Opinion
There’s one argument Starmer could make to save his skin – but he won’t dare do it | Jonathan Freedland
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change | Gordon Brown
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
So the Epstein scandal is about politics? Silly me for thinking it’s about the mass abuse of women and girls | Marina Hyde
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
It’s tragic that a decent PM will be brought down by Mandelson’s sleaze – but it’s a matter of when, not if | Polly Toynbee
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
Young Muslims have created an inclusive Ramadan that works for everyone. Now that’s in danger | Nosheen Iqbal
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
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Bad and getting worse: for students like me, the loan system is the disaster that never ends | Rohan Sathyamoorthy
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
Labour made mistakes in its Caerphilly byelection defeat. It may be about to repeat them in Gorton and Denton | Will Hayward
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
Here is a political lesson progressives need to learn, and fast: British pubs are crucial | Simon Jenkins
Posted on Thursday February 05, 2026
Martin Rowson on Peter Mandelson and the Labour party – cartoon
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
The Guardian view on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: driven by a belief that his status made him untouchable | Editorial
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
Technology
Hail our new robot overlords! Amazon warehouse tour offers glimpse of future
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
At its new Stone Mountain, Georgia, facility, Roomba-like robots shuffle between stacks, another adds shipping labels while another arranges packages in palletsOne of the reasons Amazon is spending billions on robots? They don’t need bathroom breaks. Arriving a few minutes early to the public tour of Amazon’s hi-tech Stone Mountain, Georgia, warehouse, my request to visit the restroom was met with a resounding no from the security guard in the main lobby.Between the main doors and the entrance security gate, I paced and paced after being told I would have to wait for the tour guide to collect me and other guests for a tour of the 640,000-sq-ft, four-story warehouse. Continue reading...
TikTok could be forced to change app’s ‘addictive design’ by European Commission
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into ‘autopilot mode’, with concerns for children and vulnerable adultsBusiness live – latest updatesTikTok could be forced into changes to make the app less addictive to users after the EU indicated the platform had breached the bloc’s digital safety rules.The EU’s executive arm said in a preliminary ruling that the popular app had infringed the Digital Services Act (DSA) due to its “addictive design”. Continue reading...
Sport
Winter Olympics 2026: opening ceremony at Milan’s San Siro and beyond – live
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
• Milano Cortina Games to be opened on Friday evening• Schedule | Results | Medal table | Briefing | Email TanyaLindsey Vonn inspected the Olympic downhill course with other racers early this morning as she prepared to take part in the opening training session despite tearing the ACL in her left knee a week ago.The 41-year-old Vonn is planning to compete at the Milan Cortina Games with a large brace covering her injured knee. Continue reading...
Leeds v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live
Posted on Friday February 06, 2026
⚽ Premier League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off⚽ Table | Follow us on Bluesky | Email DominicI’m not sure Peter Oh has high hopes for this evening’s footballing fare judging from this email.He says: “Given the various endearing nicknames that have garlanded these two clubs, could tonight be the Nasty/Dirty/Tricky derby?” Continue reading...