32 m. ago F1 excited by something Formula E are doing – 'I can't wait to see how that plays out'

Formula E's Evo Sessions has launched this week as 11 celebrities and influencers take to the track - as well as having YouTube's most followed man Mr Beast on site in Miami

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77 m. ago Celtic and Rangers hit with stunning ticket sanctions as SPFL get tough over Premier Sports Cup Final pyro

Motherwell have also been hit with a suspended reduction to allocations and it comes after both this season's League Cup semis as well as the Old Firm final were held up due to fireworks

Sport

96 m. ago I want to host more parties, but I’m worried nobody will come

Throwing a party can be nerve-racking. How do we get over anxiety so we can get together?It’s Saturday night and the entire back half of the tapas restaurant is packed for my friend Ivy’s birthday dinner.Ivy is queenly at the centre of the table, bouquets and little gift bags crowding her elbows. Multiple lines of conversation flow above the small plates, and drinks and desserts keep coming, because no one wants to call it a night. It’s an unequivocal success. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Rest of Europe should follow Denmark’s lead in banning phones in schools, says expert

Chair of Danish wellbeing commission says whole continent should halt digitalisation of children’s livesThe whole of Europe should follow Denmark’s lead by banning mobile phones from schools to stop them from being “colonised by digital platforms”, the chair of the country’s wellbeing commission has said.Removing mobile phones from schools gave young people a “pause” from online life, teaching them how to be part of analogue communities and train their attention spans, said Rasmus Meyer, who led the government commission to investigate growing dissatisfaction among children and young people. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Man killed mum with crossbow and 'told police devil made him do it'

Daniel Parker had a serious mental health condition and fatally shot his mum with a crossbow, as well as using it to attack his sister and a neighbour, a court heard

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1 hour ago ‘We didn’t see who she is’: Anora missed chance to spark real change, say sex workers

Sean Baker’s film accused of lacking representation, as some say he and Mikey Madison could have used speeches to call for policy reformAs well as winning five Oscars and catapulting its lead actor, Mikey Madison, into true stardom, the film Anora has been mooted as a signifier of society taking another step towards sex work being normalised as an occupation.The film is a dark love story about a stripper who marries the feckless son of a Russian oligarch and slowly watches her vision of a fairytale ending disappear before her eyes. But real-life sex workers have said the film portrays an optimistic view of the industry. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago No kant do: Eurovision bars Malta’s entry over title’s similarity to C

Singer Miriana Conte told to change title and lyrics owing to suggestive play on Maltese word for ‘singing’ Malta’s contestant at this year’s Eurovision contest will have to change the title and lyrics of her song owing to the phonetic resemblance between the Maltese word for “singing” and the C-word, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has ruled.Miriana Conte, 23, will represent Malta at the five-day music event in Basel, Switzerland, on 13 to 17 May after winning the Maltese song contest last month with her song Kant. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Love Island winners deny split rumours after fans spot 'worrying' video of couple

Two Love Island: All Stars finalists are not on the verge of splitting up despite fans suggesting all was not well between the couple after watching a live interview of the pair

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2 h. ago Wales set to make one change as Matt Sherratt to announce six

Wales will keep faith with the majority of the squad that performed so well against Ireland

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2 h. ago Jannik Sinner’s pointed Indian Wells absence leaves door open for rivals

Banned world No 1 casts a shadow as tour returns to tournament at which sequence of events began that led to punishmentEarly on during his stay in the Californian desert a year ago, Giacomo Naldi allegedly reached into his treatment bag one morning and accidentally brushed his left finger across the blade of a scalpel used to remove calluses, immediately drawing blood. Two days later, after Naldi had removed the bandage from his finger, his colleague Umberto Ferrara suggested he use the over-the-counter ointment Trofodermin to treat his healing wound.Naldi and Ferrara were in Indian Wells as Jannik Sinner’s physio and fitness trainer respectively. According to Sinner and his team, as Naldi began to use the ointment to treat his wound while also conducting his daily treatment on Sinner without gloves and Sinner undertook two doping tests in the subsequent two weeks, these events put into motion the most high-profile anti-doping case in tennis history as he twice tested positive. Cont...

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4 h. ago Meghan Markle 'shared more private insights than Harry wanted' on Netflix show, claims expert

Meghan Markle's new Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, is the latest project that hasn't been 'universally well-received' and an expert has suggested that it may have been a 'bargain' for the streaming service.

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4 h. ago William suggests enforced career breaks to protect NHS workers’ mental health

The Prince of Wales visited the Oasis Health and Wellbeing Centre and garden in Reading, used by staff from the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

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4 h. ago White House plans to expand mass layoffs to IRS and Veterans Affairs

Trump administration looks to axe half up to half of the tax agency’s workforce and fire up to 83,000 workers at the VAUS politics live – latest updatesMass layoffs are being planned for two more vital federal US government agencies as the IRS and Veteran Affairs have emerged as the latest targets of the Trump administration’s unprecedented purge through billionaire Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge), new reports suggest.The IRS is drafting plans to slash its 90,000-strong workforce by up to half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and buyouts, according to the Associated Press. The federal tax collector has offices across the country, with women accounting for 65% of the workforce, while people of color represent 56%. Continue reading...

Society

5 h. ago As Chrissy Teigen reveals she's a secret smoker, these are all the 'wellness loving stars' who have been caught sneakily puffing on cigarettes

Chrissy Teigen made headlines recently when she shared her surprise smoking admission at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party on Sunday in an interview with Access Hollywood.

Events

5 h. ago IRS workforce ‘could halve’ after Trump hails cuts to federal staffing in marathon Congress speech – US politics live

Federal agencies have until 13 March to formulate staff reduction plans as allies and critics react to Trump’s marathon Congress speechDemocrats panned Donald Trump’s first prime-time speech to Congress since returning to the White House as reaction to the address revealed a country still deeply split on political lines and an opposition party unsure of how to deal with his radical agenda.The Democrats’ exclusion from the corridors of powers – Democrats are in the minority in both the Senate and House of Representatives – has left them with limited options on how to effectively respond to Trump’s hardline 1hr 40min oration that amounted to a celebration of his purported achievements during his six weeks back in office. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Two Point Museum review – curate your own fun in this museum management game

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; Two Point Studios/SegaThis humorous management game puts you in charge of creating entertaining displays on everything from natural history to the paranormalAll was quiet at the County Archives Museum, until a woman erupted from one of the toilets. Clad in full scuba gear, she would have gone unnoticed as she weaved among the usual visitors – a bored gaggle of schoolchildren, tourists, and a yeti – were it not for a beady eyed security guard. The woman, it turns out, was a member of an infamous crime syndicate, renowned for breaking into museums, stealing priceless exhibits and slipping back into the sewers like a well-renumerated goldfish. As my security guard tackled the thief, the museum’s prehistory expert neatly sidestepped the fray and departed for a far-flung corner of the Earth, soon to return with a prized relic of the ancient world. Burglars get caught; museums just hire better qualified thieves and send them on expeditions.This is the kind of whim...

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6 h. ago Voices: If Emma Raducanu isn’t safe at work, what hope do we have?

Ahead of her return to court at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Raducanu has opened up on her ordeal. But, writes Sharan Dhaliwal, until proper safety measures are established, some women will continue to live in fear – wherever they work

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7 h. ago Major update on Royal Mail shared as £3.6bn takeover by billionaire is delayed

The only regulatory bar still to be cleared relates to foreign direct investment in Romania, with EP Group confirming that while there are no major issues expected, talks are 'progressing well'

Economics

7 h. ago Wooden spoons are making us sick? I thought that was fish slices | Arwa Mahdawi

Another day, another health scare. I’m struggling to know which dangers I should take seriouslyIf you want to stir up online controversy, wooden spoons are the perfect tool with which to do so. Every few years, influencers go viral with warnings about how the wooden spoons in your kitchen are covered in disgusting gunk and if you don’t boil them immediately you will poison yourself and everyone you love.In 2023, for example, a woman called Lulaboo Jenkins posted a TikTok video of her boiling spoons. Millions of people watched the water turn brown and it triggered a deep-cleaning craze. The Guardian’s Tim Dowling had a go, detailing the results in an article that prompted more than 1,000 comments. Who knew spoons could inspire such a feverish response? (Well, Jenkins, I suppose.) Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Martin Compston claims Glasgow's west end is 'under represented' as he opens up about new thriller Fear

Amazon Prime Fear actor Martin Compston appeared on ITV's Lorraine on Wednesday morning to talk about his new show.

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