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March 28, 2023

Prince's newspaper stories cost him friends, court told

Lawyers describe Harry as paranoid’ on first day of hearing

3 mins

ANL 'saw copy of Elton John's child's birth cert before him', court hears

Sir Elton John and David Furnish had not seen a copy of their first child's birth certificate before it was \"unlawfully\" obtained by the publisher of the Daily Mail and placed beneath a \"derogatory\" headline, the High Court has been told.

3 mins

Harry's 'Worldwide Privacy Tour' is just getting started

The very best satire has a remarkable knack for changing absolutely nothing. Harry and Meghan were made to look so perfectly absurd by South Park’s Worldwide Privacy Tour” episode that the California-based campaigners have evidently concluded that they have been left with little choice but to carry on precisely as normal.

2 mins

'Continuity candidate' plans to keep SNP's ballot success

Scottish health secretary Humza Yousaf has been elected as the leader of the SNP. In winning, he has become Scotland’s first Muslim leader. Below we look at his career in politics to date and his beliefs.

2 mins

Ministers 'thrashing around.for votes' with asbo policy

The government is thrashing around” for votes with its new anti-social behaviour plan after years of ignoring victims’ calls for action on the issue, a former watchdog has said.

4 mins

Skier 'heard blood-curdling scream' before collision with Gwyneth Paltrow

Aman who collided with Gwyneth Paltrow on a ski slope says he is living another life” following the incident, which left him with severe injuries.

2 mins

Israel Puts Judicial Reforms On Hold After Mass Protests

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu came under intense pressure as weeks of demonstrations culminated in a threat to strike by 800,000 workers, closing airports and embassies

5 mins

Zelensky visits soldiers on frontline in Zaporizhzhia

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky handed out medals to troops in southeastern Zaporizhzhia, the latest stage of his tour of frontline regions, as Kyiv’s forces seek to break the back of Russia‘s winter offensive before starting their own.

3 mins

Six dead at Nashville school after latest mass shooting

It’s a headline that’s all too common in America, a country with more than one mass shooting per day: a mass shooter has killed multiple people using an assault-style rifle.

3 mins

India's Parliament Disrupted By Protests Over Gandhi Ban

India’s parliament descended into chaos as opposition party members chanted slogans, carried placards, and threw paper at the speaker who oversees the proceedings of the lower house.

3 mins

Why mental health services have been left so far behind

As one doctor puts it, imagine presenting a breast lump and being told to come back in three years to see how you’re doing’. Peter Blackburn and Ben Ireland examine the stark disparity between physical and mental healthcare in the UK

9 mins

Cost Of Sugar Leaves A Sour Taste As Food Inflation Soars

Shop price inflation reached a record high this month, figures show and there's more misery for households in store as experts warn soaring food costs have yet to peak.

2 mins

Bellingham and Saka have become untouchables in Southgate's England 4.0

Across Europe, it is a time of new beginnings and new eras, of new players and new managers. That can be the way after major tournaments: disappointments lead to clearouts, international retirements to opportunities, different regimes to a shift in thinking and personnel. Then there is England. While change has been a guiding theme, whether for France or Germany, Spain or Italy, Gareth Southgate's side have been Europe's kings of continuity.

4 mins

'New' Joshua comeback will be defined by moments

Anthony Joshua insists there will be no pressure on his shoulders when he fights Jermaine Franklin at the O2 on Saturday night. Joshua lost his last two fights, he will have a new trainer in his corner, he has prepared for the first time in Dallas, and his glittering career is most definitely poised: win and he gets closer to a massive fight, lose and he gets closer to the end.

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