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United fans prefer new stadium over redevelopment

A majority of Manchester United fans favour a new stadium rather than the redevelopment of Old Trafford, a survey has found.

England must finish strong with new bench

Need to improve in later stages of tight games puts focus on Borthwick and his use of replacements

Gauff storms to second career win over Swiatek

At 20, Coco Gauff has achieved a considerable amount. She has established herself as a perennial top-five player, won a grand slam title, and lived up to the hype that followed her since her preteens.

No plans for Hamilton to skip Las Vegas GP, say Mercedes

Mercedes have said there are no plans for Lewis Hamilton to be absent from the next race in Las Vegas after the seven-time world champion's radio message at the end of the Brazilian Grand Prix.

ATP Finals to be without big three for first time since 2001

Novak Djokovic has announced his withdrawal from ATP Finals due to an unspecified injury, marking the end of his 2024 season.

Melbourne Cup taken by 90-1 outsider Knight's Choice

Knight's Choice, a 90-1 outsider ridden by the Ireland-born jockey Robbie Dolan, caused a major upset as the local ride stunned the rest of the field to win the Melbourne Cup in a photo-finish from Warp Speed in second and Okita Soushi in third.

Vodafone-Three merger Does £15bn deal mean customers will see their bills rise?

The competition watchdog has said it could give the proposed £15bn merger between the telecoms companies Vodafone and Three the green light, provided they agree to certain conditions.

AstraZeneca value falls after China unit 'linked to insurance fraud'

AstraZeneca shares tumbled yesterday, wiping £14bn off the value of Britain's biggest drug maker, after a report that dozens of executives at its China unit could be implicated in an insurance fraud case in the country's pharmaceutical sector.

Competition Watchdog makes a fair call in backing major tie-up between mobile firms

Compare and contrast. Back in September, the Competition and Markets Authority had a big grumble about Vodafone and Three's plan to merge their UK mobile operations. A combination of the third and fourth largest operators could result in \"a substantial lessening of competition\" and \"tens of millions of mobile customers having to pay more\".

Boeing workers end strike after winning pay deal

Boeing's US west coast factory workers have accepted a new contract offer, ending a bitter seven-week strike that had halted most jet production and deepened a financial crisis at the aircraft manufacturer.

Trump's tariffs would cut UK growth by half, say experts

UK growth would be halved in the event that Donald Trump wins the US presidential race and imposes the swingeing tariffs he has threatened, a leading thinktank said yesterday.

Tory budget OBR failure 'may have broken law'

Treasury officials may have broken the law when they failed to alert the Office for Budget Responsibility about £9.5bn of spending that should have appeared in the March Tory budget, MPs have been told.

High street will carry weight of tax rises, says Primark owner

High street retailers will carry the \"weight of tax rises\", announced in the budget, but overall it will benefit \"the least affluent\" consumers, according to the chief executive of Primark's parent company.

Pedro Páramo Netflix adapts the revered Mexican novel that inspired García Márquez

Many Mexicans know the first sentence of Juan Rulfo's revered novel, Pedro Páramo, by heart.

Dutch secondary school suspends parental access to pupils' marks

A secondary school in the Netherlands is blocking parental access to children's grades for a term in an attempt to reduce the pressure on pupils to perform.

Japanese boys waiting longer than ever for first kiss - study

Just one in five boys at senior high school in Japan have had their first kiss, according to the Japanese Association for Sex Education - the lowest figure since the organisation's first survey of sexual behaviour among young people in 1974.

'So many tensions' Anger in Spain at response to floods

Everyone in Chiva has their own memories of what happened here a week ago. For some it is the frantic phone calls to loved ones; for others, the disbelief as this small Valencian town, like so many others, was swallowed up by flood waters that bore away cars and trees as if they were paper boats.

Fighter Conor McGregor accused of raping woman in Dublin hotel

Conor McGregor allegedly raped a woman in a Dublin hotel, the city's high court has been told.

Kim's troops head to Ukraine Will Russia-North Korea 'blood alliance' change war dynamics?

Depending on whom you ask, they are the boost that Russian forces need to make a significant breakthrough in Ukraine, or they are simple cannon fodder, destined for repatriation in body bags.

'Like living in a prison' The village isolated from the rest of the West Bank

In January this year, four-year-old Ruqayya Jahalin, her mother and her five siblings were waiting in a taxi at the checkpoint that is the only way in and out of their home, the occupied West Bank village of Beit Iksa.

Netanyahu fires defence minister Gallant, seen as brake on far-right policy

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has fired his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, who is widely considered by the country's international allies to be a brake on the far-right elements of the country's coalition government.

Man sentenced to death in Iran 'died before his execution'

Iran has claimed that an Iranian-German dual national who had been sentenced to death died last week before his execution could be carried out.

Government website gets a chatbot helper, but beware of 'hallucinations'

It speaks a bit of Welsh, can recite the building regulations, refuses to say whether Rishi Sunak is better than Keir Starmer and will not explain the corporation tax regime.

Swearing at work? That's just a normal day up north, says judge

As every southerner knows, people from the north of England will not eat chips without gravy, talk to every stranger they meet and often sport a flat cap when walking their whippet. But do they also swear more?

University inquiry into donors reveals Boots links to slavery

The high street chemist Boots' links to the transatlantic slave trade have been revealed in research that shows how the proceeds became entangled with British capitalism.

Eurostar adverts for £39 fares ruled misleading by regulator

The cross-Channel train operator Eurostar has been rapped by the advertising watchdog for exaggerating the number of £39 seats on sale.

People loitering on estate face arrest in first-of-its-kind order

Unwanted visitors have been banned from open spaces at a housing estate, in the first order of its kind designed to \"rescue\" areas from criminals.

Spiders as big as a human hand are thriving in Britain, says zoo

Thousands of giant spiders that can grow to the size of a human hand are thriving in the UK, thanks to a successful breeding programme from Chester zoo.

NHS review of prostate screening launched after appeal by Chris Hoy

The health secretary ordered the NHS to review its guidance on testing for prostate cancer yesterday in light of Sir Chris Hoy's \"powerful\" call for men to be screened in their 40s.

UK 'failing to keep up with EU' on regulation of water pollution

The UK is \"falling behind\" on sewage pollution regulation as the EU tightens its rules to clean up Europe's waterways.