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First Night Forget decorum and count the dead bodies in this feverish Il Trovatore

Il Trovatore Royal Opera House, WC2E ★★☆☆☆

Sex, scandal and scores to settle — ITV’s long night of the soul

Phillip Schofield's confession of an affair with a This Morning runner unleashed a torrent of allegations about a toxic work environment and trouble at the top of ITV. Stephen Armstrong reports on a channel in turmoil

Battle lines drawn over 'new London Eye' at Camden Lock

PLANS for a London Eye-style ferris wheel in Camden Lock Market have sparked controversy.

ITV's grilling by MPs 'won't be a witch hunt about Phillip Schofield'

ITV bosses will not face \"a witch hunt about Phillip Schofield\", the chairwoman of the parliamentary committee set to grill them today has said.

Don’t give in to blackmail, firms hacked ;in global heist' warned

Hacks: Vladimir Putin is targeting West

Covid inquiry not backing down over WhatsApp row

“I declined”: inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett has addressed the disagreement

Dash for safety as vast Ukraine dam blast unleashes torrents

Devastating Ukraine dam blast blamed on ‘Russian terrorists’

HARRY AT COURT FOR HIS HIGH STAKES GAMBLE

HE ACCUSES MEDIA OF HAVING ‘BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS’ IN PRIVACY FIGHT

Sunak Pledges New Centres For 3,000 Migrants In Just Months

Two more ships set to house Channel migrants

Moscow Claims Russian Forces 'Have Repelled Major Ukrainian Offensive'

RUSSIAN military chiefs today claimed to have thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the south-eastern province of Donetsk.

Chelsea target Caicedo after cooling interest in £52m Ugarte

CHELSEA will switch their focus to a move for Brighton's Moises Caicedo after cooling interest in Sporting's Manuel Ugarte, who now looks set to join Paris Saint-Germain.

POSTECOGLOU SET TO TAKE SPURS JOB THIS WEEK

TALKS CONTINUE, BUT TERMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AGREED

Aussie's record of uniting fractured clubs makes him the perfect choice

IN Ange Postecoglou, Tottenham would be appointing a coach with a reputation for playing exactly the kind of \"free-flowing, attacking and entertaining\" football which chairman Daniel Levy wants to return to, but perhaps most appealing about the Australian is his record of uniting fractured clubs.

Kane could be a Real winner and still pass Shearer

Tottenham striker can achieve trophy dreams and goals record

Aussie Smith eyes hole in hosts' attack this summer

STEVE SMITH believes England have big boots to fill for the Ashes after losing Jack Leach to a stress fracture of the lower back.

Still-hungry Hamilton hopes to sign new deal today

LEWIS HAMILTON could thrash out the final terms of his Mercedes contract today, following his and the team’s best race of 2023.

Whichever way England spin it, Leach injury is big issue to fix

HOW TYPICAL that after a winter worrying about batting luxuries and a spring spent fretting over a diminishing but still enviable wealth of seam reserves, it is England’s cupboard least well stocked that, as the summer begins, appears to have run bare.

Doing a number on the modern business of work on your phone

BOASTING is a pretty common habit amongst entrepreneurs, while the humble brag tends to be deployed by more self-aware founders — or so I’ve found in the past decade interviewing founders for this column.

BA resumes flights to Beijing after three-year Covid break

BRITISH Airways has resumed flights from London to Beijing, with its first flight to the Chinese capital in over three years touching down yesterday.

Diageo's Menezes stands down after health setback

ONE of Britain’s most respected and longest serving captains of industry, Diageo boss Sir Ivan Menezes, has been forced to quit early by a health emergency.

Is Brokeback Mountain really the story we need now?

There’s much to love about this new stage adaptation but surely it’s time for bolder queer narratives, says Jason Okundaye

How to Marie Kondo your love life

RELATIONSHIPS | Do photos of past loves and archived messages truly spark joy for you? Lucy Holden on the need for old-flame decluttering

'Mice and police raids: my London renting hell'

From an infestation so bad that he had to sleep with his shoes on to a mistaken identity police raid, Jonathan Kanengoni has almost given up on living in the capital

Harry under fire as he fails to attend first day of phone hacking trial

PRINCE Harry came under fire at the High Court after it was revealed he is not going to turn up for the first day of his phone hacking case against a tabloid newspaper.

'Give members a vote on lifting ban on women joining the Garrick'

PRESSURE is mounting on one of London's oldest private members clubs to end its 191-year ban on allowing women to join.

Bland, beige and lacking in thrills

Serpentine’s perfectly proficient pavilion won’t whet many appetites

'SHAKEN' HOLLY: WE FEEL SO LET DOWN BY PHIL

'WE GAVE OUR LOVE TO SOMEONE WHO WASN’T TELLING THE TRUTH’ | We’ve had a lot to deal with, says Holly as she appears with new TV partner

'A team of six sewed for 100 hours in two weeks'

London designer Roksanda Ilinčić tells Joe Bromley what it was like to dress Beyoncé for her spectacular shows this week

Crunch US debt vote passed to help stave off financial chaos

THE House of Representatives has approved a deal to lift America's debt ceiling days ahead of a crucial deadline that threatened to spark financial chaos if missed.

For all of its obvious flaws, I still love Sex and the City

SEEN through a 2023 lens, the problems with Sex and the City are endless: it’s a show about a hyperlocal subset of wealthy white women, as imagined by a roomful of wealthy gay men.