Observer investigation reveals UK Biobank opened its biomedical database to insurance firms despite pledge it would not do so Sensitive health information donated for medical research by half a ...

The UK’s Guardian Media Group is in talks to sell the Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, to online news startup Tortoise Media. Tortoise has agreed to invest £25 million ($33.1 million) ...

Observer staff have been warned that “difficult decisions” lie ahead if the Tortoise deal to buy the title does not go ahead, according to the latest sale update. Guardian Media Group chief executive ...

More than 70 leading UK cultural figures decry Observer sale as "a betrayal" of liberal journalism. By Dominic Ponsford and Bron Maher Clockwise from top left: Tortoise founder and editor James ...

Most observers expected Lord Butler to go to ground after being appointed to examine the intelligence (but not political) failures that led to war with Iraq. Much surprise - and not a little ...

Anthony Seldon’s warning about the perils of political donations (Opinion, March 16) is timely. He might have gone further. There are now many members of the House of Lords, representing all three ...

Tony Blair's visit to Libyan leader Muammer Gadaffi might not be best timed. Just as co-operation to defeat terror is more necessary than ever, he is set to offend ...