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Oscar Piastri beat Lando Norris to win the Chinese Grand Prix as a struggling Lewis Hamilton moved aside for Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc. Piastri led virtually every lap at the Shanghai International Circuit, with Norris following his team-mate home as McLaren underlined their impressive speed by executing a one-two finish. Mercedes’ George Russell was third […]

Ben Davies praised Craig Bellamy for being “Mr Calm” at half-time as Kazakhstan threatened to derail Wales’ World Cup adventure at the very first stop. Wales owed their 3-1 victory in Cardiff to second-half goals from captain Davies and Rabbi Matondo after Daniel James’ early effort had been cancelled out by Askhat Tagybergen’s penalty. “The […]

“Corridor care” in hospitals has become “the new normal” and must be eliminated by the end of this Parliament. That’s what the Liberal Democrats will say at the launch of the party’s spring conference. Lib Dem health spokeswoman Helen Morgan will say winter NHS crises have become “annual events” and call on the Government to […]

American boxing legend George Foreman has died at the age of 76, his family announced. A post on the two-time world heavyweight champion’s Instagram page said he died peacefully on Friday surrounded by family. “Our hearts are broken,” the post said. “With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. […]

Flights have begun landing at Heathrow as it aims to return to normal operation after the airport was shut over a loss of power. Flights resumed at the west London airport on Friday evening following hours of closure after a blaze knocked out an electricity substation in Hayes late on Thursday evening. The Metropolitan Police […]

England manager Thomas Tuchel says he expects his squad to improve on its win against Albania in their World Cup qualifier at Wembley Myles Lewis-Skelly said he was “lost for words” after becoming the country’s youngest goalscorer on debut at the age of 18 years and 176 days ahead of Harry Kane (pictured) scoring his […]

Restrictions on overnight flights have been temporarily lifted to help ease congestion following the closure of Heathrow Airport. The Department of Transport confirmed the information in a post on X. According to Heathrow’s website, there is no formal ban on night flights but since the 1960s, the Government has placed restrictions on them. There is […]

A Polish man is facing a life sentence for the murder and dismemberment of a pensioner he sawed into 27 pieces. Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, who police say had an obsession with gore and gruesome horror and a tattoo of slasher-film character Jason from Friday The 13th, bludgeoned Stuart Everett with a hammer at the house they […]

The first major project for publicly owned Great British Energy will fund solar panels on the roofs of hundreds of schools and hospitals, the Government said. A £200 million investment from the clean energy company’s Government-funded budget will put rooftop solar on schools and NHS sites in efforts to save hundreds of millions of pounds […]

The Government has pledged £100million to upgrade sports facilities across the UK in an effort to drive up participation among under-represented groups. The funding, which will provide new and improved pitches, changing rooms, goalposts and floodlights, will be targeted at deprived areas in a bid to improve participation levels among women and girls, ethnic minority […]