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Dewsbury-Hall delivers as Gent hit by goal rush

With every result, Enzo Maresca is making Chelsea believe again.

'My home record is bloody good so it's hard to match that'

Chris Woakes is ready for the challenge of leading England's Test attack in Pakistan and justifying Brendon McCullum's faith in his ability overseas

Brewer to reduce emissions by making beer using heat pump

An independent brewery in West Sussex is poised to become the first in Britain to make its beer using an ultra-high-temperature heat pump in place of an oil boiler.

Carmakers complain of pressure to hit EV targets despite record sales in September

UK electric car sales hit a record high in September, even as bosses from major carmakers told the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, that government targets were putting too much pressure on the industry.

Bank of England monitoring crisis in the Middle East 'extremely closely'

The Bank of England is monitoring the Middle East crisis amid fears that a worsening conflict between Iran and Israel will make it impossible to stabilise oil prices and leave the global economy vulnerable to a 1970s-style energy shock.

'Speak the truth' Russia's opposition is rocked by claims over attack on Navalny ally

When Leonid Volkov, a longtime associate of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was brutally attacked with a hammer outside his home in Lithuania in March, it initially seemed yet another case of the Kremlin hunting down its enemies abroad.

Deaths from Hurricane Helene pass 200 a week after storm

A week after Hurricane Helene made landfall in the US, search-and-rescue teams are continuing to search for missing people in parts of the south-east that were devastated by the storm.

Book claims Trump axed hardline migrant policy after Melania intervened

Melania Trump describes in her new memoir how she made her husband, then president Donald Trump, drop a signature hardline immigration policy under which migrant children were separated from their parents, stoking domestic and international uproar.

Centrepoint says councils illegally turn away homeless young people

Hundreds of homeless young people, including dozens who are pregnant or have children, are being illegally turned away by councils when they ask for help.

White women eligible to donate stem cells on NHS for first time

Millions of women are now eligible to donate stem cells on the NHS for the first time amid rising demand for life-saving transplants and a drive to reduce reliance on expensive imports.

Mother who left four sons alone found guilty over deaths in fire

A woman has been found guilty over the deaths of her four young sons in a fire at their home in south London after she left them alone to go shopping.

Hate crime figures rise in Scotland after legal change

Recorded hate crime in Scotland has risen 63% since new legislation came into force, with officers saying the increase reflects greater public confidence that offences will be investigated.

Hospital 'refused to alert police about Letby to avoid publicity'

Hospital executives refused to call the police about Lucy Letby because of a \"concern we will be in the media spotlight\", an inquiry has been told.

Journals and charts reveal scale of oyster reef decline

Just a handful of natural oyster reefs, measuring at most a few square metres, cling precariously along European coasts after centuries of overfishing, dredging and pollution.

The benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water in decline

The dental health benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water may be smaller than before fluoride toothpaste was widely available, a review has suggested.

Selfies stand in for signatures at poorly staffed police station

People answering bail at Corby police station in Northamptonshire are being asked to take selfies to prove their attendance, as the counter is now only open two days a week.

Lack of cemetery space may lead to graves being reused

Graves could be reused and closed burial grounds reopened under proposals aimed at tackling a lack of space for the dead.

Woman who lay dead in flat for three years wrote she was 'starving' in diary

A vulnerable woman who lay dead unnoticed in a social housing flat for more than three years wrote in her diary she was starving and running out of food, an inquest has heard.

Met officer gave 'false' account of shooting man dead, court told

A police officer accused of murder gave a \"false\" and \"exaggerated\" account to justify shooting dead an unarmed man in a stationary car, a jury has been told.

'Night of the living dead' Upbeat Tories are in denial about wipeout

Three months on from almost their worst ever election loss, Conservative MPs were curiously gleeful at their Birmingham conference this week.

'Embarrassing' BBC interview cancelled after Kuenssberg slip

The BBC has cancelled a prime-time interview with Boris Johnson after the presenter Laura Kuenssberg accidentally sent the former prime minister her briefing notes.

Johnson insists in memoir he would have 'won again' in July election if still PM

Boris Johnson has insisted he would have won another election if he had not been forced from Downing Street, arguing in his new memoir that he broke no rules with lockdown parties and was the victim of a conspiracy.

Disguised doctor injected mother's partner with poison, court hears

A GP worried about his inheritance disguised himself as a nurse and injected deadly poison into his victim, who thought he was getting a home-visit Covid booster, a court heard yesterday.

UK agrees to hand over last African colony to Mauritius and let its people return

Britain has agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending years of bitter dispute over Britain's last African colony.

Arrest after suspected acid attack outside London school

A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm after what is believed to have been an acid attack outside a school in west London this week.

UK toddlers get almost half their calories from ultra-processed foods

Toddlers in Britain get almost half of their calories from ultra-processed foods (UPF) and this rises to 59% by the age of seven, according to the largest study of its kind.

Exhibition charts wild times and outlandish fashion of 80s clubs

With ITV's drama Joan on our screens and the bubble skirt back on catwalks, the 1980s are having a moment.

'It does not want to be loved' Israel feels isolated as sympathies ebb away

Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, famously said: \"Our future does not depend on what the gentiles will say, but on what the Jews will do.\"

Lebanon Frayed nerves as medical workers face bombs and mystery calls

The airstrikes started just before noon.

Evacuation Order sparks fears of wider IDF assault

The Israeli military ordered evacuations of a Lebanese city and other communities north of a UN-declared buffer zone yesterday, signalling it may widen its ground operation against the militant group Hezbollah.