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Chris Ashton reaches try milestone in Leicester’s thrashing of Exeter | Premiership

Try-scoring 101 for Chris Ashton. English rugby’s most prolific finisher cemented his status as the Premiership’s greatest ever try-scorer by becoming the first player...

This Grand National was an unsettling spectacle for many inside racing’s bubble | Grand National

It has always been something of a double-edged sword that, of the 10,000 horse races in Britain each year, the only one that gets...

James Cleverly in Japan for G7 as UK tilts towards Pacific post-Brexit | Foreign policy

James Cleverly has arrived in Japan for a G7 foreign ministers’ summit to promote a “free and open” Indo-Pacific, as the UK government steps...

Chelsea seal Women’s FA Cup final place as Sam Kerr header sinks Aston Villa | Women’s FA Cup

There is an inevitability to the narrative in any game in which Sam Kerr plays. On Tuesday she capitalised on an error to put...

France v Scotland: Women’s Six Nations – live | Women’s Six Nations

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureI can’t find a clip to show you the Boulard try that was...

Aston Villa v Chelsea: Women’s FA Cup semi-final – live | Women’s FA Cup

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHalf-time reading:Half-time: Aston Villa 0-0 ChelseaVilla will be pleased with that. They played...

West Ham v Arsenal: Premier League – live | Premier League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature1 min: West Ham with all the ball so far. They’re looking to...

Sudanese army launches airstrikes on rival force’s base near capital | Sudan

Sudan’s army launched airstrikes on a rival paramilitary force’s base near the capital in an effort to reassert control over the chaotic country after...

Tories fear blue wall will crumble at local elections over NHS crisis | Politics

A prolonged NHS crisis stoked by further strikes risks derailing Rishi Sunak’s local election plans amid Tory concern that the prime minister is already...

Nigel Slater’s recipes for asparagus hollandaise, and lamb with apricots | Spring food and drink

The froth of cherry blossom, fat bunches of asparagus and spring sunshine are here to lift our spirits, but these first spring days often...

The week in TV: Obsession; Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?; Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields; Colin from Accounts – review | Television

Obsession (Netflix)Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (ITV) | ITVXPretty Baby: Brooke Shields (Disney+) Colin from Accounts (BBC Two) | iPlayerMany questions are pondered in...

Walking through beauty in Hidcote’s hidden gardens | Gardens

If the previous owner of your garden came to visit, which part would you show them first? That’s what somebody asked Lottie Allen recently....

Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv’s forces in ‘unprecedented’ bloody battles in Bakhmut | Ukraine

‘Unprecedented’ bloody fighting over Bakhmut, says KyivUkrainian and Russian armed forces are fighting extraordinarily bloody battles in the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut, but...

Is the bird really freed? A look back at six months of Musk’s Twitter reign | Twitter

On 28 October 2022 Elon Musk tweeted “the bird is freed” as he marked his $44bn acquisition of Twitter.Nearly six months later, it became...

Access to Orthodox Easter ceremony in Jerusalem limited over security concerns | Israel

Thousands of Christians in Jerusalem have celebrated the traditional Holy Fire rite ahead of the Orthodox Easter, despite a security clampdown limiting access to...

Winning suits: step into spring in a versatile shorts suit | Fashion

Without wishing to jinx things, it looks like spring has finally sprung, so turn your thoughts to warm-weather dressing. The shorts suit is riding...

More than 100 animal rights activists arrested after Grand National protests | Horse racing

More than 100 animal rights protesters have been arrested after some invaded the Grand National course and forced the start of the world’s most...

O’Sullivan survives Pang fightback to seal first-round win at the Crucible | World Snooker Championship

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s frank admission on the eve of the defence of his World Snooker Championship crown that he was an “old man” and finding...

Too cramped? Too big? No name: Sydney’s newest art gallery weathers critique in its first months | Art

From the window of his office, the Art Gallery of New South Wales director, Michael Brand, looks out on the sprawling new $344m gallery...

Maybe it’s time to welcome back the old fashioned wing-half – in modern guise | Football tactics

One of the easiest and most misleading pieces of footballing received wisdom is that everything is cyclical. Wait long enough, the great drum of...

Fox wins the chase after animal rights protesters disrupt Grand National | Grand National 2023

On a day when the drama and danger of the world’s most famous steeplechase appeared to purr in perfect synchronicity, two moments quickly became...

Manchester United edge epic over Brighton to make Women’s FA Cup final | Women’s FA Cup

Rachel Williams came off the bench to score a late winner for Manchester United to send them to their first Women’s FA Cup final...

Ruthless Haaland helps Manchester City make quick work of Leicester | Premier League

Manchester City did what they desired: beat Leicester to keep their title defence in their hands before Arsenal travel here for a seismic showdown...

Scottish roundup: Morelos scores double in Rangers victory over St Mirren | Scottish Premiership

Rangers scored three late goals to shrug off St Mirren in an eventful 5-2 Premiership win at Ibrox.Buddies’ keeper, Trevor Carson, saved a James...

Manchester United v Brighton: Women’s FA Cup semi-final – live | Women’s FA Cup

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHere’s the goal that splits the sides so far:Half-time: Manchester United 0-1 BrightonTalk...

Manchester City v Leicester City: Premier League – live | Premier League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature“Hi Daniel”Hi Jan Wetzel. Thanks for being my first correspondent today. What’s on...

Chelsea v Brighton, Tottenham v Bournemouth, and more: clockwatch – live | Premier League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureBundesliga Crikey, Andrej Kramaric has equalised for Hoffenheim at Bayern. It’s 1-1 with...

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

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature36 min: It was to check a deliberate knock on but there isn’t...

Fighter jets seen above Khartoum amid gunfire in Sudan’s capital – live | Sudan

Fighting in Sudan intensifies with heavy gunfire heardHeavy gunfire has been heard in the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, as clashes erupt between the Sudanese...

‘My vendetta against Putin’: the Ukrainian sculptor whose haunting work is shaped by war | Ukraine

He is Ukraine’s most famous sculptor. Mikhail Reva’s playful and humorous creations have been seen by millions of people and can be found in...

Aston Villa v Newcastle United: Premier League – live | Premier League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAston Villa v Newcastle United line-upsAston Villa: Martinez, Young, Konsa, Mings, Moreno, Dendoncker,...

Grand National 2023 – live | Grand National

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureNational protest arrest in ManchesterMerseyside Police have issued a statement to reveal that...

Huthi prisoners flown from Saudi Arabia to Yemen in war exchange | Saudi Arabia

A flight carrying rebel prisoners of war has arrived in Yemen from Saudi Arabia, and Saudi prisoners are due to be released later in...

Russia-Ukraine war live: new Russian law shows Moscow expects lengthy conflict, warns UK | Ukraine

Lula says US should stop ‘encouraging’ war in UkraineThe Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said the US should stop “encouraging war”...

‘An extraordinary feat’: Phantom of the Opera ends its 35-year Broadway run | Broadway

He is used to having the worst seat in the house. Playing trumpet in the orchestra pit, Lowell Hershey has heard by Broadway audiences...

TV tonight: who shot dead Essex’s biggest drug dealers in the 90s? | Television & radio

The Essex Murders9.25pm, Sky DocumentariesOn 6 December 1995, three men were found shot dead in a Range Rover in Rettendon, including major ecstasy supplier...

Digested week: if Tupperware can perish then we are all surely doomed | Lucy Mangan

MondayWell, that’s it then. The final horseman of the apocalypse is here, riding in on a toughened plastic horse with an opaque bendy saddle...

Joe Biden ends Ireland tour with passionate address to thousands | Ireland

Joe Biden has concluded his visit to Ireland with a passionate riverside address to tens of thousands of people at his ancestral town in...

King’s coronation concert: Take That, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry to perform | King Charles coronation

Take That, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry will be among the artists performing at King Charles’s coronation concert, it has been announced, along with...

Ford and Tuilagi help Sale defeat Bristol to close in on home semi-final | Premiership

A fine all-round display from George Ford and a powerful contribution from Manu Tuilagi kept Sale firmly on course for a home semi-final in...

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.US...

As the climate warms, New Zealand winemakers grapple with a changing landscape | New Zealand

At what point is a Marlborough sauvignon blanc so sweet it no longer tastes like a Marlborough sauvignon blanc? That is one of the...

Joe Biden breaks down as he meets priest who gave his son the last rites | Joe Biden

Joe Biden broke down in tears on the final day of his four-day trip to Ireland after a chance meeting with the priest who...

Sarah Beeny receives all-clear after breast cancer treatment | Sarah Beeny

Sarah Beeny, the broadcaster and property expert, has announced that she has been given the all-clear after receiving treatment for breast cancer.The 51-year-old revealed...

‘We’re always easy to have a go at’: behind the scenes at a PGMOL referee training camp | Referees

It is just past midday on Wednesday and after Mr Blue Sky plays over a montage of talking points from a busy Easter weekend...

Grand National braced as ‘300-plus’ protesters plan to disrupt big race | Grand National 2023

Aintree racecourse is preparing to face the most significant and potentially disruptive protests against the Grand National for many years on Saturday, when the...

All bets aren’t off when it comes to football and its obsession with gambling | Football

Children don’t like Peter Crouch. Young people do not find Peter Crouch a hopeful or aspirational figure. Peter Crouch’s career ended in underwhelming disappointment,...

French court approves Macron’s unpopular plan to raise pension age | France

France’s highest constitutional court has approved Emmanuel Macron’s proposals to raise the minimum pension age from 62 to 64.The ruling means the government can...