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observer.co.uk > puzzles > sudoku > article > sudoku-classic-16-august

Sudoku Classic (16 August)

21+ hour, 8+ min ago   (28+ words) The Observer Summer sale – 50% off Saturday 15 August 2026 Sudoku Classic (16 August) Guess the picture No. 411 Guess the picture No. 400...

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Killer by Godefridus (16 August)

21+ hour, 8+ min ago   (7+ words) The Observer...

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observer.co.uk > puzzles > lexipedia-quiz > article > lexipedia-quiz-on-celestial-bodies

Lexipedia quiz: on celestial bodies

16+ hour, 30+ min ago   (30+ words) The Observer Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Lexipedia quiz: on celestial bodies Guess the picture No. 411 Guess the picture No. 400...

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observer.co.uk > news > national > article > prince-williams-goal-to-end-homelessness-faces-uphill-battle-as-numbers-rise

Prince William’s goal to end homelessness faces uphill ba...

17+ hour, 6+ min ago   (575+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Andy Burnham is not the only one who faces a difficult task in pledging to end rough sleeping and tackle the UK’s housing crisis. Homelessness is rising in four out of six UK locations where…...

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observer.co.uk > puzzles > everyman > article > everyman-no-4165

Everyman No. 4,165

19+ hour, 45+ min ago   (187+ words) Competition open to UK residents 18+ only. Max one entry per person. Closing date is Saturday following publication for online an email entries, postal entries must be postmarked no later than the Saturday following publication and must reach us within ten…...

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observer.co.uk > news > sport > article > tv-guide-the-curfew-finally-over-for-englands-cricketers-drinks-all-round

TV Guide: The curfew finally over for England’s cricketer...

21+ hour, 8+ min ago   (308+ words) TV Guide: The curfew finally over for England’s cricketers. Drinks all round? The Observer Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 TV Guide: The curfew finally over for England’s cricketers. Drinks all round? Test series begins, with hockey World Cup and return…...

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observer.co.uk > opinion-and-ideas > leaders > article > the-hounding-of-jason-arday

The hounding of Jason Arday

21+ hour, 8+ min ago   (192+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Illustration by Chris Riddell for The Observer None of which excuses for one moment the hounding of Jason Arday, found dead on Friday a few days after standing down as the youngest Black professor in…...

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observer.co.uk > news > columnists > article > clacton-draws-back-curtain-on-nigel-farage-magic-act

The absurd, pointless Clacton byelection has consigned to...

22+ hour, 31+ min ago   (46+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Burnham can’t afford to pin all on fruitless efforts to cut the cost of living ‘I don’t want to live’: one woman’s experience of the Taliban takeover What are your thoughts on this? Email us…...

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observer.co.uk > news > business > article > robots-set-to-guzzle-more-power-than-the-uk-generates-in-a-year

Robots set to guzzle more power than the UK generates in...

19+ hour, 38+ min ago   (482+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Are robots the new frontier of energy-guzzling technology? Within a decade, both industrial and humanoid robots could consume more power than the UK generated last year, according to research published this week. The analysis comes…...

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observer.co.uk > news > columnists > article > a-feeding-frenzy-by-private-firms-is-in-danger-of-rendering-public-companies-extinct

A feeding frenzy by private firms is in danger of renderi...

19+ hour, 38+ min ago   (147+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 We are living through a revolution as profound as the emergence of artificial intelligence or the disintegration of the international order. It is the privatisation of capitalism. Readers will shake their heads. Isn’t capitalism already…...