The Schrödinger’s cat of politics appears to have sprung from nowhere and been around a lifetime. To understand him, say his friends, look no further than family, football and faith

The Mail publisher’s resounding victory in the high-profile privacy lawsuit throws open the press standards debate afresh

Yorgen Fenech is alleged to have ordered and paid $150,000 for the murder of the Maltese journalist, who was killed by a car bomb in 2017

Following Keir Starmer's resignation, Andy Burnham is now in prime position to become the UK's next prime minister. So what does he stand for?

Andy Burnham’s electoral gamble has paid off. What this means for the voters who decided, Keir Starmer and the rest of the country now remains to be seen

Andy Burnham is an unusually strong candidate but victory is not assured

The Greater Manchester mayor and would be-prime minister has spent most of his life living and working around Makerfield

After the betting markets had Labour’s Andy Burnham as a shoo-in, a new poll suggests there is still everything to play for

Platt Bridge suffered some of the constituency’s worst flooding last year. Now it is Labour’s Andy Burnham who risks being swept away by Reform

The claimed reason for Christopher Harborne’s unprecedented and undeclared donation to the Reform leader is facing scrutiny

Keir Starmer’s ‘toxic’ party is falling apart. Now Plaid Cymru and Reform UK are ready to pick up the pieces

The Reform leader is emulating Trump by promoting a crypto firm in which he owns shares, and conflict of interest rules can’t stop him

If found innocent, Clive Freeman would be the victim of the worst miscarriage of justice in British history

Ceri Thomas revisits the appalling case of Peter Sullivan, jailed for 38 years for a murder he did not commit and offered no apology when finally released. Why does the court work so slowly? Why is it allowed to mark its own homework, and why is it so resistant to reform?  Reporter: Ceri Thomas Producer: Katie Gunning Artwork: Lucy Stevenson Sound design: Dominic Delargy Editor: Matt Russell Subscribe to The Observer today: https://observer.co.uk/subscribe  And get access to: Our podcasts before anyone else A daily edition, curated by our editors 7 days a week Puzzles from the inventors of the cryptic crossword Recipes for every occasion Free tickets to join Observer events in our newsroom or online Subscribe today for just £1 for your first month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The release of Peter Sullivan, victim of the UK’s worst miscarriage of justice, leaves Merseyside police searching for a vicious murderer nearly four decades later

The victim of a 38-year-long miscarriage of justice should have been freed much earlier. But bureaucracy and the pedantic application of procedure kept him behind bars

Labour’s measures won’t stop Reform ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ at May’s elections. Perhaps it’s time to use another way to stop influence-peddling

Although the US and Israel have launched an opportunistic war, their targets reveal a strategy of divide and conquer

New political donation rules won’t stop him giving as much as he likes

Christopher Harborne lives in Thailand, made a fortune in cryptocurrency and bankrolled the Brexit party before backing Reform. What does his money buy?