Fiona Beal, of Moore Street, Northampton, was arrested in March 2022 after police discovered the body

Cavalry horses Vida and Quaker ran loose in the road near Aldwych, central London

Womenas health campaigner says racial disparities in HRT usage are linkedA toA mistrust of medical professionalsA fuelled by structural racism

Details of the case - the first brought under new spy laws - can now be reported for the first time

The dogwalker who stumbled across him shielded his own huskyas eyes so she wouldnat be traumatised by the sight of the dismembered Bully.

Members of the royal family were quick to support Charles in different ways

A former parliamentary researcher facing charges under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly gathering information for China arrived at Westminster Magistrates" Court on Friday, 26 April.

Prof Sir John Curtice says Boris Johnsonas No 10 lockdown parties and Trussas economic catastrophe have made it impossible for Rishi Sunak to cling on to power

SNP leader fights for political life after ending power-sharing agreement with Greens

CCTV captures a knife-wielding killer on a rampage through the streets of Hartlepool before murdering a stranger in an act inspired by arevengea for the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Humza Yousaf was due to speak about the labour strategy in an independent Scotland, but cancelled the plans amid a growing crisis in his leadership

The former glamour model was first declared bankrupt in 2019 over unpaid debts

King Charles is known to maintain a healthy, sometimes meat-free diet

The tenantas emails featured her complaints about damp and mouldy spaces in the house

As King Charles undergoes treatment for cancer, here is a look back at other health conditions in the Royal Family

Alison Hammond revealed how she recently confronted a shoplifter trying to steal her bag.

A teenage boy has been arrested by Gwent Police on suspicion of making threats after Ebbw Fawr Learning Community was placed in lockdown

Firms struggling with high interest rates, brittle consumer confidence and high levels of debt accrued during the pandemic

Home Office minister left blushing following awkward exchange on BBC Question Time

The gender reveal craze involving birds has appeared to come to the UK, with potentially fatal consequences, say animal charities

Sir Ed Davey has joined calls for unpaid carers" debts to be written off after it emerged that some have been told to repay thousands of pounds of benefits after accidentally earning too much money in the past.

The moment two suspected drug dealers were arrested in a McDonaldas drive-thru in Nottinghamshire was captured on police bodycam footage on Monday, 22 April.

Thomas Auger was taking tests to become a stuntman before he died in the crash in Welwyn Garden City

Extraordinary question during discussion of Rwanda deportation plan was met with visible bewilderment from the audience

Exclusive: The Horses Trust - already home to many retired military horses - has offered to rescue the stricken pair

Two men, both aged 22, are charged with immigration offences

Count Binface has vowed to rename London Bridge after Phoebe Waller-Bridge if he wins Mayas mayoral election.

Tory minister Chris Philp appeared to confuse two African countries on BBC Question Time on Thursday, 25 April.

Police and ambulance called out to Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire

Pair announced they were getting a divorce three months after they tied the knot during a televised special

The temporary change is promoting a brand new Channel 4 series

His resignation coincides with the appointment of politician and businessman Lord Theodore Agnew as the new director of its owner, All Perspectives

Claudia Winkleman has hinted at what the future holds for The Traitors amid rumours of a third series.

Ellen DeGeneres has broken her silence on being akicked out of show businessa.

Madonna has thanked her children for giving their all at her concerts.

aIt took a long time for me to want to do anything again,a said the former talk show host

A new ITV documentary reveals how the bloggeras cancer lies came to light

aI thought I would find you at Irish Annieas puba joked star of hit British sitcom

The actor talks to Tom Murray about the politicisation of the hit western, Kevin Costneras exit, working with Bradley Cooper and Ari Aster, and BeyoncA(c)as controversial arrival on the country scene

Singer shared mortifying backstage blunder while appearing on aThe One Showa

Netflix user spotted secret code in Marthaas emails to Donny

Florence Welch has opened up about what Taylor Swift is like in the studio.

It was reported that Gibson would be replaced for Ncuti Gatwaas second season as Time Lord

aI know, I canat believe it either,a the comedian wrote

Kim Kardashian is aovera her beef with Taylor Swift.

aThe same rude lyrics and controversial antics may have ultimately led to his demisea says the trailer

The show is scheduled to air its final episode on 16 May

aPoor Thingsa actor said it would be aso nicea if fans started referring to her by her given name

From Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron to Lucy Liu and Bill Murray, there are many TV and movie collaborations that havenat exactly been plain sailing, writes Ellie Harrison

Police had issued arrest warrant as well as community look-out notice after Pledger failed to appear in court

The aPitch Perfecta staras run-ins with Sacha Baron Cohen may have generated the most headlines about her new memoir a and been redacted from the bookas UK print run a but itas her surreal approach to Hollywood that makes it one of the most disappointing reads of the year, writes Adam White

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Time to outfit the whole squad with self-heating foot masks, brown butter seasoning, and this cult-favorite set of "floating" headphones.

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Life is sometimes too much to bear.

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A bicycle pizza cutter, a stainless steel penguin water bottle, a reverse coloring book, and more unique finds you"ll want to treat yourself to immediately.

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People who say $20 can"t get you anything these days have probably not seen this rice cooker.

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We know you don"t want to announce it to the world, so we made a list of a bunch of personal care products you"ll love.

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Gorgeous at the gala.

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If any of your friends act like this, it"s time to start looking for some new ones.

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I, for one, claim dirt and worm pudding cups as American culture.

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"What followed was the worst experience of my professional life. An incident that left me feeling bullied, humiliated, and compromised. It can"t be printed here."

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aThis has just been rocking me since I watched it this morning like nothing could have prepared me actually,a one person tweeted in response to the viral video.

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Jodie is the latest celebrity to get candid about her postpartum experience, with the likes of Suki Waterhouse, Kourtney Kardashian, and Halle Bailey recently documenting their own journeys.

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The Tortured Poets Department review we"ve all been waiting for is here.

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Whether it has to do with relationships, money, or your career, we want to know about your life experience when you were younger.

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Countertop cookers, microwave gadgets, and toaster bags FTW.

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aI was onto something / They all said nothing,a Taylor sings. aI regret to say, do you believe me now?a

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SNP leader says he will fight next weekas no-confidence vote at Holyrood and take party into general election

Humza Yousaf has said he will not resign as first minister after 24 hours of intense speculation about his leadership.

Speaking at an event in Dundee, the Scottish National party leader, who faces a vote of confidence at Holyrood next week, told reporters: aI will absolutely be taking us into a general election and 2026 Scottish parliament elections.a

Dylan Earl accused of organising arson attack in east London and four others charged in connection with investigation

A 20-year-old British man has been charged with planning an arson attack on a Ukraine-linked business and assisting Russian intelligence services.

Dylan Earl, from Elmesthorpe in Leicestershire, has been charged under the National Security Act 2023, the first case to involve alleged offences under the new legislation.

Emil Boveas line of questioning apparently aimed at undermining Peckeras role in any purported conspiracy

Trump defense attorney Emil Bove has resumed his cross-examination of Pecker.

aWe were talking about Hope Hicks, right?a Bove asked, referring to the former campaign and White House aide to Trump. Pecker answered in the affirmative.

• Forwardas form has dropped for Manchester United
• Rashford responds to social media post supporting him

Marcus Rashford has criticised the abuse he has received this season and said on social media aenough is enougha.

The forward is enduring a disappointing campaign in which he has scored only eight times in 41 appearances for Manchester United, having managed a career-high 30 goals last season. At 12.36am on Friday Rashford retweeted a post on X, formerly Twitter, that said: aThe way Marcus Rashford is being treated is absolutely disgusting. Itas cruel. Itas abuse.a Above this he wrote: aI appreciate your support! It is abuse and has been for months. Enough is enough.a

General manager resigns after test event problems at 23,500-capacity venue, with shows rescheduled

The beleaguered Co-op Live arena has postponed gigs by the comedian Peter Kay for the second time, on the day its general manager resigned over delays to opening the venue.

A number of gigs have been rescheduled at the 23,500-capacity Manchester venue, which had been due to open three days ago but will now not open until May.

Labour mayoras lead over Tory rival has narrowed in week before mayoral election in the capital

Sadiq Khan has urged young Londoners to vote in the mayoral election, saying a shock victory for the Conservativesa Susan Hall would be like waking up to Donald Trump in power or Brexit in 2016.

With his lead in the polls appearing to narrow, the Labour mayor said there were concerns that low turnout among younger voters would allow a Tory mayor to asneak ina to City Hall.

Fiona Beal, 50, changes her plea mid-trial over the fatal stabbing of Nicholas Billingham, 42, in 2021

A woman has pleaded guilty mid-trial to the murder of her boyfriend, who she buried in their back garden.

Fiona Beal, 50, was on trial at the Old Bailey in London for the murder of Nicholas Billingham, 42, whose partly mummified remains were discovered in March 2022 four-and-a-half months after he was last seen.

Inquiry hears firm adrip feda compensation to Martin Griffithsa widow as incentive for her to amaintain confidentialtya

The Post Office sought to ahush upa the case of Martin Griffiths, a post office operator who took his own life, by adrip feedinga compensation payments to his widow and lining up a media lawyer to protect its reputation, a public inquiry has heard.

Angela van den Bogerd, a former business improvement director at the state-owned body, was being questioned at the Horizon IT public inquiry on Friday about the case of Griffiths, who died in 2013 after financial shortfalls were found at his Post Office branch in Cheshire.

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Following Columbiaas lead, students across the US are demanding ceasefire and divestment a and hundreds have been arrested

• Four students on why theyare protesting against war in Gaza: aInjustice should not be accepteda

At least 40 pro-Palestine protest camps have arisen across US campuses following Columbia Universityas example earlier this month.

While many remain provocative though peaceful, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment by their institutions from companies with ties to Israel, hundreds of students and outside protesters have been arrested, and there have been some fierce clashes with police.

Former PMas first-week sales compare with 21,000 for David Cameronas memoir and 92,000 for Tony Blair book

Liz Trussas book about her 49-day stint as prime minister sold 2,228 copies in the UK during its first week on sale, after a wall-to-wall promotional media blitz.

Ten Years to Save the West: Lessons from the Only Conservative in the Room, combines an account of Trussas time in office with a call to arms for the political right.

People in city bordering Gaza say Israel will never be safe while Hamas exists a but worry it cannot achieve its objective

The two men, faces blurred and voices disguised, are screened by a dense scrub of fig and trailing vine and thorns in northern Gaza as they film themselves loading a rocket launcher.

It is daylight and the fighters, wearing civilian clothes, work quickly and calmly, the sound of fighting audible around them as they prepare the weapon in less than a minute. Metal scrapes on metal as four missiles are slotted into tubes and wires connected to a red timer for launch against the nearby Israeli border city of Sderot and neighbouring communities.

Tom, whose experience reflects that portrayed in Baby Reindeer, talks about how things developed, the impact on him and the police response

Not long after he embarked on an on/off dalliance with a former colleague, Tom began feeling uneasy about her behaviour. Heended things a but that only made matters worse.

Lies and gaslighting turned into his ex turning up randomly at places where he hung out and aappearing seemingly everywhere I wenta, he said. aThat was incredibly hard to deal with. I felt hounded, and I had no idea what to do.a

Doctorsa ability to sign people off work is crucial, say readers, especially for those with mental health problems

Guardian readers have reacted with horror and distress to Rishi Sunakas plans to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work, in favour of awork and health professionalsa.

We received an unusually high level of responses to a callout asking people about their experiences of being signed off work and their thoughts regarding Sunakas proposals.

The 27-year-old American actor has gone from the Disney channel to new classy arthouse threesome drama Challengers, via a massive blockbuster and a hot-button TV series. So can she convince as an Oscar contender?

Actor-model-producer Zendaya Coleman a universally known mononymously, without her last name a has never been short of attention, but it feels as if the 27-year-old has arrived at a breakthrough moment. With the tennis romance Challengers arriving in cinemas, in which she is the central focus, the sci-fi blockbuster Dune: Part Two still reeling in audiences, and acting as the simultaneous cover star of two separate editions of Vogue magazine a the British and the American a Zendaya appears to have achieved a new level.

Her career has so far specialised in an impressively high number of attention-grabbing moments, including appearing in a spectacularly bizarre metallic silver arobot suita at the premiere of Dune: Part Two earlier this year, and the Challengers trailer release in June 2023, with its sexually suggestive premise of a threeway love affair.

He is the one who should be saying sorry. Thereas no miracle cure, but do consider therapy, and keep good people around you

• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a family-related problem sent in by a reader

When I was a child I was bullied by my older brother. I am 41 now and I think this has really affected me throughout my whole life. He always picked on me, called me stupid, fat, ugly, worthless and told me that I was never good at anything. This went on every day until I moved abroad to live with my grandmother at the age of 17.

My parents never made me feel protected and never punished him or made him stop. I resent them for it and feel let down by them. Iave spoken to my mum a few times in recent years, but itas a bit too late now and I donat want to make her feel guilty when she canat turn back time.

This is the sort of food invented for British people that youad have got at a Cantonese restaurant back in 1994

Off to Canterbury for a shufti around the cathedral, a meander through its pretty streets and a spot of lunch at Sekkoya, a vast, gorgeous-looking new pan-Asian restaurant on the Riverside next to an Everyman Cinema, a crazy golf venue and a branch of Heavenly Desserts. The restaurantas sleek website offers all sorts of bold statements about this hot dining experience (regular readers will be aware that I delight in this kind of Vogon poetry), claiming that it will take us on a agastronomic journey throughout Asia that transcends ordinary flavoursa, and offering cocktails that will aawaken your sensesa.

The website emotes grandly in this way for many more yards, so much so, in fact, that I suspect AI. Only a non-sentient being could describe Canterburyas Riverside as a avibrant new lifestyle districta, when itas just an elevated patch of concrete. Maybe Sekkoya is entitled to be cocky, though, because itas clearly the classiest venue for miles: the place is bedecked in sea-green velour, with shiny floors, pale tan leather seats and an impressive amurala skylight that gives the impression that youare dining in a rainforest. Fans of the opulent Chinese restaurant chain Tattu, which is especially big in Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds, will recognise dashes of the modern, high-octane glamour that delights Instagram feeds. Add beautiful bathrooms, Kool & The Gang and George Benson on the stereo, and lovely, chipper serving staff, and they clearly mean business here.

Patriotic teaware was on show from the prime minister this week a the latest round of his mug-based messaging

• UK politics a latest updates

Rishi Sunak appeared on his Instagram feed on Tuesday morning holding a mug emblazoned with the St Georgeas flag. aPerfect way to start the day,a was the caption: aHappy St Georgeas Day!a

It is not the only time the prime minister has raised a symbolic piece of teaware. On the same day he appeared en route to Warsaw holding a white mug marked only with the number a10a, presumably a reference to his current home address. Last year one enveloped in a union jack print was his choice for a trip to a Nato summit in Lithuania. Personal branding clearly pays no mind to international airspace.

EV sales have plateaued across the world but the newfound glut of vehicles may just be temporary

Elon Musk became the worldas richest man by evangelising about electric cars a and delivering them by the million. Yet in recent months his company, Tesla, has struggled to maintain its momentum: sales have dropped this year, and so has its share price.

Those struggles have become emblematic of a broader reckoning facing the electric vehicle (EV) industry. After the soaring demand and valuations of the coronavirus pandemic years, the pace of sales growth has slowed. The industry has entered a new phase, with questions over whether the switch from petrol and diesel to cleaner electric is facing a troublesome stall or a temporary speed bump.

Artists from Dua Lipa to Nia Archives are tapping the boisterous energy of mid-90s music a and even embracing the union jack. Can they avoid the genreas laddish lows?

For some, Britpop was a high point for British guitar music: that time when Blur, Pulp, Suede and Oasis thrilled the world with wit and brio. Others argue it has aged worse than Loaded magazine: blokey, beery, conservative and still clogging up the charts. Indeed, thereas perhaps something a bit dismal about the fact that James and Shed Seven have both had No 1 albums in 2024.

Nevertheless, a crop of young artists are turning to the energy and iconography of mid-90s Britain for inspiration. The jungle artist Nia Archives, 24, wears a dazzling union jack on her teeth for the cover of her debut album, Silence Is Loud. aNo oneas really making Britpop at the moment,a she told the Face in February, abut I have a feeling 2024 is gonna be the year.a Dua Lipa has said she was alooking through the music history of psychedelia, trip-hop and Britpopa while making her new album, Radical Optimism, adding that Britpop ahas always felt so confidently optimistic to me, and that honesty and attitude is a feeling I took into my recording sessionsa a although youad be pushed to notice the influence on the new singles she has released so far.

Those vying for job say it will put region on more equal footing with areas such as West Midlands and Greater Manchester

The Conservatives are anot taking accountabilitya for their part in leaving regions such as the east Midlands to suffer with poor infrastructure, growing inequalities and a skills gap, Labouras candidate for the regionas first mayor said.

Claire Ward, the former MP for Watford, said there was not enough to keep young people in the east Midlands and that people had alost hopea.

Top chefs say the Games will rebrand French gastronomy as a showcase for plant-based food

It will boast the worldas biggest salad bar, offer fans vegetarian hotdogs and bring in up to half a million bananas by boat to meet athletesa insatiable demand for the fruit while avoiding the carbon footprint of air travel.

As part of its efforts to cut carbon emissions, the Paris Olympics will make history by offering more vegetarian cuisine than in any Games.

Both were pilloried, but that was then. Today, one has beaten a rape conviction, the other may return as president

According to his representatives, former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is still digesting the overturning of his rape conviction by a New York court, but they did come out to say he was acautiously exciteda. Cautiously excited? Iam not sure these are the words Iad alight on to paint a word-picture of a rapist. You might as well say atentatively arouseda. Then again, as weare about to discuss, quite a lot of guys donat particularly have to worry about what they say or do, or how they say or do it. Itas only natural that Harvey should very much want to be one of them again.

Speaking of word-pictures, though, howas this for a vignette of our times? When they heard the news that Weinsteinas conviction had been overturned on Thursday, a whole host of reporters happened to be looking at the exact spot in the exact New York courtroom that head sat in when that original judgment had been handed down. This was because they were waiting for Donald Trump to sit in it for Thursdayas proceedings in his hush money trial. Mr Trump, you might recall, is in such a lot of trouble that he is the presumptive Republican nominee and current bookiesa favourite to win the US presidency again, though admittedly he lags behind Weinstein on the sexual assault and misconduct front, given that only 26 women have accused him of it. Ultimately, though, I guess the question is: if #MeToo awent too fara, what would agoing just far enougha have looked like?

The first ministeras latest misstep will worsen his partyas split along culture war lines. Itas a mess, but a boon for Scottish Labour

The Bute House agreement (BHA) was supposed to stabilise the SNP. Brokered by Nicola Sturgeon in August 2021, the coalition with the Greens at first appeared a masterstroke, allowing the party to burnish its environmental credentials and bolster its aprogressivea image, while presenting a united front and pro-independence majority in Holyrood that it believed would strengthen the case for a second referendum. But, in a shock move, Humza Yousaf ripped up the agreement on Thursday morning and fired the Green co-leaders as shadow ministers from his government. The SNP leader now faces a no-confidence motion, which he could well lose. He has promised to fight on and contest the motion, but what was supposed to be a show of strength has ended up exposing his weakness.

Since the deal was first brokered, the culture war has moved on apace. Without Sturgeon at the helm, the party a always a fragile alliance of right and left, progressives and conservatives, fundamentalists and gradualists a has become bitterly divided over the ill-fated gender recognition reform bill and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act. Many believe its leadersa fixation with aidentity politicsa has distracted from more urgent issues such as education, the NHS and child poverty, which they say used to be at the heart of the SNP governmentas mission.

Instead of buy-one-get-one-free offers, everyday life now involves carefully comparing prices and feeling increasingly powerless

Under capitalism, prices are supposed to be the centre of everything. They are the key agreement between buyer and seller. They are the one clear and reliable piece of information, on which the whole often opaque and unstable system depends.

So it struck me as strange when some of my local London shops stopped displaying the prices of some goods a couple of years ago. It started with upmarket fishmongers, and I wondered whether this was because wealthy customers didnat need to count their pennies. But then the practice spread to corner shops and greengrocers, with a wider clientele, and to everyday purchases such as fruit and vegetables. There was a cost of living crisis going on, the worst in Britain for 40 years, but parts of Hackney seemed to be in denial.

Andy Beckett is a Guardian columnist

This is not a repeat of the Covid pandemic. Yet global governments should follow the US and prepare a response

Avian flu, or H5N1, is making headlines in the United States. The past few years have seen concerning signs of it spreading across the world a whether in chickens in Britain, sea lions in Peru, or Caspian seals in Russia. This time, it is has been confirmed in American cows, and the World Health Organization has warned that the risk of it spreading to humans is of aenormous concerna.

While it is early days, the hypothesis is that in late 2023, a single cow was infected by coming into contact with infected birdsa faeces, or having infected dead birds in its feed. This began cow-to-cow transmission, and potentially even cow-to-bird transmission. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also confirmed one human case of H5N1 in a farm worker, which could either represent cow-to-human (not seen before) or bird-to-human transmission.

Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Museums have closed and festivals lost funding a but Labour will restore Britainas creative superpower status

A culture change is on the way when this moribund government of the living dead is gone. Clock-watching, we wait for that witching hour on election night when it is blown away by the power of the vote. If you remember that morning in 1997, a fresh air blew and with it came a new mood, language, attitudes, habits of mind. This time the contrast will be starker, this dead government darker by far than John Majoras.

Culture itself was one mark of the scale of change when Labouras Chris Smith sent attendances soaring as he abolished charges for museums and galleries. Creative UK this week put out its manifesto for the election, representing the vast industry covering all the arts, from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the thriving video-games industry, fashion, architecture, design, advertising, the phonographic industry and more. The arts are a vital British export, and key to the countryas soft power. But that canat last if its funding keeps falling: the organisation warns politicians that they must shake off acomplacency around the UKas superpower creative statusa. Arts infrastructure is eroding for future artists, designers and audiences.

Germanyas complicity with Turkeyas repressive regime worries me more than its dAPner diplomacy

aNazis eat dAPner kebabs in secret,a must be one of the dumbest slogans I have seen at German protests against the far right. Yes, the popularity of the kebab in Germany has become something of a symbol of labour migration from Turkey after the second world war. And yes, Nazis get hungry, too. So what? If the consumption of ethnic-minority food was really an obstacle to the ideology of white supremacy, Germans would either be starved out by now or they wouldnat vote for Alternative fA1/4r Deutschland (AfD). Neither of these is the case: the kebab is the second most popular fast food among Germans, and according to polls, the AfD their second most popular political party.

Still, for the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, it seems to be a sign of cosmopolitanism to promote kebab eating, so his team thought it a good idea to send him to Turkey with a whole skewer full of meat as part of an official visit this week, the first by a German president in 10 years.

The Labour leader needs to stop counting the cost of properly investing in railways a and instead see the costs of not doing so

aC/ Dr Tom Haines-Doran is the author of Derailed: How to Fix Britainas Broken Railways

Is there any hope for Britainas beleaguered rail passengers? We have some of the highest fares in Europe, industrial relations are at an all-time low, and cancellations and delays bedevil the network. Britainas railways are fractured, rudderless and without clear purpose or plan.

With an election looming in which Labour is the clear frontrunner, passengers have been eagerly awaiting the partyas proposals. Its Getting Britain Moving plan was finally released on Thursday, promising to fix Britainas broken railways and ausher in a decade of growth, innovation and service improvementa through a series of reforms.

Tom Haines-Doran is a policy fellow based at the University of Leeds and the author of Derailed: How to Fix Britainas Broken Railways

• Newey yet to tender resignation from Formula One team
• Chief technical officer reportedly ready to leave Red Bull

Adrian Newey is set to begin talks with Red Bullas management to resolve his future with the team after reports he has expressed a desire to leave.

The Guardian understands that Red Bullas chief technical officer is yet to formally tender his resignation or announce to staff that he will be leaving and insiders say the headlines caught both Newey and the team by surprise on Thursday.

Leaders Arsenal travel to bitter rivals Tottenham on Sunday before Manchester City go to relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest

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Frontrunner to take charge at Liverpool did not make a big impression as a player but has resemblances to JA1/4rgen Klopp

Liverpoolas move for the Feyenoord coach, Arne Slot, has been described by Ajax fans as athe best news of the yeara. Troubled Ajax have been blown away this season, losing 4-0 at home and 6-0 away against their arch-rivals.

So superior were Feyenoord in every area a tactics, intensity, power, unity, intelligence a that it could have been worse for Ajax. Only in their finishing might Feyenoord have done better.

Scrum-half guides playoff-chasing Bears around at a whirring tempo and he also has his eye on an England Test recall

Trying to catch lightning in a cider bottle would be only slightly harder right now than containing Bristolas dazzling attacking game. The Bears have been averaging 50 points per match in winning five successive league fixtures and, going into Saturdayas crucial visit to Leicester, are playing with a freedom and momentum few of their playoff-chasing rivals can�match.

Setting the pace has been their pocket dynamo Harry Randall, who guides his team around the field at such a whirring tempo they are blowing opponents away. Last week they put 85 points on a hapless Newcastle and when Randall last played at Welford Road a couple of months ago he starred in England Aas 91-5 win over Portugal, underlining his credentials as a classy catalyst who could add a further spark to the senior England team.

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This. Means. More. Anyone can beat anyone. Every game is a contest. The most passionate crowds. Local heroes. Cult heroes. Excitement to the last minute of the season. Commentators treating every kick with a growling portentousness. Clubs spending too much. Points deductions. Dodgy owners. Officious suits. Relegation thrillers. No VAR. And a whatas this? a playoffs and promotion.

Surely man-of-the-people Sean Dyche wonat be including Adidas Sambas among his Glasto-wear (yesterdayas Football Daily) now that theyave had their cool-factor so devastatingly removed by being revealed as the top Toryas trainer of choice. If heas looking for a modish alternative, Esquire suggests one from Fenty x Puma, whose aPhatty Creeper goes completely monochromatic for a24 as Riri colour matches the upper to the brown gum solea. Just right for a wet Saturday evening in Pilton, I reckona a Steve Allen.

Your missive (yesterdayas Football Daily) reminded us of Arsenal confirming their league title at Tottenham in 2004. On behalf of older readers that have not abandoned you, can I remind you that in 1971 the Arsenal double winners confirmed the league title with a 1-0 win (obviously) at a full White Hart Lane, with allegedly 50,000 people locked out. Thatas right, I am also old enough to remember when you didnat have to buy a ticket but could turn up on the day. Happy days (unless you were locked out)a a Steve Beaton (and others).

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• Manchester City playmaker and partner expecting third child
• Guardiola: aItas a question of time. He can improve a lota

Pep Guardiola has said the the third child Phil Foden and his partner are expecting may help the Manchester City playmaker reach his full potential.

Foden was the championsa standout performer in Thursdayas 4-0 victory at Brighton, scoring twice to reach 24 goals in all competitions, a career high. Yet Guardiola, asked about Fodenas form, said the 23-year-old still needed to be calmer during certain moments in games.

Six weeks after his Cheltenham milestone, trainer will become the first based in Ireland to win since Vincent OaBrien in 1954

aItas done but not quite dusted yet,a was Willie Mullinsas assessment earlier this week of the race for the National Hunt trainersa championship, but he knows as well as anyone that the title is as good as won. Six weeks on from one historic achievement, when he became the first trainer to saddle 100 Cheltenham Festival winners, another beckons. Jump racing feels like Willieas World now, and the rest of us are just living in it.

Once the final seven events of the 2023-24 season have been run at Sandown Park on Saturday, the winners of about 99.3% of the 3,500 races will have been saddled by someone else. Mullins, though, will have taken enough of the races that really matter a including nine at the Cheltenham Festival and both the English and Scottish Grand Nationals a to be confirmed as the first trainer based in Ireland to win the title since Vincent OaBrien in 1954.

With an eye on making the team final in Paris, the Commonwealth Games champion wants her sport back in the spotlight

Georgia Godwin may be the queen of Australian gymnastics, but sitting on a throne is not on her to-do list.

She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games all-around gold medallist, seven-time national all-around champion, a stalwart on representative teams for a decade, and now priming herself for the Paris Olympics.

Exclusive: Environmental groups say bank is misleading public over asustainablea financing for Eni as company vastly expands fossil fuel production

Barclays is being accused by environmental groups of greenwashing after helping to arrange a!4bn (APS3.4bn) in financing for the Italian oil company Eni in a way that allows them to qualify towards its $1tn sustainable financing goal.

Environmental groups have said the London-based bank is deliberately misleading the public by labelling the financial instruments as asustainablea at the same time that Eni is in the midst of a multibillion-pound fossil fuel expansion drive designed to increase production.

Warnings of dangerous temperatures across parts of Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh and India as hottest months of the year are made worse by El NiA+-o

Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia are facing sweltering temperatures, with unusually hot weather forcing schools to close and threatening public health.

Thousands of schools across the Philippines, including in the capital region Metro Manila, have suspended in-person classes. Half of the countryas 82 provinces are experiencing drought, and nearly 31 others are facing dry spells or dry conditions, according to the UN, which has called for greater support to help the country prepare for similar weather events in the future. The countryas upcoming harvest will probably be below average, the UN said.

Rain in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi kills at least 90 people and damages farmland and infrastructure

Eastern Africa has experienced heavy rain in recent weeks, with flooding in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi. About 100,000 people have been displaced or otherwise affected in each country, with 32 reported deaths in Kenya and 58 in Tanzania, alongside damage to farmland and infrastructure.

There are also fears that large areas of standing water could give rise to outbreaks of waterborne diseases.

Teenager remanded in youth custody for trial in May after playground stabbing in Carmarthenshire

A 13-year-old girl has appeared in court accused of attempting to murder two teachers and a fellow pupil in a school playground stabbing in Wales.

The deputy head of Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Fiona Elias; a teacher, Liz Hopkin; and a pupil suffered knife wounds on Wednesday. All have since been discharged from hospital.

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry bailed for trial on charges of breaching the Official Secrets Act

Two men charged with spying for China have appeared in court in central London.

Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, spoke only to confirm their names and addresses when they appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Friday.

Council tells resident of Redbridge that artwork had been subject of complaints from pro-Israel lawyers

Council authorities have moved to remove pro-Palestine murals in east London, while another is being reviewed after complaints were made by pro-Israel lawyers.

The latter, which depicts four journalists standing against a backdrop of ruins and under the words aHeroes of Palestinea went up last month in Redbridge, east London, as local authorities came under pressure over similar murals.

Gideon Falter was in running to be adviser but governmentas antisemitism tsar warned against appointment

• Who are CAA, the group headed by campaigner in Met police antisemitism row?

The Home Office considered appointing campaigner against antisemitism Gideon Falter as an adviser to its counter extremism unit but was warned against the appointment by the governmentas antisemitism tsar.

The Guardian understands there were strong objections to Falter being offered the part-time civil service role advising the Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) in 2022 and that John Mann told the then home secretary Suella Braverman he would quit if Falter was offered the post.

Attorney general decides atrocity that killed 15 people merits further scrutiny amid new evidence

Northern Irelandas attorney general has recommended a new inquest into a bombing by loyalist paramilitaries that killed 15 people, including two children, in Belfast in 1971.

Brenda King decided the massacre at the Catholic-owned McGurkas bar, in north Belfast, merited fresh scrutiny amid new evidence about the location of army observation posts near the atrocity.

Analysts say investor confidence is improving, as shares in London post their best week since last September

• BHPas takeover bid for Anglo American is clever but far too low

Darktraceas decision to accept the terms of Thoma Bravoas takeover offer will add yet more fuel to the argument that the London Stock Exchange is in some trouble.

Indeed, Darktrace takes a swing at the London market today, saying it hasnat been properly valued since floating three years ago.

Whilst the Darktrace Board remain confident that Darktraceas strategy can continue to deliver attractive returns for shareholders and that Darktrace has a strong future as a public company, the Darktrace Board believes that Darktraceas operating and financial achievements have not been reflected commensurately in its valuation with shares trading at a significant discount to its global peer group.

Group banned plants aremoved from habitata from its shows a causing uproar from enthusiasts

A furious row has blown up in the UKas leading succulent society over the practice of taking desirable specimens from the wild, with the chair resigning in protest over the behaviour of his fellow enthusiasts.

Succulents have risen in popularity in recent years: they are attractive and hardy.

Therapy has remarkable medical potential but experts say private clinics making far-reaching claims operate in regulatory grey zone

Stem cells have become a favoured miracle treatment among the rich and famous, with Kim Kardashian reportedly a fan of stem cell facials and Cristiano Ronaldo turning to stem cell injections after a hamstring injury.

The latest to extol their benefits is the Monty Python actor John Cleese, who suggests that stem cells could hold the secret to eternal youth a or, at least, buy him aa few extra yearsa.

Chris Philp gets confused over neighbouring countries when discussing governmentas Rwanda deportation policy

The policing minister, Chris Philp, appeared to confuse the countries of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on BBC Question Time on Thursday.

When discussing the government policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, the MP for Croydon South responded to an audience memberas question during the BBC One programme by asking: aRwanda is a different country of Congo, isnat it?a.

14-carat gold watch belonging to John Jacob Astor, reportedly richest passenger onboard ill-fated liner, may fetch up to APS150,000

A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the wealthy business magnate John Jacob Astor, who went down with the Titanic, is expected to fetch up to APS150,000 at auction.

The 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch, engraved aJJAa, was found when Astoras body was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean seven days after the sinking of the liner, which hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage to New York in 1912.

After meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing, Antony Blinken says relations improving but rift remains over Ukraine war

Antony Blinken has warned Xi Jinping at a meeting in Beijing that the US and its European allies are ready to impose new sanctions on Chinese companies if they do not stop supplying material and equipment to the Russian arms industry.

There was no immediate response from Xi, but earlier on Friday Chinaas foreign minister, Wang Yi, said adisruptionsa could reverse recent improvements in US-China relations and lead to a adownward spirala of rivalry, confrontation and even conflict.

Infant dies five days after caesarean delivery following death of mother in Israeli airstrike in Rafah

A premature Palestinian baby rescued from her motheras womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike has died, the babyas uncle has said.

Sabreen Jouda died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams were unable to save her, Rami al-Sheikh said on Friday.

Mykola Solskyi accused of illegally seizing land worth more than $7m when he was head of major farming firm and an MP

Ukraineas agriculture minister, Mykola Solskyi, has been detained after being named as a formal suspect in a multimillion-dollar corruption inquiry.

Blighted by corruption scandals since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kyiv has pledged to bolster its anti-graft efforts as part of its bid for EU membership.

Tarana Burke called Harvey Weinsteinas accusers aheroesa and said movement would continue to bring progress to society

The founder of the #MeToo movement, Tarana Burke, has called the women who spoke out against Harvey Weinstein aheroesa and said such campaigns for justice and equality will continue to bring about progress in society.

Burke, who nearly two decades ago coined the phrase aMe tooa from her work with sexual assault survivors, found herself again declaring a after New Yorkas highest court in a shock decision on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinsteinas 2020 rape conviction in the city a the #MeToo reckoning was greater than any court case.

French singer dedicates top prizes at Les Flammes ato all black womena after backlash over rumoured Paris show

The French pop star Aya Nakamura, who found herself at the centre of a racist row after rumours she was going to sing at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, has thanked fans for their support after winning three big prizes at Franceas Les Flammes awards for rap, R&B and pop.

aIam very honoured because being a black artist and coming from the banlieue is very difficult,a Nakamura told the audience at the ceremony, which she opened with a medley of her songs. She dedicated her awards a female artist of the year, pop album of the year, and international star of the year a ato all black womena.

Emil Boveas line of questioning apparently aimed at undermining Peckeras role in any purported conspiracy

Trump defense attorney Emil Bove has resumed his cross-examination of Pecker.

aWe were talking about Hope Hicks, right?a Bove asked, referring to the former campaign and White House aide to Trump. Pecker answered in the affirmative.

Tarana Burke called Harvey Weinsteinas accusers aheroesa and said movement would continue to bring progress to society

The founder of the #MeToo movement, Tarana Burke, has called the women who spoke out against Harvey Weinstein aheroesa and said such campaigns for justice and equality will continue to bring about progress in society.

Burke, who nearly two decades ago coined the phrase aMe tooa from her work with sexual assault survivors, found herself again declaring a after New Yorkas highest court in a shock decision on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinsteinas 2020 rape conviction in the city a the #MeToo reckoning was greater than any court case.