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Carnival of taxis and two cans of Red Bull: comedian's 11-hour odyssey with Avanti

There are many ways to cope with a rail journey from hell. Some raid the onboard shop for mini bottles of wine; others forge new friendships amid the misery. The really unlucky ones end up urinating in empty Pringles pots, or climbing over 7ft fences (complete with spikes) when they arrive so late that the station has been closed.

UN rebukes Braverman over human rights claim

Suella Braverman has been rebuked by the UN refugee agency after claiming that world leaders have failed to make wholesale reform of human rights laws because of fears of being branded \"racist or illiberal\".

'Feminist approach' to cancer could save 800,000 women's lives a year

Health experts are calling for a \"feminist approach\" to cancer to eliminate inequalities as research revealed 800,000 women worldwide are dying needlessly every year because they are denied optimal care.

Nissan Vows To Be All Electric By 2030 Despite Sunak's U-Turn

Nissan vowed yesterday to "press ahead" with a plan to sell only electric vehicles in Europe by 2030 despite Rishi Sunak's delay to the UK ban on new petrol and diesel car sales.

Ignorance Of History Of UK Nations A Risk To Union Olusoga

Schools in the UK need to teach the history of all four nations, the historian David Olusoga has said, warning that ambivalence and disinterest risk pulling apart the union.

Early Life Or Just A Rock? Scientists Train Tool To Tell The Difference

It is the cloud that overshadows the search for alien life: for all the spacecraft sent to faraway worlds, researchers do not really know what to look for when it comes to evidence of life elsewhere.

'We're a bit of an oddity' Exeter up for the cup after 20 years of fan ownership

League One side host Lutonin the League Cup tonight but as their chair says: Tm sad at how other clubs judge success’

Ay, carrom-ba! Ashwin's wizardry deserves a crowning glory of World Cup success on home soil

Let's talk about the David Warner ball first, and then zoom out from there, because if you're going to try to get your head around the disorienting, shapeshifting puzzle that is Ravichandran Ashwin then you need to realise there are layers and mirrors to this thing. Some of the walls move and some do not.

Recovering Van Gogh How £5m painting wound up in an Ikea bag

Arthur Brand stands at the front door to his flat in east Amsterdam, where a week ago he took an extraordinary delivery: a stolen Vincent van Gogh painting worth up to £5.2m.

Canadian speaker apologises for applauding veteran of Nazi unit

Canada has become embroiled in political controversy after members of its House of Commons were encouraged to join in a standing ovation for an individual who fought in Ukraine with a Nazi military unit accused of war crimes during the second world war.

US stages love-in for Pacific island leaders in effort to curb China influence

Joe Biden has offered $40bn (£33bn) in economic aid to Pacific islands at a White House meeting with leaders from the region aimed at bolstering US engagement in the face of the growing Chinese presence.

'Diabolik', mafia boss behind some of Italy's worst killings, dies at 61

Matteo Messina Denaro, the \"last godfather\" of the Sicilian mafia, who was accused of orchestrating some of the most heinous crimes perpetrated by the Cosa Nostra, has died after a long illness.

Arms cache discovered in Kosovo after village siege

Kosovan authorities say they have recovered a large cache of arms after ethnic Serb gunmen stormed a village in the restive north at the weekend, battling police and barricading themselves in a monastery.

‘Inspiring’ Erdogan hails military victory by Azerbaijan

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the Azerbaijani leader, Ilham Aliyev, have lauded Baku's military victory in Nagorno-Karabakh as thousands of ethnic Armenians flee their homes from the breakaway region into Armenia.

Art review Fresh romp through the perversity of the everyday

Awax-cast erect penis is planted on a chair, and a pair of pink dentures sits upright on the other. The chairs are corralled behind a low barrier, to deter the adventurous from taking a seat and doing themselves a mischief.

Ice house to become circus centre as part of £12.2m lottery grants

A 19th-century thatched ice house is to be transformed into a circus training centre.

Braverman pushes for tougher laws on asylum in US speech

Gay people and women seeking asylum from oppressive regimes should prove they face life-threatening persecution before being given refugee status, Suella Braverman told a US audience last night.

Lib Dems vote to keep target on housing in blow to Davey

Liberal Democrat members handed a public rebuke yesterday to Ed Davey before his key speech to the party conference, rebelling in large numbers against a plan to scrap national targets for housebuilding.

Supershoes Sportswear brands go toe to toe in push to get on podium

It has been said that shoes maketh the man. But did a pair of trainers make Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa a record-breaking marathon runner?

Who needs HS2 when you can take the helicopter? And where is this 'Manchester' anyway?

That “inaction man” jibe had really hurt. Rishi Sunak had left PMQs in a right strop.

Violence, isolation and rats in cells The harsh reality of life on the inside

It is a sunny morning outside HMP Wandsworth and tourists are pointing at a food lorry waiting to go through the portcullis-style gate.

Met hopeful firearms officers crisis abating after review vow

Scotland Yard chiefs were hopeful that the rebellion by their own firearms officers was subsiding, with more returning to carrying weapons assuaged by promises that a review would examine greater protections.

After 146 days that paralysed Hollywood, writers look set to return to their keyboards

A tentative deal reached between writers and studio executives to end a strike that has paralysed Hollywood productions was welcomed yesterday by those taking industrial action and others within the industry.

Met investigates allegations of sexual offences against Brand

Scotland Yard has launched an investigation into a number of sexual offence allegations from across the country in the wake of media reporting of claims against Russell Brand.

'I will never return' Death stalks the exodus from || Nagorno-Karabakh

The day the Azerbaijani shelling began, Genadi Hyusunts had just taken his four-day-old son home from the hospital.

Shocking state of prisons means 'one in 10 should be closed down'

Ageing inner-city jails are overcrowded and barely fit for purpose - watchdog

Chinese Dissident Prepared To Stay Put At Taiwan Airport

A Chinese dissident who has taken refuge in a Taiwan airport during a stopover has said he is prepared to wait months if necessary, in order to get safe passage to a third country.

No 10 To Warn About Risks Of Using AI In Bioweapon Creation

Concerns that criminals or terrorists could use artificial intelligence to cause mass destruction will dominate discussion at a summit of world leaders as concern grows in Downing Street about the power of the next generation of technological advances.

No more Spursy Maddison praises team spirit after pulsating draw at Arsenal

James Maddison said Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Arsenal was evidence that the club are fast shedding their old “Spursy” tag under Ange Postecoglou.

Watkins piles more misery on Chelsea after Gusto red card

In the final reckoning it was easier for Chelsea to talk about misfortune in front of goal and rage at a referee.