Three years on, the reality of the split with the EU has changed minds. But dashed hopes could come to haunt Labour, too
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/05/yes-the-mood-has-shifted-against-brexit-but-the-road-back-to-brussels-is-long-and-hard

Conservatives on course to break flagship NHS pledge as cost of replacing crumbling wards and operating theatres soars
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/04/only-10-of-boris-johnson-promised-40-new-hospitals-have-full-planning-permission

Three years on, Bregret hits home in Britain. For the EU, though, life has moved on
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/05/trade-down-economy-sinking-support-falling-is-the-tide-finally-turning-on-brexit

First victim of David Carrick to reveal identity says she has waived her anonymity to encourage others to come forward
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/04/victim-of-met-police-sex-predator-says-she-wants-him-to-spend-40-years-in-jail

Leading European politicians have warned that the prime minister’s plan to ditch EU legislation will trigger retaliatory countermeasures, in..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/04/sunak-risks-full-scale-trade-war-with-brussels-by-scrapping-eu-laws

Sandy Powell, who will be made a Bafta fellow this month, fears that a cash-starved fringe scene is stifling artistic risks
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/feb/05/terrifying-funding-killing-creativity-warns-multi-oscar-winner

Former PM writes that ‘powerful economic establishment’ and lack of party support contributed to her downfall
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/04/liz-truss-expected-political-comeback-sunday

The forced installation of costly prepayment meters must be stopped. Give low-income consumers a proper safety net instead
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/the-observer-view-on-the-shameful-premium-that-the-poorest-pay-for-their-energy

David Balogun, who loves science and computer programming, receives diploma after taking remote classes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/05/nine-year-old-boy-graduates-high-school-david-balogun

Union appeals to prime minister to compromise to avert massive disruption
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/04/nurses-offer-to-call-off-strikes-if-sunak-matches-welsh-pay-offer

Exclusive: Civil servant who gave anonymous interview to BBC about Afghan withdrawal says service ‘dangerously politicised’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/03/whistleblower-who-revealed-fall-of-kabul-chaos-sues-uk-government-after-sacking

Navy says HMS Portland sailors hospitalised as precaution after drinking accidentally contaminated water
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/03/royal-navy-sailors-in-hospital-after-wrong-chemical-added-to-ships-water

Dragons’ Den investor wants to offer financial workshops after being asked for help by those affected by 2017 disaster
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/04/dragon-steven-bartlett-plans-money-school-grenfell-community

We take a look at some of the images from the winning portfolios at the BPPA press photographer of the year awards
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/feb/03/bppa-press-photographer-of-the-year-2022-in-pictures

Crammed with minuscule writing, manuscript is seen as earliest ‘proper reader’s response’ to first folio
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/feb/04/tiny-notebook-by-first-shakespeare-geek-show-stratford-first-folio-exhibition

Judge rules Bournemouth, Christchuch and Poole council unreasonable to dismiss women’s safety concerns as ‘moralistic’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/03/high-court-overrules-bournemouths-unlimited-strip-club-policy

Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack also seeks to significantly lower sodium in meals as part of fresh nutrition standards plan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/03/us-school-meals-sugar-foods-healthy-lunch

A 15-year-old and two 16-year-olds were arrested in Rhyl hotel after Bailey Atkinson was stabbed to death
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/04/three-teenage-boys-charged-with-of-man-20-in-walsall

Raising maintenance loans by only 2.8% means students will have to cut back on food and books, says report
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/03/students-in-england-face-negative-impact-from-refusal-to-tie-loans-to-inflation-admits-dfe

Police investigating the disappearance of Nicola Bulley are working on the assumption she fell into a river
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2023/feb/03/police-think-missing-dog-walker-nicola-bulley-fell-into-river-video

Properties from a rambling former manse to a radical modernist 1960s terrace
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2023/feb/03/british-homes-for-sale-in-areas-perfect-for-spring-walks-in-pictures

Brief letters: Spoon song | Brexit benefits | Inequality | Zahawi bets are off | Inconvenient conveniences
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/02/john-otway-cutlery-switch-could-save-welsh-rugby-delilah

Comedian leads coalition against ‘exploitative’ proposal for 16-storey buildings over listed station
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/feb/03/griff-rhys-jones-rails-against-plans-to-smother-liverpool-street-station

Two sections of the Thornborough Henges come off Historic England’s at-risk register after donation
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/feb/03/thornborough-henges-north-yorkshire-gifted-england-heritage

Letter: If the government does not step up, nursery closures will affect children for decades to come, writes Steve Brine MP
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/02/the-government-must-step-up-to-give-early-years-pupils-the-best-start-in-life

Former UK PM’s brother quits board of Elara Capital days after it was accused of using funds to manipulate share prices
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/02/jo-johnson-resigns-director-adani-elara-capital

DfE figures show selective King’s College London mathematics school topped results in England last summer
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/02/specialist-london-school-averaged-a-star-every-a-level-entry-in-2022-kings-college-london-mathematics

No one ever convicted of deadliest atrocity of Troubles, but injured and bereaved may be closer to knowing full story
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/02/green-light-for-omagh-bombing-inquiry-is-belated-win-in-long-campaign-for-truth

Rishi Sunak said being prime minister was 'tough', in interview on TalkTV to mark his 100th day in office
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2023/feb/02/biological-sex-matters-rishi-sunak-speaks-on-talktv-to-mark-his-100th-day-in-office-video

Insiders say departure of popular BBC News presenters – with Martine Croxall also going – could prompt ageism row
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/02/stars-miss-out-as-bbc-names-anchors-for-merged-news-channel

Unions say move would be ‘betrayal’ amid talks with UK government over potential £300m in financial support
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/01/british-steel-considering-cutting-jobs-scunthorpe

Letter: Norma Cradock recalls being a pupil with a free place at a direct grant school, and the snobbery of her fee-paying classmates
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2023/feb/01/at-private-school-i-saw-the-arrogance-of-those-born-to-rule

Differing experts have urged the Monetary Policy Committee to both cut interest rates and to raise them
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/02/weaker-economy-higher-inflation-bank-of-englands-dilemma

Advisers argue he has made progress, but the new intake are frustrated and voters believe he is ‘out of touch’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/02/ratings-sink-and-obstacles-amass-as-sunak-completes-first-100-days-as-pm

It’s been three years since the UK officially left the EU. The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by columnist Rafael Behr, Brexit corresponde..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2023/feb/02/does-britain-really-regret-brexit-politics-weekly-uk

Researchers find long-term exposure to even relatively low levels raises risk of depression and anxiety
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/01/study-reveals-links-between-uk-air-pollution-and-mental-ill-health

UK officials in flurry of diplomacy seeking agreement with EU over protocol, but play down talk that deal is close
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/01/rishi-sunak-plans-us-trip-with-northern-ireland-high-on-agenda

Letters: Simon Bull asks for discrimination against the state-educated to be outlawed, and other readers write on Oxbridge and Eton dominati..
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/01/how-to-dislodge-the-posh-clique-that-rules-britain

Scenes in York, Leeds, London, Birmingham and Bristol as teachers, civil servants and train drivers went on strike
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2023/feb/01/a-day-of-strike-action-across-uk-in-pictures

Jerusalem Orchestra East & West’s performance ‘cynical attempt to re-brand apartheid as diversity’, claims letter by over 50 artists
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/01/leading-artists-deride-barbican-collaboration-with-israeli-embassy-for-concert

OpenAI is calling on educators to give their feedback on how the tool is used, amid rising concerns around AI-assisted cheating at universit..
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/01/chatgpt-maker-openai-releases-ai-generated-content-detection-tool

Labour’s Alex Davies-Jones ‘bombarded’ with abuse for highlighting influencer’s ‘toxic’ effect on schoolboys
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/31/mp-alex-davies-jones-rape-death-threats-speaking-against-andrew-tate

Letters: Year 10 pupil Milly Bell and headteacher Elisabeth Broers are united in support of teachers going on strike this week
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jan/31/teachers-deserve-better-but-this-strike-is-not-just-about-pay

Conservative Growth Group rises out of ashes of shortest-serving PM’s tenure, but Truss herself is keeping a low profile publicly
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/31/liz-truss-conservative-growth-group-westminster

Action by teachers, civil servants, Border Force staff and train drivers to go ahead, with ministers accused of ‘stonewalling’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/31/up-to-half-a-million-to-strike-across-uk-as-talks-go-backwards

A whistleblower, speaking anonymously to ITV, said: 'I’ve seen people make comments about the type of underwear the women are wearing in the..
https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2023/jan/31/firefighter-tells-itv-news-about-colleagues-photographing-women-who-died-in-car-accidents-video

Thousands gather for main Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland with women taking part in squads for first time
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2023/jan/31/scotlands-up-helly-aa-festival-in-pictures

All events from late March cancelled at the theatre, which is in a priority location for the government’s Levelling Up fund
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jan/31/oldham-coliseum-theatre-manchester-events-cancelled-arts-council-england-cut

Five parents give their views on the strikes that begin on Wednesday and discuss how they will be affected
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jan/31/its-about-the-future-parents-on-the-school-strikes-in-england-and-wales

Exclusive: Rami Ranger criticised over comments about Pakistani journalists
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/31/tory-peer-withdraws-racially-charged-comments