3 w. ago Jaime Munguia speaks out as failed drug test is confirmed by B

After avenging a shock KO by Bruno Surace with a decision win, Munguia returned an adverse drug-test result

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3 w. ago Coronation Street fans 'confirm' shock villain return as it 'makes sense' in drug

Aadi Alahan is coerced into throwing the midsummer party in the ITV soap, which has disastrous consequences

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3 w. ago Weight loss jabs like Mounjaro now linked to more than a HUNDRED deaths, the UK's drug watchdog confirms

A total of 111 deaths were logged with the regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), up to and including May 29.

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3 w. ago Corrie confirms 'nightmare' drug storyline with 'devastating consequences'

Coronation Street bosses have revealed that they will be tackling the difficult topic of drugs by showing how they can affect the lives of young people who indulge

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3 w. ago The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine review – a polyphonic portrait of class and trauma in Belfast

The acclaimed short-story writer brings her characters vividly to life in this debut novel about a teenage girl’s assault and its aftermathThat we tend to regard the shift from the short story to the novel as a natural authorial progression perhaps speaks to a failure to recognise the shorter form as its own distinct discipline. Short stories are not novels in miniature, or parts of novels pruned to stand on their own. Without the luxury of space and looser pacing, they demand of the writer a linguistic precision and compression that, at its most radical, borders on the poetic, and which across the breadth of a novel would feel wearying. Novels need room to breathe. The writer expanding their scope therefore faces a difficult adjustment: guarding against density while ensuring they don’t get lost in the space.For Wendy Erskine, the move to a larger canvas feels entirely unforced. Her highly praised stories, collected in 2018’s Sweet Home and 2022’s Dance Move, often display a certai...

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4 w. ago He’s fighting to clear his name for murder he says he didn’t commit. But star witness still hasn’t been contacted

Exclusive: In almost 18 months, the CCRC has failed to speak to a key witness who Jason Moore believes could overturn his conviction. A bishop found him in a matter of weeks

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