The number one most beloved theme park is Discovery Cove in Orlando, according to data from Google and Tripadvisor

Exclusive: Chief executive says flights to the Middle East could be on the cards a but one MP has called the decision adisastrousa

Advanced CT scanners at some UK and European airports mean liquids and laptops can stay in the travelleras bag a but the 100ml size limit remains

The Papal Jubilee is Romeas biggest deal in this year, but 2025 is also filled with exciting art exhibitions, festivals and events worth travelling for

The first package break in 1950 flew Britons to Corsica for a week of wine, food and fun a for APS32 and 10 shillings

Rather than heading west out of Melbourne towards the Great Ocean Road, Rosamund Hall turned east and took the lesser-known route to Gippsland a which she discovered to be a wonderfully scenic region of Victoria

Hereas a sandy selection of some of the best shores across Oz, from famed white swathes to kangaroo bays

An energy crisis in Zambia and Zimbabwe caused by lack of rain has led to plans for a rapid increase in coal power aA most backed with money from Chinese firms. Nick Ferris reports

A video caught those on board helping each other jump from the wing onto the ground

The risk for travellers is very real, write FrA(c)dA(c)ric Dimanche and Kelley A. McClinchey

aRight now, it"s not the seasona, said transport minister

For convenient stays right next to the runway that doesnat skimp on comfort, start your holiday a night early at these Manchester Airport hotels

Both walkouts have fallen on the same day, shoring up potential wide disruption to flights in Europe

Track staff in the wrong location were aobscured from the driveras viewa due to heavy rain

It takes 10 hours to restore key airport systems if they lose power, MPs on the Transport Select Committee were told

Air traffic controllers at Washington"s Ronald Reagan National Airport are being offered crisis counselling following a fight in the control tower and a near-miss incident, just two months after a fatal midair collision.

The 53-year-old veteran was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer and initially given just months to live

Hailey Okula died after she suffered a rare complication during childbirth and went into cardiac arrest

Lachlan Munro (Lucky), 43, a London-based life coach and music producer, suffered from food addiction and went up to 18.5st, ordering vast quantities on Deliveroo a and spending all his rent money.A Heas now found recovery, he tells Charlotte Cripps

Hailey Okula went into cardiac arrest after suffering a rare complication during childbirth, an amniotic fluid embolism

The student said he has a 4.0 GPA and a high ACT score

Lord Charles OaHagan was one of Queen Elizabethas 30 godchildren

Get ready for summer with these drinks, food and condiment brands

Most restaurants are offering a buy one, get one free deal on April 3

New research shows that British people are having conversations littered with apolite-ismsa to conceal the fact that theyare seething. Hannah Ewens thinks this could be solved by everyone having more arguments and confrontations

Scabies is a common skin infestation caused by the Sarcoptes scabiei mite

Presenter opened up about along, emotional and painfula diagnosis process

The trouble began for the 62-year-old with cerebral palsy when he decided to sell his old iPhone on Facebook Marketplace

Protein is a must-have but that doesnat mean itas a more-is-better situation, Nick Fuller writes

Keir Starmer says the Netflix series that has captivated audiences should be shown in UK high schools

Actor was told that his recurring symptoms were the result of a childhood accident

The trial will see some middle aisle products available on click and collect via the supermarketas app

aThat"s just the kind of house that I grew up in,a said eldest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore

A celebrity stylist has shared how to wear this seasonas most popular shoes - from woven flats to boat shoes

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he would agree to allow American chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the UK as part of a free trade deal with the US

Midwives and the National Childbirth Trust have revealed how to ensure newborns get a healthy start to life

aShe made everyone feel seen, loved, safe,a read a tribute by the staras daughter-in-law

Hereas what parents should know so they can provide support, writes Annabel Hoare

The variant is becoming more and more dominant, writes Thomas Jeffries

Actor had not been seen in public since 2019, now family sources have shed light on why

The aBatman Forevera actor died of pneumonia on April 1

In addition to releasing over 30 albums, Hurley aA known by the nickname aSnocka a was also a cartoonist and painter

The incident allegedly took place in Cannes, France

Cruise was appearing at CinemaCon in Las Vegas to promote aMission: Impossible a The Final Reckoninga

Deborah Norville has presented CBSas aInside Editiona since 1995

Throughout its 26 years, the desert festival has led with the biggest names in music. Inga Parkel runs through Coachellaas entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999 ahead of the 2025 event

The Rocket Man and his longtime friend Carlile, along with familiar faces Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt, recreate the playfulness and sense of fun on some of Johnas Seventies gems

The transatlantic accolade follows Sir Elton John who was the inaugural recipient in 2017

Paul Rudd and the aWednesdaya star play a father-daughter duo who run over a mythical creature, in this banal aeat the richa horror-comedy

The sitcom already holds a record for the most seasons of a scripted show in US history

The long-running reality show has always welcomed fallen US names like the Oscar nominee, but there is a gentle sensitivity to the star of aThe Wrestlera and a9A1/2 Weeksa a and a frustrating propensity for self-sabotage a that makes his rumoured appearance on the new series acutely depressing, writes Adam White

Rapper is infamous for spewing hateful messages on X and Instagram

aIron Man 2a actor is expected to join lineup that reportedly features aEastEndersa icon, aLove Islanda star and well-known talk show host

Gallery unveiled new multi-million pound painting donated by Miami businessman

Turkish fans had urged the rock band to cancel the show as thousands of citizens protest the recent arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu

Former ITV talent show colleagues are allegedly ano longer on speaking termsa

A nationwide tour with his co-presenter Paul Coyte was pulled last month

The star of aThe Doorsa, aTop Guna, aHeata and aBatman Forevera a who has died at the age of 65 a was notorious for clashing with directors and struggling with his own celebrity. Coupled with his undeniable talent, it made him one of Hollywoodas most complex stars, writes Adam White

Kathy Griffin said the star adid not talk to me until show daya

Lord of the Rings trilogy, released in early noughties, made over APS2bn worldwide

A New York judge has ruled that the Canadian staras legal team can begin discovery

Amazon execs said they are acommitted to honouring the legacy of this iconic charactera

DJ and producer shares update from hospital

aHeas such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again,a Cruise said of his co-star

Showas cast lived and filmed in a luxurious hotel in Thailand for seven months

Campaigners denounce acover-up of a cover-upa as IOPC clears officers of scapegoating Liverpool supporters

A 12-year investigation into the Hillsborough disaster by the police watchdog has concluded that no senior South Yorkshire police officers were guilty of misconduct for falsely blaming misbehaviour by Liverpool supporters.

That police case was wholly rejected in 2016 by the jury at the second inquest, who determined that no behaviour of Liverpool supporters contributed to the disaster, which happened on 15 April 1989 at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesdayas Hillsborough Stadium.

aWilling sycophantsa came up with simplistic formula that has thrown global economy into disarray

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Waving a big chart as a prop in the White House Rose Garden, Donald Trump suggested his new tariff plan was simple: aReciprocal a that means they do it to us, and we do it to them. Very simple. Canat get simpler than that.a

Perhaps a bit too simple. The method used to calculate the most important numbers in international trade, politics and economics has left some of the worldas leading experts shocked.

Goods trade deficit: $291.9bn

Total goods imports: $438.9bn

Those figures divided = 0.67, or 67%

And halved = 34%

Reciprocal tariffs are calculated as the tariff rate necessary to balance bilateral trade deficits between the US and each of our trading partners. This calculation assumes that persistent trade deficits are due to a combination of tariff and non-tariff factors that prevent trade from balancing.

A global trade war could affect everything from prices to pensions, and inflation to interest rates

Donald Trumpas announcement that the US will put tariffs on goods from around the world, including a 10% charge on UK imports, has signalled the start of a global trade war.

Although the UK faces a lower tariff than many other countries, for UK consumers there could still be some fallout. How it all plays out remains unclear.

On 23 March contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza. A week later their bodies were recovered from a mass grave

At 4.20am, a Red Crescent ambulance on its way to collect people injured by an airstrike in Rafah comes under Israeli fire in Hashashin. Two paramedics are killed.

The need for women to be accompanied by a man in public is blocking access to healthcare and contributing to soaring mortality rates, say experts

It was the middle of the night when Zarin Gul realised that her daughter Nasrin had to get to the hospital as soon as possible. Her daughteras husband was away working in Iran and the two women were alone with Nasrinas seven children when Nasrin, heavily pregnant with her eighth child, began experiencing severe pains.

Gul helped Nasrin into a rickshaw and they set off into the night. Holding her daughteras hand as the rickshaw jolted over the dirt road, Gul says she prayed they would not encounter a Taliban checkpoint.

Underneath the measured words you could almost smell the panic as the government scrambled to come up with a plan to respond to Trumpas tariffs

With characteristic humility and good grace a| Hardly.

Shortly after 9pm UK time on Wednesday, the Sun-Bed King made his way to the White House Rose Garden, looking every bit the dishonest bookie as he held up a board with every countryas separate tariff. He might as well have been signposting the odds on a global recession.

Karina Longworth, the host of You Must Remember This, on why people patronise Scorsese and Coppola, and her new season of late-career curios by the likes of Minnelli, Wilder and Hitchcock

aWhen the legend becomes fact, print the legend.a So runs the most famous line from John Fordas elegiac 1962 western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. The 44-year-old historian Karina Longworth has other ideas. The former LA Weekly film critic launched her podcast, You Must Remember This, in 2014, setting out to tell athe secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywoodas first centurya, as she puts it in the showas introduction. Its title is lifted from the jazz standard As Time Goes By (aYou must remember this / A kiss is still a kiss a|a) as featured in Casablanca. Hearing that wistful, timeworn lyric, it is easy to overlook the imperative hiding in plain sight. With each fastidiously researched and gloriously entertaining episode, Longworth seems to be telling us: you must remember this. To not do so, or to allow fact to curdle into legend, would be unconscionable.

aI donat want to be a schoolmarm scolding people for forgetting,a she says from a sunny upstairs room in the Los Angeles home she shares with her husband, Rian Johnson, director of the Knives Out whodunnits and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. aBut I think we can only understand where we are at and where weare going if we look to where weave been.a

The tale of the ex-SNP politicianas career is packed with her fierce, funny Commons performances a and the sad truth about how little chance she was given to thrive in the corridors of power

Mhairi Blackas maiden speech in the House of Commons 10 years ago remains a thing of beauty. We are only treated to a snippet of it in this excellent documentary about the former Scottish National party politician a the youngest MP elected to parliament since 1832 a but I recommend finding the whole thing on YouTube. Black, then just 20 years old, has the Commons in the palm of her hand, simultaneously charming her fellow MPs with her dry wit and laying bare the deprivation in her Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituency (among the horrors: a man who starved himself in order to afford his bus fare to the jobcentre, only to collapse on the way there). The documentary does, however, retain some of her best one-liners from that address. Among them, the fact that her MP status and changes to housing benefit meant that she was athe only 20-year-old in the whole of the UKa that would be getting any government help with their housing.

Black a if it wasnat clear already a is a force of nature, and someone we surely need in politics. And yet, her exit from Westminster is what this one-off film is all about. We zip between archive clips from her younger years as an IndyRef campaigner; the last days of her career as an MP (Black announced her intention to stand down at the next election in 2023, following through on that promise in 2024); and her post-politics life. Thereas also footage from last yearas Edinburgh fringe show, Politics Isnat for Me, which saw her turn her tumultuous time in parliament into something approaching comedy, commanding the stage with what she calls her aBritney mica jutting out in front of her mouth (the Guardian described it as acomedy therapya). Being a young, gay woman in the Commons, we learn, took a profound toll on Blackas mental health. She tells us as much a describing it as having had aanxiety all the timea a but we can see it, too, the colour slowly draining from her face as her 20s march on. When we cut back to the present, she is calmer, happier; there is talk of regaining independence and control.

Starmer will try to calm the situation and focus on Mayas local elections, but one thing is clear: our ties with Europe are more crucial than ever

Nobody wins a trade war. You can lose it by greater or lesser degrees: you may be one of the luckier casualties. But thatas about as good as it gets. So, while there will have been initial relief in Downing Street on Wednesday night, a feeling even that Keir Starmeras placating of Donald Trump looks vindicated, what followed was no victory lap.

How could it be, after that grotesquely swaggering show trial the president staged in the White House garden, all the better to jazz up an economic assault on what were once his countryas allies? Come on down, Britain, escaping with just the minimum 10% tariff on its exports to the US and no drive-by insults! Better than Taiwan (32% plus a lecture about how the US used to build all the semiconductors once), Vietnam (aThey like me, I like thema but still a brutal 46%), the EU (avery very tough tradersa and lucky to get away with 20%) or poor Lesotho, still reeling from the overnight collapse of US aid and now whacked by a 50% tariff. But even lucky Britain still emerged with a 25% duty on cars that the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) estimates could cost 25,000 jobs, plus the grim realisation that this may be just the beginning of a long unravelling. Globalisation is dead, protectionism is back, and all to satisfy one manas delusions that life was better in the 1800s before income tax was invented.

Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist

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The US presidentas tariffs are almost certain to have dire consequences and he is not impervious to market decline or public opinion

So much for the idea that aliberation daya would free financial markets from their fear of the unknown. Publication of precise tariff rates, went a cheerful line of advance thinking, would at least allow investors to assess the probable trade effects on the basis of hard information. True optimists clung to the idea that Donald Trump would not wish to risk a truly severe market reaction.

That narrative was blown apart when the president reached for his pub-style display of wares. This really was a case of going back to the tariffs rates of the 1920s or 1930s. Not even the penguins of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands were spared.

This vital drama has British actors, a British writer, but Netflix funding. Hereas why thatas a huge problem

Everyone is talking about Adolescence, the television drama focused on toxic masculinity that has triggered a continuing social and political debate. But only a handful of people are talking about what the hit drama says about the real-time crisis unfolding in the British television industry a and that needs discussion too.

Adolescence is everything public service broadcasting should be: hard-hitting programming featuring the kind of people often ignored in TV drama a in this case, white working-class families in the north a discussed at the school gate and in parliament. After its British writer, Jack Thorne, met Keir Starmer in Downing Street, it was revealed that Adolescence was to be rolled out for free across all UK secondary schools.

I rise tonight because silence at this moment of national crisis would be a betrayal of some of the greatest heroes of our nation

Editoras note: the following is an excerpt from Cory Bookeras 25-hour marathon speech on the US Senate floor

Tonight, I rise with the intention of getting in some good trouble. I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able.

Cory Booker is a US senator from New Jersey

I bought it to be part of a greener future, but that was before Musk proved so awful. Iad sell it now, but prices have dropped

After our children left home, my wife and I decided to treat ourselves and buy a new car for a driving holiday in Europe. Wead been driving a family estate car for years, loading it up with kids and making trips to and from universities, but we wanted something for ourselves.

As a surprise, she booked a test drive for the Tesla Model S for my birthday. It was unlike any car Iad been in before. I thought aWow, this is amazing.a It felt like the future: a computer on wheels that was constantly updating with new features. I canat say I feel that way now a and many people seem to share that view. Tesla sales figures declined by 13% in the first few months of this year. Others feel even more uneasy: more than 200 demonstrations happened last weekend outside company facilities around the world to protest against Elon Musk and the wrecking ball he has taken to the federal government.

The US president has expelled his own country from the rules-based global trade system that America itself created

For the worldas already embattled trading system, it is as though an asteroid has crashed into the planet, devastating everyone and everything that previously existed there. But there is this important difference. If an asteroid struck the Earth, the impact would at least have been caused by ungovernable cosmic forces. The assault on world trade, by contrast, is a completely deliberate act of choice, taken by one man and one nation.

Donald Trumpas decision to impose tariffs on every country in the world is a monstrous and momentous act of folly. Unilateral and unjustified, it was expressed on Wednesday in indefensible language in which Mr�Trump described US allies as acheatersa and ascavengersa who alooteda, arapeda and apillageda the US. Many of the calculations on which Mr Trump doled out his punishments are perverse, not least the exclusion of Russia from the condemned list. The tariffs mean prices are certain to rise in sector after sector, in the US and elsewhere, fuelling inflation and perhaps recession. Mr Trump will presumably respond as he did when asked about foreign cars becoming more expensive: aI couldnat care less.a

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Impunity over Palestinian deaths in Gaza will lead to further cases like this massacre of rescue and healthcare workers

After 18 months of slaughter, it is still possible to be shocked by events in Gaza. More than 50,000 people have been killed, according to Palestinian health authorities. More are starving because Israel has cut off aid. The offensive is intensifying again a with 100 children killed or maimed each day since Israel resumed heavy strikes last month, the UN reports.

Even so, Israelas killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers is particularly chilling. Though they died on 23 March, it took days for Israel to grant access to the site, the UN said. Another man was last seen in Israeli custody. Two grounds for seeing this not only as tragic but as a war crime stand out. The first is that the UN says the men were shot aone by onea, and a forensic expert said that preliminary evidence asuggests they were executed, not from a distant rangea, given the aspecific and intentionala locations of bullet wounds. Two witnesses said some of the bodies had their hands or legs tied. Prisoners are protected by the Geneva conventions. The second is that medics also enjoy specific protections.

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Readers react to Donald Trumpas imposition of tariffs on goods imported into the US from

Martin Kettle considers it uncertain whether Donald Trumpas tariffs will work, while noting that even Keynes supported their occasional use (Perilous and chaotic, Trumpas aliberation daya endangers the worldas broken economy a and him, 2 April). Such an open-minded view risks overoptimism. Keynesas support for the idea of tariffs was limited to specific short-term need, as in protection of fledgling industry. But Keynes knew well the harm of tariffs as long-term economic policy.

Far from being uncertain, it is inevitable that Trumpas tariffs will fail. The deep interconnectedness of international supply chains means Americans will see a swift rise in inflation (that key growth-killer Trump campaigned to reduce) as indispensable worldwide component imports push up the price of domestic US goods and the reverse is repeated around the world.

Josephine Grahl advises looking at the labour burden placed on women and how social structures enforce this. Brid Connolly recalls Marge Piercyas novel Body of Glass

Rachel Connolly has it the wrong way round when she suggests that one problem with heterosexuality is that women unrealistically expect men to fulfil a complete spectrum of emotional needs and desires (Social media is awash with aheteropessimisma. Do young women really think so poorly of men?, 31�March). As many surveys have shown a most recently in a study by Humboldt University a straight men are more likely to be dependent on their female partners and cope worse after separation or divorce.

Connolly suggests that online statements of aheteropessimisma are not being acted on, but Office for National Statistics figures from 2023 show a continuing increase in single households of all ages a a phenomenon that has persisted over the last few decades despite increasing social precarity, spiralling housing costs and what the US sociologist Bella DePaulo describes as the asingles taxa a the financial disadvantage incurred by those who�live alone or are unmarried.

It was a typically incident-filled meeting between these sworn enemies but, really, there was only one place to start. Ange Postecoglou, the remorselessly under-fire Tottenham manager, had been barracked by his own supporters when he replaced Lucas Bergvall with Pape Sarr in the 64th minute. Like every other Spurs player, Bergvall had struggled to impose himself but the fans do like him.

aYou donat know what youare doing,a they informed Postecoglou. So just imagine how the fiercely proud Australian must have felt shortly afterwards when Sarr won the ball off MoisA(c)s Caicedo and unloaded a low shot from distance, which the Chelsea goalkeeper, Robert SA!nchez, inexplicably allowed to beat him.

• Forward is in fine form going into Belgium double-header
• aTo be a No 9 you have to have that confidence about youa

Leah Williamson has praised the form of Alessia Russo before Englandas No�9 spearheads the Lionessesa attack in their Womenas Nations League double-header against Belgium, starting in Bristol on Friday.

Arsenalas Russo has scored 14 goals in her past 21 games for club and country, including two in last weekas Champions League second-leg comeback win over Real Madrid. Her clubmate, the England captain Williamson, praised Russoas character, saying at St Georgeas Park on Thursday: aEveryone will always say how nice a person Alessia is and everyone wants to see her do well for that reason. But to be a No 9 you do have to have that sort of a not arrogance a but confidence about you.

Last yearas winner I Am Maximus heads to Aintree on Saturday bidding to make history. Here is a look through the chances of all 34 contenders

There was a lot going on in the spring of 1974. Abba won Eurovision, Manchester United were relegated and Red Rum became the most recent horse to win the Grand National under what was then the top weight of 12 stone. Just over half a century later, last yearas winner will attempt to emulate the greatest Aintree hero of them all and defy top weight, and though he is higher in the ratings, he won so readily 12 months ago that he would surely have done so with another 8lb on his back. Lacklustre in two runs this campaign but Willie Mullins will have been working backwards from here and he seems highly likely to leave that form behind now he is back at the scene of his greatest triumph.

Verdict: classy acceleration to seal victory last year, big chance to repeat from 8lb higher mark

Verdict: top-class at Haydock and when the mud is flying. Will not have either here

Verdict: loves spring ground and in the mix, but worse off with a couple of rivals on recent form

Verdict: decent form already and best days still ahead of him but not cut much slack by the handicapper

Verdict: the 2023 King George winner will love the ground and the trip but might lack a gear-change when it matters

Verdict: big run last year and canat get classier than a Gold Cup winner but may have missed best chance

Verdict: outstanding novice over hurdles, yet to show same form over fences or at an extended trip

The 125th edition a the calm before the 2026 storm a begins on Friday with notable names headlining the cast list

The cut of the grass, the shine of a boot, the sigh of a drop, the joy of a catch, the crunch of a four, the hope of the spring. Time stealthily gouging out lines, on faces, over scars, around knees. A first season. A last.

Here, suddenly, is April, unexpectedly sunny and dry. And with it, 135 years after the first County Championship (minus one year for Covid, four for world war one and six for world war two), the 125th.

Curtis Jones is not a long-term fix at right-back for Liverpool, Tyler Dibling is a wanted man and Arsenal are depleted

When Arsenal next visit Merseyside on 11 May their first act may be to form a guard of honour for Liverpool, who could by then be newly crowned Premier League champions. The title appears destined for Anfield a Arsenal have been unable to sustain a consistent challenge for it all season a but Mikel Arteta will feel duty-bound to delay the seemingly inevitable for as long as possible on his return to Everton. Tuesdayas Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid may be the priority for Arsenal but rotating is hardly an option for Arteta at Goodison Park given he has four defenders available. A makeshift unit would benefit from a demanding afternoon together before welcoming Real to the Emirates. Arne Slot claimed it is unfair on Everton to have an early Saturday kick-off after Wednesdayas Merseyside derby. Depleted or not, Artetaas team should take advantage. Andy Hunter

Everton v Arsenal, Saturday 12.30pm (all times BST)

Crystal Palace v Brighton, Saturday 3pm

Ipswich v Wolves, Saturday 3pm

West Ham v Bournemouth, Saturday 3pm

• Bunting beats Price 6-5 in final to break his duck
• Littler beaten by Dobey in opening match

Stephen Bunting turned his Premier League form around in stunning fashion to claim victory in Berlin after Luke Littler crashed out early.

Bunting had failed to win a match in the first eight rounds of the series but he saw off Nathan Aspinall to break his duck then eased to victory over Luke Humphries before defeating Gerwyn Price 6-5 in the final.

• Golf left in limbo just days from opening major of season
• PGA Tour deems PIFas demands unacceptable

Saudi Arabiaas Public Investment Fund has failed in an attempt to persuade the PGA Tour to deliver serious concessions in exchange for a $1.5bn (APS1.14bn) investment, leaving elite golf no closer to reconciliation just days from the seasonas first major.

The PGA Touras stance will give credence to the rising sense that the organisation has increasing confidence in its position after a turbulent period caused by the formation of the Saudi-backed LIV Tour.

• Real Madridas BernabA(c)u also offers appeal to federation
• Italy expected to be Spainas closest rival for tournament

The 2035 Rugby World Cup final could be staged at the revamped Camp Nou in Barcelona with the Spanish rugby federation in discussions with La Liga over using celebrated football stadiums as part of its bid to host the tournament.

Delegates from the Spanish federation met World Rugby executives last weekend to demonstrate their intentions to host the tournament in 2035 and discussions are said to have piqued interest.

Application, submitted by Cranswick, would have created one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe

A megafarm that would have reared almost 900,000 chickens and pigs at any one time has been blocked by councillors in Norfolk over climate change and environmental concerns.

Councillors on Kingas Lynn and West Norfolk borough council unanimously rejected an application to build what would have been one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe.

Maintaining seed diversity and abundance is essential a and requires constant work. Itas time for Congress to return to the seed business

From 1862 until 1923, US senators and members of Congress provided vast numbers of seeds to constituents. At its peak, the congressional seed distribution program delivered over 60m seed packets directly to farmers and market gardeners every year, helping introduce new varieties of everything from wheat and corn to oats, soybeans, flowers and vegetables. A century later, far fewer Americans till the soil for a living, but seeds remain central to our lives.

To understand the importance of seeds, try to imagine a morning without them. It would begin naked on a bare mattress, with no cozy sheets or pajamas, and there would be no fluffy towel to wrap up in after your shower. All of those things come from the seeds of the cotton plant. Stumbling wet into the kitchen, you would find no coffee, and no toast or bagel to go with it. There would be no eggs, no bacon, no cereal, no milk. All of those staples come from seeds or from livestock raised on seed crops. And if you thought you might console yourself with a chocolate bar, you can forget it. Cocoa powder, and the cocoa butter that makes it melt in your mouth, are both derived from seeds.

Energy Transfer, a top backer of US president, has received requests to power even more energy-guzzling data centers

Oil and gas barons who donated millions of dollars to Donald Trumpas presidential campaign are on the cusp of cashing in on the administrationas support for energy-guzzling data centers a and a slew of unprecedented environmental rollbacks.

Energy Transfer, the oil and gas transport company behind the Dakota Access pipeline, has received requests to power 70 new data centers a a 75% rise since Trump took office, according to a new investigation by the advocacy non-profit Oil Change International (OCI) and the Guardian.

Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets a and civilisation itself a can operate, says senior Allianz figure

The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate.

The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, said GA1/4nther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the worldas biggest insurance companies. He said that without insurance, which is already being pulled in some places, many other financial services become unviable, from mortgages to investments.

Dr Amy Orben says there are no aone-size-fits-all answersa given importance of access to online information

A leading academic tasked by the UK government with reviewing the effects of smartphones on teenagers has suggested blanket bans are aunrealistic and potentially detrimentala.

Amy Orben, from the University of Cambridge, will lead the work on children and smartphone use that has been commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) along with a team of other academics from a number of UK universities.

LSPH chief executive announces agroundbreaking proposala intended to grow international rail travel from the UK

Cross-Channel train services serving new destinations will be cheaper to run under a scheme to grow international rail travel from the UK.

London St Pancras Highspeed (LSPH), which owns and operates the railway and stations from the capital to the Channel tunnel, said it would slash charges for operators planning new routes.

Sources for sexual misconduct claims say honorary award, if given to actor, could have made his behaviour worse

The Guardianas sources for sexual misconduct allegations against Noel Clarke feared an honorary award from Bafta would make him auntouchablea and increase the severity of his behaviour, the high court has heard.

Sirin Kale, a co-author of the series of articles about the Doctor Who actor, said she did not believe that the sources collectively decided athey wanted to damage Clarkeas reputationa, as he claims.

Steve Harris, 40, throws cage over belligerent bird in his garden after it stalked him while he was out jogging

A hawk that has been terrorising male residents of a Hertfordshire village for weeks has been captured by a local man after it stalked him through the village while he was jogging.

Dozens of villagers in Flamstead, near Luton, have reported being attacked from behind by the bird, identified as a Harrisas hawk. Some have been left bleeding and in at least one case requiring hospital treatment.

Multimillion-pound project will also boost capacity by 20% and improve wheelchair accessibility

Different generations of tennis fans may disagree on its name a to traditionalists it will always be Henman Hill, millennials probably plump for Murray Mound and gen Z may know it as Raducanu Rise or even, regrettably, Jackas Stack a but all ages can agree that bringing a little shelter to Wimbledonas most famous viewing area can only be a good thing.

Wimbledonas Hill a which since 1997 has allowed tennis fans with a grounds pass to watch the action on No 1 Court live atop its grassy knoll a is getting a makeover, the All England Lawn and Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced.

A man, a woman and five children got out unharmed from blaze that took hold of terraced house in Prescot overnight

A 13-year-old girl has died in a house fire near Liverpool.

The blaze was found in the first-floor rear bedroom of a mid-terraced house in Kingsway, Prescot late on Wednesday evening, Merseyside police said.

Duke of Sussex says he hopes Charity Commission will aunveil the trutha about governance of Sentebale

Prince Harry has launched a thinly veiled attack on the chair of the Sentebale charity he founded two decades ago for telling ablatant liesa, as an inquiry was launched into claims about the organisationas governance.

In a statement issued in response to the Charity Commissionas decision to open a acompliance casea, the prince said he hoped a arobust inquirya would aunveil the trutha.

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander grants consent to Londonas fourth-biggest airport to allow potential 32m passengers a year

Luton airport will be allowed to almost double in capacity after the government overruled planning inspectors who recommended blocking the scheme on environmental grounds.

The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, granted a development consent order for the airportas plans to expand its perimeter and add a new terminal, allowing for a potential 32 million passengers a year.

Child protection charities say watering down Online Safety Act would be an aappalling sellouta by government

Child safety campaigners have warned the government against watering down landmark online laws as part of a UK-US trade deal, describing the prospect of a compromise as an aappalling sellouta that would be rejected by voters.

A draft transatlantic trade agreement contains commitments to review enforcement of the Online Safety Act, according to a report on Thursday, amid White House concerns the legislation poses a threat to free speech.

Police watchdog says video footage shows David Joyce, 38, running towards officers with a knife

A man shot dead by armed officers at Milton Keynes railway station has been named by the police watchdog as 38-year-old David Joyce.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which has launched an investigation into the incident, said body-worn footage and CCTV showed Joyce run towards officers with a knife in his hand just outside the station entrance at 1.04pm.

Defense chief and others discussed US military operations on messaging app that included journalist

The inspector general of the Department of Defense (DoD) is launching an investigation into Pentagon secretary Pete Hegsethas use of the encrypted messaging app Signal to discuss sensitive information about military operations in Yemen.

The investigation, announced on Thursday, follows a bipartisan request from the Senate armed services committee after allegations emerged that highly precise a and most likely classified a intelligence about impending US airstrikes in Yemen, including strike timing and aircraft models, had been shared in a Signal group chat that included a journalist.

Andrew Searle and Dawn Kerr were found dead in their home in Les PesquiA"s in Aveyron on 6 February

The deaths of a British couple who were found in their renovated rural home in Aveyron, south-west France, are being treated as a murder followed by a suicide.

The bodies of Andrew Searle, 62, a retired fraud investigator, and Dawn Kerr, 56, a project manager, were discovered on 6 February at their home in the village of Les PesquiA"s, south of Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

Son of murdered academic calls on Facebook owner to aradically change how it moderates dangerous contenta

Meta faces a $2.4bn (APS1.8bn) lawsuit accusing the Facebook owner of inflaming violence in Ethiopia after the Kenyan high court said a legal case against the US tech group could go ahead.

The case brought by two Ethiopian nationals calls on Facebook to alter its algorithm to stop promoting hateful material and incitement to violence, as well as hiring more content moderators in Africa. It is also seeking a $2.4bn arestitution funda for victims of hate and violence incited on Facebook.

Phrases used to smooth over tense social situations have meanings beyond the sum of their parts, study suggests

Bonobos use a combination of calls to encourage peace with their partner during mating rituals, research suggests.

The discovery is part of a study that suggests our close evolutionary cousins can string together vocalisations to produce phrases with meanings that go beyond the sum of their parts a something often considered unique to human language.

White House approves Tennesseeas state of emergency request as further fatalities expected to be confirmed

Violent storms and tornadoes have torn across the US south and midwest, killing at least seven people and downing power lines and trees, smashing homes and upturning cars across multiple states.

The outbreak of storms and tornadoes has resulted in at least seven deaths in Tennessee and Missouri, with further fatalities expected to be confirmed. One of the victims has been named: a 68-year-old man named Garry Moore who was a fire chief in Cape Girardeau county, Missouri. At least a dozen injuries have also been reported from the storms.

Discovery in Altadena months after fires brings deaths in Eaton fire up to 18, while 12 people killed in Palisades fire

Months after wildfires tore through Los Angeles communities, officials announced this week they had discovered another set of human remains, bringing the death toll in the disaster up to 30.

Investigators were dispatched to Altadena on Wednesday to investigate possible human remains in the community, which was hit hard by the Eaton fire in January. The special operations response team confirmed that the remains were human, the Los Angeles county medical examineras office said in a statement.

Mette Frederiksen, who met islandas new and outgoing PMs, says she wants to cooperate with Trump on Arctic security

The Danish prime minister has put on a show of unity with Greenlandic leaders in her first visit to the Arctic island since Donald Trumpas renewed threats to acquire the territory, telling the US: aYou cannot annex another country.a

Speaking onboard an inspection ship in front of a military helicopter, alongside Greenlandas new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and its outgoing prime minister, MAote B Egede, Mette Frederiksen switched from Danish to English to address the diplomatic standoff with the Trump administration.

US president had sued over denied allegations he took part in aperverteda sex acts but UK case was thrown out last year

Donald Trump has been ordered by a judge in England to pay more than APS620,000 in legal costs after unsuccessfully suing a company over denied allegations he took part in aperverteda sex acts.

The US president brought a data protection claim against Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultancy founded by a former MI6 officer, Christopher Steele, in 2022.

Designation as aundesirable organisationa exposes nonprofitas staff and partners to possible criminal prosecution

Russian authorities on Thursday banned the Elton John Aids Foundation (EJAF), which focuses on HIV/Aids prevention, citing its support for LGBTQ+ rights as a reason for the move.

Founded by the British singer and songwriter in 1992, the organisation funds HIV treatment programmes in countries including Russia. It also advocates for LGBTQ+ people, who have faced years of brutal persecution in Russia.

Keukenhof, near Amsterdam, increasingly catering to growing demand for social media content

Nestled among tulip fields not far from Amsterdam, the world-famous Keukenhof garden has opened for the spring, welcoming camera-wielding visitors to its increasingly selfie-friendly grounds.

On a sunny day, the paths, park benches and cafes are crowded with tourists taking photos and selfies with one of the Netherlandsa most iconic products a the tulip.

There are new ways to catch goombas, a Mario Kart battle royale and innovative gameplay ideas abound, but Nintendo will need to work hard to sell its next-gen machine

After Nintendoas intriguing hour-long live stream on Wednesday, we now know a lot more about its follow-up to the phenomenally successful Switch. But how does the Switch 2 play? After the online presentation, I got to spend about four hours road-testing the new console at a press event in the Grand Palais, Paris, the box-white exhibition hall adorned in Nintendo red and lined with rows of high-end TV screens and Switch 2 consoles. There was also a 90-minute roundtable with three of the masterminds behind the console: Tetsuya Sasaki (hardware design lead), Kouichi Kawamoto (producer) and Takuhiro Dohta (director). Hereas what I learned.

Dispatches, presented by Cathy Newman, talks to 16 survivors or witnesses of the ex-Harrods bossas abuse, as well as tracking down his alleged enabler. The result is a raw, horrifying and invaluable watch

It is disturbingly easy to respond with little more than fatigue to reports of powerful men sexually exploiting women, because there have been so many. The part of us that should emit shock, disgust and righteous outrage becomes dulled through overuse. And so, when Mohamed Al Fayed, the billionaire former owner of Harrods, died in 2023 and was then credibly accused of being one of Britainas worst sex offenders, the collective reaction felt like a shrug.

The new Dispatches investigation, Delivered to a Predator: Al Fayedas Fixer, however, ought to sharpen our revulsion and our resolve to fight for change. Building on the 2017 Dispatches documentary Behind Closed Doors and the 2024 BBC programme Predator at Harrods, it outlines the scale of the tycoonas wrongdoing: last year, the Metropolitan police said it believed Al Fayed may have raped or abused at least 111 women and girls, but here a lawyer working for survivors estimates the number to be more like 300.

The singer answers your questions about her drum skills, friendship with Joni Mitchell and more a and reveals unheard music with both Prince and Sia

Can you remember the precise moment you realised you had a gift as a vocalist? SalfordRed64
I was doing a talent show at the Burning Spear in Chicago. My group, the Crystallettes, graced many a nightclub stage in competitions, and every time either us or [fellow Chicago girl group] the Emotions would win. But I remember singing some Aretha Franklin songs and people in the audience were throwing money on the stage, and they started calling me alittle Arethaa. Thatas when I connected the dots: aOh, I see what this is all about.a I realised I didnat have to become a teacher or a whatever I wanted to be when I grew up back then a I could be a singer!

You have so much confidence and you just knew you and [the band] Rufus were going to make it big. Where does that confidence come from? stifwhiff
When I was with Rufus, I knew I loved what we were doing, and I could only hope and pray everyone else loved it like I did. Thatas all you can ask for. And thatas still how I am about the music I make. I have confidence in everything I do a all the time. And that is a necessary thing to have if you want success a if youave created something and you want everyone to love it, you have to love it first. And thatas applicable to everything in life, not just music.

With the release this month of Coastal, her documentary about husband Neil Youngas 2023 solo tour, we look at Hannahas greatest roles

Looking as though she has strayed from another genre, Hannah plays Mickey Rourkeas girlfriend, a leggy aerobics instructor who keeps getting undressed. At least sheas more fun than Rourke and an insanely posturing Eric Roberts as deadbeat cousins ripping off the mob: roles originally written for Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.

Sedentary lifestyles are bad for us, but which under-desk treadmills and walking pads are worth the cost? Our expert stepped up to find out

aC/ The best treadmills for your home

Various guidelines suggest we all try to walk at least 10,000 steps a day to improve our overall health and wellbeing. Public Health England encourages a slightly more manageable target of just 10 minutes of brisk walking daily to introduce more moderate-intensity physical activity and reduce your risk of early death by up to 15%.

But even squeezing in abrisk walksa can be a chore, with busy schedules and increasingly desk-bound jobs forcing more of us to remain sedentary for long periods. That is where walking pads come in, being lighter, smaller and often easier to store than bulky and tricky-to-manoeuvre running treadmills.

Best overall walking pad:
JTX MoveLight
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Best budget walking pad:
Rattantree shock-absorbing treadmill
_{APS142.49 at Debenhams}

Best foldable walking pad:
BodyMax WP60
_{APS549 at Amazon}

Best walking pad for incline:
Mobvoi Home Treadmill Plus
_{APS224.99 at Mobvoi}

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