2 h. ago Liverpool boss Arne Slot not thinking about Premier League title this weekend

If Arsenal were to lose at Ipswich on Sunday the Reds could clinch a record-equalling 20th championship with victory at Leicester later in the day.

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2 h. ago ‘I dealt with everyone at a distance’: what do Joan Didion’s therapy diaries reveal about guilt, motherhood and writing?

The writer’s previously unpublished notes from her sessions with a psychiatrist offer an incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression and creativityLast month, the New York Public Library opened the doors on one of its most thrilling acquisitions of recent times: the archive of Joan Didion and her husband and collaborator John Gregory Dunne. After two years of preparation, both scholars and anyone with a library card can arrange a visit to pore over the material contained in a total of 336 boxes of correspondence, photographs and screenplays from the couple’s joint projects, which included the 1976 version of A Star Is Born and the film that in 1971 provided Al Pacino with his first leading role, The Panic in Needle Park.Alongside material evidence of two long writing careers, there is much that is deeply personal: paperwork recording the naming of orchids in honour of Didion, Dunne and their adopted daughter Quintana, the couple’s only child;...

Economics

3 h. ago World Snooker Championship 2025: Results, draw and schedule in full

Ronnie O’Sullivan has admitted he could still withdraw as he bids for a record eighth title at the Crucible

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4 h. ago Morbidly obese dad sheds over 22st after ditching takeaways and wins Slimming World award

An inspirational slimmer lost more than 22st after doctors told him to prepare for the worst.

Events

4 h. ago It's only April, but 2025 is already the UK's second worst year on record for wildfires

There have been 115 blazes this year

Events

10 h. ago Huge European country predicts record numbers of tourists and it's not Spain

Almost five million Brits are slated to visit a huge EU hotspot this year, following several years of growing anti-tourist sentiment raging across Spain

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10 h. ago Ric Flair makes John Cena WWE title prediction as legend aims for record

WWE legend John Cena will challenge Cody Rhodes for the WWE Championship in the main event of WrestleMania 41, with a record 17th title reign on the line

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11 h. ago Fury as Britain's most dangerous criminals are recorded under FIFTY

The list of genders includes 'pangender', ' transgender person' and bizarre, largely unknown terms like 'androgyne' and 'neutrois'.

Events

12 h. ago Pharmacy crisis as almost one in 10 lost in past decade creating 'chemist deserts'

Almost one in ten pharmacies have closed since 2016 and the National Pharmacy Association says the network of pharmacies is now at its lowest in 20 years despite the Pharmacy First scheme

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12 h. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan: ‘I was scared to go near a snooker table and I’ve lost my bottle’

Seven-time champion Ronnie O’Sullivan opened up about the mental health struggles causing his break from the game and also admitted he could yet withdraw from the World Snooker Championship at short notice

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13 h. ago Record holder Chepngetich, champ Jepchirchir out of London Marathon

Record holder Chepngetich, champ Jepchirchir out of London Marathon  MSN

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13 h. ago Netball Super League: Olivia Tchine helps London Pulse keep 100% record with win over Manchester Thunder

Netball Super League: Olivia Tchine helps London Pulse keep 100% record with win over Manchester Thunder  BBC

Sport

13 h. ago Big Brother's JoJo Siwa, 21, reveals she's recorded daily messages for her partner Kath Ebbs while she's away amid close bond with Chris Hughes, 32

JoJo Siwa revealed on Thursday's episode of Celebrity Big Brother that she prerecorded a message for her partner for every day she's in the house.

Politics

14 h. ago US releases thousands of files related to Robert F Kennedy assassination

Release of files, ordered by Trump, includes notes from killer, who said presidential candidate ‘must be disposed of’About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Robert F Kennedy, including handwritten notes by the assassin, who said the US senator and Democratic presidential candidate “must be disposed of” and acknowledged an obsession with killing him.The release continued the disclosure of national secrets ordered by Donald Trump after he began his second presidency in January. It comes a month after unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of president John F Kennedy were disclosed. The earlier documents gave curious readers more details about cold- war era covert US operations in other nations but did not initially lend credence to long-circulating conspiracy theories about who killed JFK, RFK’s brother. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Christian Horner responds as Max Verstappen linked with record

Max Verstappen has a Red Bull contract until 2028 but it contains performance clauses and, should he become available, Aston Martin look primed to make a move for the four-time F1 champion

Politics

15 h. ago Kyren Wilson: ‘It’s not just me that’s world champion. It’s my whole family’

The 2024 winner reflects on the emotional backstory to Crucible triumph amid major health concerns for his family“‘I still believed in myself but it was quite soul-destroying out there,” Kyren Wilson says in a back room at Barratts Snooker Club in Northampton. The world champion once worked here as a barman because he had lost his place on tour after his first season as a professional in 2011. He was still only 19 and he had little idea that an avalanche of adversity would engulf him in the years ahead.Wilson begins the defence of his world title, with a first-round match against Lei Peifan, in the venerable Crucible in Sheffield on Saturday morning. But it seems fitting that we should meet here, in the unpromising surroundings which once defined Wilson’s life, as he describes his extraordinary world championship backstory. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Ruth Chepngetich and Peres Jepchirchir withdraw from London Marathon

World-record holder Chepngetich ‘not in right place’Defending women’s champion Jepchirchir has ankle injuryThe women’s world-record holder, Ruth Chepngetich, and the reigning champion, Peres Jepchirchir, have withdrawn from the London Marathon, organisers said on Friday, less than two weeks before the race.Kenyan Chepngetich broke the women’s record in Chicago last year, running 2hr 9min 56sec to become the first woman to break 2:10, and had hoped to improve on that time in London on 27 April. “I’m not in the right place mentally or physically to race my best in London and I am therefore withdrawing,” she said in a statement. “I am very sad to miss the race and I hope to be back next year.” Continue reading...

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16 h. ago London Marathon 2025: World record holder Ruth Chepngetich and defending champion Peres Jepchirchir pull out of race

London Marathon 2025: World record holder Ruth Chepngetich and defending champion Peres Jepchirchir pull out of race  BBC

Sport

16 h. ago A US citizen was held for pickup by ICE even after proving he was born in the country

A U.S. citizen was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and held for pickup by immigration authorities even after his mother showed a judge her son’s birth certificate and the judge dismissed charges

Politics

17 h. ago Man swabs plane seat to see how dirty it is – and results are disgusting

A man has been recording himself swabbing various surfaces and sharing the results on social media. In his latest video, he tests a commercial plane seat to reveal the shocking amount of bacteria

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