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Nottinghamshire v Essex, Sussex v Glamorgan: county cricket day four – live | County Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMichael Neser also taking the opportunity to remind Smith of his batting prowess,...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Biden tells G7 ‘Putin will not break our resolve’; Russian ‘liberation’ of Bakhmut disputed by Ukraine | Russia

'Putin will not break our resolve', Joe Biden tells G7 summitIn his G7 speech, the US president has pledged “our shared and unwavering commitment...

Artful lodges: 10 beautiful art hotels in Europe | Travel

Art’ Otel, LondonThis new hotel is housed in the reborn Battersea power station complex. There are works displayed in the Grand Café and throughout...

Archbishop of Canterbury to take lead in attempt to soften UK immigration bill | Migration

The archbishop of Canterbury is expected to step up his opposition to the government’s illegal migration bill this week as the controversial plans are...

The price of failure: a moat for Johnson, jobs for Osborne and globetrotting for Truss | Catherine Bennett

Not to deny the appeal of books and podcasts in which successful people talk inspirationally about failure, but a new, quite different school of...

Everest Curry King, London: ‘It’s a simple place, but oh so good’ | Curry

Everest Curry King, 24 Loampit Hill, London SE13 7SW (020 8691 2233). Rolls and patties £1-£2.50, curries, stir fries and filled dosa £7.95-£11.95, sweets...

G7 summit: Zelenskiy meets world leaders in Japan as Ukraine war dominates talks | G7

Volodymyr Zelenskiy will on Sunday attempt to win support from the wider international community during a furious round of diplomacy on the final day...

The Australian drag performers and ‘rainbow angels’ fighting back against far-right vitriol | Drag

In 2011, Reuben Kaye sat backstage in a small theatre in Sydney’s Oxford Street, holding a tube of lipstick in his hand.The foundation had...

Rory McIlroy remains in contention for US PGA behind leader Brooks Koepka | US PGA

As Bryson DeChambeau was subjected to boos, Rory McIlroy rolled back the years and brought on the cheers. McIlroy’s demeanour after a first round...

Elena Rybakina lifts Italian Open as Anhelina Kalinina retires in tears | Tennis

Elena Rybakina warmed up for the French Open by capturing the Italian Open title after the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina was forced to retire with...

Zelenskiy’s G7 visit sends ‘incredibly powerful message’ to Russia, says Sunak | G7

Rishi Sunak said Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s appearance at the G7 summit in Japan sent an “incredibly powerful message” to Russia that western leaders are behind...

Player ratings for Manchester City’s 2022-23 Premier League title winners | Manchester City

EdersonClose to flawless. Again. The Brazilian is the unassuming star of City’s backline who, under pressure, initiates attacks by coolly tapping the ball short,...

Forty-five years late: how a message in a bottle found its way home | Australia news

“Darling Martha, miracle if you ever read this,” wrote a sailor named Tom Waugh in 1978, before tucking the letter into a scotch bottle,...

Narendra Modi in Australia: a polarising leader meets a divided Indian diaspora | India

The public events speak to Narendra Modi’s popularity among supporters - the adoring crowds waving banners, the car convoys and privately chartered “ModiAirways” flights...

How Rico Lewis helped harden up Manchester City’s treble surge | Manchester City

Mid-January, the Etihad Campus. Before Tottenham’s visit a discontented Pep Guardiola is addressing a Manchester City team meeting that includes Erling Haaland, Kevin De...

Nottingham Forest v Arsenal: Premier League title on the line – live | Premier League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature23 min What have you got, Arsenal? A patient attack that ends in...

How philistine of David Starkey to limit western civilisation to whiteness | Tomiwa Owolade

I loved David Starkey’s documentaries when I was a kid. His confident erudition, his capacity to sum up a person or idea in a...

Leinster v La Rochelle: Champions Cup rugby union final – live | Champions Cup

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureTRY! Leinster 12-0 La Rochelle (O'Brien, 6')This is going to be a long...

Bournemouth v Manchester United, Liverpool v Aston Villa: clockwatch – live | Premier League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureSimon Burnton was at Tottenham v Brentford. Here is his report …Liverpool 0-1...

Jim Brown: an immovable fixture in American life with a complex legacy | NFL

100 Rifles is a spaghetti western that begs for judgment in its own time. Burt Reynolds smirks through his starring role as a biracial...

Bruised Arsenal bid to stop Chelsea making it an awesome WSL foursome | Women’s Super League

The rivalry between Emma Hayes and Jonas Eidevall has ebbed and flowed. Their first meeting after the Swede’s arrival in north London saw an...

UK music festivals: how to save money on your summer fix | Music festivals

The cost of living crisis may be biting hard but what is almost certainly Britain’s most expensive music festival – costing up to £325...

Young country diary: Holding out for the blackbirds, Steve and Stevetta | Environment

Our garden is a tiny patch of green in the urban landscape around. Most gardens up and down our street are paved and walled,...

County cricket: Surrey v Kent, Middlesex v Somerset, and more – live | County Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAnd Simon looks at the the T20 Blast which…blasts off today at Edgbaston,...

Leinster need to find the answer to hefty challenge of Ronan O’Gara’s big men | Champions Cup

Ronan O’Gara is one of the few people I’m still in touch with from the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour. I got on...

‘There’s a cognitive dissonance for me as a fan’: readers on Manchester City | Manchester City

‘It’s been a rollercoaster but we’re riding high’“I became a Man City fan because my husband was a season ticket holder when we met...

The Little Mermaid’s Halle Bailey: ‘As a child, seeing a black Ariel would have changed my life’ | Halle Bailey

Inside Halle Bailey’s apartment, in West Hollywood, the 23-year-old singer and actor is glowing in the early morning sunlight. This is not interview hyperbole:...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine repels ‘massive’ drone attack on Kyiv; Biden to meet Zelenskiy at G7 summit | Ukraine

Ukraine repels 'massive' drone attack on Kyiv, says militaryKyiv’s air defences successfully repelled a new Russian drone attack overnight but falling debris caused some...

‘How long have I been sitting here naked?’: the woozy, not-dreadful experience of being a life model | Art

At first, my clothes stay on. “I can just imagine you naked if you’d prefer?” says illustrator and graphic artist Aley Wild. I’m the...

Rose blooms at US PGA while Scheffler, Conners and Hovland share lead | US PGA

This has the makings of a huge season for Justin Rose. Victory at the US PGA Championship would add to the existing sense he...

Roberto Firmino admits tears will flow after emotional Anfield farewell | Liverpool

The master of the no-look goal is looking back once more and sadly, for the legions who cherish the joy that Roberto Firmino has...

Toulon rout Glasgow to win Challenge Cup final after Serin’s sizzling start | European Challenge Cup

Glasgow’s dream of becoming the first Scottish team to secure a major European rugby title was comprehensively shattered in Dublin on Friday by a...

Debt ceiling talks suspended as US lurches towards default deadline | US politics

Negotiations for a deal to raise the US debt ceiling and thereby avoid a default with potentially catastrophic consequences for the world economy reached...

‘It can be quite Dickensian’: life in New Zealand’s boarding houses | New Zealand

On the street outside the hostel, Chris skirts thin ribbons of police emergency tape, stepping sideways as they snap in the wind. Holding a...

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis | Ukraine

Every week we wrap up the must-reads from our coverage of the Ukraine war, from news and features to analysis, visual guides and opinion.G7...

Jim Brown, all-time NFL great running back and social activist, dies aged 87 | NFL

Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, the unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor...

‘Be extremely cautious’: expert fears for European finals after night of violence | Uefa

One of the authors of the independent report into the 2022 Champions League final has said the violence that followed AZ Alkmaar’s defeat by...

Jordan Neely was ‘screaming for help’, Al Sharpton says in funeral eulogy | Jordan Neely

Friends, family members and civil rights leaders gathered at a Harlem church on Friday to mourn Jordan Neely, who was killed when passengers restrained...

The New Boy review – Cate Blanchett’s boozy nun indulges possible second coming in woozy wartime saga | Cannes 2023

Cate Blanchett gives it the full wimple as cantankerous alcoholic nun Sister Eileen in Warwick Thornton’s woozily mystical and slightly unfocused drama set in...

Giro d’Italia: Einer Rubio wins shortened stage 13 as weather chaos continues | Giro d’Italia

Einer Rubio thwarted Thibaut Pinot and Jefferson Cepeda to win the shortened 74.6km stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia on Friday after a bizarre...

‘You can’t be – they’re all dead’: the miracle and tragedy of Tasmania’s Blythe Star shipwreck | Tasmania

A cross appears first in the blue murk, the foremast of a ship submerged for half a century. The wreck, the remains of a...

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad receives warm welcome on Arab League return | Bashar al-Assad

A smiling Bashar al-Assad has been brought in from the diplomatic cold in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, receiving a warm welcome to...

Brokeback Mountain review – perfectly pitched staging of the heartbreaking love story | Theatre

Where Ang Lee transformed Annie Proulx’s 35-page short story about two gay cowboys into a feature film in 2005, Ashley Robinson’s stage adaptation, all...

Dear Billy review – brilliant tribute to the Big Yin | Theatre

There is an air of Nick Park’s Creature Comforts about Gary McNair’s “love letter” to Billy Connolly. The performer builds his joyful one-man show...

Rishi Sunak says he is ‘crystal clear’ that he wants to reduce immigration – UK politics live | Conservatives

Key eventsIt’s family photo time at the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, today. Here are the leaders, including Britain’s Rishi Sunak, at the Itsukushima...

Premier League title beckons for City, plus fallout from Alkmaar – football countdown | Football

Key eventsWest Ham v Leeds: Addressing far more frivolous matters, Big Sam turned his attention to the game and said he hoped West Ham’s...

‘We say, skate and destroy! Just commit and do it’: India’s skatergirl pioneers | Skateboarding

Growing up in Delhi, India, I was always fascinated by the stories of women who challenged societal norms and broke barriers. As a photographer,...

UK rich list published; US debt ceiling optimism drives Nikkei to 33-year high – business live | Business

Key eventsRishi Sunak and Akshata Murty aren’t along in becoming poorer last year, and are far from the biggest fallers.The Sunday Times reports: In...

‘An unforgettable feast’: readers’ favourite restaurants in Europe | Restaurants

Jack Daniel’s steaks, Gdańsk, PolandSet in an old merchants’ house built with Dutch bricks in the old town of Gdańsk, Goldwasser restaurant offers unique...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy to attend G7 in person, reports say, as leaders prepare new sanctions | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureA judge is poised to decide whether a Massachusetts Air National Guard member...