
The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos
Taxpayer money has flowed into fixing the rail line connecting Cornwall with the rest of the UK – but the elements have other ideas.
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Taxpayer money has flowed into fixing the rail line connecting Cornwall with the rest of the UK – but the elements have other ideas.

Can boosting testosterone improve libido, or is much of the attention solely hype, profit, and placebo?

With an annual growth rate of 3.1%, Manchester’s economy has performed twice as well as that of the UK as a whole.

Goals from Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah give Liverpool a comfortable 3-0 win over Brighton in the fourth round of the FA Cup at Anfield.

Two people were arrested after a woman was spotted by a drone grabbing a phone from an attendee.

Kemp plays the infamous Grant Mitchell in the long-running soap.

A medallist with Team GB in 2014, bobsleigher Joel Fearon is preparing for his third Winter Olympics after coming out of retirement to compete for Jamaica.

The rollout of digital IDs and the modernisation of the department of home affairs will not displace its current staff, minister Leon Schreiber told the Sunday Times this week.

BBC Sport pundits Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer believe referees are “petrified” of making decisions without the “safety net of VAR,” after the officials decided not to award a penalty for a potential handball by Lucas Digne in the FA Cup fourth round tie between Aston Villa and Newcastle.

Newcastle United beat Aston Villa in the FA Cup fourth round in a match dominated by a number of controversial decisions without VAR.

Larry the Cat, No 10’s chief mouser, is among those paying tribute to his former rival.
Five European countries – the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands – have accused Russia of poisoning and killing opposition leader Alexey Navalny in 2024 based on lab results from a sample taken from his body.
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The annual aficionados’ bonanza has been postponed until further notice as shortages affect international travel.

England got back to winning ways against Scotland but their T20 World Cup hopes look slim unless there are significant improvements, writes Matthew Henry.

Watch Mansfield Town’s Louis Reed produce “set-piece sorcery,” scoring a sensational free kick to stun Premier League side Burnley and reach the FA Cup fifth round.

Archbishop Richard Moth was speaking to a 2,000-strong congregation during his installation at Westminster Cathedral.
The move was the most significant relaxation of sanctions on Venezuela since US forces captured and removed President Nicolas Maduro last month.

The prime minister’s speech comes after a tumultuous week in his political career back home.