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Growers count cost as Cyclone Gabrielle buries New Zealand vineyards in silt | New Zealand

Some wine-growing regions in New Zealand’s North Island have been devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle, with vineyards there facing a long path to recovery after...

Chelsea fear hand could be forced on Graham Potter as crunch games arrive | Chelsea

Chelsea’s board fear it will be difficult to continue backing Graham Potter if the team lose to Leeds and Borussia Dortmund in the next...

Athletics: Neil Gourley wins European indoor silver as Thiam sets world record | Athletics

Neil Gourley struck silver as Great Britain opened their medal account on the second day of the European indoor athletics championships in Istanbul.Gourley finished...

Greek train crash: effort to find bodies expected to end as anger grows | Greece

Rescuers are expected to wrap up efforts to find the bodies of victims of a head-on collision of two trains in central Greece, as...

Deutsche Börse photography prize review – stern heroes, uncanny hybrids and a missing person | Deutsche Börse photography prize

There are many abiding spirits, historical and cultural, hovering over the work on display on the fourth floor of the Photographers’ Gallery in London,...

Boris Johnson suggests Sue Gray was wrong person to lead Partygate inquiry amid new evidence he misled MPs – live | Politics

Johnson declines to criticise his supporters who are now saying Sue Gray's report discreditedHere are the key lines from Boris Johnson’s TV interview. Johnson...

‘Hardcore Maga’ on display as Republican contenders make their pitches at CPAC – live | US politics

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMartin PengellyThe incipient Republican civil war between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis heated...

Luther to Room: the seven best films to watch on TV this week | Television & radio

Pick of the weekLuther: The Fallen SunIdris Elba’s brooding TV detective gets a movie makeover in Jamie Payne’s expansive noir thriller. With little time...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin’s nuclear war threats ‘unacceptable’, say Quad ministers; Biden and Scholz to meet | Ukraine

Putin’s nuclear war threats ‘unacceptable’ say quad ministersForeign ministers of the so-called Quad group denounced Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine...

Xi Jinping to tighten Communist party’s grip with overhaul of China’s government at key meeting | China

Xi Jinping is preparing a profound overhaul of China’s government and party institutions at this year’s National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s rubber-stamp parliament, which...

Drugs, jacuzzis and a horse: the anarchic Philippines prison where anything can be bought | Philippines

When officials last raided the Philippines’ biggest prison, their discoveries ranged from deadly to bizarre. Tens of thousands of contraband goods were identified in...

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

1) Badiashile under pressure for BluesIt is surely not a coincidence that Benoît Badiashile’s only disappointing performance since his move to Chelsea came when...

Caledonian Sleeper rail service to be nationalised by Scottish ministers | Scotland

The Caledonian Sleeper rail service will be nationalised after Scottish ministers moved to terminate the operating company’s franchise agreement seven years early.It will be...

Stephen Fry: Willem and Frieda – Defying the Nazis review – oh, what an astounding story this is! | Television

There is so much second world war on television – history programmes, prestige dramas, celebrity genealogy shows – that you might assume all the...

Laurel Aldridge: body found is Mackenzie Crook’s sister-in-law, police confirm | UK news

Police have confirmed that a body found in the search for a missing woman has been formally identified as Laurel Aldridge.The 62-year-old, sister-in-law of...

Person Spec review – disturbing show puts audience on an interview panel | Theatre

In the late 1800s, Frederick Winslow Taylor set about codifying the labour of the workforce in the paper mill and steel industries. His analysis,...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Blinken tells Lavrov US will support Kyiv for as long as it takes during meeting in margins of G20 summit |...

Blinken and Lavrov meet for the first time since Russia's invasionThe US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, spoke...

Russia accuses west at G20 of blackmail and claims it has China’s support | G20

Russia has accused the west of blackmail and threats and claimed it had China’s support for its position at a stormy meeting of G20...

Weaker UK economic outlook weighs on housing market; Pret hikes worker salaries – business live | Business

Key eventsTaylor Wimpey’s order book has also weakened, a sign that sales in 2023 are under pressure.At 26 February, it had 8,078 homes on...

From book butlers to library sleepovers: 10 great UK places to stay for book lovers | Travel

Library sleepover, FlintshireGladstone’s Library in Hawarden is the ultimate destination for those who like to wind down with a bedtime story. Founded by William...

Spears stolen by Captain Cook from Kamay/Botany Bay in 1770 to be returned to traditional owners | Indigenous Australians

Four spears stolen from Kamay, now known as Botany Bay in Sydney, by Captain James Cook, a then Lieutenant, and his crew, are to...

New Easter Island moai statue discovered in volcano crater | Chile

A new moai – one of Easter Island’s iconic monolithic statues – has been found in the bed of a dry lake in a...

New Zealand Māori life captured by famed photographer Ans Westra – picture essay | Photography

As a Māori and a documentary photographer, I often seek out images of our people from the past. I ask myself: what has been...

Shirley Valentine review – Sheridan Smith disarms and dazzles with heart and soul | Theatre

Willy Russell’s 1986 monologue was a forerunner to the Thelma and Louise era of women who find a second lease of life in middle...

Manchester United v West Ham: FA Cup fifth round – live | FA Cup

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature7 min: Alphonse Areola gets down to his right to save a Marcel...

Ron’s Place: cash loan saves palace of outsider art at last minute | Art

An extraordinary palace of outsider art secretly created in a ground-floor flat in Birkenhead has been saved after a last-minute cash loan offer from...

Kyiv-made: Litkovska brings chic clothes and Ukraine strength to Paris | Paris fashion week

You would never guess from the immaculate tailoring and finely turned silhouettes of the Litkovska collection shown at Paris fashion week that its production...

Dickens exhibition to look at role of London fog in life and writings | Charles Dickens

In Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens described a day in London under a dark, heavy fog.“Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was...

What do Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages show? Not what the Telegraph wants us to see | Devi Sridhar

The Telegraph’s Wednesday front page is dedicated to a huge trove of the WhatsApp messages of former health secretary Matt Hancock, which journalist Isabel...

‘Everything is at stake’: the fight for equal pay in Canadian football | Canada women’s football team

Kaylyn Kyle is an Olympic bronze medalist turned broadcaster with deep, personal experience playing for Canada. Speaking exclusively to Moving the Goalposts this week,...

Matt Hancock denies ‘completely wrong’ claims he rejected care home testing advice as he considers legal action – UK politics live | Politics

Matt Hancock denies ‘completely wrong’ claims he rejected care home testing advice as he considers legal actionGood morning. Covid has soared backed to the...

New Ed Sheeran album, Subtract, informed by ‘fear, depression and anxiety’ | Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran has announced his sixth studio album, entitled – and pronounced “subtract”.The fifth and final entry in his series of albums titled with...

Annual house price growth turns negative, falling to weakest level since 2012 – business live | Business

Introduction: Annual house price growth turns negative, falling to weakest level since 2012Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Finland MPs to vote on Nato bid; Blinken warns central Asia against ignoring Russian aggression | Ukraine

Finland MPs to vote on Nato bidFinnish MPs will vote this afternoon on speeding up the Finland’s Nato ascension process.Both Finland, which has one...

Bangladesh v England: first men’s cricket one-day international – live | Cricket

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature2nd over: Bangladesh 2-0 (Tamim 13, Litton 0) A rusty start from Jofra...

Greece train crash: 26 killed and dozens injured in collision | Greece

At least twenty-six people have been killed and 85 injured after two trains collided near the town of Tempe in central Greece, the fire...

Lufthansa’s ‘green’ adverts banned in UK for misleading consumers | Airline industry

An ad campaign by Lufthansa claiming that its green initiatives were protecting the world has been banned by the UK advertising watchdog, which ruled...

Sex on Screen review – harrowing tales, damning indictments and stars ‘blacking out’ with shock on set | Television & radio

For all the moans of pleasure and beautiful writhing bodies, Sex on Screen is frequently hard to watch. From its first moments, which recreate...

Manchester City into FA Cup quarter-finals as Foden bares teeth in Bristol | FA Cup

Listen to Pep Guardiola enough and the Manchester City manager tends to mutter the same tune, reminding us that, for him, it is all...

Leading jockey Philip Armson ruled out of Cheltenham Festival by whip ban | Constitution Hill

Philip Armson, one of the season’s leading conditional jockeys with 24 winners, has been ruled out of next month’s Cheltenham Festival by a whip...

Stunning Rupert Murdoch deposition leaves Fox News in a world of trouble | Rupert Murdoch

In his 71 years as a media executive, Rupert Murdoch has proved himself to be a grand master in the arts of survival. He...

Bristol City v Manchester City: FA Cup fifth round – live | FA Cup

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature59 min: Weimann’s clumsy touch on the edge of his own D allows...

Victory – or a trick? Loyalist South Belfast cautious about Brexit deal | Northern Ireland

The rest of the world seemed to be hailing the new Brexit deal as a breakthrough but for the people of Sandy Row, a...

‘I really think we are ready’: Klopp backs Liverpool to crash top four | Liverpool

Jürgen Klopp believes Liverpool are the one club capable of producing the late-season flourish needed to break into the top four.Liverpool trail fourth-placed Tottenham...

Stefano Domenicali: ‘F1 can drive real change – we are not chasing money’ | Formula One

With Formula One ready to go racing again in Bahrain this week it will be a grand season premiere once more accompanied by a...

Tesco accused of greenwashing over ‘biodegradable’ teabags | Environment

A team of researchers has filed a complaint against Tesco, saying its “biodegradable” teabags do not fulfil that claim following an experiment that involved...

Nigeria election: Bola Tinubu leads amid anger at count delays and rigging claims | Nigeria

Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling party in Nigeria, has maintained his lead as results of Saturday’s election slowly become clear amid growing...

‘If you don’t burrow in you die pretty quickly’: the relentless battle for Bakhmut | Ukraine

Oleh Bendyk showed off a video taken in Ukraine’s eastern forests. It shows a group of soldiers from Bendyk’s 103rd brigade sheltering in a...

Five celebrated Black chefs on the recipes that raised them | Environment

I lost my father rather suddenly last year, a day before...