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Americans Allisen Corpuz and Angel Yin ride the storm to lead at Chevron Championship | Golf

Americans Allisen Corpuz and Angel Yin have charged up the leaderboard to share a one-shot lead after the third round of the first women’s...

Last remaining Gurkha Victoria Cross recipient dies in Nepal aged 83 | Gurkhas

The last remaining Gurkha recipient of Britain’s Victoria Cross has died in Nepal at the age of 83.Rambahadur Limbu was awarded Britain’s highest military...

Chris Packham calls for ‘every last person who cares’ to join XR | Extinction Rebellion

Wildlife presenter Chris Packham has made a rallying call for “every last person who cares” about the planet to join Extinction Rebellion after thousands...

Eddie Howe is on a higher plane but next level is the priority for Newcastle | Newcastle United

Visitors to Newcastle’s training ground are greeted by a vision of organised chaos. While bulldozers, diggers and cement mixers jostle for space with four-wheel...

‘They just go to Thailand’: the long and costly wait for gender-affirming surgery in Australia | Transgender

Two years ago, Kavitha Sivasamy, an articulate, elegant Canberra lawyer, began to face her fears about undergoing gender-affirming surgery. “It’s really scary to go...

The moment I knew: ‘His accident, in a weird way, was a renewal of our vows’ | Relationships

My husband Craig and I met – against all odds – at the Melbourne county court on jury service. I was only 18 then;...

‘We are neighbours’: Guardiola laughs off Manchester United fans’ treble fears | FA Cup

Pep Guardiola joked that Manchester United fans should not be scared of Manchester City emulating their team by claiming the treble because of their...

Paul Rudd joins football fans for a pint in Wrexham before match | Wrexham

Paul Rudd has become the latest Hollywood star to be spotted in Wrexham to cheer on the football team, before a crucial game against...

The world’s most perfect places are being turned into backdrops for our tourist selfies | Tobias Jones

Last week Italy was, again, struggling with the conundrum of mass tourism. One of the country’s most charming seaside towns, Portofino, has just introduced...

Max Ojomoh strikes final blow as dogged Bath battle past Harlequins | Premiership

Rugby has long been a game of contrasting styles. Festival rugby is some people’s idea of heaven; others dismiss it as akin to basketball,...

‘I am the führer. I’m the king’: new book lifts lid on life inside Boris Johnson’s chaotic No 10 | Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson fell out with his former chief adviser Dominic Cummings after growing tired of being treated like a “young and inexperienced king” who...

Chelsea cling tight to WCL hopes after Graham Hansen gives Barcelona edge | Women’s Champions League

Emma Hayes’ Champions League dream remains alive. Chelsea’s 1-0 home defeat to Barcelona in their semi-final first leg provided enough positives and a narrow...

Sam Smith review – some genuinely moving moments | Sam Smith

A giant golden statue of the goddess Aphrodite lies recumbent on the stage. The action of Sam Smith’s gig plays out atop, along and...

Ireland v England: Women’s Six Nations – live | Women’s Six Nations

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureSome stats ahead of this one for you. England’s starting squad has 485...

Chelsea v Barcelona: Women’s Champions League semi-final, first leg – live | Women’s Champions League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature3 min: Kerr clatters Leon after a long ball from the back gives...

Somerset v Lancashire, Kent v Essex, and more: county cricket – live | County Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureA few early images from the Saturday’s play:In case you missed it yesterdayScores...

Not being able to have a baby was devastating – then I found people who embraced a childfree life | Life and style

It was my hen do in the Lake District and my friends had organised a game of Mr and Mrs. The idea, for the...

Former top civil servant who worked under Dominic Raab dismisses ‘activists’ claim – UK politics live | Politics

Former top civil servant who worked under Raab dismisses 'activists' claimSimon McDonald has denied Dominic Raab’s claims there were civil service “activists” in the...

From festivals to glamping: 20 great UK campsites with a difference | United Kingdom holidays

For active peopleRock climbing, ShropshireWild Contentment is a small, off-grid campsite in a meadow at the far end of a dairy farm near Oswestry....

Blind date: ‘We’re already planning his trip to visit me in France’ | Dating

Deborah on GrahamWhat were you hoping for?It was impossible not to speculate about a musical man whose loving daughter felt inclined to submit his...

Curating the war: Kyiv museum exhibits objects left by Russian soldiers | Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, the day Russia mounted its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Oleksandr Lukianov went to work – but it was anything but...

Montevideo Maru: wreck of ship sunk in Australia’s worst maritime disaster found after 80 years | Australia news

The wreck of a ship caught up in Australia’s worst ever maritime disaster has been found 4,000 metres under the sea, 80 years after...

Suspect in shooting of six-year-old over stray basketball arrested in Florida | US news

The North Carolina man who is accused of shooting a six-year-old girl along with her parents after a basketball with which the child was...

Ronnie O’Sullivan takes commanding lead after Vafaei’s ‘disrespectful’ break | World Snooker Championship

Hossein Vafaei smashed into the balls from his opening break as he fell 6-2 behind to Ronnie O’Sullivan in their second-round match at the...

Arsenal’s title hopes hit despite Saka rescuing draw against Southampton | Premier League

Conventional wisdom had it that the league title would be decided at the Etihad next Wednesday but Arsenal may have effectively handed it to...

Cyclone damage shows New Zealand’s beekeepers are unprepared for climate change | New Zealand

Two months after a cyclone swept away thousands of beehives in the fertile fruit bowl of New Zealand’s North Island and left thousands more...

Williamson’s woe could be difference between winning the World Cup or not | England women’s football team

Picking over the bones of what Leah Williamson’s anterior cruciate ligament injury means for England feels brutal. Cruel even. Because, in reality, none of...

A ruinous record? England, Ireland and a fight for Six Nations credibility | Women’s Six Nations

“We need to make these games more competitive,” said the England head coach, Simon Middleton, in the build-up to Ireland v England, a match...

Canadian professor convicted in absentia of 1980 Paris synagogue bombing | France

A Lebanese-Canadian university professor has been convicted in absentia of a bomb attack on a Paris synagogue more than 40 years ago that killed...

How an Arctic snow school aims to respond to climate crisis with Inuit help | Arctic

Alexandre Langlois was surprised to learn that snow that has stayed on the ground for a couple days in the Arctic can be heard...

When climate despair spills over into righteous violence, can that ever be right? | Natasha Walter

The new film How to Blow Up a Pipeline raises loudly the question that many protesters are asking quietly: what happens when peaceful climate...

‘It feels worse’: Britons on race issues since Stephen Lawrence murder | Stephen Lawrence

The racist murder of Stephen Lawrence led to a profound and lasting impact on attitudes to race in Britain. On the 30th anniversary of...

Gunfire and shelling in Sudan’s capital as Eid ceasefire hopes dashed | Sudan

New efforts to halt fighting in Sudan failed on Friday, as residents of the capital Khartoum reported intense shelling and gunfights between soldiers and...

Mackerel is no longer a sustainable fish. Should you stop eating it? | Fishing

Tinned, smoked, barbecued, or fried and squashed into a buttered bap – mackerel is one of the UK’s most versatile and affordable fish. And...

Chelsea’s Sophie Ingle: ‘Barcelona reminded us that we’re not too good to lose’ | Chelsea Women

So far this year Sophie Ingle has helped broker a watershed equal pay deal with the Football Association of Wales, received an OBE at...

County cricket: Northants v Hampshire, Kent v Essex, and more on day two – live | Cricket

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOutside, the wind strips the trees and billows the grass. Pity the poor...

Ghosted to A Good Person: the seven best films to watch on TV this week | Television & radio

Pick of the weekA Good PersonA closeup Polish drama that picks at the uneasy dependency between social media personalities and their followers. Aerobics influencer...

UK retail sales volumes fall amid bad weather and inflation; Twitter drops ‘legacy’ blue ticks – business live | Business

Introduction: UK retail sales drop in wet MarchGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.British...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow accidentally bombs own city of Belgorod | Ukraine

Moscow accidentally strikes Russian city of BelgorodA Russian warplane has accidentally fired a weapon into the city of Belgorod near Ukraine, causing an explosion...

Beyond exorcism: inside the American spiritual warfare movement | Evangelical Christianity

There are only three things you need to get Satan out of your life: a bucket, a pen, and Brother Mike’s two-page questionnaire.Unlike those...

The long history of protesting with pots and pans | France

“At my home, saucepans and eggs are for cooking,” Emmanuel Macron said after authorities in the village of Ganges announced a ban on “portable...

FA Cup semi-finals and Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend | FA Cup

1) Brighton can end 40 years of hurtManchester United and Brighton meeting at Wembley can only summon memories of the 1983 FA Cup final....

Si Jiahui returns to haunt Shaun Murphy in Crucible final-frame upset | World Snooker Championship

Shaun Murphy was knocked out by Si Jiahui, the world No 80, in a late-night thriller at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. Si...

West Ham reach Conference League last four as Antonio’s double sinks Gent | Europa Conference League

There have not been many times when David Moyes has been able to stand back and admire his team’s play from a position of...

Sevilla v Manchester United: Europa League quarter-final, second leg – live | Europa League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureTen Hag also references the smattering of bottles that caromed off the roof...

Conor Benn was charged with alleged clomifene use in April, Ukad confirms | Boxing

UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) has announced that Conor Benn was charged with the alleged use of clomifene, a banned substance that boosts testosterone, this month....

‘This is it. My last marathon’: Farah asks activists not to disrupt London farewell | Mo Farah

Mo Farah has issued a personal plea to activists not to disrupt his last major race after confirming he will wind his career down...

Germany plans to ban installation of most oil and gas heating from 2024 | Germany

Germany plans to ban the installation of most oil and gas heating systems from next year, with proposals approved on Wednesday triggering angry divisions...

‘Such a fun way to consume music’: why sales of the ‘obsolete’ cassette are soaring | Cassette tape

Sales of cassettes in the UK have reached their highest level since 2003, following vinyl records in a small, nostalgia-fuelled resurgence. Five readers told...