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Smith Rowe on a mission to turn his season around

EMILE SMITH ROWE has endured a nightmare six months, but could yet turn this into a memorable season.

England’s World Cup wannabes will be kicking themselves over their opportunities missed

THE ALL BLACKS comparison has been made often with the England men’s white-ball cricket side in recent years, the familiar refrain among those on the fringes being that breaking into it is among the more challenging tasks in world sport.

Fans daring to dream as Bees continue to create a buzz way out west

IT WAS midway through the second half here and, tentative at first, the scattered murmurs were only just loud enough to make out.

Will revalued rates rid Oxford Street of 'eyesore' candy shops?

THE West End’s major shopping streets are set to be given a major boost by changes to the business rates regime coming into effect in April, allowing retailers to gear up for expansion while “eyesore” candy shops are pushed out.

Strong growth for Lego despite rising cost of materials

LEGO exceeded revenue expectations in 2022, as its sales grew by double digits despite a decline in the global toy market.

The only way to stay warm in this cold is schadenfreude

DOES anything feel more capricious than the weather? It’s March — lambs should be gambolling and flowers bursting into life. Instead we face the coldest day of the year. Ugh.

Rishi Sunak chases easy headlines on migrant boats at his political peril

This is not a problem that can be legislated away the solution lies in the countries from which migrants come

Saccharine sweet Bake Off musical is no showstopper

THE latest addition to the growing list of unnecessary musical adaptations should carry a content warning for diabetics. Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary's show tries to channel the plucky amateurism, warmth and end-of-the-pier innuendo of the TV baking competition but the results are wilfully lame and cloyingly saccharine.

Roxane Gay: gender fascism is on the rise

Ahead of her first UK tour, the iconic author of Bad Feminist tells Jason Okundaye about the fight for equality, life after weight-loss surgery and the new book she’s writing with Channing Tatum

Zelensky tells his generals: Find more troops for city battle

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY today ordered more Ukrainian forces to be deployed to \"help the guys\" defending Bakhmut, where Vladimir Putin's troops are suffering heavy losses.

Hancock 'weaponised disabled children to ensure Covid curbs'

A SENIOR Tory MP today accused Matt Hancock of “weaponising the provision of care for disabled children”.

'Magic roundabout' to protect cyclists on key commuter route

WORK will start next week to create a “magic roundabout” to improve the safety of thousands of cyclists on a key route into central London.

Lows of -15C expected as Arctic chill hits UK

Met Office warns of severe cold as health agency issues cold weather alert

Scream queen Ortega adds inkblot to killer red carpet look

JENNA ORTEGA had a fashion nightmare at the premiere of Scream VI after getting ink on her white dress while walking the red carpet.

Met police 'must get a grip and root out officers unfit to wear the badge'

‘Most Met officers must be appalled their work has been called into question’

SEE YOU IN COURT, PM WARNED ON SMALL BOATS PLAN

>> GOVERNMENT FACES LEGAL BATTLE AS CRITICS SAY MIGRANT SCHEME IS BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Teachers blast minister over pay strike talks jibe

EDUCATION Secretary Gillian Keegan today ramped up the war of words with teaching leaders by saying other public unions had paused strike action but not the National Education Union.

Seconds out for the stand-up grapplers

LONDON'S inaugural Just For Laughs Festival closed with a bang as stand-ups swapped punchlines for punches and took on professional fighters in aid of Comic Relief.

ANOTHER GREAT ESCAPE, BUT PROBLEMS MOUNT FOR ARTETA

MIKEL ARTETA has tried not to get carried away during this title race, but even he could not help himself after Arsenal's late winner sealed a dramatic comeback against Bournemouth.

We won't get carried away, says Horner after Red Bull one-two

CHRISTIAN HORNER is adamant Red Bull are not Formula One's new invincibles, despite the team's runaway success at yesterday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

HERO NELSON IN TALKS OVER NEW ARSENAL DEAL

>>SUPER SUB WANTS TO REMAIN AT BOYHOOD CLUB AND IS SET TO PLAY A KEY ROLE AS INJURIES BITE

Spurs need a revitalised Conte to keep their season on track

ANTONIO CONTE’S first task on returning to work yesterday was to lift the mood of his players and staff.

It didn't end the perfect way at Arsenal, but I'm at home here and we have the fans dreaming

WHEN Bernd Leno reflects on the £3million that Fulham paid to sign him from Arsenal last summer, he says with a smile: “I have to say it’s a bargain. It’s very, very cheap, especially in the Premier League. I am not £3m — I’m probably worth a little bit more. Otherwise I would be a very bad player!”

Hamilton feeling the heat... and it's only race one of the new F1 season!

HOW do you solve a problem like Mercedes? Even the team's greatest minds do not have the answer.

Formula One success sends Aston Martin shares racing in rally

ASTON MARTIN’S flying start to the Formula One season today added to the feelgood factor for shares as the car maker’s recovery accelerated in the FTSE 250 index.

Driven: the urban space man who built a £12m parking site

TO any parent worried about their child quitting a steady, well-paid job in a global corporation to “do their own thing”, take heed from Anthony Eskinazi.

UBS slashes bonuses as CEO's pay rises by £1m

FINANCE Michael Hunter UBS, the major Swiss bank with a big presence in London, revealed a drop in its bonus pool today as the pay of its chief executive, Ralph Hamers, went up.

Construction firms look to Budget to lift order slump

LONDON'S biggest building contractors will hope measures to boost housing and address inflation are announced in the Budget, as new research laid bare how construction order books have been hammered by political and economic headwinds.

'Queer people's rights are under threat'

Tan France is one-fifth of Queer Eye and the co-host of Next in Fashion. He tells Joe Bromley why representation matters

Big tech in crisis: lay-offs, cuts and deflated morale

After years of growth, the social media tech giants are now slashing at budgets in a difficult post-Covid slump, and worried workers are speaking out