54 m. ago F1 testing LIVE: Power cut and rain hit Bahrain as bizarre day one session red

Follow live updates as the 2025 season gets underway with the three-day pre-season test in Bahrain

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1 hour ago F1 testing LIVE: Red flag as power cut stops session in Bahrain after Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari bow

Follow live updates as the 2025 season gets underway with the three-day pre-season test in Bahrain

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3 h. ago When is first day of spring 2025? Date of new season as weather expert warns of 'delay'

We are rapidly gaining more daylight - around four minutes every day - so you might be asking if it is nearly spring

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3 h. ago F1 testing LIVE: Latest updates and times as Verstappen takes to track after Hamilton’s Ferrari bow in Bahrain

Follow live updates as the 2025 season gets underway with the three-day pre-season test in Bahrain

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4 h. ago F1 testing LIVE: Latest updates as Mercedes lead Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari in Bahrain 2025 pre

Follow live updates as the 2025 season gets underway with the three-day pre-season test in Bahrain

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6 h. ago Spring equinox: When is the first day of spring 2025 and what is the vernal equinox?

Beginning of spring is just around the corner

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6 h. ago Sky Sports F1's Ted Kravitz and David Croft argue live on air 45 minutes into F1 Testing

They are Sky Sports F1 colleagues who regularly have on-screen debates during live broadcasts, and it took less than an hour of the first day of testing in 2025 for their first argument

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10 h. ago ‘Losing hope with every day that passes’: torment of the ships’ crews abandoned at sea

Thousands of seafarers are left on board their vessels in foreign waters, unpaid, with scant supplies – and no way of getting home When Vihaan* set off from his home in Tamil Nadu, south India, to work on a vessel crossing the Bay of Bengal into neighbouring Bangladesh, he told his family he would be gone a few months. After delivering his cargo of stone to Bangladesh’s Kutubdia Island, the marine engineer was due to head home in March 2024 to disembark at Thoothukudi port, India.But that month, the rusting tug, the Navimar 3, which was being operated by Middle East Marine (MEM), was detained by the authorities in Bangladesh due to unpaid fees. For almost a year, Vihaan has become a virtual prisoner on board, he says, forced to work without pay to keep the vessel safe, amid strong currents where it is anchored off the island in the cyclone-prone bay. His passport and certification documents are being held by a local agent for the Dubai-based company. With no means of getting home, n...

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23 h. ago F1 testing LIVE: Start time and driver schedule in Bahrain as 2025 pre

Follow live updates as the 2025 season gets underway with the three-day pre-season test in Bahrain

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25 h. ago Pancake Day: What is Shrove Tuesday and why do we celebrate with pancakes?

Find out why we eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday 🥞

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26 h. ago The photographers who documented New Year’s Day – in pictures

24 photographers from around the world were asked to capture a different hour of New Year’s Day 2025. The photographs are being exhibited at the Soho Square Gardens in London Continue reading...

Culture

30 h. ago Trans athletes on Trump’s executive order: ‘Stripping us of sports is devastating’

The NCAA has ruled only women assigned female at birth can compete in college sports. We spoke to some of those affected by the banOn 5 February 2025 – coinciding with Women and Girls in Sports Day – Donald Trump signed an executive order barring trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. The move marked yet another aggressive shift of his legislative agenda, as he doubled down on anti-trans rhetoric, in which he has vowed to eliminate what he calls “transgender insanity”.The next day college sports’ main governing body, the NCAA, said only women assigned female at birth would be able to participate under its umbrella. The organization oversees more than 500,000 athletes. Last year the NCAA’s president, Charlie Baker, said he knew of only 10 transgender athletes competing in the organization. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Zero Day is a political thriller without a political position or even point

Netflix’s new Robert De Niro-led hit series toys with real-world references but hasn’t got the faintest clue what to do with themSpoilers aheadFor decades, movies and TV shows that feature the president of the United States as a character have tried, often playfully, to keep pace with the headlines. Sometimes they even managed to move a little faster than real-life progress; Morgan Freeman was chosen to lead the nation in Deep Impact a decade before the election of Barack Obama, and plenty of women have occupied the on-screen Oval Office, anticipating a glass-ceiling break that has yet to actually happen.So at first, the new Netflix series Zero Day comes across like a slightly and understandably mistimed attempt at topicality by focusing on George Mullen (Robert De Niro), a former US president known for bipartisan cooperation, who only served one term before stepping down to deal with the death of his son, and who later works closely with the current president, Evelyn Mitchell (Ange...

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47 h. ago Ramadan 2025: How to keep your energy levels up during the day if you’re fasting

Ramadan will take place from the evening of February 28 to March 30 this year

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48 h. ago International Women’s Day 2025: What is it and how can you get involved?

The first International Women’s Day was in 1909 – what can you do today to get involved?

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50 h. ago PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Monday, February 24, 2025

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

Culture

50 h. ago 17 distinctively Scottish anthems every music fan should know

Here’s 17 timeless classics from Scottish musicians - or about Scotland - worth checking out before St Andrew’s Day 2025 🎶🎸🎤

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51 h. ago 14 best feminist books to read ahead of International Women’s Day 2025

From 20th-century classics to modern-day manifestos, our suggestions run the gamut

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51 h. ago Pancake Day UK 2025: When is it and why is Shrove Tuesday so late this year?

We usually celebrate Pancake Day in February 🥞

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67 h. ago German election results 2025 – live: Trump hails ‘great day for Germany’ as Merz’s Conservatives claim victory

AfD set for strongest result ever while incumbent chancellor’s SPD on track for worst-ever outcome in fourth snap election in Germany’s history

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