65 m. ago England open to hosting IPL after border hostilities prompt suspension

ECB has reached out to BCCI after IPL halted PSL also suspended with UAE unwilling to step in as hostThe England and Wales Cricket Board is open to hosting the remainder of the Indian Premier League in September after escalating cross-border tension between India and Pakistan prompted the suspension of the world’s most lucrative Twenty20 tournament on Friday.In a chaotic 24 hours matches in both the IPL and the Pakistan Super League were cancelled or abandoned, schedules torn up and foreign players told to start packing and book flights home. The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that the last eight fixtures of its tournament were being relocated to the United Arab Emirates, only for the Emirates Cricket Board apparently to reconsider its decision to host because it was “wary of being perceived as an ally of the PCB”, leading to that tournament also being suspended. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Manchester United's No.7 shirt curse explained as Mason Mount finally shows his true colours

Mason Mount was the hero for Man United as they booked a spot in this season's Europa League final - against Tottenham Hotspur.

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1 hour ago Tottenham star James Maddison shares true feelings as Man United Europa League final confirmed

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur booked their places in the Europa League final on Thursday night with victories over Athletic Bilbao and Bodo/Glimt respectively

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2 h. ago Woman who was disemboweled, raped and nearly decapitated during horrific South African attack features in true crime podcast 30 years after attack

Alison Botha was just 27 when she was subjected to a sickening attack that left her having to hold onto her intestines as her partially-decapitated head 'flopped backwards'.

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2 h. ago TravelUp’s offering up to 40% off your next holiday – here’s what to know

Bookmark these tips and travel hacks, including student travel options

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3 h. ago UEFA make decision on Man United and Tottenham's Europa League final amid calls for game to be MOVED from Bilbao as tens of thousands of fans plan to flood to Spain for just 53,000 tickets

Both Premier League sides booked their tickets on Thursday night, seeing out second leg victories after strong performances in their first legs, despite their inconsistent league form.

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3 h. ago 'Hamilton' author Ron Chernow's new book takes on an icon of American letters, Mark Twain

Historian Ron Chernow’s latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” and for his biographies of George Washington and Ulysses Grant

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3 h. ago What's on in Ayrshire this weekend: VE Day events, book festival and more

Here are Ayrshire Live's top picks for fun, exciting and informative events taking place across the county this weekend.

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4 h. ago Woman who was disemboweled, raped and nearly decapitated during horrific South African attack writes book about experience

Alison Botha was just 27 when she was subjected to a sickening attack that left her having to hold onto her intestines as her partially-decapitated head 'flopped backwards'.

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4 h. ago Kids author Mo Willems and The Pigeon stare down the future in a new book

Author Mo Willems has sold millions of books and won many awards, but the accolade that means most is when a parent says their child read aloud for the first time from one of his books

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4 h. ago Male bias in medical trials risks women’s lives. But at least the data gap is finally being addressed | Caroline Criado Perez

We know some medications work differently in men and women. Why is it taking so long for studies to reflect this?The first step, they say, is admitting you have a problem, and on that front the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has made some much-needed progress. The agency, which is responsible for approving all clinical trials in the UK, has identified a “notable imbalance” in trials conducted between 2019 and 2023: there were nearly twice as many all-male trials as all-female trials.This imbalance is hardly surprising: as I documented in Invisible Women, my book on the female data gap, the failure to adequately represent women in clinical trials is a longstanding and global problem. The MHRA’s figures are also in line with a recent US analysis that found male-prevalent diseases receive nearly twice as much funding as female-prevalent diseases, both absolutely and relative to disease burden. So far, so disappointingly standard.Caroline Criado Perez is...

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5 h. ago Ocean review: At 99, David Attenborough still wants to change the world

It’s a heartbreaking irony – one not lost on Sir David Attenborough – that in his long lifetime scientists’ knowledge of the natural world has increased dramatically while nature has suffered devastating losses over the same period. Meanwhile, our appetite for David’s powerful storytelling is as insatiable as ever and his new film and book make a formidable case for change.

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5 h. ago Simon Armitage: ‘Our pace of life is unhelpful to nature, it’s burning it up’

Exclusive: Poet laureate says new book, inspired by wildlife at Cornish garden, is a plea for humans to slow down and reflectHis new poems celebrate the extraordinary homes of the creatures tucked away, usually out of sight, within the verdant nooks and crannies of the Lost Gardens of Heligan.But during a stroll with the Guardian around the sub-tropical garden on the south coast of Cornwall, the poet laureate, Simon Armitage, explained how the pieces could also be taken as a plea for humans to slow down, think about the damage we are causing to the natural world and, hopefully, do something about it. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Authors speak out against failed US book festival: ‘shattered badges and silence’

Grace Marsceau promised to pack A Million Lives event. Authors arrived to empty rooms, unpaid bills and no decorIn the days leading up to the A Million Lives book festival, things already seemed amiss. Grace Marsceau, the event organizer, messaged an attending author that the DJ was in the hospital and the company had no replacement. She owed the hotel “six figures” because the room block hadn’t sold out, according to messages.“Oh my gosh that’s awful!” author Sarah Zane responded. The excuses seemed unusual, but as a veteran of book events, Zane expected to deal with some mismanagement. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Chelsea fans demand action after Stamford Bridge chaos in European clash

Enzo Maresca's Chelsea booked their spot in the UEFA Conference League final after a 5-1 aggregate win over Djurgarden, but the behaviour of some away fans overshadowed the result after they invaded the home end

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6 h. ago Jennifer Aniston's alleged stalker who rammed car into her home gets booked for vandalism

A man who drove his home into the gates of Jennifer Aniston's Californian mansion has been charged with vandalism and stalking, it has been confirmed

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7 h. ago NHS plans 'unthinkable' cuts for diabetes and mental health patients to balance books

In March, new NHS chief executive Sir Jim Mackey ordered hospitals to make unprecedented cuts to avoid a projected £6.6bn deficit becoming a reality.

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7 h. ago Willkommen, bienvenue! New festival celebrates translated fiction from Cameroon to Slovakia as sales boom

Co-organised by translator Polly Barton, Translated By, Bristol will feature conversations between writers and their translators, plus a ‘translation duel’A new festival of translated literature is being launched in Bristol next week amid a sales boom in translated fiction in the UK.Translated By, Bristol is the brainchild of Polly Barton, author and translator of the award-winning Butter by Asako Yuzuki, and Tom Robinson, owner of Gloucester Road Books, which is organising the festival alongside Barton and another independent Bristol bookshop, Storysmith. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Emma Jane Unsworth: ‘I blush when I think of Miranda July’s All Fours. I became a changed woman’

The author of Slags on Patricia Highsmith, Judy Blume and her lifelong reaction to YeatsMy earliest reading memory Probably a Garfield book when I was five or six. I loved Garfield. Mostly because he was funny, but also because he was an iconic ginger. He introduced me to lasagne, which I pronounced “la-sign”. It was the 1980s. I got told off all the time for reading at the dinner table.My favourite book growing up After my nanna’s Mills & Boons, stolen from her bedside table, I’d have to say Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. Another iconic ginge. Also Anne and Gilbert were the greatest “will they/won’t they?” until Mulder and Scully in The X Files. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Eurovision 2025: we pick the best Eurovision songs of all time

‘She could sing the phone book’ - our picks for best Eurovision songs 🎙

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