Arsenal’s Alexis Sánchez punishes Sunderland’s defensive howlers
Arsenal's Alexis Sánchez scores his second goal against Sunderland in the Premier League at the Stadium of Light. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Arsène Wenger has described his side as warming up nicely...
View ArticleDavid Hockney: you ask the questions
The bigger picture: David Hockney at his Royal Academy exhibition in London in 2012. Photograph: Stephen Simpson/Rex At a time when the words “legend” and “icon” are bandied around willy-nilly, it is...
View ArticleEbola fears as person isolated at Brisbane hospital
Microscopic view of a single filamentous Ebola virus particle. Photograph: UPI/Landov/ Barcroft Media A person possibly infected with Ebola has been isolated at a Brisbane hospital. The patient had...
View ArticleAngela Merkel opposes Cameron EU renegotiation plan
Angela Merkel appeared to dismiss the prospect of radical change. Photograph: Xinhua /Landov / Barcroft Media/Xinhua /Landov / Barcroft Media David Cameron’s hopes of an EU renegotiation over the free...
View ArticleWorld’s oldest lender fails European banking stress test
A Monte Dei Paschi di Siena bank branch in Milan Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP The world’s oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is racing to find €2.1bn (£1.65bn) after a health check of Europe’s...
View ArticleEdinburgh police lock down part of city centre in hunt for man
Parts of Edinburgh city centre are on lockdown as police hunt a man reported to be on a roof. Police helicopters circled the city’s historic Old Town and sniffer dogs, fire engines and police cars were...
View ArticleThree surfers die near Newquay, Cornwall
Mawgan Porth beach is known as a popular surfing destination. Photograph: Michael Dutton / Alamy/Alamy Three surfers have died after getting into difficulty in the sea in Cornwall, police have said....
View ArticleIsis puts out another John Cantlie propaganda video
British photojournalist John Cantlie is featuring in a series of propaganda videos released by Isis. Photograph: You Tube/PA Isis hostage John Cantlie has told how captives have been waterboarded for...
View ArticleFootball fans and neo-Nazis clash with police in Cologne
Hooligans clash with riot police forces at the central station in Cologne. Photograph: Alexander Koerner/Getty Images Football hooligans and members of the German far right clashed with riot police in...
View ArticleCould you live in a tiny house?
Small is beautiful … the property in Islington that is on the market for £275,000. Photograph: SWNS.com Hello and welcome to Part 1,285,746 in our occasional series: I Think It’s Time To Start Taking...
View ArticleUS Ebola quarantine measures ‘could discourage health workers’
A cleaning crew wearing personal protective equipment clean the apartment of a US doctor returning from west Africa. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters Quarantine measures imposed on travellers to the...
View ArticleBayern’s winning streak halted by a resilient Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bayern Munich’s Pep Guardiola, right, impresses a point on Franck Ribéry during the 0-0 draw at Borussia Mönchengladbach. Photograph: Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Undefeated Bayern Munich stumbled to a...
View ArticleWhat Heywood’s minicab customers can learn from Mick Jagger
Stephen Campbell, owner and manager of the Heywood minicab firm that agreed to send white drivers on request. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian You can’t always get what you want, was...
View ArticleUkraine voting in elections that could cement pro-western stance
Ballot boxes at a polling station in Kiev. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images Ukraine is voting in parliamentary elections that could cement a new pro-western course for the country, seven months...
View ArticleThe Observer view on British Summer Time
Let there be light: dawn at Littlehampton. Photograph: Tony Eveling / Alamy/Alamy For the next five months, the nation can again anticipate evenings marked by their gloom and darkness, thanks to...
View ArticleWolves fight back to beat woeful Leeds with late Leon Clarke goal
Wolves No7 James Henry rifles home the equaliser as Leeds defender Giuseppe Bellusci watches on helplessly. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Action Images The substitute Leon Clarke scored an 85th-minute winner to...
View ArticleMotorbike theft prompts Edinburgh city centre lockdown
The incident took place around Cockburn Street, off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images The target of a major manhunt which locked down part of Edinburgh city centre for...
View ArticleThe Observer view on corporation tax
Facebook has paid no UK corporation tax for the second year in a row. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Michael Sandel, the internationally acclaimed American philosopher, gave a lecture in London last...
View ArticleHong Kong protesters cancel referendum
Masked protesters stand at the barriers dividing the police from the crowds in Mongkok on Saturday. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images The organisers of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests...
View ArticleLeeds United’s Darko Milanic sacked after defeat by Wolves in sixth game
Darko Milanic gestures from the sidelines during what proved his last match as Leeds manager, a 2-1 defeat by Wolves. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Action Images Leeds United’s controversial owner, Massimo...
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