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Manchester United have announced that their game against West Ham will kick off at 12.15pm (GMT) – 15 minutes later than originally scheduled, because of “logistical issues affecting the arrival time of the visiting team”.
The clubs have apologised for any inconvenience caused to supporters by the late change in timings. Team news for that contest will follow.
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Sultana says Labour party has ‘left the scene’ as she says she ‘gets on really well’ with Greens’ Polanski
Rounding up his interview, Trevor Phillips asked Helen Whately about the Guardian’s investigation into Nigel Farage’s alleged racist and antisemitic behaviour as a teenager towards fellow Dulwich college pupils. She suggested that the Reform leader appears not to be giving “straight answers” when asked about his past behaviour, and ruled out any pact with Farage’s party at the next general election.
“He needs to give people a straight answer,” Whately said.
The number one reason why people, young people, are becoming Neet – not in employment, education or training – is because they’re moving on to sickness benefits.
Yet we just saw a few months ago where Labour was attempting to make some reforms to this problem (people going on to sickness benefits). They u-turned, they abandoned their reforms.
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Lights out at Yas Marina Circuit at 1pm (GMT)
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2007: Räikkönen wins three-way race
Despite ending up beached on his way to the pits at the previous race in China, rookie Lewis Hamilton arrived in Brazil with a four-point lead over McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso, and seven clear of Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen. A gearbox glitch put Hamilton in deep trouble at Interlagos, and while he recovered to finish seventh, Räikkönen won the race and the title by a point with Alonso third in São Paulo.
Final standings: Räikkönen 110, Hamilton 109, Alonso 109.
2008: Hamilton’s redemption in Brazil
Hamilton was on the brink of failure at Interlagos for a second consecutive year when championship rival Felipe Massa won for Ferrari. But, in rain-hit conditions, Hamilton passed Toyota’s Timo Glock at the final corner to finish fifth, beating Massa to the title by a single point. The Brazilian continues to pursue legal action over missing out on the title due to the ‘Crashgate’ controversy at the Singapore GP. Hamilton 98, Massa 97.

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Growing up gay in the 90s, Verity and Darya lacked the confidence to talk about their desires. Verity’s attraction to a colleague changed all that
• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously
I never felt that stomach-churning excitement and uncertainty we associate with desire
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© Illustration: Ryan Gillett/The Guardian







Stand-in bowler makes the most of rare chance on what could yet prove to be his final moments in Test cricket
• Australia beat England by eight wickets at the Gabba
In the end, the only tension was whether Brisbane’s rain would descend before Australia could knock off the last 32 runs in the final session, and so whether going 2-0 up in the Ashes would be delayed until the fifth day. It turned out that England’s resistance through the light of the afternoon had only dished up some evening entertainment for home fans, with Travis Head able to put on a brief show in dispatching the pink ball over the fence before he headed back the same way.
And still. Through the longest partnership of the series so far, 221 balls on the hottest day of the second Test, Ben Stokes and Will Jacks made Australia work in the field, something that was perhaps worth doing for the simple fact of proving that it can be done. With Mitchell Starc tiring after leading the line all series, the contest became a grind. What it reflected about Australia’s bowling makeup was instructive.
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Police think incident at airport car park involved ‘people known to each other’, as argument escalated
A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after people were allegedly attacked with a “form of pepper spray” at a multistorey car park at Heathrow airport terminal 3, police have said.
The Metropolitan police said armed officers were called to the terminal 3 car park at about 8.11am to a reports of people being assaulted.
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Canadian author discusses US under Donald Trump and says setting of dystopian novel has ‘become much closer’
Margaret Atwood has said the plot of her book The Handmaid’s Tale, which tells a story of an authoritarian regime under which women are forced to reproduce, has become “more and more plausible” in recent years.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Atwood said she believed the plot was “bonkers” when she first developed the concept for the novel because the US was the “democratic ideal” at the time.
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© Photograph: Christopher Wahl/The Guardian
Over the last 50 years, cabbage consumption in Britain has declined 80%. But it’s versatile, full of vitamins, and perfect on a winter night. Here’s how to make the most of it
It’s not good news: despite a lot of messaging about healthy eating, Britons consume 12% less vegetables per week than they did in 1974, when the government’s Family Food survey began. And while the consumption of some specific vegetables – courgettes, say – has risen over the past 50 years, others have experienced a sharp decline. Among the biggest losers is cabbage. Cabbage consumption in the UK dropped by 80%, beaten only by brussels sprouts (87%) which are, after all, a kind of cabbage.
This is a tragedy, not just because cabbage is an unsung superfood containing essential vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, as well as protein and dietary fibre, but because it’s a flexible, abundant and potentially delicious culinary ingredient. It even comes in different colours.
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© Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: EMily Kydd. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay. Food styling assistant: Lola Salome Smadja.

© Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: EMily Kydd. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay. Food styling assistant: Lola Salome Smadja.
Neser ends Stokes’ defiance and takes first Test five-fer
For three hours Ben Stokes was hinting at a repeat of the innings that inked his name into Ashes folklore. Headingley 2019 is remembered for its explosion of runs at the end but less spoken about since has been the foundation of stone-cold obduracy on which it was built.
England’s situation going into the fourth day of this second Ashes Test at the Gabba was similarly dire, 43 runs away from making Australia bat again, six wickets down. As Ricky Ponting put it while Stokes was chewing his gum waiting to enter the field: “These are the moments he lives for.”
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Powerful Christian figures are emerging in Britain but there are important differences from the US, where evangelism has fuelled Trump
At recent Reform UK press conferences, two very distinctive heads can often be spotted in the front row: the near-white locks of Danny Kruger, the party’s head of policy, and the swept-back blond mane of James Orr, now a senior adviser to Nigel Farage.
As well as guiding the policy programme for what could be the UK’s next government, the pair have something else in common. Both are highly devout Christians who came to religion in adulthood, and have trenchant views on social issues such as abortion and the family.
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Held in Kurri Kurri, NSW, the annual celebration of the hair style has something for mullet wearers of all stripes and ages, from the 0-3 years category to the ‘vintage’ for over 50s to the ‘ranga’ and ‘rookie’. Events including timed-tyre lifting and drink-sculling rounded out the festivities
• Photographs by Simone de Peak
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© Photograph: The Guardian
Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz will also be present for talks on guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar security
Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Downing Street on Monday for an in-person meeting with Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in a show of support for Ukraine.
Starmer will use the meeting with the leaders from Ukraine, France and Germany to discuss the continuing talks between US and Ukrainian officials aimed at finding an agreement on guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar security.
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© Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP


