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Anthony Joshua taken the distance but beats Jermaine Franklin on points | Boxing

Anthony Joshua won his first fight in more than two years with a comprehensive points victory over a brave and resilient Jermaine Franklin. The...

Bomber command – the classic men’s jacket is back in style | Fashion

The bomber jacket is never not a useful wardrobe addition and is enjoying a style resurgence, having played a key role on the runways,...

Anthony Joshua v Jermaine Franklin: world heavyweight boxing – live | Boxing

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleHello and welcome to the O2 Arena for tonight’s non-title fight between Anthony...

The moment I knew: ‘I told her my dream was to become an author. She didn’t laugh’ | Dating

I arrived in London in the summer of 2018, around the same time as the dating app Hinge. Having been unceremoniously dumped a year...

Fine start for Tuchel as Bayern Munich leapfrog Dortmund with convincing win | Bundesliga

Bayern Munich started life under Thomas Tuchel with a 4-2 victory over his old club Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena that saw them...

New oilfield in the North Sea would blow the UK’s carbon budget | Climate crisis

A single new oil and gas field in the North Sea would be enough to exceed the UK’s carbon budgets from its operations alone,...

Chelsea v Aston Villa: Premier League – live | Premier League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature50 min: Fernandez creams a pass down the left for Chilwell, who spins...

Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund: Bundesliga – live | Bundesliga

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature1 mins: And we’re away. Dortmund kick off and blam it long. A...

From Hamas warnings to VIP perks and criminal clients: the US regulator’s claims against Binance | Binance

Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and a cornerstone of the $1tn digital asset market. It has 128 million customers, handles $65bn in...

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

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature12 min: A great restart from Ireland with the kick taking a bounce...

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

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature52 min: Grealish wedges in cutely from the left for Gundogan, whose whipped...

Brighton v Manchester United: Women’s Super League – live | Women’s Super League

The WSL has broken another record this season, take a look:A record breaking HALF A MILLION fans have attended #BarclaysWSL matches so far this...

‘We want to read about people falling in love’: Curtis Sittenfeld and Marian Keyes on the romcom revival | Books

Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of seven novels, including American Wife and Rodham, reimaginings of the lives of Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton. Her...

Max Verstappen claims pole for Australian GP but Mercedes roar again | Formula One

Max Verstappen claimed pole for Red Bull in the Australian Grand Prix, mastering testing, cool conditions in Melbourne and lowering the Albert Park lap...

Our sleeping secrets caught on camera: nine beds and the people in them reveal everything – from farting to threesomes | Sleep

‘Sex is all about the sofa now’For seven and a half years, Brad and Felicity, now in their early 30s, have been sleeping in...

TV tonight: Lesley Manville’s juicy murder mystery series kicks off | Television & radio

Magpie Murders9.15pm, BBC OneBased on Anthony Horowitz’s novel, this meta murder mystery starring Lesley Manville was available on BritBox last year. The BBC has...

State of emergency declared in Arkansas after tornado rips through | US news

A massive tornado plowed through Little Rock, Arkansas, and surrounding areas on Friday afternoon, reducing rooftops to splinters, toppling vehicles and tossing debris on...

Trump to appear in New York court on Tuesday to answer criminal charges | Donald Trump

Donald Trump and his legal team were preparing for the unprecedented spectacle of an appearance in court on Tuesday of a former US president...

Medvedev overcomes Khachanov to reach Miami final as Kvitova advances | Tennis

Daniil Medvedev reached a fifth straight ATP Tour final with a hard-fought victory over his Russian compatriot Karen Khachanov in the Miami Open.Medvedev needed...

Pollard’s boot guides Leicester to Champions Cup win over Edinburgh | Champions Cup

Jasper Wiese scored the game’s only try on a wet night at Mattioli Woods Welford Road as Leicester Tigers reached the quarter-finals of the...

Port of Dover declares critical incident as coaches face long wait to board ferries | Transport

The Port of Dover has declared a critical incident as high levels of traffic caused lengthy delays for coach passengers.P&O Ferries and DFDS Seaways...

It is tempting to see no winners but ECB’s judgment is a victory for Rafiq | Yorkshire

Looking back at the footage now, Trent Bridge, 22 June 2009, the players of Yorkshire CCC about to walk out on to the field...

‘Slipping through our fingers’: New Zealand scientists distraught at scale of glacier loss | New Zealand

The plane’s engine groans, and its small frame rises. Through a thin membrane of cloud, the spine of the southern alps rises like a...

Pennsylvania woman pulled from blast at chocolate factory recalls smelling gas | Pennsylvania

A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says her arm caught fire...

King Charles lays wreath in Hamburg to honour second world war dead | King Charles III

King Charles and Germany’s president have lain wreaths in remembrance of the victims of the second world war, in the ruins of a bombed-out...

Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action | Premier League

Manchester City v LiverpoolSaturday 12.30pm BT Sport 1 Venue Etihad Stadium Last season Manchester City 2 Liverpool 3Referee Simon Hooper This season G20 Y64...

‘Let him go’: Joe Biden calls on Russia to release US journalist | Russia

President Joe Biden has called on Russia to release Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested earlier this week on espionage charges and...

Oscar Pistorius denied parole over killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp | Reeva Steenkamp shooting

The former South Africa athlete Oscar Pistorius has been denied parole over the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp 10 years ago.Pistorius killed Steenkamp,...

‘The all-consuming orgasm’: how erotic thriller Obsession takes sex to the next level | Television

From everyone who has made the Netflix series Obsession – the writer, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, the leads, Richard Armitage and Charlie “Happy Valley” Murphy...

Donald Trump indictment: former US president becomes first to face criminal charges – latest updates | Donald Trump

What we know so far …Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury in New York over a hush money payment to Stormy...

Premier League team news and Manchester City v Liverpool buildup: football countdown – live | Premier League

Key eventsIt’s been a huge week for women’s football, and the WSL rages on this weekend, all while the World Cup draws ever closer....

Yorkshire racism allegations: Vaughan claims charge against him dismissed with verdict due on cricket club – live | Yorkshire

Vaughan claims charge against him dismissedOn his personal Instagram account, Michael Vaughan has said that the charge against him has been dismissed.“I want to...

It’s tempting for Starmer to fall back on the Blair playbook – what are the risks? | Andy Beckett

Tony Blair’s triumphant time as opposition leader was more than 25 years and several political eras ago. But it still casts a huge shadow...

UK house prices in biggest fall since 2009, but recession avoided – business live | Business

UK house prices in biggest fall since 2009UK house prices are falling at the fastest annual rate since the aftermath of the financial crisis,...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Turkey approves Finland Nato bid; Ukraine marks Bucha massacre anniversary | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureBucha Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk, who likened the rebuilding to a bustling anthill, said...

Abusive working conditions endemic in Spain’s strawberry farms, report claims | Global development

Abusive conditions are endemic in parts of Spain’s fruit sector, a new report alleges, with workers telling the Guardian they have been regularly underpaid...

Gwyneth Paltrow found not at fault in Utah ski crash trial | Utah

Gwyneth Paltrow, the Hollywood star and lifestyle guru, has prevailed in the dramatic court tussle over dueling ski-crash claims with the retired optometrist Terry...

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend | Premier League

1) Liverpool have gap to bridge with CityOver four seasons, there was a single Premier League point between them. This season there are 19...

Grand jury votes to indict Trump over hush money payment to Stormy Daniels | Donald Trump

Donald Trump has been indicted in New York, over a hush money payment made to the adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016...

‘You realise how special it is’: Dan Cole revels in Leicester’s European revival | Champions Cup

The Leicester prop Dan Cole says the club’s failure to qualify for the Champions Cup in recent seasons has made him realise how special...

Chelsea v Lyon: Women’s Champions League quarter-final, second leg – live | Women’s Champions League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHalf time: Chelsea 0-0 Lyon (agg: 1-0)And after all that, it’s still 0-0....

Keith Johnstone obituary | Stage

In 1967 Keith Johnstone, who has died aged 90, formed an improvisation troupe, Theatre Machine, with the actors Ben Benison, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Richard Morgan...

London’s Riverside Studios to enter administration | Theatre

London’s Riverside Studios has begun to enter administration, citing “eye-watering” energy bills and the debt incurred by its recent redevelopment.The arts centre, situated on...

As a surrogate, I’ve seen at first hand why Britain’s outdated law needs to change | Kim Barrett

Last year, I carried a child as a surrogate for a couple I met through a surrogacy organisation. It was a wonderful experience that...

Why the ‘ludicrously capacious’ bag on Succession was such a faux pas for the very wealthiest | Succession

Happy Succession week to all who celebrate (and if you haven’t watched the first episode of season four, scroll down to The Measure section...

A new Hugh Grant has emerged – and he is gloriously grumpy | Hugh Grant

Has anything been more edifying over recent years than the sight of Hugh Grant inexorably becoming more and more Hugh Grantish? I put it...

Tina Turner’s 20 greatest songs – ranked! | Tina Turner

20. Ike and Tina Turner – Stop the Wedding/Please, Please, Please (1970)Ike and Tina Turner’s 60s singles hit intermittently, but their reputation rested on...