3 h. ago Tonight's rugby news as Gatland's new team win cup final thriller and Wales star makes 'hardest decision'

The latest rugby news from Wales and around the world

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38 h. ago ‘The risk was worth it’: All Fours author Miranda July on sex, power and giving women permission to blow up their lives

The artist and author’s hit book had so much in common with her own life that even her friends forgot it wasn’t real. How did this revolutionary portrayal of midlife desire come to inspire a generation of women?When Miranda July’s All Fours was published in May last year, it triggered what felt like both a spontaneous resistance movement and the sort of mania last experienced when the final Twilight book dropped, except this time for women in midlife rather than teenage girls. Two friends separately brought it to my house, like contraband dropped out of a biplane. Book groups hastily convened, strategically timed for when the men were out of the picture.The story opens with a 45-year-old woman about to take a road trip, a break from her husband and child and general domestic noise. She’s intending to drive from LA to New York, but is derailed in the first half hour by a young guy, Davey, in a car hire place, to whom she is passionately attracted. The next several weeks pas...

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47 h. ago Your Guardian Sport weekend: Club World Cup, US Open golf, tennis and rugby finals

Here’s how to follow along with our coverage – the finest writing and up-to-the-minute reports Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Finn Russell explains kicking tweak after Calcutta Cup agony as Bath bid to scratch 29

Scotland stand-off returns to Twickenham looking for a happier outcome than February

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54 h. ago Red Roses launch national yarn art campaign to inspire a generation ahead of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025

Abby Dow and Tatyana Heard are leading a creative initiative inviting youngsters to get into rugby union and back the England team by contributing to spectacular Red Rose yarn art takeovers across the country

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55 h. ago Adult star streaker at US Open couldn't rattle golfer who vowed 'I love my wife'

An adult actress stunned golf fans at the US Open as she ran onto the course leaving very little to the imagination and handed eventual winner Jim Furyk a pair of red roses

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60 h. ago Lionesses legends inspiring next generation of women in sport media

The former England stars Karen Carney and Ellen White turned prime-time pundits offered words of wisdom to 12 graduates from Pixel FC Academy on breaking through in the media landscape

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64 h. ago China and Hong Kong national security authorities launch 1st publicly known joint operation

China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, raiding the homes of six people on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security

Culture

3 d. ago The incredible women fighting to change our lives for the better: The Mail receives hundreds of nominations for the Inspirational Women Awards. Now meet our winners...

From the woman campaigning against domestic violence to the mother whose humanitarian work saving war-torn children spans more than 30 years, meet our Inspirational Women.

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4 d. ago Mel Gibson movie Ransom inspires family to put up £1million reward for information which helps them find murdered mum's remains

Muriel McKay, 55, was abducted in 1969 after she was mistaken for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's wife. Two men were jailed but her body have never been found.

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6 d. ago Nigel Farage struggles to name an 'inspirational' Welsh person as he talks up Reform taking power in Cardiff

The party leader said that his party was the only real alternative to Labour in the Senedd as he spoke in Port Talbot ahead of elections next May.

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6 d. ago DoJ urged to investigate US group accused of working as Modi

Prominent Sikh gurdwara says Pennsylvania-based Hindu American Foundation has promoted ‘interests of the BJP’One of the largest Sikh houses of worship in the US is calling on the Trump administration to investigate a non-profit it has alleged is working as a “foreign agent” on behalf of the the Indian government and prime minister Narendra Modi.The Fremont Gurdwara Sahib, which said it draws 5,000 Sikh worshippers every week and is a “fulcrum” of the Sikh community in the US and around the world, has asked the Department of Justice to launch a national security investigation into the Hindu American Foundation, to determine whether the Pennsylvania-based non-profit should be required to file as an Indian foreign agent. Continue reading...

Economics

6 d. ago Why it's time to embrace dark rosé and chilled red wine this summer

It’s time to cross over to the dark side, says Abbie Moulton

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6 d. ago Treasure hunter finds huge silver coin hoard two months after being inspired by BBC comedy Detectorists to take up hobby

Steve Hickman, 59, bought a secondhand metal detector from eBay after watching the hit TV show starring Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones.

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6 d. ago Cynthia Erivo commands attention in glitzy rose gold corset dress as she graces the red carpet ahead of hosting the Tony Awards

Cynthia Erivo made sure all eyes were on her as she graced the red carpet at the 78th annual Tony Awards in New York City on Sunday evening. 

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9 d. ago Warning for Challenge Cup fans as trains to Wembley hit by strikes

Rugby league fans heading to Wembley for Saturday's Challenge Cup final are bracing for travel disruptions as Hull Trains drivers strike over the dismissal of a colleague.

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9 d. ago Sir Bradley Wiggins reveals disgraced cycling icon Lance Armstrong's role as his 'inspiration' in helping him through cocaine addiction and bankruptcy

Five-time Olympic gold medalist Sir Bradley Wiggins has expressed his gratitude to disgraced former cyclist Lance Armstrong for helping him get through dark times.

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1 week ago Why is there such a generational divide in views on sex and gender in Britain? | Susanna Rustin

A majority of my age group agreed with a recent supreme court ruling – among 18- to 24-year-olds, the reverse was true. I believe the key lies in our respective life stagesDiffering attitudes to women’s and transgender rights activism are often said to be generational. One poll, published a month on from the supreme court ruling that the legal definition of “woman” in the Equality Act is based on biological sex, found 63% supportive of the ruling and 18% opposed. But younger people were far more likely to be in the latter camp, with 53% of 18- to 24-year-olds disagreeing with the judgment. In my age group, 50-64, the figure was just 13%. Such results echo earlier polls.As with any attempt to link a demographic with a point of view, there are plenty of exceptions. Last month Lady Hale, the octogenarian former president of the supreme court, became one of them when she argued that the ruling had been misinterpreted, telling a literary festival she had met doctors “who said there is no...

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1 week ago Rock band Heart offering reward for instruments stolen from New Jersey venue

Two irreplaceable instruments owned by members of the rock band Heart were stolen from a venue in New Jersey last weekend as the group prepared to launch a nationwide tour

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1 week ago Red Roses unveil World Cup training squad as young guns given chance to impress

There is no place for experienced forward Sarah Beckett in a 42-player group named by head coach John Mitchell

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