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One in 10 people revealed to wait more than 12 hours in A&E in England after NHS changes data methodology – UK politics live...

NHS data methodology changes reveal that 10% of people wait more than 12 hours in A&E in EnglandAs James Illman from the Health Service...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Norway expels 15 Russian diplomats, accusing them of spying; mine explodes at nuclear plant, Ukraine says | Russia

Norway expels 15 Russian diplomats, accusing them of being intelligence officersNorway’s foreign ministry has said it has decided to expel 15 Russian embassy officials...

‘The stress is overwhelming’: the highs and lows of starting a new life in a static caravan | Housing

Jake Lee moved into a caravan two years ago and has never been happier. Before buying his static in Moray, Scotland, Lee was a...

Rayner says Labour attack ad was ‘hard-hitting’ but refuses to give full backing | Labour

Labour’s deputy leader has refused to endorse a controversial attack advert from the party, but said it had served its purpose by drawing attention...

Granta reveals its pick of future star British novelists | Books

Granta magazine’s Best of British Novelists list, which hails the literary stars of the future, has this year expanded to include writers who “regard...

Strikes drag UK economic growth to a standstill as Jeremy Hunt vows to beat IMF forecasts – business live | Business

ONS: Strikes held back growthStrikes by civil servants and teachers held back growth in the economy in February, says Darren Morgan, director of economic...

TV tonight: Paul O’Grady’s last series of For the Love of Dogs | Television

Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs8.30pm, ITV1This is the last series that O’Grady filmed at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home – and it’s...

Why the fight for marriage equality in Fiji divides LGBTQ+ activists | Fiji

Kaushik never thought he would get married. That changed when he fell in love on a trip to New Zealand, but when he and...

Anti-rat activist hired to control New York City’s pest population | New York

Every New York City mayor has waged war – and mostly lost – against one of humanity’s most cunning and enduring foe: rattus norvegicus....

Ismaël Bennacer earns hard-fought win for Milan over 10-man Napoli | Champions League

Ismaël Bennacer’s first-half goal helped Milan win 1-0 against 10-man Napoli in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.Although the visitors had plenty...

Man, 74, extradited from Pakistan and charged with murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky | UK news

A 74-year-old man has been extradited from Pakistan to be charged with the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky, who was shot dead in Bradford...

Jessica Gadirova leads Britain’s women to first European team gymnastics gold | Gymnastics

Britain’s five-strong women’s gymnastics team held their nerve to win the European title for the first time in Antalya on Wednesday.Led by the reigning...

Benzema and Asensio win first leg for Real Madrid against 10-man Chelsea | Champions League

Todd Boehly’s belief didn’t last long. Stopped outside the restaurant where both clubs’ directors had lunch before this Champions League quarter-final first leg, Chelsea’s...

Calls for action on Colombia’s hippo scourge after animal dies in road crash | Animals

Colombia has logged its first hippopotamus-caused road traffic accident after a car crashed into one of the animals at high speed, leaving the vehicle...

Real Madrid v Chelsea: Champions League quarter-final, first leg – live | Champions League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature36 min: Real keep on coming. Benzema has a rake from distance but...

Milan v Napoli: Champions League quarter-final, first leg – live | Champions League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureSome Jonathan Wilson on Napoli and the Champions League (from Feb).Milan’s Stefano Pioli...

‘He’s watched everything’: Casemiro back after longest month on sidelines | Manchester United

In an office on Calle Serrano, Madrid, Óscar Ribot is scrolling through a video on his phone, pausing it at the point where Carlos...

Grand National meeting day one: A Plus Tard to lift vintage Aintree Bowl | Horse racing

An exceptional renewal of the Grade One Aintree Bowl Chase is the undoubted highlight on the opening day of the Grand National meeting. Shishkin,...

Women’s World Cup 2023 power rankings: breaking the finalists down | Women’s World Cup 2023

1) EnglandThe European champions’ momentum suffered a blow when defeat to Australia ended their 30-game unbeaten run. In contrast, they also added the Finalissima...

Up all night to get jeté! Thomas Bangalter on hanging up his Daft Punk helmet – and leaping into ballet | Music

On 1 January 2000, childhood friends Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo decided to become robots. For the release of their second album, Discovery,...

A hitch-hiker in the baking Saudi desert: James Deavin’s best photograph | Photography

In March 2022, I moved to the east coast of Saudi Arabia for a six-month contract. My family stayed back in London so I...

‘We feed the world’: Ukrainian farmers warn of war’s global effects | Ukraine

Driving in his battered car, Valerii Kotenko showed off the spot where a Russian missile had landed. It had fallen next to his wheat...

First wild beaver in Wales in 400 years caught felling trees in garden | Wildlife

Creeping through the darkness, the midnight vandal fells yet another tree with “machete-like” skill.On a hidden camera planted in their garden, a couple whose...

Biden says he is ‘here to listen’ in meeting with Sunak after denying claims he ‘hates the UK’ – politics live | Politics

Biden says he's 'here to listen' in Northern IrelandThe US president told reporters he was “here to listen” as he met Rishi Sunak at...

Hyundai urged to stop illegal miners using its machines in Amazon | Amazon rainforest

Hyundai is being urged to prevent its heavy machinery products from being used in illegal mining and environmental destruction in the Brazilian Amazon.A report...

Inside the 3D-printed box in Texas where humans will prepare for Mars | Nasa

Red sand shifts under the boots of the crew members. In the distance, it appears that a rocky mountain range is rising out of...

Tories hail Greek migration policies as an example. Instead, they should serve as a warning | Global development

Prominent Conservatives openly view Greece’s self-described “strict but fair” migration policies as a model to emulate. The former home secretary Priti Patel told MPs...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia ‘risks becoming economic colony of China’ as isolation deepens, says CIA director | Russia

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureLeaked documents show Serbia agreed to supply arms to KyivSerbia, the only country...

New Zealand Labour tied with National in latest polls, six months out from election | New Zealand politics

Six months out from a general election, New Zealand’s politics sits on a knife-edge, with the Labour and National parties splitting the vote evenly...

Etihad Airways’ ‘sustainable aviation’ ads banned in UK | Airline industry

An ad campaign by Etihad Airways trumpeting its approach to “sustainable aviation” has been banned by the UK advertising watchdog, which ruled it was...

V&A’s Diva show uses costumes and artefacts to celebrate female creativity | V&A

“I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best,” Maria Callas – one of the most renowned and influential opera singers...

Liz Truss to say Macron trip to China was sign of weakness | Foreign policy

Liz Truss will say Emmanuel Macron’s recent trip to China was a “sign of weakness”, after the French president asked Beijing for support in...

Erling Haaland seals Manchester City’s first-leg demolition of Bayern Munich | Champions League

Could this be the year, at long last, for Manchester City and Pep Guardiola? The evidence is mounting, the latest exhibit from a team...

Kerr and Grant strike as Australia end sloppy England’s long unbeaten run | Friendlies

The spectre of defeat loomed over England as each game extended their impressive unbeaten run under Sarina Wiegman.That the 30-game run came to an...

Benfica v Internazionale: Champions League quarter-final, first leg – live | Champions League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHalf time! Benfica 0-0 InterIt’s a very Inter scoreline. Nigel Spackman, commentating on...

England v Australia: women’s international football friendly – live | Women’s football

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature8 min: Kerr strays offside but what a move from Raso. Gathers on...

Carlo Ancelotti sparkles as he offers sly reminder of Real Madrid’s quality | Real Madrid

Carlo Ancelotti had finished talking, or at least that’s what everyone thought, and Real Madrid’s press officer had started wrapping up the final news...

Christopher Gunning obituary | Music

The composer Christopher Gunning, who has died aged 78 of renal cancer, operated with equal assurance in both the film and television world and...

‘There’s no part we can’t do. That’s so empowering’: the CBBC drama revolutionising onscreen autism | Television

Never before has there been a cool, edgy kids TV series that can attest to hiring neurodivergent actors, performing a script adapted from a...

World’s deepest offshore wind turbine installed off Scottish coast | Energy industry

The world’s deepest offshore wind turbine has been installed almost 17 miles off the coast of Angus as part of Scotland’s biggest offshore windfarm.The...

Women’s football has the power to define culture for a generation of teenage girls | England women’s football team

I’ll be honest. I don’t think the Lionesses matter that much to my friends. I’m not sure that women’s football matters that much to...

Tony Danker claims he was ‘shocked’ by CBI dismissal after conduct complaints – business live | Business

Danker: shocked by dismissed from the CBITony Danker says he was ‘shocked’ to learn he has been dismissed by the CBI this morning.Danker has...

Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, the Dalai Lama: living proof that no one is too big for retirement | Marina Hyde

“His holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way,” announces an apology from the office of the Dalai Lama, sounding...

‘Coffee with legs’: inside Chile’s risque and antiquated cafe culture | Chile

At kerbside tables, down shadowy alleys and in underground arcades, coffee in Chile’s capital is still served con piernas – with legs.Waitresses in short...

Joe Biden to arrive in Northern Ireland for four-day visit to island of Ireland – UK politics live | Politics

Key eventsAs Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland approaches, security has been stepped up with manhole covers near the president’s hotel in Belfast being lifted...

Dmitry Buriak: revealing the future of artificial intelligence

Welcome to our exclusive interview with Kisson Lin, COO of  Mindverse  , a cutting-edge AI company that is transforming industries with AI powered by guided large...

Junior doctors’ strike live: fears for patient safety as four-day NHS walkout begins | NHS

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAnd the shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has placed responsibility on the prime...

‘We will not cave’: governors stockpile abortion drugs as access is threatened | Abortion

Several Democratic governors have moved swiftly to protect access to medication abortion in their states after a ruling by a Texas judge late last...

TV tonight: one dog and a cute meet in hit Australian romcom series | Television

Colin from Accounts10pm, BBC TwoCreated by and starring real-life married couple Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer, this cracking romcom series has already been a...