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Man found guilty of murdering pregnant wife at Arthur’s Seat | Edinburgh

An abusive man who pushed his pregnant wife from the Edinburgh landmark, Arthur’s Seat, days before she was set to leave him has been...

Standards watchdog mulls investigating MPs’ smears of Partygate inquiry | House of Commons

Parliament’s standards commissioner has left the door open to launching an investigation into attempts by Boris Johnson’s allies to disparage the credibility of the...

Premier League Hall of Famer, club legend and bang average gaffer | Football

NEVER GO BACKWhen Frank Lampard was spotted at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday watching Chelsea and Liverpool play out a game that resembled 22 drunks...

Clarence Thomas must be impeached over revelations of megadonor gifts, says AOC – live | US politics

AOC: Clarence Thomas must be impeachedNew York congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez has called for conservative supreme court justice Clarence Thomas’s impeachment. AOC’s calls follow reports...

Messiaen: Des Canyons aux Étoiles … review – epic score soars in Utah’s superb recording | Classical music

The Utah Symphony would be justified in regarding Des Canyons aux Étoiles … (From the Canyons to the Stars …) as its signature work....

Darlene Love: ‘Elvis was pure joy. In three days I felt I’d known him all my life’ | Music

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) is the greatest Christmas song of all time. But if you’re too modest to claim that yourself, which song...

Indian archive reveals extent of ‘colonial loot’ in royal jewellery collection | Monarchy

Five years ago, Buckingham Palace marked its summer opening with an exhibition celebrating the then Prince Charles’s 70th birthday with a display of his...

‘We swap mystical ideas and tips on facial hair care’: the caretakers of Andrew Weatherall’s legacy | Andrew Weatherall

When the DJ, producer, artist and raconteur Andrew Weatherall died in February 2020, aged 56, a quite extraordinary burst of activity began. As Weatherall’s...

When Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield and never looked back | Arsenal

There’s no bad way to win a league title. It’s a uniquely rewarding achievement, nine months in the making, so anytime, anyplace, anywhere will...

From Google Maps to Pokémon Go, John Hanke is programming the future | Games

It’s not often you meet someone who’s genuinely changed the world, but that’s what happens the day I greet Niantic CEO John Hanke. Sipping...

UK housing market stable as prices rise again in March, Halifax says – business live | Business

Key eventsWith the exception of Greater London and the North East, all areas of the country experienced a slowdown in the rate of annual...

Russia-Ukraine war live: ‘powerful’ blasts in occupied Melitopol; Von der Leyen and Macron in China | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureUkraine willing to discuss future of Crimea if its forces reach border –...

Who is Paetongtarn Shinawatra? The political scion aiming to become Thailand PM | Thailand

Her father was ousted by a military coup in 2006. Her aunt was forced from power in 2014. Now 36-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra is the...

Commissioner vows to clean up Met as force faces biggest crisis since 1970s | Metropolitan police

Scotland Yard is battling its biggest corruption crisis since the 1970s, its commissioner has warned, as new evidence emerged of the widespread bungling of...

Report says British equestrianism rife with bullying and racialised experiences | Equestrianism

Bullying is “commonplace” in areas of British equestrianism and racialised experiences “emerged strongly”, a hard-hitting report commissioned by the sport’s national governing body has...

A Little Life review – James Norton’s sexually abused lawyer is spared no misery | Stage

Hanya Yanagihara’s sprawling, relentlessly graphic door-stopper of a novel about sexual abuse and self-harm divided the room when it was published in 2015. Some...

Real Madrid put Barcelona to sword with Karim Benzema cup hat-trick | Copa del Rey

This time it’s our turn, Carlo Ancelotti had said, but even he couldn’t have imagined it would end up this good. Barcelona had won...

Callum Wilson and Joelinton double up as Newcastle thrash West Ham | Premier League

This was the night when West Ham’s complacency caught up with them. A rampant Newcastle deserved this handsome victory at a mutinous London Stadium,...

Marcus Rashford makes the difference as Manchester United see off Brentford | Premier League

Erik ten Hag stated that “the campaign really begins in April and May” then watched as Manchester United’s second Premier League outing of this...

After Ardern, Marin and Sturgeon, is female representation in politics going backwards? | Gender

On a recent speaking tour in Australia, Barack Obama offered up his idea on how to turn the tide on more than a decade...

Chelsea open talks with Frank Lampard over return as interim manager | Chelsea

Chelsea have opened talks with Frank Lampard over a stunning return as interim manager as they continue to search for a permanent replacement for...

Will expensive changes to Augusta’s 13th hole prove unlucky for some? | The Masters

Rory McIlroy’s is 4.52. Tiger Woods’s sits at 4.38. Phil Mickelson’s is lower still, 4.26. The figures in question? Average scores at Augusta National’s...

‘A hidden story’: women’s peace petition makes centenary return to Wales | Wales

There were tears of joy, speeches of hope and sighs of relief that all had gone smoothly after an extraordinary century-old document – reputedly...

There’s a simple way to reduce the average UK electricity bill – and make energy cleaner | Christopher Hayes

Ofgem’s new price cap came into effect on Saturday, with the headline level falling by £1,000 per household to £3,280. This price cap limits...

Bloodshed and resilience in a Mogadishu fish market: Tariq Zaidi’s best photograph | Art and design

Drought, conflict and famine have racked Somalia, but there has been very little international coverage of its plight recently. I visited last November, hoping...

Home secretary Suella Braverman faces selection vote for parliamentary seat – live | Politics

Braverman faces selection vote for parliamentary seatThe home secretary, Suella Braverman, will face her Tory colleague Flick Drummond at a selection meeting on Wednesday...

Whitehead worries disabled athletes are known more for reality TV than sport | Disability and sport

Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead says too many disabled athletes are known for their time on reality TV shows rather than their exploits in sport.Whitehead,...

Donald Trump lashes out at judge and political rivals after hush money court appearance – live | US news

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureBy the way, if you’ve got the time and inclination for it, ABC...

Yes, E3 was a hot mess, but it had a magic you can never replicate on a live stream | Games

It seems very likely that the biggest event on the video game calendar for the past 25 years, E3, is finished.The announcement last week...

The thriller from Manila: how meta action comedy Leonor Will Never Die took the world by storm | Film

Martika Ramirez Escobar makes no bones about her expectations when she submitted her debut feature, Leonor Will Never Die, to Sundance. After a year...

‘Anything is possible’: why Iceland has become a classical music powerhouse | Classical music

On 31 May 1926, a ship carrying the entire Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra docked in Reykjavík. The musicians stayed in Iceland for 17 days, giving...

Almost 80% of employers pay men more than women, UK data shows – business live | Business

Introduction: Almost 80% of employers pay men more than women, UK data shows – business liveGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of...

‘People will find out’: May Pang on her time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono | Documentary films

Smack in the middle of the 1970s, John Lennon experienced what he famously called a “lost weekend”, echoing the title of a classic 1945...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy arrives in Poland as Macron and von der Leyen travel to China | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureUkrainian drone crashes near Zaporizhzhia power plant – Russian mediaA Ukrainian drone has...

Ursula von der Leyen: EU’s ‘general’ nears endgame of turbulent first term | Ursula von der Leyen

For years, Brussels has been needled by the question: “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” The remark, widely attributed (probably...

‘In the eye of the Stormy’: how papers across the world reacted to Trump’s charges | Newspapers

Donald Trump’s historic appearance before a New York court on Tuesday has dominated global media, with the former president’s not guilty plea receiving wall-to-wall...

Trump to address indictment in Mar-a-Lago speech following arraignment – live | Donald Trump

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAdam GabbattIn New York, Trump got an underwhelming show of support.Hundreds of pro-...

Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges in hush money case | Donald Trump

Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in what prosecutors alleged was a conspiracy to influence...

Trump gets underwhelming show of support on surreal day in New York | Donald Trump

Really, it was all a bit of an anti-climax. Hundreds of pro- and anti-Trump protesters had gathered outside the Manhattan criminal court, and the...

Leeds’ Luis Sinisterra earns vital win and leaves Nottingham Forest in trouble | Premier League

Arguably the biggest change Javi Gracia has implemented since replacing Jesse Marsch at Leeds is the reintroduction of width.Where his American predecessor liked the...

Camilla to be crowned queen alongside King Charles | Camilla (Queen Consort)

First she was to be known as Princess Consort. Then she became Queen Consort. But Buckingham Palace’s coronation invitation confirms what most have suspected...

Tiger Woods’ outlook for Masters changing amid uncertain future | The Masters

Why ask a scorpion why it stings, a lion why it eats red meat, or Tiger Woods whether he believes he can win? Woods...

Photos show squalid conditions at East Sussex site chosen to house asylum seekers | UK news

Refugee campaigners have condemned squalid and dilapidated conditions inside a former prison in East Sussex that the Home Office is planning to use to...

Dead bodies, black mould, failing staff: social housing in the UK is a disgrace | Anne Perkins

Housing associations are hard to defend right now. This week, an investigation by the BBC exposed disturbing new details about the case of Sheila...

Sweden has expelled 1,100 British nationals since Brexit | Brexit

Sweden has expelled 1,100 British nationals since Brexit, more than any other country in the EU, according to official statistics released by the European...

Woke the plank! Were pirate ships actually beacons of diversity and democracy? | Exhibitions

In September 1695, the Plymouth-born “king of pirates”, Henry Avery, seized treasure worth £600,000 (in today’s terms, nearly £100m) from the Grand Mughal fleet...

Trump indictment live: former president set to appear in New York courthouse in hush money case | US politics

What we know so far …Welcome to our live coverage of what is set to be an historic day in US politics, with Donald...

Bangladesh fire: 600 firefighters tackle blaze in huge Dhaka clothing market | Bangladesh

Hundreds of Bangladeshi firefighters have battled an inferno that raged through a popular clothing market in the capital, Dhaka, and covered the city’s oldest...