BEST FOOT FORWARD

This year's Cannes Film Festival has hosted great movies but also subtle forms of sartorial rebellion

GOING THE DISTANCE

Ahead of the centenary of the gruelling 24 Hours of Le Mans race, Mick O'Hare looks at the event's growth from humble beginnings into an annual highlight for fans around the globe

GENERATION GAME

After a few near misses, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz have been placed on a collision course at the French Open. Jamie Braidwood on a potential gift from the tennis gods

Romance trumps hard cash in battle for top-tier status

Coventry and Luton vie for glory today after years in the wilderness. Lawrence Ostlere on a special play-off final

Inside the final-day 'theatre' of fight to avoid relegation

Everton, Leicester and Leeds must buckle up for the most chaotic, emotional day in football

British business wants us to encourage foreign students

Employers are suffering because of the government's blanket approach to rules on immigration

Asos raises £75m in bid to shake-up firm after losses

Fast-fashion firm Asos has raised £75m to support its turnaround plan. The online retail business confirmed yesterday that it has completed a share placing, with 17.9 million shares at 418.1p each to secure the cash injection.

Kim Jong-un's friend from school says North Korean leader doesn't have a son

Kim Jong-un may not have fathered a son as he never mentioned a male offspring during their conversations, the North Korean dictator’s school friend Joao Micaelo said

I survived a tiger attack

Namita Singh reports on how hunters became the hunted in the world's largest mangrove forest in India's West Bengal

Putin's narrative is failing, as this week's events prove

From nuclear threats to raids on Russian territory, Russia's president has plenty to think about

Killer parents used Covid rules to hide baby's torture

Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden are jailed for the 'savage and brutal' murder of their 10-month-old son Finley

Three Black men convicted of murder launch appeal stating 'institutional racism'

Lawyers for three Black men \"wrongly\" convicted of murder have applied for their sentences to be reviewed, claiming they were victims of \"institutional racism\" within the courts

The government is guilty of an 'astonishing betrayal' on measures to protect animals

Ministers and civil servants are fond of repeating the mantra that the UK is a world leader in animal welfare, and a raft of reforms were promised in both the Conservatives’ 2019 election manifesto, as well as in the party’s grand animal-welfare plan of 2021, announced to great fanfare

Incurable condition forces Dion to cancel world tour

Celine Dion has cancelled the remaining dates of her world tour, telling fans she is not strong enough to perform following her diagnosis with an incurable neurological condition.

Think the Tories want to slash the numbers arriving in the UK? Think again

The government’s immigration policy is incoherent. We have a government that describes net migration as “too high” but doesn’t really want to bring it down because its higher priority is economic growth

How rising mortgages could derail Sunak's election plan

Continuing high interest rates would severely constrain the Tories as the next election approaches

Hunt will accept a recession if it helps to reduce inflation

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has backed interest-rate hikes being used to calm soaring inflation even if they increase the risk of the UK entering a recession

Travel misery as Heathrow enters its third day of chaos

As millions of families begin half-term week, and many others start bank holiday weekend getaways, British Airways will enter its third day of disruption and cancellations today

Boris is on the rack - and it is all a consequence of Brexit

Never in my lifetime have I seen an ex-prime minister so nakedly and painfully on the rack to the extent that Boris Johnson is. Two potential police investigations

Johnson sitting on a 'ticking timebomb' over fresh claims

Latest Partygate allegations put ex-PM 'painfully on the rack'

As The Ukraine War Spills Into Russia, A Dangerous New Front Is About To Explode

At the start of this week, an unknown number of paramilitaries entered the Russian region of Belgorod from Ukraine

Braverman 'Gone To Ground' As Migration Figures Rocket

Home secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of “going to ground” after figures revealed that net migration had hit a record high of 606,000 with around 1.2 million people arriving to live in the UK in 2022

Chinese Archaeologists Find WWII Biological Warfare Lab

Archaeologists have uncovered an underground bunker in northeast China that was purportedly used during the Second World War by Japanese scientists to conduct horrific experiments on human subjects

Johnson's Camp In A Panic Over Chequers Covid Claims

Boris Johnson’s camp is in panic mode over fresh claims of possible rule-breaking at Chequers during Covid, prompting the sacking of the ex-prime minister’s lawyers and a public lambasting of Rishi Sunak’s government

The Russian Militias Taking Vengeance Against Moscow

The Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps were formed following last year’s invasion. Now they are bringing the fight to the Kremlin

The Real Scandal? There Isn't Enough Immigration

Immigration is a good thing

This Is What's Driving Surge In People Coming To The UK

Net migration has hit a new record high, driven by workers from outside the EU moving to the UK, new figures show

Man Utd owe Champions League return to Casemiro

Last May, Casemiro won the Champions League

BA outage leads to flight cancellations at Heathrow

A systems outage forced British Airways to cancel at least 60 flights, affecting thousands of passengers

Mercury victor's sugar-spun musings on the pop eternal

On her second album, Arlo Parks finds inspiration in love, with sometimes surprising results