'A sun trap' British wine flourishes with global heating

We've never had frost here,\" says Adrian Pike, gesturing across rows of vines just starting to show signs of tiny buds in Kent's weak spring sunshine. Westwell vineyard is on the site of a former monastery and sits close to the Pilgrims' Way, the historical route to Canterbury that runs along the top of the hill behind the vineyard.

'It's a nightmare' Haiti's maternity clinics forced to close as violence soars

The worst fears of midwives at Heartline Haiti were realised last week. As they prepared the maternity clinic that evening, armed men laid siege to their neighbourhood in eastern Port-au-Prince, spraying bullets at police and rival gangs, setting cars on fire and ransacking houses.

'The next chapter' Chinese expats find refuge, free speech and a slower pace of life in Thailand

Xiong Yidan has gathered more than a dozen animals since she moved to Thailand.

History in the making Trump's NY criminal trial set to begin

Washington e has been businessman, TV showman and president of the United States.

Ukraine 'overloaded' by wave of attacks on power stations, says Kyiv aide

Ukraine's air defences are being overwhelmed by concentrated waves of Russian bombing aimed at its power stations, a senior presidential adviser acknowledged in the aftermath of the destruction of an entire plant on Thursday.

Double denim Beyoncé's album boosts sales of Levi's

\"Denim on denim on denim on denim,\" sings Beyoncé on Levii's Jeans, one of the standout tracks of her new album, Cowboy Carter.

'Adapt and pivot' Samantha Cameron bucks trend as she opens her first shop

While the Tories are in freefall, one former first couple is bucking the trend. Samantha Cameron, the designer and founder of the fashion brand Cefinn and wife of the former prime minister David Cameron, is about to open her first bricks and mortar store, just as the role of foreign secretary has returned her husband to the frontline of politics.

Watershed moment The basketball star who is upending women's sport

It has been hailed as a watershed moment for women's sport in America. For the first time, the women's college basketball tournament final was watched by more US TV viewers than the men's match.

'Bradford isn't like this': city left traumatised by woman's fatal stabbing

Bradford is still \"in shock\" almost a week on from the killing of Kulsuma Akter, who was stabbed to death while pushing her seven-month-old son in a pram in the city centre.

Aid Agencies decry lack of help as top Biden official says famine taking hold

A surge in aid into Gaza that Benjamin Netanyahu promised Joe Biden a week ago has so far failed to materialise, aid workers said, as the US aid chief confirmed that famine was beginning to take hold in parts of the besieged coastal strip.

Film review Zendaya aces sexy, uproariously funny tennis love triangle

It's almost too good to be true. Could the cinema world be witnessing the birth of a stunning new mixed doubles partnership? Last year, the Korean-Canadian film-maker Celine Song gave us her wonderful, Oscar-nominated debut film Past Lives, a personal love-triangle movie about a Korean woman in the US, married to a white American writer, poignantly reconnecting with her Korean childhood sweetheart; the fictional writer, incidentally, has a novel out called Boner.

Campaigner Report has 'potential for positive change'

When Stephen Whittle transitioned as a teenager in 1975, he was one of only a handful of young people in the UK to be offered hormone treatment and later surgery.

Drawing a line Hopes Cass report will end 'culture of fear' in gender research

Critical thinking and open debate are pillars of scientific and medical research. Yet experienced professionals are increasingly scared to openly discuss their views on the treatment of children questioning their gender identity.

'It's a way of living' Could Atlantic diet be healthier than its Mediterranean cousin?

Seagulls shriek, boats bob and the morning sun silvers the waters off the Coast of Death as two sailors take a break from winding up their congereel lines to ponder the sudden interest in precisely what, and how, people here have eaten for centuries.

'It will end in tears': Truss memoir reveals husband's warning over her bid to be PM

Liz Truss ran to become the leader of the Conservative party and prime minister despite her husband's prediction that \"it would all end in tears\", according to her book, Ten Years to Save the West, which will be published next week.

Streeting defends Labour's plans to use private sector firms to cut NHS backlog

Wes Streeting has defended Labour's plans to use the private sector to help cut the NHS backlog, arguing that a failure to do so would result in a \"betrayal\" of working-class people who cannot afford to pay for care.

Bonobos 'may not deserve reputation as peace lovers'

Bonobos are not quite the peace-loving primates they have long been considered, researchers say, after finding males show more aggression towards each other than chimpanzees.

All over £3 a week How one woman fell victim

Karina Moon vividly reacalls the telephone call that brought her to tears. She was standing, frozen, in the living room of her home in north Wales as a government official told her she needed to repay £11,292.75 or be prosecuted for fraud.

Inquiry hears former Post Office boss wrote of 'subbies with hand in the till'

A former boss of the Post Office sent an email to two staff members in 2009 telling them his instinct about the Horizon scandal was that \"subbies with their hand in the till\" were blaming the technology.

'So it's you.Here you are': Rushdie on the moment he was stabbed

Salman Rushdie has said his first thought upon seeing the man who would stab him on stage in August 2022 was: \"So it's you. Here you are.\"

Failure to tackle climate crisis violated women's rights, court rules

A legal ruling at the European court of Human Rights could open the floodgates for new court cases around the world, experts have said.

Italy braced for Ripley fans but crowds could be murder

When Andrew Scott's eponymous character in the new Netflix series Ripley travels from Naples to the village of Atrani, the rickety bus has the road almost to itself; a solitary Vespa passes the other way.

Rayner says she will resign if police find she committed crime over sale of her house

Angela Rayner has pledged to step down as deputy leader of the Labour party if a police investigation finds she has committed a crime, amid allegations of breaching electoral law and avoiding capital gains tax.

Smoking Ban Johnson Calls Conservative Policy Mad'

Boris Johnson has attacked Rishi Sunak's smoking ban, calling it "absolutely nuts" in a lament about the state of the Conservative party.

Khan Accuses Mayoral Rival Of Trumpian' Stance On Climate

Sadiq Khan will accuse his Tory rival in the race to be London's next mayor of being "Trumpian" over the climate crisis, as he announces plans for solar panels on schools.

Central Banks Should Resist Calls For Rate Cuts - IMF Head

The world's leading central banks must resist calls from politicians for early interest rate cuts amid concerns over stubbornly high inflation on both sides of the Atlantic, the head of the International Monetary Fund has urged.

Subs Hofmann and Boniface strike late to stun West Ham

There is an inevitability to Bayer Leverkusen's late shows. On a night of dogged, selfless defending, Xabi Alonso's side maintained their composure, used their bench and took control of this Europa League tie with two goals in the dying stages.

Scamacca double leaves Liverpool needing miracle

Anfield was shorn of its flags and Liverpool lost all of their powers.

Raducanu hopeful of finding her feet on clay

Emma Raducanu says she is relishing the challenge of adapting her game to perform on clay as she and Katie Boulter lead Great Britain in a tough Billie Jean King Cup qualifier against France.

'Returning to boxing took me out of a downward spiral'

Super-featherweight Jordan Gillon how he contemplated ending his life and tomorrow's fight against Zelfa Barrett