours of blue and yellow

    ‘Proud and happy’
    Ukrainians embrace Oleksandr Usyk’s boxing victory

  • Man wearing blue jumpsuit with hands up in air in front of white structure

    Science
    First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flight

  • A line of protesters hold Georgian flags as others behind them hold up phones

    Georgia
    President vetoes ‘foreign influence’ law

    • Indonesia
      Ibu volcano spectacularly erupts forcing nearby villages to evacuate

    • New Caledonia
      French forces launch ‘major operation’, as unrest claims another life

    • Robert Fico
      Slovak PM out of immediate danger four days after shooting, says deputy

    • Hungary
      Two dead and five missing after boat collision near Budapest

    • Cannes 2024
      German star condemns ‘madness’ of protective culture for UK child actors

    • US
      Biden vows to fight ‘poison of white supremacy’ at Morehouse speech

Culture

  • Some of the items in the Secret Life of the Home gallery.

    ‘It’s very hard to get spare parts’
    London museum ‘retires’ treasure-trove gallery of household gadgets

    Science Museum’s Secret Life of the Home collection, including tea-making machines, early microwave cookers, gramophones and the first flushing toilets will close on 2 June
  • Elizabeth Harrower and Shirley Hazzard

    Elizabeth Harrower and Shirley Hazzard
    The two literary greats only met six times. They wrote to each other for 40 years

  • Bruce Dickinson at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow.

    Bruce Dickinson review
    Metal’s charismatic star indulges his goofy side

  • Billie Eilish at the Hit Me Hard and Soft album release listening party.

    Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft review
    Could have hit even harder

  • AI generated image of Jesus with the body of a lobster

    Spam, junk … slop?
    The latest wave of AI behind the ‘zombie internet’

  • Protesters gather in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle, Washington, June 2020

    Books
    Morning After the Revolution by Nellie Bowles review – the perils of failing to toe the party line

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    Six ways to tell you're ready to take your online business into the real world

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Lifestyle

  • Lucy Khan and Chris Cartlidge, standing side by side wearing scrubs, in an operating theatre.

    ‘It was smart to marry the competition’
    Meet the ‘power couples’ who work together

    Meet four couples who are married to each other – and the job. Yes, it can get shouty, but knowing your partner so well brings unexpected benefits, both to the working relationship and to time at home
  • HIGHRES arabic flavour 2

    Jay Rayner on restaurants
    Arabic Flavour, Aberystwyth: ‘Food that tells a story’

  • The Flood Resilient Garden at RHS Chelsea

    ‘Embrace the bog’
    Chelsea flower show expert champions flood-proof garden

  • Observer Magazine<br>SELF - Author Harriet Tyce,at home in London. Writes about her relationship with alcohol adn how it plays out in her novels.

    Harriet Tyce
    ‘I was 49 when I had my last drink’

  • Sea bream puttanesca.

    20-minute recipes from Anna Haugh
    Lamb kofta, sea bream puttanesca, potato cakes

  • Illustration: Jamie Wignall

    How to buy secondhand clothes you’ll love online
    Shop out of season and make an offer

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    Chelsea Women fans
    Share your views on Emma Hayes’ departure

  • A badly designed system and what one MP called “shocking ineptitude” at the DWP has created hardship for thousands of carers in Britain.

    Carers in the UK
    Have you been threatened with prosecution for benefit fraud?

  • Official portrait of King Charles

    King Charles III
    Do you have a portrait of King Charles in your workplace?

  • Costa Rica, Monteverde cloud forest guide birdwatching

    Environment
    Have you recently become more engaged with the natural world?

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From our global editions

  • A young Black man wearing a straw-colored cowboy hat lit by sunlight coming through rafters out of the frame has his arm over the neck of a brown, saddled horse.

    ‘A history that’s been suppressed’
    The Black cowboy story is 200 years old

    Historians estimate a quarter of settlers of the US west were Black, moving cattle on horseback, settling towns and keeping the peace
  • Andrea Michelli photographed in Victoria Park, London by Sophia Evans for the Observer New Review.

    Prof Andrea Mechelli
    People who live near green space are less likely to struggle with mental health issues

  • Silhouettes of people look at Google logo

    Analysis
    Google remains focused on its long quest for your eyeballs

  • A blond woman in a red velvet robe with a furry collar leans on a wooden bar

    ‘More like therapists’
    Adult virgins turn to Nevada brothels for sex – and healing

  • One person sat in a small navy and white helicopter plane with another person crouched down on the left wing of the plane

    ‘Everyone wants a plane for summer’
    Luxury trade fair woos super-rich

  • Woman wearing tiara with flowers waves to camera

    ‘Such a hot mess’
    Turmoil inside the world of US beauty pageants

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  • Protesters during a paddle-out in Falmouth organised by Surfers Against Sewage.

    ‘Clean water is a basic right’
    Protesters against sewage in seas and rivers gather across the UK

  • Hospice patient Lynne Cottignies

    ‘Once you take choice away, there’s nothing left’
    Assisted dying edges closer in Jersey, but can they protect against a ‘duty to die’?

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    Marina Hyde on Russell Brand’s baptism; plus ‘deepfake’ cheerleaders: the woman wrongly accused over a viral video – podcast

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  • Demonstrators hold placards reading ‘It’s time #ContaminatedBlood’ and ‘Recognise all victims #ContaminatedBlood’.

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