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Crude price surge sees BP lead oil stocks in bucking top-flight fall

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Britain's top banks poised to reveal record profits of £40bn

BRITAIN'S top banks are poised to report record annual profits of about £40 billion, results that are likely to generate public anger and calls for a windfall tax on the industry.

Listen up: 'talky' epic is magnificent

Women Talking 104mins, cert 15

Emo legends return and deliver... with a few digs

ROCK Paramore This is Why (Atlantic)

Who will be a hit at the Brits?

It's British music's biggest night of the year but who will win? David Smyth looks into his crystal ball

It is decision time for Europe - we must back Zelensky to the hilt

FOR many on Wednesday, standing in Westminster, listening to President Zelensky address the crowd, beams of sunlight filtering through the high windows, it was an historic occasion.

Brits nerves? I'm more worried about my trousers splitting, says host Mo Gilligan

MO GILLIGAN has revealed his biggest fear as he returns to host the Brits is his suit \"malfunctioning\".

'Tensions at home aren't just battles over bread and milk'

Children often bear the brunt of their family's cost of living crisis. David Cohen talks to two beneficiaries of our appeal who give vital support

Magnificent McTeer thrills in this retelling of a doomed love story

Phaedra National, Lyttelton

I'm ready to take on the world, says Rihanna as she gets set for the Super Bowl

RIHANNA has said she can \"take on the world\" since becoming a mother - as excitement built ahead of her Super Bowl half-time show.

Families cling to slim hopes as quake death toll climbs to 21,000

Baby pulled alive from rubble but hopes fade after 100 hours

No recession yet, but we're not out of the woods...

Break in Premier League games help fuel slowdown

Critics focus too much on my partnership with Marcus, says Farrell

Sinfield impressed by returning Willis

Why a day at the races is part of McCullum's Test masterplan

ENGLAND coach Brendon McCullum has stressed that the fun should be put into Test cricket, as he helps the longest form of the game fight back against the rise of the franchises.

Silva's welcome boost as back-up boys show Fulham can fight on two fronts

ON A night when Fulham manager Marco Silva had to watch from the stands, his biggest concern was not his difficulty in communicating from high up in the eaves at the Stadium of Light, but whether his bit-part players could perform.

CONTE BACK...AND FACING A BIG HEADACHE

ITALIAN DUE TO RETURN TODAY AND MUST SORT OUT KEEPER ISSUE AFTER LLORIS IS SIDELINED

Felix has key role to play in saving Chelsea's season

Loan star straight back into contention after suspension

Yes minister, this week it's your turn to be Business Secretary

EIGHT and a half months is roughly the life expectancy of a beetle or some longer-lived butterflies.

We want to be seen, heard, respected and paid

Diet Paratha is the IG community celebrating South Asian talent - and its founder Anita Chhiba is intent on change, as she explains to Joe Bromley

Gong wrong? Awards in turmoil

As the Grammys, the Brits and the Oscars are embroiled in again, Robbie Griffiths assesses the wreckage controversy

No more floral midi dresses? John Lewis has gone mad

THE point of retailing, simpletons like me used to think, was to give people what they want to buy.

Why work wellbeing action beats 'awareness'

\"STOP raising awareness already!\" Stanford University academics have claimed that awareness days did little good six years ago and yet since then they have only grown in number.

Is London now only for the inheritocracy?

With deposit amounts reaching record highs, only the wealthy can afford to buy in London - and it's creating a brain drain as more talented people are forced out of the capital, says Alexandra Jones

British rescuers pull out more survivors but hopes fade for thousands still in quake rubble

BRITISH rescue teams pulled survivors of the Turkish earthquake to safety today as dire warnings were issued that thousands more were at risk of dying trapped in rubble.

New Tory deputy chairman forced to defend 'daft' death penalty comments

THE Tory party's new deputy chairman today defended controversial comments he made about the death penalty, amid criticism that the \"daft\" remarks showed he should not have been appointed.

Another Tory fine: Mordaunt caught speeding

After Sunak, Soames and Tugendhat, she drives Mini at 49mph in 40 zone

... as the Sugababes sound flawless in their second coming

Sugababes | The Garage, N5

Gloriously skilled Goulding puts on best show in best venue in London

Ellie Goulding | Koko, NW1

Alarm as figures show one woman killed every 2 days

THE number of women killed in England and Wales rose by a quarter in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic with a homicide every two days, official figures revealed today.

NEW ZELENSKY PLEA FOR TANKS AND JETS

UKRAINE PRESIDENT APPEALS TO EU FOR RAPID RESPONSE OVER FEARED PUTIN OFFENSIVE | Speed up delivery of tanks and missiles, Zelensky tells the EU