62 m. ago Mark Selby shows true colours to Ben Woollaston's referee wife after Crucible loss

Four-time champion Mark Selby suffered a shock first-round to defeat to practice partner Ben Woollaston, whose wife is a leading referee, at the World Championship

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67 m. ago Mark Selby launches ball and leaves Ronnie O'Sullivan stunned – 'You never normally see that'

Four-time world snooker champion Mark Selby displayed some petulance en route to a shock first-round exit at the Crucible - and Ronnie O'Sullivan couldn't hide his surprise

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75 m. ago Celebrity Big Brother fans 'feel sorry' for Jack P Shepherd and say he 'is the winner' amid 'tears'

The actor, who recently marked 25 years of playing David Platt in Coronation Street, is in the final of the ITV reality show

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98 m. ago Mark Williams stunned Crucible as bizarre press conference unfolded

The Welshman is no stranger to causing a bit of a stir

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1 hour ago Secrets of the baked bean: HARVEY DORSET goes inside Wigan's Heinz factory

We find out some surprising facts about Britons' favourite bean - from laser inspections to being baked inside the can.

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1 hour ago China ‘may exempt some US goods’ from tariffs; British retail sales beat forecasts – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsRachel Reeves used a brief speech to US investors at the British ambassador’s lavish residence in Washington last night, to acknowledge some of the downsides of globalisation, in a nod to Donald Trump’s stance.As she prepares to meet Treasury secretary Scott Bessent today, Reeves said China’s entry into the global trading system 25 years ago had created “huge benefits in terms of cheaper goods, more innovation and more opportunities to trade”.“They voted for change because they didn’t think that the economy worked well enough for them and their families. They saw the erosion of good jobs that paid a decent wage. They saw industries that once powered their towns disappear. And as elected politicians we have to respond to that”.“Some may say that under this very consequential president we have at the moment, this is a rollercoaster period and therefore a challenge to us all. But we would say that a rollercoaster is fine, as lon...

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2 h. ago Chess: Carlsen scores record nine out of nine at Grenke Freestyle Open

The world No 1 swept the board with a result comparable to the great performances of Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov and Alexander Alekhine, but it won’t count for Fide ratingsMagnus Carlsen, the world No 1, soared to a new landmark in chess history last weekend, when the 34-year-old won all his nine games in the Grenke Freestyle Open at Karlsruhe, Germany.It was a result comparable to the great historical performances. Bobby Fischer won the 1963-64 US Championship with an 11/11 “picket fence”, then defeated both Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen by 6-0 in the 1971 Candidates. Anatoly Karpov triumphed at Linares 1994 with a 11-2 total, while further back the yardstick performance was Alexander Alekhine’s 14-1 at San Remo 1930. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Almost half of South Lanarkshire primary schools have solar panels

The council has been installing the photovoltaic panels to help towards a sustainable future.

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2 h. ago Mark Selby crashes out of World Snooker Championship in first round

Four-time winner Selby was stunned by practice partner Ben Woollaston in Sheffield

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2 h. ago VE Day plans revealed: Thousands to line streets of London for military procession to mark 80th anniversary

A procession of 1,300 armed forces personnel and a Red Arrows flypast are among the plans outlined to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day

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2 h. ago VE Day plans revealed: Thousands to line streets of London to mark 80th anniversary of end of World War II

A procession of 1,300 armed forces personnel and a Red Arrows flypast are among the plans outlined to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day

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2 h. ago Reeves reveals plan to rip up banking regulations brought in after financial crash

Chancellor indicates she wants to hand market freedoms it had almost two decades ago, before major banks were bailed out by government

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4 h. ago We obsess over the angry young men going Reform. But what of the anxious young women going Green? | Gaby Hinsliff

Desire for a politics that cares about global and local injustice is sharpening the political gender divideSometimes a political backlash doesn’t take the shape you expect. Though there are times when it goes off like a firework, as young men’s TikTok-fuelled surge of enthusiasm for Nigel Farage did last summer, sometimes it’s more of a long, slow burn. The most underexplored form of revolt against mainstream politics right now is the second kind, involving not angry young men lurching rightwards but anxious young women turning, if anything, more sharply left.Almost a quarter of women aged 18 to 24 voted Green last July, roughly double the number of young men who voted Reform, though predictably it’s the latter who have since got all the attention. While the big parties chased avidly after so-called Waitrose women, well-heeled home counties matrons considering defecting from the Tories, they had little to say to their daughters. So it was the Greens who ended up cornering the market...

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4 h. ago Bella Ramsey deletes social media after hate campaign for not looking 'computer generated'

The 21-year-old actress revealed how the hate she has received for her appearance has forced her to log off social media, but it points to a more troubling trend within the gaming community

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6 h. ago Japan develops drone system to catch lightning to make power in world first

Japanese researchers have successfully triggered and guided lightning using specially made and protected drones, marking a world first in weather control technology

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6 h. ago Elon Musk’s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer

Hearing scheduled for Friday as residents say AI company has distributed leaflets that downplay pollution dangersElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is stirring controversy in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s where he’s building a massive supercomputer to power his company xAI. Community residents and environmental activists say that since the supercomputer was fired up last summer it has become one of the biggest air polluters in the county. But some local officials have championed the billionaire, saying he’s investing in Memphis.The first public hearing with the health department is scheduled for Friday, where county officials will hear from all sides of the debate. In the run-up to the hearing, secretive fliers claiming xAI has low emissions were sent to residents of historically Black neighborhoods; at the same time, environmental groups have been amassing data about how much pollution the AI company is likely generating. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Automakers focus on the global market, chide the US over tariffs at Shanghai's auto show

Booths of big Chinese, German and Japanese automakers are bustling at Shanghai's auto show as the industry keeps its sights on the wider global market not subject to steep U.S. tariffs on imports of cars and auto parts

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8 h. ago The 'curse' of the £12m Viking treasure haul: How hapless duo like TV's The Detectorists struck gold

George Powell, a convicted burglar, and Layton Davies, a modest grandfather, were the unlikely pair who were set to walk away with a fortune when they uncovered the treasure.

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9 h. ago How the royals will lead the nation in marking VE Day's 80th anniversary with King Charles and Camilla to be joined by William and Kate

From a Buckingham Palace balcony fly-past to hosting a tea party for veterans, the Royal Family will be front and centre of the country's commemorations for Victory in Europe.

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9 h. ago Mark Selby crashes out in opening round of World Snooker Championship

He lost to world number 44 and practice partner Ben Woollaston.

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