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Booker-winner Flanagan takes Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize

Richard Flanagan's Question 7 has been named winner of the Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction, making the Australian writer the first person to have won both this award and the Booker prize for fiction.

Knife crime 'blighting lives of too many children', says report

Serious youth violence in England is widespread and not restricted to particular ethnic or demographic groups, according to investigators who were told that children as young as 11 were carrying knives for protection.

Parents' dismay at baby girl's irreversible male birth certificate

A newborn baby girl will have to go through life with the wrong sex on her birth certificate after a registrar's error, which her parents have been told they can't change.

You're having a larf? Fake accents fool Londoners, study shows

It seems Londoners, and southerners more broadly, are among the worst at spotting people mimicking their accents, with northerners, Scots and the Irish performing better.

Man, 92, arrested over 1967 rape and murder

A 92-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of raping and murdering a woman in Bristol almost 60 years ago.

Nuclear power Attacks on grid 'raise the risk of catastrophe'

Ukraine's power network is at \"heightened risk of catastrophic failure\" after Russia's missile and drone attack on Sunday, Greenpeace has warned, raising fears about the safety of the country's three operational nuclear power stations.

Baltic Sea Germany 'assumes cable damage was sabotage'

Germany has said it has to assume that damage to two undersea fibreoptic cables in the Baltic Sea since Sunday was an act of sabotage.

Film review Erivo casts powerful spell in sugar-rush fantasy

As Kermit the Frog and the Hulk discovered: it's not easy being green. Now another verdant character is gleefully brought to the screen by lyricist-producer Stephen Schwartz, screenwriters Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, and director Jon M Chu in an adaptation of Schwartz's Broadway musical, the first of two parts.

Zelenskyy Ukraine 'could face loo,ooo North Korean troops'

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country could face 100,000 North Korean troops, as he urged European nations to intensify military aid in a speech marking 1,000 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.

Cock-a-doodle-don't: man is fined over his noisy cockerel

A man has been fined after his pet cockerel subjected neighbours in a quiet street to \"torture\" by repeatedly crowing as early as 3am.

First taste of winter snow brings closures and travel disruption

Large parts of the UK were blanketed with snow yesterday as the country got its \"first taste of winter\", which brought school closures, train delays, difficult driving conditions and an appeal to check in on vulnerable people.

Being fit could lower risk of dementia and delay its onset, study suggests

Being physically fit could lower the risk of dementia and delay the development of the disease by almost 18 months, research has found. Exercise could even help people who are genetically more predisposed to dementia to cut their risk by up to 35%.

Starmer denies waging class war as farmers talk of being 'betrayed'

Keir Starmer has denied that he is mounting a class war by targeting wealthy landowners and private schools, after the head of the National Farmers' Union accused the government of an extraordinary \"betrayal\" over inheritance tax changes.

Clarkson leaves to applause, While the man from the ministry has a day to forget

It was a very civilised protest. The sort you might expect from roughly 10,000 asset-rich, cash-poor millionaire farmers from all over the country.

'It's a way of life' Tweed ancl tractors descend on streets of Westminster

Honking tractors carrying young farmers and a sea of people clad in tweed and wellies signalled the countryside had come to the capital yesterday to demand the scrapping of Labour's budget changes to inheritance tax on agricultural businesses.

Starmer declines to condemn jailing of Hong Kong activists

Keir Starmer has twice declined to directly condemn the jailing of dozens of Hong Kong's pro-democracy figures after meeting China's president at the G20 summit in Brazil.

Family of woman found dead in car in London say police failed her

The family of a woman found dead in a car boot in east London have accused police of not doing enough to protect her, saying she had filed a complaint alleging domestic abuse by her husband weeks before.

Macho society must change attitude, Gisele Pelicot tells court in rape trial

Gisele Pelicot, who was drugged by her husband and allegedly raped by dozens of men he invited into her bedroom, has told a court that \"macho\" society must change its attitude on rape.

MPs to call on Musk to testify about X's role in August riots

MPs are to summon Elon Musk to testify about X's role in spreading disinformation, in a parliamentary inquiry into the riots in the UK in August and the rise of false and harmful content disseminated by artificial intelligence.

Zoe Ball steps down from BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show to 'focus on family'

The BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball is stepping down from her breakfast slot after six years to be replaced by Scott Mills.

Manifest's destiny: Cambridge names it the word ofthe year

\"Manifest\", meaning to dream or will something into existence, has been named the word of 2024 by Cambridge Dictionary, after a surge of celebrity-inspired popularity on social media.

Streeting orders review into role of physician associates in NHS

Wes Streeting has ordered a review of what physician associates do in the NHS, amid growing alarm in the medical profession about patient safety.

Fears grow over Russian hybrid warfare campaign against west

Kremlin vows to respond after US allows Ukraine to use long-range missiles

Winter fuel cut could put 100,000 in poverty

Cuts to the winter fuel allowance could force 100,000 pensioners into relative poverty, government analysis has shown, as ministers come under mounting pressure over a number of measures in last month's budget.

'We have the talent to do it' Carsley insists England can win World Cup under Tuchel

Lee Carsley believes England will be in a good position to win the next World Cup when Thomas Tuchel takes charge of the national team in the new year.

Seven-match ban handed to Bentancur for racist Son slur

Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven domestic matches by the Football Association for using a racial slur against his Tottenham teammate Son Heung-min.

Carsley's Kids have been refreshing, but is Tuchel likely to stick with them?

New manager may be in too much of a rush to play youth but interim coach has exposed obsession with big names

Bellamy sets out to make Wales a 'top national team'

Craig Bellamy has reiterated that he does not want Wales to settle for mediocrity, insisting he plans to establish them as \"one of the top national teams\".

Holloway calls wife in for Swindon ghostbusting job

Swindon Town's manager, Ian Holloway, has suggested the struggling League Two club's bad fortune could be because their training ground is haunted.

What are latest WSL crowd sizes telling us?

Upward curve has flattened slightly with move to main stadiums but establishing an invested fanbase takes time