2 h. ago Mystery ring at the centre of the speculation surrounding Oscar winner Rami Malek's split with The Crown's Emma Corrin

It is understood they split quietly around the time Rami's specially-designed ring for Emma would have been ready.

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2 h. ago Dating apps face a reckoning as users log off: ‘There’s no actual human connection’

In Australia, dating apps have been hit with lawsuits and new regulation, while their profits are declining worldwideGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailSad, dizzyingly over-scheduled and suffering a serious case of “thumb fatigue”, midway through last year, Anne* decided to delete her dating apps.For the previous four months, the 31-year-old Sydney resident had been attempting to achieve two big adult milestones at once: finding love and finding a place to buy. Every Saturday, it felt as though she was being priced out of another suburb, and at auctions she was mainly surrounded by couples. Then she would come home, open Hinge and experience a crushing sense of rejection “on such a personal level”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Drones, AI and one long fence: Kangaroo Island’s war on a clawed predator that kills 1.5bn Australian animals a year

Feral cats are a menace to wildlife but South Australia’s KI has taken a stand in a bold eradication program that is now at a critical pointGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe cat-proof fence drops off a sheer cliff on one side of Kangaroo Island, and disappears into the ocean on the other.The top section is floppy and electrified – a rude shock for wily cats seeking to climb over – and the bottom is burrow-proof. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Chris Eubank Jr beats Conor Benn on unanimous points decision

All three judges score fight 116-112 to Eubank JrBenn suffers first defeat after 12 gruelling roundsOn a night framed by manufactured rage and genuine vindication, Chris Eubank Jr outpointed Conor Benn in an initially close but ultimately clearcut victory. All three judges returned the same 116-112 scorecard in favour of the bigger, more poised and seasoned fighter who still had to weather some rocky moments when Benn hurt him.Eubank Jr was wobbled on numerous occasions but Benn, 28, was just too wild to administer conclusive punishment. In contrast, the 35-year-old landed the more effective blows, often in clubbing combinations, and Benn looked on the brink of being stopped in the last minute of the fight. Despite a cut eye and swollen face, Eubank Jr poured on the pressure as he went in search of the knockout. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Barcelona v Real Madrid: Copa del Rey final, extra time – live

Updates from the 9pm BST kick-off at La CartujaContact Luke McLaughlin | Live scores around Europe12min: Lamine Yamal makes a bright run down the right for Barcelona. The score is nil-nil.“I’d love to watch the game but a 10pm kick-off is getting a bit too near my bedtime,” emails Mark. “How do the players put up with it? It must be hard to be at your peak performance level so late in the day. Good night. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago O’Sullivan, Higgins and Williams stand strong as Class of 92 battle on

Higgins to face Williams after beating Xiao 13-12O’Sullivan cruises into 6-2 lead over Pang JunxuAmid all the talk of Chinese domination, the Class of 92 show no sign of giving way just yet. On the eighth day of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Williams and John Higgins all rolled back the years.There have been plenty of shocks so far, but the three legends of the game are made of tough stuff. Williams is 50, the other two 49, but the class remains. They have won 14 world titles between them and who would bet against that figure rising to 15 a week on Monday? Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Arne Slot will not ‘go crazy’ if Liverpool win title with a point against Spurs

‘At Feyenoord, I didn’t run three times round stadium’Slot’s side 12 points clear in his first season in chargeArne Slot will neither be the “loudest” nor “weirdest” during the celebrations if Liverpool win the Premier League on Sunday. The Reds welcome Tottenham to Anfield requiring a single point to secure the title and start the party in the Dutchman’s first season in charge.The Liverpool head coach has experience of winning league trophies, lifting the 2022-23 Eredivisie title with Feyenoord. Should Liverpool draw or win against Spurs, Slot will share in the merriment alongside his wife and children, plus some of the 46-year-old’s friends who are visiting Merseyside during a Dutch holiday. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Jeanette Winterson: ‘I’d like to go up in space as a very old lady and just be pushed out’

The Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit author on being a good landlord to a grumpy ghost, her optimism about AI and the ideal size for catsRead more 10 Chaotic QuestionsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYour debut novel Oranges are Not the Only Fruit turns 40 years old this year. How do you feel about it at this point in your life?Can you believe it? I find that astonishing. I’m always having to think about it because people keep bothering me about it! Its next iteration is a musical, and then I really hope that’s the end. Just let me go! Obviously I love Oranges and I revisited it again with [her 2011 memoir] Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal? and the musical too. Surely, by the rule of three, this is it? Then I can live in peace and plant potatoes. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Scientists have birthed a ‘super cannibal’ that never grows up. Could it be key to combating Australia’s cane toad menace?

There’s quiet optimism that gene-edited ‘Peter Pan’ tadpoles could help control one of the world’s worst invasive speciesThe toad’s eyes seemed to glow red, its warty and poison-soaked skin – normally splodged in browns – instead a porridge of creamy whites. This albino toad was produced by a team of scientists with one foot in a Sydney university laboratory and the other in a research station on the vast tropical savannahs and wetlands far away to the north near Humpty Doo.It was September 2023 and for the man who dreamed it into being, the toad was but an opening act in a radical new play against one of the world’s worst invasive species.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Narrow win ‘ideal’ for England’s World Cup preparations, says Mitchell

Red Roses win Six Nations after 43-42 victory over FranceCoach believes Twickenham experience will help playersJohn Mitchell said England’s one-point win over France was the “ideal” test for his side with the Rugby World Cup on the horizon.The Red Roses won their seventh consecutive Women’s Six Nations title after holding off a late French comeback at Twickenham. It was by far the closest match for England in this tournament, with their other four matches resulting in dominant wins. The lack of competition that the Red Roses face have led some to believe they needed a loss or a close game to learn from in order to know the answers if challenged at the upcoming World Cup. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Britain's Got Talent's Teddy Magic sparks more chaos as he pulls out live on

Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist Teddy Magic was due to perform on Saturday night but it was revealed that he wasn't ready to perform – Ant and Dec later revealed he wouldn't perform at all

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7 h. ago Chris Eubank Jr v Conor Benn: boxing updates and undercard news – live

Updates from the British middleweight grudge matchChris Eubank Jr interview | Preview | And mail BryanSome fights are for world titles. Some are for pride. And some, like tonight’s encounter between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn, are fought for something even more intangible: family honor, old grievances and the vague promise of generational closure.More than 65,000 have filled Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to witness two sons shoulder the unfinished business of their fathers, who once battered each other into British boxing folklore. No belts are at stake. Only legacies, and the looming specter of a two-way rematch clause. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Williams stand firm as Class of 92 battle on

Williams into last eight with 13-10 win over VafaeiO’Sullivan cruises into 6-2 lead over Pang JunxuAmid all the talk of Chinese domination, the Class of 92 show no sign of giving way just yet. On the eighth day of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Williams and John Higgins all rolled back the years.There have been plenty of shocks so far, but the three legends of the game are made of tough stuff. Williams is 50, the other two 49, but the class remains. They have won 14 world titles between them and who would bet against that figure rising to 15 a week on Monday? Continue reading...

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7 h. ago David Tennant wishes JK Rowling no ‘ill will’ but says trans people ‘demonised’

Actor who appeared in film of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire hopes ‘we can all as a society just let people be’David Tennant has criticised the “demonisation” of the trans community, saying that while he wishes JK Rowling “no ill will”, he hopes that “we can all as a society just let people be”.The Scottish actor, who appeared in the 2005 film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, likened the treatment of transgender people to the Thatcher government’s introduction of section 28 – a 1988 law that prohibited local authorities from “promoting” homosexuality. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Britain's Got Talent thrown into chaos as Simon Cowell left raging over major shake

Teddy Magic wasn't ready to go on stage for the first of the live Britain's Got Talent live semi-finals but Simon Cowell was left angry as the show faced a huge shake-up

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8 h. ago Sarr’s sizzlers send Crystal Palace soaring into FA Cup final dreamland

It was a pinch me moment for the Crystal Palace supporters who had made it a sea of red and blue in the stand behind Emiliano Martínez’s goal. A few minutes earlier, the Aston Villa goalkeeper had been pumping his fists in delight after Jean-Philippe Mateta’s penalty miss appeared to have kept his side in the game.Yet already leading through Eberechi Eze’s stunning goal in the first half, Palace were not to be denied. Ismaïla Sarr thumped the ball past Martínez from distance after another cheap Villa turnover and the Senegal forward was mobbed by his teammates as Oliver Glasner led a group hug with the substitutes on the bench. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Wrexham seal third promotion in a row as Sam Smith double sinks Charlton

The Hollywood scriptwriters have etched another extraordinary chapter in the Wrexham story. The Welsh club made English Football League history by claiming a third successive promotion, becoming the first club to achieve that feat in the top five tiers. The Racecourse Ground is living up to its English name; Wrexham are racing a course through the divisions under the ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.Ollie Rathbone and Sam Smith’s first-half goals put the Reds on the path to League One promotion with a game to spare and consigned Charlton, along with Wycombe and Stockport, to the playoffs. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Browns select Shedeur Sanders with 144th pick to end QB’s agonizing slide down NFL draft

Quarterback had been expected to go in first two roundsAnalysis: Sanders’s fall exposes cruelties of draftOne of the most extraordinary storylines in the history of the NFL draft came to a conclusion on Saturday as the Cleveland Browns, finally, selected Shedeur Sanders with the 144th pick in the fifth round of this year’s draft.Sanders entered the draft as the most famous current college player in the United States. Not only was he a star quarterback at Colorado, he was coached there by his father, Deion, one of the greatest football players of all time and one of US sports’ biggest personalities. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Ian Wright REJECTS Eni Aluko's apology as Arsenal icon breaks silence

Eni Aluko criticised Ian Wright's presence in women's football coverage before rowing back on her comments and apologising to the Arsenal legend but the ex-Gunner is not ready to accept it

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9 h. ago Brendan Rodgers ‘200% staying’ after Celtic clinch 55th Scottish league title

Bhoys seal triumph with 5-0 thrashing of Dundee UnitedDoubles from Kühn and Idah power champions to victoryBrendan Rodgers has reaffirmed his commitment to Celtic as the newly crowned champions wrapped up the Scottish Premiership title for the fourth successive season – their 55th and second trophy of the campaign – with a 5-0 thrashing of Dundee United at Tannadice.Rangers had kept the race going last Sunday by coming from two goals down, and with 10 men to draw 2-2 at Aberdeen. However, Celtic’s cruise took them 18 points clear on top, rendering Rangers’ later 2-2 draw at St Mirren irrelevant to the title. Continue reading...

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