37 h. ago ‘We know what is happening, we cannot walk away’: how the Guardian bore witness to horror in former Yugoslavia

During the decade-long conflicts, the major powers dithered as Serb militias carried out their brutal campaigns of ethnic cleansing. Guardian reporters became more passionate and more outspoken in their condemnation, attracting praise and criticismAmong many courageous correspondents covering the war in the former Yugoslavia, the reporting of Ed Vulliamy and Maggie O’Kane received plaudits and numerous awards. Both were inexorably drawn to where the action was, and wrote unblinking, vivid accounts. But what made their work controversial was their refusal to be neutral. For many journalists, including some of their colleagues at the Guardian, it was vital to maintain the distinction between being a witness – a “neutral” observer – and becoming actively caught up in the conflict. Some felt they crossed a line that should not have been crossed.The war – a series of ethnic conflicts that started in 1991 and lasted for nearly a decade – left more than 200,000 dead and 1 million displaced...

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6 d. ago Candidates to lead Labour on Glasgow council revealed as party veteran stands down

Rashid Hussain and Jill Pidgeon will go head-to-head in a race insiders say will be tight.

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8 d. ago ‘Bombs and bullets were like rain’: 50 years on from the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war

Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent who is now 96, recalls the day she entered the city after South Vietnam’s surrenderThe day that Saigon fell, Xuan Phuong, a war correspondent, could only hear shouting and commotion. It was 30 April 1975, and helicopters were frantically lifting personnel and civilians from the US embassy. Phuong, who had travelled down from the north, was initially held back by troops who said fighting was still continuing. When she was finally able to reach the centre of the city the following day, 1 May, she found chaos. Clothes and luggage were scattered and discarded along the streets. Buildings were being looted.It felt like a dream, Phuong, now 96, said. She stood inside the Presidential Palace on 2 May, watching as the president of South Vietnam, Duong Van Minh, surrendered. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Vancouver festival horror as multiple dead after car ploughs into crowd

Multiple people have been killed and injured after a car drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party in Vancouver, Canada - The driver of the vehicle has been taken into custody, and authorities are investigating the incident

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2 w. ago Gogglebox's Amy Tapper flaunts six stone epic weight loss as she wows in clip

Veteran Gogglebox star Amy left fans stunned as she revealed her weight loss, and also hinted at her plans to strip off for a glamorous photo shoot once she gets to her goal

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2 w. ago I fear I’m doing friendship wrong: why do we lose the art of just hanging out? | Carolin Würfel

Pre-planned lunch is fine but is rarely about true connection. Surely unstructured time with friends is betterThere’s a black and white image of the photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller and her friend Tanja Ramm. The two are having breakfast in bed at Miller’s studio in Paris, casually reading newspapers. Their faces are framed by untamed hair and they’re dressed in cotton shirts, with coffee cups in front of them. The image, captured in 1931, is quiet and intimate. They share a blanket, their arms touch. There’s no rush, no urgency. It’s a scene about love but, above all, it’s about friendship.When was the last time I lay in bed with a friend like that? For most of us, it was probably during school or university, when staying over or crashing at someone’s house was a regular occurrence – sometimes a necessity, but mostly just part of our routines. It kept us close. Staying in a friend’s room or apartment felt like being on an island – safe, cosy and fun. It was about whisp...

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3 w. ago BBC had unofficial league table of best and worst British accents, says top correspondent

BBC believed some accents ‘drove people nuts up and down the country’, says Kate Adie

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3 w. ago BBC's 'most hated regional accent' revealed as veteran war correspondent Kate Adie claims some dialects 'drove people nuts'

The veteran broadcaster Kate Adie has revealed that the BBC once kept an unofficial league table of regional accents - with one local dialect poorly received 'from one end of the country to another'.

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3 w. ago Birmingham accent ranked ‘most hated’ on BBC’s unofficial league table, Kate Adie reveals

Journalist shares details of broadcaster’s dislike for Brummie accent as archives of her life and career to be cataloguedThe BBC had an unofficial league table of the most loved and despised accents, the war correspondent Kate Adie has revealed. And the most hated? Brummie.Geordie was liked, she told an audience in Sunderland, but from one end of the country to the other it was Birmingham that was particularly disliked. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man, 38, and woman, 35, appear in court after grandfather, 60, was shot dead through window of his home in Stanley

Kevin Dorward, 38, is accused of murder and is said to have been one of a group of people who drove to the home of Barry Dawson, 60, and committed a broad daylight attack.

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