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For Women Scotland supporters celebrate outside the Supreme Court following a ruling on the Equality Act.

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Equalities watchdog inundated by questions on trans women ruling

Baroness Falkner said Supreme Court ruling provided clarity to organisations, while JK Rowling celebrated the decision on social media

Politics

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POLITICAL SKETCH

Scunthorpe roar helps Reeves dodge tricky trans question

Politics

Nigel Farage speaking at a Reform UK rally.

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Nigel Farage faces defamation lawsuit from ousted Reform MP

Politics

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Photo of King Charles III and Donald Trump in formal wear.

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Trump to visit UK in September at King’s invitation

The president said it was ‘an honour to be a friend’ to the royal family

Politics

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President Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meeting in the Oval Office.

Trump says baseline tariffs will stay in blow to UK hopes of deal

Politics

Move over Ozempic, first weight-loss pill could put an end to jabs

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Trump says baseline tariffs will stay in blow to UK hopes of deal

Politics

Move over Ozempic, first weight-loss pill could put an end to jabs

Healthcare

Editor's picks

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INTERVIEW

Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus: life at 80 and falling for a younger woman

Bjorn Ulvaeus is keeping his younger self alive as an avatar in Abba Voyage. But the man himself is still full of energy

Celebrity

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As birthrates plummet, here are the new school catchment area rules

Property & Home

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ASK THE EXPERTS

My portfolio is down 10% — how can I make up the loss?

Money

World

President Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House.

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We’ll make the West great again, Giorgia Meloni tells Trump

The Italian prime minister became the latest world leader to visit the Oval Office as she sought to convince the US president to drop his tariff plans

US politics

Aerial view of Meribel ski resort in the French Alps.

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Méribel school to close as holiday homes force out locals

Europe

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Swedish teenager arrested in Sydney over gang murder plot back home

Europe

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Méribel school to close as holiday homes force out locals

Europe

Swedish teenager arrested in Sydney over gang murder plot back home

Europe

Comment

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PATRICK MAGUIRE North Sea is battleground for Labour v Reform

After the rescue of British Steel, influential Labour Party figures are now pressing for an urgent rethink on oil and gas drilling

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Cartoon by Morten Morland

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EMMA DUNCAN I love oak trees but we don’t need yet more rules

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GERARD BAKER Trump’s made Harvard look like the underdog

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MARTIN SAMUEL | NOTEBOOK Morrissey’s right: this isn’t just parody, it’s stalking

MICHAEL COREN | THUNDERER Easter can be a time of reflection for us all — Christian or not

Business

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaking.

IMF to cut growth forecasts for global economy

The fund said inflation would rise with greater stress on markets because of American protectionism

Economics

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Alistair Osborne Trump’s idiot wind could be boon for Britain

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Harry Wallop Workplace fitness tracking? It’s healthier to leave us alone

Alistair Osborne Trump’s idiot wind could be boon for Britain

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Harry Wallop Workplace fitness tracking? It’s healthier to leave us alone

Sport

1/3|Maguire’s late goal sealed an exhilarating encounter and kept United’s season alive

Maguire’s late goal sealed an exhilarating encounter and kept United’s season alive

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EUROPA LEAGUE

Three goals in seven mad minutes send United through in epic

Man Utd 5 Lyon 4 (Utd win 7-6 on aggregate): Defender seals classic with last-gasp winner to complete remarkable turnaround from 4-2 down

Football

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Kylian Mbappé holding a soccer ball during a Real Madrid game.

COMMENT

JAMES GHEERBRANT

Mbappé must adapt or let true greatness pass him by

Football

Virgil van Dijk in Liverpool jersey, surrounded by framed photos of Liverpool players.

ANALYSIS

PAUL JOYCE

Van Dijk commits to Liverpool — this is why he’s chosen to stay

Football

Tottenham Hotspur players celebrating a goal.

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EUROPA LEAGUE

Dogged Spurs grasp lifeline with one of best displays of Postecoglou era

Football

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Max Verstappen and his race engineer on the grid before the F1 Grand Prix of Japan.

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MOLLY HUDSON

Red Bull’s response to slow car? A paddock parade of dirty laundry

Formula 1

Freddy Steward of England at the Rugby World Cup semi-final.

INTERVIEW

Steward: Every time someone made a line break I thought, ‘Oh shit’

Rugby union

Shirtless Legia Warsaw fans cheering at a soccer match.

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CONFERENCE LEAGUE

Shirtless Legia fans have a ball as muddled Chelsea stumble through

Football

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EUROPA LEAGUE

Dogged Spurs grasp lifeline with one of best displays of Postecoglou era

Football

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NEW

MOLLY HUDSON

Red Bull’s response to slow car? A paddock parade of dirty laundry

Formula 1

INTERVIEW

Steward: Every time someone made a line break I thought, ‘Oh shit’

Rugby union

NEW

CONFERENCE LEAGUE

Shirtless Legia fans have a ball as muddled Chelsea stumble through

Football

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COMMENT

JAMES GHEERBRANT

Mbappé must adapt or let true greatness pass him by

Football

ANALYSIS

PAUL JOYCE

Van Dijk commits to Liverpool — this is why he’s chosen to stay

Football

Life & Style

Collage of Barack Obama, George Clooney, Tom Hardy, and Brad Pitt.

Team Suit: which side are you on?

Tom Hardy’s mustard three-piece has divided opinion. What’s wrong with dressing like Obama, asks Hilary Rose, while Jeremy Langmead is pro quirky

Fashion

Ann Treneman How to survive the garden centre rush this bank holiday weekend

Portrait of Robert Crampton three months into his diet.

Robert Crampton Why Gen Z really annoy me

Ann Treneman How to survive the garden centre rush this bank holiday weekend

Robert Crampton Why Gen Z really annoy me

Culture

Mr. and Mrs. Howard with their dog in front of Castle Howard.

Owning Brideshead? ‘It’s expensive and not always relaxing’

The custodians of Castle Howard, used for the Netflix hit and the setting for TV’s Brideshead, talk about the latest restoration — and the difficulty of paying the bills

Art

Amber Davies and the original West End cast of The Great Gatsby.

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Art

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Lord Sugar with the two finalists of The Apprentice.

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REVIEW

The Apprentice final: a stale formula, but a worthy winner

TV & Radio

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Travel

MY HOLS

Liza Goddard: ‘My dad refused to go to Europe because of wartime memories’

The actress on visiting Fiji with her late husband, Alvin Stardust, working with kangaroos on Skippy and a solo trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway when she was 19

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