Rachel Reeves blamed Tory government for acrashing economya as party rowed back on key pledge

Kate and Gerry McCannas eldest daughter vanished from Portuguese holiday resort 16 years ago but emergence of new suspect has brought fresh hope of answers and closure

Rachel Reeves blamed Tory government for acrashing economya as party rowed back on key pledge

Officers began following Saul Cookson, 15, along a road in Salford at around 2pm on Thursday, and he crashed into a parked ambulance a short while later

Terrifying footage shows three masked robbers burst into a shop and threaten a female worker with an axe during a terrifying raid in Grimsby.

Conservationists say encounter so far south suggests species is recovering from near-extinction 40 years ago

Inspectorate says new laws are needed to akeep the public safea after recommendations ignored

An Independent petition calling on Sunak to block Johnsonas plan to give an honour to his father reached 300,000

Kate and Gerry McCannas eldest daughter vanished from Portuguese holiday resort 16 years ago but emergence of new suspect has brought fresh hope of answers and closure

Parents refuse to give up hope and have spoken movingly about anew normalitya of raising twins without their missing daughter, Joe Sommerlad reports

Parents refuse to give up hope and have spoken movingly about anew normalitya of raising twins without their missing daughter, Joe Sommerlad reports

Campaigners hit out at aappallinga system athat sets up mothers as default carersa

The victim tried to walk away but the man followed her, she then ran from the man and attempted to hide in a nearby Coburg nature reserve.

Detectives comparing soil believe they have a good chance of putting main suspect at reservoir days after Maddy vanished

Detectives comparing soil believe they have a good chance of putting main suspect at reservoir days after Maddy vanished

Detectives comparing soil believe they have a good chance of putting main suspect at reservoir days after Maddy vanished

The Claim Your Energy Voucher Day is a final push to encourage the remaining households to claim their vouchers before the scheme ends in a month

The Claim Your Energy Voucher Day is a final push to encourage the remaining households to claim their vouchers before the scheme ends in a month

Prince Harry alleges journalists at MGN gathered private information about him by intercepting his personal voicemails

Prince Harry alleges journalists at MGN gathered private information about him by intercepting his personal voicemails

Tesco warns of change to Clubcards from 14 June

Tesco warns of change to Clubcards from 14 June

Help available as more than 10m Britons struggling with bills, according to new study

Help available as more than 10m Britons struggling with bills, according to new study

Yellow alert upgraded to amber as risk to everyoneas health rises

aI want to go for day trips and have the fire in the fireplace and drink wine with new friends and not read scripts,a actor said

aI want to go for day trips and have the fire in the fireplace and drink wine with new friends and not read scripts,a actor said

aIam past that. Iam not doing that anymore,a 37-year-old said of sex scenes

aIam past that. Iam not doing that anymore,a 37-year-old said of sex scenes

What started out as lifeline for the music industry during Covid is increasingly looking like a potential bedrock of its success. Annabel Nugent speaks to Amazon Music at Primavera Sound Barcelona about why live-streaming isnat going anywhere anytime soon

aI donat even understand what it means,a said the aFriendsa star

Niall Horan moves toward lusher production on his third and best album, while Hak Baker sees light at the end of the world

Couple vowed to aset record straighta after announcing next career step

Chris Martin was an effervescent frontman at the Principality Stadium, singing hits from aIn My Placea to aFix Youa

Canadian star is being urged to achangea the cover due to ahorrible timinga

Canadian star is being urged to achangea the cover due to ahorrible timinga

Actors appeared together in the 2010 thriller aInceptiona

Sanderson is set to testify in hacking trial alongside Prince Harry and three other claimants

Sanderson is set to testify in hacking trial alongside Prince Harry and three other claimants

aSpider-Mana actor says dark new drama led to him adisappearinga

Son of the late keyboardist claims that the bandas amethoda of ahelpinga Duffy backfired and left him adistraught and upseta

Son of the late Primal Scream keyboardist claims that the bandas amethoda of ahelpinga Duffy backfired and left him adistraught and upseta

Bestselling author Naoise Dolan joins us to discuss her latest novel, The Happy Couple, which follows a dysfunctional couple on the cusp of marriage.

LGBT+ icon made voguing a dance art form

This gritty drama is showing plenty of promise

This gritty drama is showing plenty of promise

Actoras representative has shut down acompletely inaccuratea conspiracy theory

aThere have been some huge assumptions made this week,a she said

Soul singer has long expressed her frustrations with the ITV singing competition

Soul singer has long expressed her frustrations with the ITV singing competition

Actor wants to be the face of the character as well as the voice

Actor wants to be the face of the character as well as the voice

The new Apple TV+ drama plays its cards close to its chest a but, if you have even the mildest curiosity about the show, youall know what the mystery at its centre is

aSpider-Mana actor says dark new drama led to him adisappearinga

Father and son duo appear in five seasons of Netflixas aTravels with My Fathera together

Father and son duo appear in five seasons of Netflixas aTravels with My Fathera together

aI want to go for day trips and have the fire in the fireplace and drink wine with new friends and not read scripts,a actor said

ITV2 reality show has introduced two new bombshells within the first three episodes

aItas an immediate realisation of aWow, any of us can go at any minutea,a claimed Thor actor

aItas an immediate realisation of aWow, any of us can go at any minutea,a claimed Thor actor

Four Brits are reportedly in the running for the roles of Clark Kent and Lois Lane

Four Brits are reportedly in the running for the roles of Clark Kent and Lois Lane

aJ Hus officially saved summer,a fans declare

aJ Hus officially saved summer,a fans declare

The role is unrelated to the Phillip Schofield scandal

aIam past that. Iam not doing that anymore,a 37-year-old said of sex scenes

Actor candidly said what most people think of Marvel movie

Actor candidly said what most people think of Marvel movie

Four Brits are reportedly in the running for the roles of Clark Kent and Lois Lane

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Shadow chancellor says poor economy under Tories meant annual funding would come in gradually

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The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has delayed plans to borrow APS28bn a year for a green prosperity fund under a Labour government, as a result of the poor economic backdrop.

Reeves, who is keen to demonstrate fiscal responsibility, said Labour would now aramp upa to the annual APS28bn plan by halfway through a first parliament.

Labour says ex-PM has filled his honours list with a acarousel of croniesa

Englandas largest teaching union is threatening to hold strikes before the end of the school term this summer unless the government restarts talks over pay, school funding and working conditions.

In a letter to education secretary Gillian Keegan, the National Education Unionas general secretaries give the government until 17 June to resume negotiations or risk further school closures.

Should this letter be ignored, and negotiations are not in place by the 17 June the NEU national executive will be discussing our next steps. This will include the consideration of NEU teacher members in England taking further strike action in the week beginning 3 July.

There are six school term weeks until the summer holiday. Up and down the country, head teachers are trying to plan their school budgets for next year and trying to cope with the rapidly growing problem of recruiting enough teachers to fill their classrooms.

By not publishing the STRB report, your department is withholding vital information about what proposals that body has made on teacher pay, which may or may not help with the recruitment difficulties. It is also withholding vital information about the funding of pay rises.

I would certainly like new towns, garden cities - I would like to see us be bold and brave.
I donat see why we canat be building new town and garden cities that we would see as big commuter hubs.

Ex-president is being prosecuted for violating Espionage Act and obstruction over documents held at Mar-a-Lago and has been summoned to court next week

Federal prosecutors have charged Donald Trump over his retention of national security documents and obstructing the governmentas efforts to retrieve them, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, a historic development that poses the most significant legal peril yet for the former president.

The exact nature of the indictment, filed in federal district court in Miami, is unclear because it remains under seal and the justice department had no immediate comment.

Ukrainian security service says it intercepted a call proving Russian forces blew up hydroelectric station

• What we know on day 471 of the invasion

Russian military bloggers are saying that overnight the Ukrainians were making another attempt to break through Russian lines in occupied Zaporizhzhia in the area of Orikhiv.

The claims have not been independently verified.

HSBC temporarily removes mortgage products for new customers, as borrowers face higher rates

• HSBC temporarily withdraws mortgage deals for new borrowers

Over in Italy, factory output has taken a knock.

Italian industrial production index decreased by 1.9% month-on-month in April, and was 7.2% lower than a year ago.

Saul Cookson, 15, collided with parked ambulance shortly after being followed by police vehicle

The family of a Salford teenager who died when the e-bike he was riding crashed after being followed by police, who has been named locally as Saul Cookson, have paid tribute to athe nicest lad abouta.

The 15-year-old boyas e-bike collided with a parked ambulance at about 2pm on Thursday, Greater Manchester police said. It had referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, ain line with normal proceedingsa when someone has died after contact with police, it added.

French president and his wife will travel to Alpine town as one adult is also still in a critical condition

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte, are to visit victims of a knife attack in the French Alps in which four preschool children and two adults were injured, three critically, the ElysA(c)e Palace has said.

aFollowing yesterdayas attack, the president of the republic and his spouse will today visit the victims and their families as well as everyone in Annecy who has contributed in helping and supporting them,a the palace said on Friday.

Broadcaster says she has had double mastectomy and was told news on same day as her OBE announced

The broadcaster Anne Diamond has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The GB News presenter said she received the diagnosis the same day as finding out she was to be made OBE.

Experts warn heat poses threat to wider population, while thunderstorms also forecast

UK temperatures could peak at 30C (86F) this weekend as public health experts warn the heat poses a threat to the wellbeing of the wider population.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Thursday upgraded an alert for hot weather in five regions of England as warnings were also issued for thunderstorms.

Writer of Empireland, which examined Britainas imperial past, says culture war-fuelled online trolling and heckling agets to youa

The writer Sathnam Sanghera has said he barely ever does public events in the UK because of a fear of being attacked amid a culture war-fuelled backlash over his views on Britainas imperial past, saying he feared a Florida-style push towards the banning of books.

Sanghera, a journalist and author whose bestselling book Empireland assessed how the UKas colonial territories still infect contemporary politics and discourse, said he had begun to dread holding book events here.

Ukrainian presidentas remarks echo previous comments about international bodiesa failure to intervene more decisively

Volodymyr Zelenskiy a well schooled in chiding the west for being slow in providing help a has shifted his line of criticism from the pace at which arms has been reaching his country to the slow international response to the humanitarian and ecological disaster caused by the breach of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam.

Before visiting the flood-affected areas on Thursday, he used his nightly address to say: aLarge-scale efforts are needed. We need international organisations, such as the International Committee on Red Cross, to immediately join the rescue operation and help the people in the occupied part of Kherson region. Each person that dies there is a verdict on the existing international architecture and international organisations that have forgotten how to save lives. If there is no international organisation in the area of this disaster now, it means it does not exist at all and that it is incapable of functioning.a

Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up Dnipro River dam, which has largely been swept away

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The dam is located upstream of the city of Kherson on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Russia controls the territory on the left bank of the river. The right bank is held by Ukraine.

Is it wrong to flirt with other people? Do you have to agree on politics? And is it all about sex? Therapists examine the truths and myths of relationship lore

TRUE aFor most people, a satisfying sexual relationship is an important part of a good relationship,a says Susanna Abse, psychoanalytic therapist and author of Tell Me the Truth About Love: 13 Tales from Couple Therapy. aWhile sex may not be the most important thing, itas certainly an indicator of chemistry, and it matters a especially at the start. Also, if youare having bad sex with someone in the beginning, why would you want to carry on?a

Kojo is determined to keep his bike in the flat. AnaA-s says she keeps bumping into it and wants it out. You decide whoas right in this battle of wheels

Having a bike in the corridor is annoying. I catch myself on it when running out the door

Iave already had two bikes stolen, and the thought of leaving this one outside at night makes me a bit sad

Iave made replicas of buildings across the world, like the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben

I am 37 years old and live in Qingdao, China. I started studying magic as a teenager and worked as a magician as an adult. I mainly did tricks using cards, coins and everyday objects. In 2015, I was making magic props with a glass plate when it shattered. I fractured my little finger on my right hand, and the tendon on my index finger was severed. I lost dexterity in that hand and realised that my career as a magician could not continue.

Thatas when I started stacking cards, without glue, tape or tools, as therapy to recover movement in my hand. Even now my index and little finger can only bend halfway. At first this was just a way to rehabilitate my hand a but as time passed, I fell in love with it.

The punk band are famous for culture-changing gigs in Manchester and London, but what about ones in Keighley and Dunstable? Attendees at their first UK tour remember the protests, raw power a and cider-drinking hippies

In late 1975, just after her 18th birthday, Shanne Bradley went to a party at St Albans School of Art in Hertfordshire. Unbeknown to her and her friends, there was musical entertainment: a band from London no one had heard of. She suspects the group had just phoned up and asked if they could play. aThey were so bad,a she says. aWe were dancing, having a good laugh. We thought they were a piss-take of a 60s band. Someone said they saw the drummer afterwards and he was crying because they were so terrible.a

Afterwards, the singer came over and asked Bradley about her clothes: aIf I dressed like that all the time. Iad had a difficult childhood and I think I expressed that through my clothes. Iad butchered my hair: Iad tried to use henna and peroxide and it came out wrong a bright orange. I was wearing ripped fishnets and a holey jumper. I had 11 ear piercings. I asked him what his name was. aJohnny Rotten.a I was like: aWhat?aa

Ecodomes, poolside lounging and meditation feature at these gorgeous retreats in the UK and sunny southern Europe

Iave just returned from the most relaxing weekend at Purusha Retreats, south of Lincoln. From the moment we headed up the grassy, tree-lined driveway we knew wead arrived in relaxation heaven. Set in a countryside location, we slept in private ecodomes, each with hammocks, a wood-fired hot tub, a private shower and compost loo. Eco-friendly toiletries are provided. Each dome is set apart from the others for complete privacy. The communal spaces are equally beautiful, set around a small lake. Walks are marked around the site. Mornings are a joy of birdsong and evenings are delightful under the stars.
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A howl of despair sublimated into beautiful experimental pop, the artistas fourth album is his best yet

When Christine and the Queens first appeared in the anglophone world in 2015, the name was an alias for HA(c)loA-se Letissier: a French artist with an extraordinary line in immaculately cool, obliquely catchy, 80s-flavoured synthpop that mused on queer identity. By 2018, Letissier had become Chris a the eponymous, androgynous protagonist of her funky second album. Then, last year, the musician announced he was now using male pronouns as well as another moniker: Redcar, also the title character of his third album, Redcar les Adorables Atoiles.

That record, a reflective, slippery, not-quite-satisfying collection sung in French, was met with a muted reception. Now it seems simply a warmup for this masterpiece. Letissieras clearly rocky path to self-realisation has been entangled with seismic grief a in 2019, his mother died a and ParanoA-a, Angels, True Love is a howl of despair sublimated into astonishingly beautiful experimental pop, drenched in warm celestial light, punctured by spikes of confused pain. On Tears Can Be So Soft, loss is bluntly aired a aI miss my mama at nighta a over a syncopated raindrops-on-the-roof beat and a minuscule snippet of Marvin Gaye. A distorted afuckinga is bellowed over sweet Johann Pachelbel strings on Full of Life. True Love couches romance in inescapable grief (amake me forget my mothera), the sound of a heart monitor and blasts of static.

Although a slightly haphazard set of pledges, it accepts world has moved on from Brexit and 2019 UK election

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If Rishi Sunakas two-day visit to Washington demonstrated anything, it was the vital but sometimes neglected political lesson that in the absence of the ideal, you make the best of what you have, in terms of people and policy.

Sunak and Joe Biden are very different politicians and in many ways not natural allies. But what they do have in common is an appreciation that, for both, things could be much worse, or at least notably more chaotic, in the form of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, or Donald Trump.

Above-the-table dressing doesnat just mean a fun top and boring trousers. You can aim for something special without leaving your comfort zone

Going out for dinner is my favourite thing to get dressed for. It is also an under-curated outfit category. Going out to eat is a much more regular occurrence, for most grownups, than going to a wedding or to a fancy party, but we spend a lot more time talking about wedding-guest outfits and party dresses than we do about what to wear to a restaurant.

I donat think itas because what we wear to go out isnat a big deal a restaurants are expensive, and dinner out is a big treat for most of us. You are investing a substantial amount of money, and probably most of your Friday night, in this occasion. But there is no dress code, so it doesnat feel stressful, which I guess is why we donat feel the need to plan it.

Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has launched another diatribe against the Russian army. Is he a loose cannon, or a Kremlin puppet?

Coming just a day before the worldas media became submerged in the tragic aftermath of the explosion of the Kakhovka dam in Russian-controlled Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhinas latest invective against the Russian army on 5 June slipped under the radar. It was his most explosive yet.

Dressed in a khaki sweatshirt and trousers, in the middle of a forest in a Wagner training camp, Prigozhin, the commander of an army of contract fighters known as the Wagner group, accuses the Russian army of lying about events in the Belgorod region a where anti-Putin Russian partisans have been conducting cross-border raids from Ukraine since late May a and warns of the risk of civil war. He calls for the Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu to be put on trial for facilitating athe genocide of the Russian populationa by being totally unprepared for the war in Ukraine, and more than once suggests that Shoigu and other senior military command should be shot. Prigozhin also claims that inhabitants of the Belgorod region have been writing to him, suggesting a Chile-type solution. aChile means Pinochet,a explains Prigozhin. aa| The Russian elite in a stadium surrounded by armed men with machine guns.a

Samantha de Bendern is an associate fellow at international affairs thinktank Chatham House

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I may loathe poor Bill Thompson a but our joyful, creative childrenas telly is one thing this country can still be proud of

Thereas a character on Postman Pat that I hate, passionately. Bill Thompson, the child of Alf and Dorothy, is a snarky little sod with an attitude problem. Thereas a part in an episode about a treasure hunt, where he says aIad be finished by now if I didnat have to wait for you slowcoachesa, which invokes in me an almost physical loathing. Even the Postman Pat fandom page describes him as aconceiteda. Iave spent so much time watching Postman Pat with my baby that Iave conjured up Succession-worthy backstories to explain Billas flawed personality a is it the pressure of being promised his dad Alfas farm from an early age?

This is what happens with childrenas television, once you become a parent and suddenly find yourself watching it. You know youare watching something created for children, but you cannot help but impose onto it an adult sensibility. For example, people often remark that Postman Pat is objectively a terrible postman a always losing the thing he is supposed to be delivering. I counter that since Royal Mail privatisation and the transformation of his role into aspecial deliverya, he is probably on a zero-hours contract, not to mention constantly being asked to do things, such as flying a helicopter or catching a pony, that are well beyond a usual postmanas duties. My father, when visiting, pointed out that Pat being constantly tracked on an app by Ben in the office is an accurate portrayal of the kind of surveillance capitalism many workers are now forced to contend with.

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett is a Guardian columnist and author

Champions League glory is within the grasp of this team of well-heeled superstars. But I remember when football was an actual competition

On Saturday 11 October 1975, my dad took me to my first ever football match: Aston Villa (hooray!) against Tottenham Hotspur (boo!). I would be lying if I were to claim that I could remember much of the game now. I was so captivated by the spectacle, and particularly the unimaginable noise of 50,000 people shouting vaguely in unison, that I spent much of the time looking anywhere but the pitch.

That day marked the start of a ritual for the two of us that would endure until I left home at 18. Every other Saturday Dad would drive us to the ground from our home in Nottingham, with the radio tuned to Birminghamas commercial station, BRMB, which always had a more partisan, Villa-centric take on sports reporting than the BBC.

Upon walking the final mile to Villa Park, wead head first to the club car park, where the players and managers of both sides would each have to fight off an army of hangers-on, pre-teen autograph hunters and a once a gangland enforcers apparently looking to collect a debt from a player. Andy Gray, Brian Little, Martin Peters, Alan Hudson, Bobby Robson a| reader, you may not know them, but I harassed them all, and still have the written evidence.

And what a time to become obsessed with football, and Villa in particular. Masterminded by unsmiling manager Ron Saunders, they were just about to embark on a remarkable renaissance that within seven years would see them win the league for the first time since the Edwardian era and then top that by winning the European Cup.

Phil Mongredien is a member of the Guardian Opinion deskas production team

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Reaction to the film is crucial to understanding both why itas gotten so much hate, and why itas so important that it was made

The Little Mermaid drama continues, as racist backlash about the movie seems to have led to abysmal box office numbers in China and South Korea.

Just like the hate campaign against the movie in the US (which included the infamous #notmyariel hashtag), Chinese and South Korean social media were inundated with bad, unverified reviews and outcry over the casting of a Black Ariel.

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40th over: India 157-6 (Rahane 30, Thakur 4) Cummins from the Pavilion End, and heas also hitting a length and getting the ball to jag in. Rahane squeezes out a single off the inside edge. Thakur rides the bounce for two, then flashes outside off and is lucky to survive.

39th over: India 154-6 (Rahane 30, Thakur 2) That is such a Boland over. Wicket second ball. Cuts it in and smashes the gloves and body from the next couple. Then has a catch dropped at third slip! A tough one, over Khawajaas head. He goes up with the ball, gets fingertips to it but tips it over the bar. Two runs result.

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Jonathan Wilson has dipped into the 15th anniversary edition of Inverting the Pyramid, charting the rise of superclubs, mega-spending, celebrity players and modern managers. Contains added Guardiola.

Letas kick off with some of our coverage from the past week, building up to the big game in Istanbul. First up, hereas what Kyle Walker had to say when asked about Cityas ambition of emulating Manchester Unitedas 1999 Treble winners.

It may be a small sample size but statistics from the Premier League season suggest Italian side could have a formation to frustrate City

Interas deployment of a front two is not an unknown issue for Manchester City to combat but it is an unfamiliar one. Lautaro MartAnez has spells when he cannot score a as happened in the World Cup a but when he is hot he is hot, and he has scored 11 times in his past 13 games. He will probably be partnered by Edin Dzeko, now 37 but still an effective, intelligent and underrated target man. Romelu Lukaku then offers an unpredictable element from the bench.

• Postecoglou wants England international in Spurs rebuild
• Newcastle working on Maddison deal since last summer

Tottenham are battling with Newcastle to sign James Maddison after Leicesteras relegation from the Premier League. Negotiations are due to take place soon for the 26-year-old, who is part of the England squad that meets on Monday for Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia.

Tottenhamas new manager, Ange Postecoglou, is keen to bring in Maddison as part of his rebuild of a squad that finished eighth this season. Newcastle have been working since last summer on a deal for Maddison and can offer the attacking midfielder a first chance to play in the Champions League.

Through its actions the ECA is intensifying the influence of Europeas biggest clubs while disregarding the aspirational ones

The Guardian recently published an article by Charlie Marshall, the CEO of the European Club Association (ECA), headlined: aEuropean Club Association is being cast as an evil elite killing football. What nonsense.a While I appreciate the opportunity to engage in a discussion about the future of European football, I must express my strong disagreement with Marshallas assertions. It is imperative to set the record straight and shed light on the true nature of ECAas actions and the distortions it has caused within the football landscape.

Marshall accuses me of promoting a false narrative regarding the ECAas influence on Uefa. However, the truth is that the ECA has been gradually orchestrating a silent coup within the European football governance structure. This slow-moving coup is designed to empower the continentas largest clubs, enabling them to exert greater control over the sport. Marshall conveniently highlights various clubs in his article, without recognising that they are, in fact, the dominant forces within their respective countries. The financial windfall from European competitions has led to significant distortions within their domestic leagues.

The kingdom has extended its soft power through several sporting projects. There are signs that an expansion into US professional leagues could be next

Earlier this week, golfas civil war came to an abrupt end when the PGA Tour announced plans to merge commercial operations with its Saudi-funded arch-rival, LIV Golf.

The shock announcement marked the culmination of a year of disruption, player poaching and heated litigation. It also brought attention to Saudi Arabiaas growing ambitions in sports and raised the possibility that the kingdom will use its seemingly limitless resources to buy into US sporting behemoths such as the NFL and NBA.

After becoming the first player in 72 years to win on her LPGA debut, the 20-year-old American could be whatas needed for a tour thatas deeper than ever but wanting for household names

No sooner had Rose Zhang finished off one of the more extraordinary fortnights in golf history a capping her Stanford career with an unprecedented second NCAA title, ringing in her 20th birthday, entering the professional ranks and immediately becoming the first player to win on her LPGA debut in 72 years a than she was back on a plane to Palo Alto to nail down some unfinished business.

Three more final exams. One last problem set for CS-106A, the introductory computer programming course thatas sworn her off coding for life. Moving out of her on-campus dorm and closing the book on her sophomore year.

Halting known sources, such as leaky oilwells, could slash projected emissions by half by 2030

Methane is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in heating up Earth on a 20-year timescale. Yet, just as carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere keep rising, despite everything our governments claim they are doing to curb it, so do levels of methane. This dangerous gas is now at two and half times pre-industrial levels.

While it is known that oil and gas production, farming and degrading rubbish are the main producers of methane, scientists say most countries still estimate their output and have no accurate measurement of how much they produce. Even so, stopping known sources, such as leaky old and new oilwells, would decrease projected emissions by half by 2030, shaving 0.5C off global temperature rise by 2100.

Plumes of smoke move southwards across US east coast. Elsewhere, Japan hit by remnants of Typhoon Mawar

Wildfires in Quebec, Canada, continue to rage, following a spring that was drier and warmer than normal, creating perfect conditions for wildfires to develop. As of 7 June, at least 150 fires remained active across the province, with more than 400 across the country according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Officials warned this could be the countryas worst wildfire season to date, with at least 9.4m acres of land destroyed so far.

Plumes of smoke from the fires have been moving southwards across the US east coast, delaying thousands of flights. The US National Weather Service also issued air quality alerts for many states, with air quality index levels above 400 a a level of 300 is considered ahazardousa a in some states. A fairly static weather pattern this weekend will mean further plumes of smoke moving towards eastern parts of the US.

According to FT, 13 women have accused multimillionaire of abuse or harassment over decades, which he has denied

The chief executive of the hedge fund founded by the multimillionaire Conservative donor Crispin Odey has said the firm ado[es] not recognise the picture of the firm that has been painteda in the media detailing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by Odey against junior female members of staff.

On Thursday, 13 women accused Odey of abuse or harassment over decades, in a detailed investigation by the Financial Times. Odey has denied the allegations, claiming they are either untrue, or that his relations with women had at the time been aconsensuala.

Exclusive: Research reveals only a quarter of primaries will have vital school-based support by end of 2024

Ministers have been accused of failing to grasp the atidal wavea of mental ill health blighting childrenas lives, after research found that only a quarter of English primaries will be able to offer vital school-based support by the end of next year.

With almost one in five pupils aged seven to 16 now thought to have a mental health disorder, specialist support teams were set up to work with children in schools, addressing early symptoms and reducing pressure on overstretched NHS services.

Childrenas commissioner points to research showing some are so addicted to nicotine they canat concentrate in school

The childrenas commissioner for England has urged ministers to crack down on the ainsidiousa marketing of vapes to young people, which is leaving them so addicted to nicotine they canat concentrate on lessons.

Rachel de Souza said the government would be afailing a generationa if these ahighly addictive and sometimes dangerous productsa were allowed to become mainstream.

Archbishop of Canterbury expresses dismay over churchas support for Ugandan law enacted last month

The archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Anglican church in Uganda to reconsider its vociferous support for the worldas harshest anti-LGBTQ+ law, which imposes the death penalty for certain homosexual acts.

Justin Welby said there was no justification for supporting the legislation, in a move that highlights deep divisions within the global Anglican church on LGBTQ+ issues.

Playful takes on cautionary Ministry of Works signs encourage visitors to have a sensory experience

Fifty years ago, heritage sites in England were covered in signs saying donat do this, donat do that, beware coming closer, danger here, keep your children under control and the dreaded we will prosecute you.

Those doom-laden Ministry of Works signs are making a comeback. Or a sort of comeback, as English Heritage announces plans for new signs that will have a more mindful spin.

National carrier says update to uniform and grooming requirements follows worker feedback and evolving customer expectations

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Qantas cabin crew will be able to ditch high heels for flats, grow their hair long and opt to wear makeup regardless of their gender for the first time in the airlineas century-long history.

The astyle and groominga overhaul comes in response to long-held frustrations by staff, modernising workplaces and evolving customer expectations, the airline said.

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Sushiro says business badly damaged by video of teenager licking soy sauce bottle and wiping saliva on passing food

A sushi chain in Japan is seeking AY=67m (APS383,280) in damages from a diner who filmed himself licking a soy sauce bottle and wiping saliva on a slice of fish at one of its restaurants, part of a wave of asushi terrorisma that scandalised the countryas budget food industry.

Sushiro, Japanas biggest operator of revolving sushi restaurants, filed the suit with a court in Osaka, according to the Kyodo news agency, arguing that it had suffered financial losses after the incident triggered public fears over food hygiene.

Under the proposal, service providers would have to prevent the dissemination of harmful and illegal information, save records and report their discoveries

China is planning to restrict and scrutinise the use of wireless filesharing services between mobile devices, such as airdrop and Bluetooth, after they were used by protesters to evade censorship and spread protest messages.

The Cyberspace Administration of China, the countryas top internet regulator, has released draft regulations on aclose-range mesh network servicesa and launched a month-long public consultation on Tuesday.

Assangeas father, John Shipton, says his sonas grounds for a further UK hearing are aclear, firm and justa

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Julian Assange is adangerously closea to being extradited to the US after losing his latest legal appeal, his family and observers of his long-running legal challenge say.

His lawyers say they will appeal again to the same court, amid growing fears he could spend the rest of his life in prison for publishing thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents.

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Employees get preview of chatbots similar to ChatGPT for Messenger and WhatsApp

Facebookas owner, Meta, announced new artificial intelligence-focused tools in an internal company meeting on Thursday and outlined its plan after months of financial struggle.

The company confirmed a New York Times report that employees were given a sneak peek of new products it has been building, including ChatGPT-like chatbots planned for Messenger and WhatsApp that could converse using different personas.

Charlie Brookeras dystopian smash returns with an all-star cast, and we reunite with Sheffieldas unlikely strippers after a quarter of a century

All the hits and much more besides from the Grammy-winning singer and her band. Plus the Big Interiors Battle final. Hereas what to watch this evening

Kiln theatre, London
Tender portrait of a woman caring for her love a joy and affection seep through performances that ache with the tragedy of seeing your partner slip away

Es and Flo dance in the kitchen, their knees tucked tightly together, their hands clasped around each otheras backs. They snog passionately and the audience cheer. To see this soft, sexy moment between these two older women feels remarkably rare and somehow affirming; look, this play says, this is the joy you can have. This is what commitment can look like.

Jennifer Lunnas play knocks at the door of Liz Crowtheras spritely Es and Doreene Blackstockas protective Flo. The pair have stood side by side for 40 years, from the community chaos of Greenham Common to the happy haven of the home theyave shared and shaped together (delicately designed by Libby Watson). But as Es starts showing symptoms of dementia, everything theyave built together begins to unravel. Having hidden their relationship from her family and never officially married, everything is in Esas name; Flo could be swept aside with no control over her partneras future care.

At Kiln theatre until 24 June

This sweeping story about an Indian boy sold into servitude in 1630s Virginia is packed with fascinating insights into dislocation and colonialism

Brinda Charryas first English-language novel was inspired by a name written in a Virginia ledger 400 years ago. The entry records the arrival of Tony, an indentured servant and the first known east Indian in North America.

We know nothing about the real Tony. But Charry, who herself moved from India to the United States as a graduate student, spins a drama of hardship, dislocation and love, set in the struggling English colony of Jamestown in the 1630s.

With views of distant hills this walk high on Sandstone Ridge takes in castles and a brilliant hostelry

The view from the terrace outside the Pheasant pub stretches west across miles of russet, green and gold. I am deep in rural Cheshire, roughly halfway between Crewe and Chester. The pub sits high on the Sandstone Ridge, a distinctive feature in an otherwise level landscape a one that is being considered for an area of outstanding natural beauty status (AONB) by Natural England. The Sandstone Trail runs past the pub, on its way from the market town of Frodsham on the Mersey estuary south to Whitchurch in north Shropshire. Two of the trailas most impressive castles are close to the pub, linked by a five-mile ramble from the door.

I set off around midday along country lanes, past old ivy-covered barns and mossy walls sprouting ferns. A cobbled track takes me under a stone archway, flanked by silver birches and bronzed oaks, bright holly trees and conifers. Coming out of the woods, huge views appear ahead. I am looking eastwards now across gently sloping wintry fields to the village of Bunbury.

The flowers are fabulous, the plants surprisingly hardy, but Iave donated mine to a friend who has larger beds

When I found out I was moving to a flat with a garden of its own a the first I had access to as an adult a I celebrated by ordering bare-root peonies, variety aCoral Charma. This was in July. They wouldnat be delivered until October, wouldnat emerge from the earth that winter and possibly, I read, might not bloom at all the next spring.

Nevertheless, I was determined: my balcony had offered neither the sunshine nor space to grow peonies. Gaining ground gave me both.

From a restored old coach works in London to an 18th-century paper mill in the Lake District

Its deep purple, triangular foliage is an eye-catching contrast to the greens of your other plants

Why will I love it?
With its deep purple triangular-shaped foliage a reminiscent of a butterflyas wings a the Oxalis triangularis stands out from the crowd, adding variety to the usual green hues of our houseplants.

Light or shade?
Bright, indirect light.

Itas time to shake a stylish leg in the sunshine

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Prince Harry became one of the most senior royals ever to give evidence in an English court this week. Jim Waterson reports from the high court in London where tabloid phone hacking was back under the microscope

For Prince Harryas entire life, he has been the subject of media stories and of special interest to tabloid newspapers. Everything from childhood injuries to his early relationships, his entry to and exit from a military career right up to his marriage and subsequent departure from official royal life. Many of those stories were written, he claims, with the aid of illegal practices such as phone hacking.

As Jim Waterson tells Nosheen Iqbal, Harry is also suing the publishers of the Sun and the Daily Mail, but this week he got his day in court against the Mirror group. Under cross examination, he made his case that reporters seemingly had access to information that could only have come from underhand methods. The Mirror group has admitted to hacking phones in the past but maintains that Harryas was not one of them. Their case is that the information they printed was from sources close to the prince or already in the public domain.