In the late 1990s, Mischa Haller began taking pictures of British nightlife during the hours after the clubs had shut – from drunken revellers scoffing pizza to ravers blissed out on the beach It is in the early hours of the morning that one of modern…

Government urged to introduce universal right of bereavement leave as ‘time to grieve’ early pregnancy loss Women who suffer a miscarriage should get two weeks of paid leave from work so they can mourn the loss of their baby, an influential group of MPs…

Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO’s embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’ In an escalation of discontent among the highest-profile far-right followers of Donald Trump, his former adviser Steve Bannon has called Trump’s…

Italy’s Alpine cliff and cave rescue corps find items belonging to Aziz Ziriat as search continues Items belonging to a British hiker who has been missing in the Dolomites since New Year’s Day have been found as the search for him continues. Sam Harris,…

Has there been a cover-up or a lack of action over ‘grooming gangs’, and why is Elon Musk supporting Tommy Robinson? The Elon Musk-instigated argument over whether the UK needs another national inquiry into rape and sexual abuse gangs reached the Commons…

Isaac Steidl being held over site used by criminals including man convicted of recruiting strangers to rape his wife The founder of the website used by Dominique Pelicot to recruit strangers to rape his wife has been arrested in France. Isaac Steidl,…

Safeguarding minister says billionaire has increased her risk of harm by calling her a ‘rape genocide apologist’ on X Elon Musk knows “absolutely nothing” about protecting women and girls, Jess Phillips has said after the billionaire called her a “rape…

The Barry I grew up in was a far cry from its peak as a thriving coal port then a holiday destination. It took an unassuming sitcom to give it a lifeline You know a town has a PR problem when it needs to catch fire to get attention. In 1984, my home town…

This final farewell to the hugely loved sitcom is profoundly bittersweet. Alongside the laughs, it’s a beautiful, poignant piece of television I’m not crying, you’re crying. OK, fine – I’m bawling my eyes out. And not just because it’s time to say a…

28 December 1934 – 27 September 2024 The playwright recalls the actor as a fiercely loyal friend with a natural gift for comedy, but also as her own hardest critic * Read the Observer’s obituaries of 2024 in full “Melancholy men, of all others, are…

Last episode of long-running BBC sitcom had an average of 12.3m live viewers Gavin and Stacey has won the festive TV ratings battle, with the show’s final farewell becoming the most watched Christmas Day programme in 16 years. The final episode of the…

State lawmaker briefed by homeland security officials says devices to not appear to be being flown by hobbyists The large mysterious drones reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks appear to avoid detection by traditional methods such as…

As a ‘spy cop’, Bob Lambert betrayed a string of innocent women. The official inquiry must ask harsh questions of him – and the state It’s the testimony we’ve long been waiting for. On Monday, at the undercover policing inquiry, the man whose cruel and…