2 h. ago Red Bull risk losing Max Verstappen after show of force at Suzuka

Team’s fall from grace has been similar to Manchester City’s and rivals are circling around the world championTurbulence and turmoil, infighting and instability, the past 12 months have been trying for Red Bull to the extent it was a wonder that Max Verstappen stood in the eye of the storm and calmly dragged a recalcitrant car to his fourth Formula One title. A fifth this year already looks to be a tall order as the team swing from a period of undisputed dominance to being left impotent by a car they cannot tame and in no little disarray, so much so that Verstappen may be considering his options.In Japan, all eyes have been on the home hero Yuki Tsunoda, promoted to Red Bull from the sister team, Racing Bulls, with indecent haste, after Liam Lawson was sent packing the other way after two races. Even by F1 standards it was a brutal decision but indicative of the disorder that embroils Red Bull. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Real Madrid suffer nightmare Arsenal preparation thanks to forgotten Liverpool star

Real Madrid are set to travel to the Emirates to take on Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Tuesday and Carlo Ancelotti's side have suffered nightmare preparation for the fixture

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3 h. ago Rory McIlroy has had ideal preparation for the Masters – Sir Nick Faldo

McIlroy is looking to complete the career grand slam by finally winning at Augusta this year.

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3 h. ago Brutal murder solved 30 years later after unrelated incident brought police to killer's door

For 30 years, the devastating murder of 17-year-old Melanie Road went unsolved, and it was feared the case would forever remain a mystery. Then, an unrelated incident provided the breakthrough police had been holding out hope for

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3 h. ago Broadway Boy and Celebre D'Allen statement update after brutal Grand National falls

An update has been given on the condition of Broadway Boy and Celebre d'Allen after both horses suffered brutal falls during the 2025 Grand National at Aintree

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4 h. ago LIZ JONES' DIARY: 'The thought you are prepared to break rules for me is another tingle,' he texts me

I'm in Istanbul having my gum stitches removed, so cannot resist sending my pen friend a photo of the bar where I'm staying. He replies, 'It doesn't get much better than that.'

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5 h. ago No forgetting my encounter with two giants of the stage | Tim Lewis

Old pals Ewan McGregor and Michael Grandage prepare for their new play, My Master Builder, by chuckling about everything that could go wrong and hasFor today’s Observer New Review I had the not-exactly-onerous assignment of spending an hour with the actor Ewan McGregor and director Michael Grandage, as they prepared to put on a new play, My Master Builder, in London’s West End. The two men go way back, and mostly they were cracking each other up with knockabout old stories – much of which there wasn’t room for in my article. McGregor recalled one of his first roles on stage, as Orlando in As You Like It, and how when Simon Callow – multiple Olivier and Bafta award winner – played the part in 1979, he walked out on stage at the National Theatre only to promptly forget the first line of the play.“If you’re a woman and you’re about to have a baby, everybody tells you nightmare stories about childbirth,” said McGregor. “And when you’re an actor about to do a play, everybody tells you te...

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5 h. ago ‘We’re not a third world country, we’re England’: anger rises as Birmingham’s bin strike takes toll on locals

With the city’s refuse collectors still on the picket line after four weeks, residents are pointing the finger of blame at the council Suhail Sadiq’s car repair business is thriving and he’s furious about it.The rats are responsible. “The amount of cars we’ve got coming in now with wiring chewed up by rats is unbelievable,” he says. Staff at Heartlands Auto Centre in Birmingham have repaired about 15 cars with chewed battery cables in the past week. The rats are drawn to the warmer cars at night, he says – rats gnaw to keep their teeth a manageable length. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Lewis Hamilton involved in Japanese GP drama as F1 star hit with brutal penalty

Carlos Sainz has been hit with a three-place grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix after impeding Lewis Hamilton in qualifying, which leaves him starting 15th

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6 h. ago Kevin De Bruyne transfer decision hands Man City title race trump card Liverpool don't have

Manchester City need to prepare for life without Kevin De Bruyne after the Belgian announced he is set to leave the club this summer

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7 h. ago Ange Postecoglou takes Liverpool swipe as he points finger at Tottenham legends

Ange Postecoglou has come out fighting, with the Tottenham Hotspur manager under huge pressure after a disappointing season that could yet be rescued by a Europa League triumph

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9 h. ago Iran's currency falls to record low against the dollar as tensions run high

Iran’s rial currency traded at a record low against the U.S. dollar as the country returned to work after a long holiday

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9 h. ago Watch brazen shoplifting gang steal 857 trollies as they swipe £130,000 of shopping across the South

For two years, the family of thieves managed to get away with their crimes, plaguing Tesco supermarkets in Suffolk, Somerset, Surrey and Cornwall.

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9 h. ago Daughter unmasks dad as brutal killer solving UK's most baffling cold case 30 years on

The mutilated body of 17-year-old Melanie Road was found by a milkman and his ten-year-old son during his early morning delivery and sparked a nationwide manhunt, but her killer was only caught three decades later by his own daughter.

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10 h. ago 'Katie Price's surgery addiction risks detrimental impact on daughters Princess and Bunny'

Former glamour model Katie Price recently admitted to having an 'addiction' to cosmetic surgeries as her loved ones become increasingly concerned about her health as she prepares to go under the knife again

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10 h. ago Chelsea facing punishment as UEFA make final decision on controversial £200m deal

Chelsea have found themselves in hot water with governing body UEFA, with the body set to determine the Premier League high-flyers' punishment in relation to overspending

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11 h. ago ‘Too sticky. Too saucy. Too weird’: could I persuade my son to eat the food of my heritage?

Before she became a mother, Samantha Ellis secretly judged other parents who let their children subsist on white bread and pesto-pasta. And when her son was born she couldn’t wait to share the Iraqi Jewish food of her ancestors. Unfortunately, he had other ideas My family takes food very seriously. So seriously that when my mother’s family left Iraq in 1971, limited to 20kg of luggage each, they found room for not one but two rolling pins. The truth is that, having used the rolling pins, I think they were right. Born in England, I grew up on my father’s stories, too, of going to a Baghdad street stall to buy hot samoon, Iraqi bread shaped like a teardrop, with a puffy middle and a crunchy crust, with amba (mango pickle) oozing out of it. But he left Baghdad even earlier, in 1951, in a mass airlift along with most of Iraq’s Jews. I grew up in Britain, homesick for a place I’ve never been to, and will probably never see. There are now just three Jews left in Iraq.Scattered across the ...

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11 h. ago North Korean defector recalls the harrowing moment he was forced to watch a public execution at just 11 years old

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Two-time North Korean defector Timothy Cho broke down in tears on LADbible TV as he recalled his tragic start in life.

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11 h. ago Joyce vs Hrgovic: Fight time, undercard, latest odds, prediction, ring walks tonight

Croatian has stepped in as a replacement after Dillian Whyte pulled out with a finger injury

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11 h. ago I'm living a nightmare after thieves raided our garden... here is the lie I have to tell my young daughter

A young mother has spoken of her 'nightmare' after her beloved pet was stolen and sold online by thieves.

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