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O'Sullivan film shows triumph and torment
Feature-length documentary gets to the heart of thisman of contradictions who stands ontop of the snooker world
In the dock Tories facing guilty verdict as reality hinders Hollywood ending
If the opinion polls are right, Jeremy Hunt is on the political equivalent of death row. Voters have passed judgment on the government and it is only a matter of time before the sentence is carried out.
Unions make case for Tata to keep blast furnace open
Union leaders have told Tata Steel it must keep a blast furnace at the Port Talbot works open until 2032 or else risk the future of the company's UK steelmaking, in a last-ditch attempt to avert job losses.
'Hell de Janeiro': scorching heatwave highlights Brazil's glaring inequality
The start of summer in the southern hemisphere is still a month away, but Brazil has already experienced its eighth heatwave of the year so far as temperatures soar to dangerously high levels.
Chanel fashion collection goes to auction
Fashion history of the hautest order is going up for auction in Paris today: 252 items of Chanel couture by the late designer Karl Lagerfeld.
Ukraine faces fresh fight as morale dips to lowest level since war began
Even taking into account the encroaching gloom of winter, Kyiv is afflicted by perhaps the most downbeat mood about the prospects for a swift and decisive Ukrainian victory over Russia since the first weeks of the full-scale invasion - thanks to a combination of several internal and external factors.
London Family forced into bedsit where 13 share a bathroom
A homeless mother with a disabled daughter and three other children has been allocated to a bedsit house in which she says up to 13 people share one bathroom.
Napoleon's hat sold for record price amid film frenzy
A two-cornered hat worn by Napoleon Bonaparte during his reign as French emperor has fetched a record €1.932m (£1.69m) at a Paris auction.
Two-thirds of women in UK have had work issues due to periods
More than two-thirds of women in the UK have bad experiences at work because of their period, a new report has found.
Sunak must condemn Israel's siege or see Gaza starve, say aid charities
British aid charities have urged Rishi Sunak to use his opening speech at a global food summit in London to condemn Israel's siege in Gaza, which they say is causing 2 million people to go hungry and taking a million children to the brink of starvation.
Main Gaza hospital has turned into 'death zone' - UN officials
Al-Shifa, the Gaza Strip's largest hospital, has become a \"death zone\", the World Health Organization has said, with a mass grave at the entrance and only 25 staff left to care for 291 seriously ill patients after orders from the Israeli army to evacuate the complex.
Glastonbury tickets sell out in less than an hour
Standard tickets to next year's Glastonbury festival have sold out in less than an hour, organisers said.
View from Stockton 'Levelling up is just a gimmick'
Living as good a later life as possible is a definite aim of the older people who have gathered on a chilly November morning to walk, talk and play carpet bowls in Stockton's Ropner park in north-east England.
Profile Elon Musk
The Tesla owner likes to think he is environmentally conscious, writes Oliver Milman, but is he really a rare green billionaire?
Ofsted 'fuels football manager culture' of firing school leaders
Ofsted is contributing to a \"football manager culture\" of firing headteachers to improve results and needs to be overhauled to help schools improve, according to the latest criticisms aimed at England's schools inspectorate.
Former Tory MP to stand down after conviction for racial abuse
A former Tory MP has said he will step down at the next general election after being found guilty of racially abusing an activist.
Liz Kendall Tories have 'shirked responsibility' to support people out of work
A Labour government would treat health and work as \"two sides of the same coin\" to help tackle the growing amount of economic inactivity, the shadow work and pensions secretary has said as Jeremy Hunt prepares to make welfare a key dividing line in this week's budget.
Autumn statement will avoid tax cuts that fuel inflation, Hunt pledges
Jeremy Hunt has played down the prospect of immediate income tax cuts, pledging not to do anything in this week's autumn statement that will fuel inflation.
Shakira due to face Barcelona court on charges of tax evasion
The Grammy-winning singer Shakira is due in court in Barcelona today on charges of defrauding the Spanish tax authorities of €14.5m (£12.7m).
Investors in OpenAI push for surprise return of sacked CEO
Sam Altman is being lined up for a surprise return as the chief executive of the ChatGPT developer OpenAI amid pressure from investors to reverse his surprise removal.
Sunak may 'disapply' rights law to save Rwanda scheme
Rishi Sunak is considering blocking a key human rights law to help force through plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda under growing pressure from rightwing MPs.
Israel-Hamas deal to release some hostages edges closer
Israel and Hamas appear to be edging towards a deal involving the release of some hostages, possibly in return for a limited ceasefire and the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
Match point Expansion plan pits Wimbledon against local council
Forget the tennis. A much bigger match will take place in Wimbledon next week as the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) takes on another local council over its plan to build an 8,000-seat stadium on a Grade II*-listed park.
Playing the Trump card
Far-right populist cries fraud ahead of vote in Argentina
Woman with the flower tattoo
How Rita Roberts was found
Cameron call for billions in aid risks Tory anger
In a remarkable change of tone for a government that closed the Department for International Development and slashed the foreign aid budget, the former prime minister is to say he wants to push for the restoration of aid’s status in foreign policy .
From tech bro to culture warrior
So who is the real Rishi Sunak?
Booker winning author and critic AS Byatt dies at 87
The writer and critic AS Byatt, who explored family, myth and narrative in a career spanning six decades, has died aged 87. Her publisher, Chatto & Windus, confirmed that she died peacefully at home surrounded by her close family.
Emperor's new clothes? Why France is ready to embrace Napoleon again
A Hollywood war epic about the world's most famous Frenchman - directed by an Englishman was bound to contain its share of historical inaccuracies.
Gaza faces 'immediate' threat of starvation
Emma Graham-Harrison