53 minutes ago Max Whitlock opens up on "tricky" retirement and next steps for Britain's greatest gymnast

Six-times Olympic medallist Max Whitlock says he has hobbies for the first time in his life but is craving some more structure to his day after deciding to call and end to distinguished career after Paris Games

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77 minutes ago BBC soap star Rosie Marcel retires from acting after miscarriages and 'terrible' accident

Marcel says she knew it was time to step away from acting while competing for a Netflix job with 6,000 people

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1 hour ago Dying teacher sends heartwrenching letter urging MPs to vote for assisted dying

Nathaniel Dye, 38, whose stage 4 incurable bowel cancer has spread to his brain, said it would break his heart if assisted dying laws didn’t pass on the grounds of costs

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2 hours ago What APT rule changes mean for Premier League clubs as Manchester City handed blow

The Premier League managed to pass a motion for amendments to APT with a 16 majority on Friday morning

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3 hours ago Inside the chilling true story of The Man With A Thousand Faces: How an international conman scammed 4 women into serious relationships

The man known as Brazilian Ricardo - but also Daniel and Alexandre, depending on who he is speaking with - is a serial scam dater who tricked four women into falling in love with him.

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4 hours ago Feliciano Lopez interview: ‘My friend Rafael Nadal is as good a human as tennis player – that’s remarkable’

Lopez tells Standard Sport about his friendship with Nadal, from his personality off the court to the impact he has had on it

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4 hours ago Milan’s Via Monte Napoleone becomes world’s most expensive shopping street

Euro’s strength against dollar helped a European street to top Fifth Avenue in New York for first time in 34 yearsIf the names Fendi, Dior and Valentino were rubbed from the shop fronts, Milan’s Via Monte Napoleone could pass for a slightly fancier than average street in the northern Italian style capital, with the typical jostle of vans and Vespas alongside Porsches, tourists and locals.But the 350 metre-long street has just been named the world’s most expensive shopping street, beating New York’s Fifth Avenue, London’s New Bond Street and Paris’s Champs-Élysées, becoming the first European city to top the list in 34 years. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Former Christian Brother teacher showed ‘no mercy’ to child victims, court told

A judge said he would pass sentence on Paul Dunleavy next week.

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4 hours ago England to face Spain at Wembley in rematch of Women’s World Cup final

England and Spain will meet for the first time since the Sydney final, as the Lionesses face another major test ahead of Euro 2025

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5 hours ago Can DC really pull off a Sgt Rock movie with Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino on board?

It’s the unlikeliest match-up of the year – having collaborated on Queer, rumours are the pair are bringing the gruff comic book soldier to the screen There are no cherry blossoms hinting at the first flush of spring, the nights are creeping in rather than drawing out, and there are scant few leaves left on the trees on my street. And yet, were it not obvious from the freezing temperatures that we in the UK are now in the dog days of November, one might think it were April Fools’ Day. For what’s this? Reports in the Hollywood press suggest that Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino are teaming up for – really? – the DC Comics adaptation Sgt Rock?For those of you unacquainted with the gruff second world war infantryman well, let’s just say if there were two characters more fundamentally diffe...

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