3 h. ago Sinner’s mechanical excellence malfunctions against human ingenuity of relentless rival

World No 1’s spellbinding effort dismantled by Alcaraz in the fifth set to conjure theatre in Paris and a rivalry for the agesBy the end, it felt cruel to want more. Look at the state of these men: bedraggled and dishevelled, dragged into a place of wildness and madness, of mental atrophy and physical dismay. You, on the other hand, have spent the last five and a half hours sitting on your couch, eating snacks and gorging on the finest sporting theatre. You want this prolonged for your entertainment? You want more of this? And of course the only real answer is: yes. Yes, please.Twilight zone at Roland Garros. Two sets each, six games each: the shadows ravenous, the noise bestial, every thrill laced with a kind of sickness. By the end, admiration began to meld with pity. Pity for their teams and families, trapped in the convulsions, feeling a spiralling hypertension with every passing moment. Pity for the tennis balls, being smacked and beaten mercilessly across the Paris n...

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4 h. ago Amanda Holden, 54, sends fans wild with her latest bikini pics as she struts round pool

Age-defying Amanda Holden has wowed fans again with her latest bikini pics as she strutted her stuff in Majorca - days after receiving more Ofcom complaints

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4 h. ago Youngest Omaze winner ever sells £3m mansion just months later

Lauren Keene, 24, became the youngest ever winner of an Omaze prize draw last December

Economics

5 h. ago Jobe Bellingham to follow in Jude’s footsteps as Sunderland agree deal with Dortmund

Potential fee could be most expensive for German clubPlayoff winner Tommy Watson sold to Brighton for £10mJobe Bellingham is poised to swap Sunderland for Borussia Dortmund after the clubs agreed an initial fee of around £28m, potentially rising to £32m.The 19-year-old England Under-21 midfielder, the younger brother of Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham, has just played a key part in helping Sunderland to secure promotion to the Premier League but is now following in his sibling’s footsteps and heading to the Bundesliga. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Demi Moore divides followers after rescuing orphaned ducklings

The actress, 62, has rescued the baby mallards and is now caring for them with the assistance of her local veterinarian until they are ready to return to the wild.

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6 h. ago Youngest Omaze winner selling £3m mansion just six months after big win

Lauren Keene won a luxury clifftop home and £250,000 cash last year, but now, just half a year later, the 24-year-old nanny is putting her dream house on the market.

Economics

7 h. ago Israel Katz threatens to use ‘all necessary measures’ to stop Gaza

Israel’s defence minister says he’d instructed IDF to block humanitarian flotilla carrying climate activist Greta ThunbergThe Israeli defence minister has threatened to “take all necessary measures” to prevent a humanitarian ship carrying climate campaigner Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza.The ‘Madleen’, a boat operated by the activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), says it is attempting to reach the shores of the territory to bring in a symbolic amount of aid and raise international awareness of the continuing humanitarian crisis. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Millionaire futurist creating 'mutant humans' reveals when new race will make ordinary people 'obsolete'

Humanity is on the verge of being replaced by a race of superhuman hybrids with powers only dreamt about in movies.

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8 h. ago Omaze's youngest ever winner sells glam £3million mansion at massively reduced price

Lauren Keene, 24, won a £3million property in an Omaze prize draw last December, but after just six months, she has decided to sell the luxury home for £500,000 less than its value

Economics

8 h. ago Sundance Winner ‘Cactus Pears’ Scores Grand Jury Prize at Inaugural SXSW London

Sundance Winner ‘Cactus Pears’ Scores Grand Jury Prize at Inaugural SXSW London  Variety

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8 h. ago Sundance Winner ‘Cactus Pears’ Scores Best Feature Film at Inaugural SXSW London

Sundance Winner ‘Cactus Pears’ Scores Best Feature Film at Inaugural SXSW London  Variety

Culture

9 h. ago London Fire Brigade equestrian trio secure medal at Royal Windsor Horse Show

London Fire Brigade equestrian trio secure medal at Royal Windsor Horse Show  Emergency Services Times

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9 h. ago A teen lottery winner, a vodka boss and Glasgow's Carmela Soprano: Meet the gangsters' molls embroiled in Britain's deadliest gang war

Blood is being spilt by four warring crime families on Britain and Spain's streets but while the kingpins send out their armies, their wives and girlfriends are enjoying the trappings of a luxury lifestyle.

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10 h. ago Ally Wollaston pips British teenager Cat Ferguson to Tour of Britain title

New Zealander claims overall victory at the lastLorena Wiebes takes the stage win for SD Worx-ProtimeThe teenage prodigy Cat Ferguson came within a hair’s breadth of executing a memorable overall win in her debut Tour of Britain, but was outsprinted by her rival Ally Wollaston at the climax of the final stage in Glasgow.The pair came into the final sprint tied on time, after Wollaston had erased the 19-year-old Ferguson’s overall lead. Bonus seconds for third place in the final sprint, behind the stage winner, Lorena Wiebes, was enough for the New Zealander to snatch the overall win. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Omaze's youngest winner sells up £3m mansion after less than a year and makes huge loss

Wannabe homeowner Lauren Keene won an Omaze £3million luxury pad last December and announced she was considering moving in - but she put the mansion up for sale instead

Economics

10 h. ago Police told to stop asking for more cash to fight crime and 'do their bit' to repair the economy by Labour minister ahead of Spending Review

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle declined to rule out the prospect of a real-terms squeeze on areas such as policing this week.

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10 h. ago Israel issues ominous warning that 'Greta Thunberg won't make it to Gaza' as it accuses the activist of being an 'antisemite travelling with Hamas propogandists' on her 'freedom flotilla'

Ms Thunberg, 22, is among 12 activists on board the ship, hoping to 'break [Israel's] siege on the Gaza Strip' with a delivery of humanitarian aid.

Events

11 h. ago Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘almost didn’t recognise’ son Patrick in The White Lotus

Arnold Schwarzenegger says it was “wild” watching his son Patrick perform in The White Lotus.

Events

11 h. ago At least five killed by Israeli fire near Gaza food point, officials say

Shooting happened about a kilometre from distribution site in Rafah run by Gaza Humanitarian FoundationAt least five people have been killed and others wounded by Israeli fire about a kilometre from a food distribution point in Gaza, Palestinian health officials and witnesses said.Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces opened fire as people went to receive supplies on Sunday morning from a site in Rafah run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli- and US-backed group. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Aung San Suu Kyi’s son aims for world record 80,000 messages to honour her 80th birthday

The pro-democracy Nobel Peace Prize winner has been in prison since a military coup in 2021

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