The Oscars Boyz N the Hood director John Singleton hospitalised after strokeThe Guardian - Press Association in Los AngelesFamily of Oscar-nominated film-maker, 51, thanked his fans and colleagues for their good wishes Oscar-nominated director John Singleton is in intensive care after suffering a stroke. The film-maker, known
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Snooker Mark Williams hits out at officials after World Championship winThe Guardian - Press AssociationMark Williams launched another attack on World Snooker after booking his place in the second round of the World Championship at the Crucible. The defending champion’s 10-7 win over Martin Gould was overshadowed
Omar al-Bashir Members of ousted president's former ruling party arrestedThe Guardian - Reuters in KhartoumSudanese authorities have arrested several members of the former ruling party of the ousted president Omar al-Bashir, an official of Bashir’s National Congress party (NCP) has said. Sudan’s attorney general
Liberia American founder of Liberia charity resigns in wake of rape allegationsThe Guardian - Associated PressAn American woman who established a charity to help vulnerable girls in Liberia has resigned, six months after taking a leave of absence in the wake of allegations that a local staffer raped several girls
Opinion (UK) Property prices are falling but there are no winners in a downturnThe Guardian - Johanna LeggattThe truth is no one wins when you live in a society that amasses homes like trophies For the past decade, there was seemingly one story and one story only to be told about Australia’s property market it
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Oscar review – the life of Wilde, warts and allThe Guardian - Stuart Jeffries‘There was your error,” Sir Robert Chiltern tells Lady Chiltern in Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. “The error all women commit. Why can’t you women love us, faults and all? Why do you place us on monstrous
Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Klopp says Liverpool want to play – ‘If we are tired, we don’t feel it’The Guardian - Paul WilsonJürgen Klopp freely admits he does not get out much, no chatting with shoppers in supermarket queues or reliving games with neighbours at the end of the street, though he knows exactly how excited Liverpool
Ole Gunnar Solskjær Manchester United rebuild is long-term project, says Ole Gunnar SolskjærThe Guardian - Paul WilsonOle Gunnar Solskjær has ruled out the possibility of Manchester United signing half a dozen new players in the summer, despite acknowledging the club needs to be rebuilt in order to challenge Manchester
Northern Ireland Lyra McKee killing: why Derry never saw a peace dividendThe Guardian - Rory CarrollNorthern Ireland’s second city, with its poverty and paramilitary groups, is still fertile soil for rebellious youth The author and journalist Lyra McKee in 2016 wrote an essay about young people in Northern
Gaza Gaza Christians wait for permits to visit Jerusalem and Bethlehem at EasterThe Guardian - Donald MacintyreHundreds of Palestinian Christians in Gaza are still anxiously waiting on Saturday to hear whether Israel would grant them exit permits in time to join Easter services in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. In previous
Topeka, KS Tiger attacks and mauls zookeeper in Topeka, KansasThe Guardian - Associated Press in Topeka, KansasA tiger mauled a zookeeper at the Topeka Zoo in north-eastern Kansas on Saturday. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported the incident happened around 9.30am, when a Sumatran tiger named Sanjiv tackled the
New Mexico FBI arrests member of rightwing militia accused of detaining migrantsGuardian US - Sam Levin in San FranciscoA member of an armed rightwing militia group accused of illegally detaining migrants at the US-Mexico border has been arrested, officials said on Saturday. The FBI arrested Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69,
Breast Feeding National Childbirth Trust president quits in breastfeeding rowThe Guardian - Donna FergusonCharity must remain a campaigning voice for women, says ex-head Seána Talbot For 60 years, it has been the UK’s go-to charity for expectant parents in need of antenatal advice and breastfeeding support.
Multnomah County Portland county pays $100,000 in lawsuit tied to Blue Lives Matter flagGuardian US - Associated Press in Portland, OregonAn Oregon county has agreed to pay $100,000 to a black employee who alleged she was harassed after asking that a Blue Lives Matter flag not be displayed in her office. In a lawsuit against Multnomah county
Johanna Konta GB level in Fed Cup as Johanna Konta wins but Katie Boulter is edged outThe Guardian - Kevin Mitchell at the Copper Box ArenaThe last proper dust-up between Great Britain and Kazakhstan in this part of town was Anthony Joshua’s close win over Ivan Dychko in the super-heavyweight semi-finals at the 2012 London Olympics, and Fed
Munster ‘There was no intention to hurt anyone’ says Billy Vunipola on social media rowThe Guardian - Paul Rees at the Ricoh ArenaBilly Vunipola played down more hostile reaction to him following his liking of Israel Folau’s social media tirade against sinners after helping Saracens into next month’s final. The England No 8, who
Play buttonNigel Farage Labour can’t defeat Nigel Farage by sitting on the fenceThe Guardian - Tom WatsonOne of the many strange things about Nigel Farage is that for a politician who has made a career out of attacking the European Union, his status in public life and his lucrative media career have been
Nigel Farage Second referendum is only way to beat Nigel Farage, warns Tom WatsonThe Guardian - Toby Helm and Michael SavageLabour will never defeat Nigel Farage if it continues to “sit on the fence” over Brexit and offers only “mealy-mouthed” support for a second referendum, the party’s deputy leader says today. In an extraordinary
Saracens Billy Vunipola in the spotlight as Saracens keep focus amid turmoilThe Guardian - Michael Aylwin at the Ricoh ArenaHe must have thought he had begun to leave the last 10 days behind him. No sooner had Billy Vunipola scored the try that secured Saracens’ latest semi-final victory, that secured him the man-of-the-match
Coventry City Toxic tactics behind Coventry’s slide from FA Cup glory to brink of oblivionThe Guardian - David ConnThere are a couple of signposts to help navigate the barmy situation at Coventry City, to understand how a club can be about to make itself homeless again, and face a vote this Thursday to be actually
Play buttonPep Guardiola Manchester City machine creaks under pressure but title a step closerThe Guardian - Jonathan WilsonAgainst Spurs, City looked as exposed as they had in Guardiola’s first season At last some cracks are showing. This has been a title race characterised by the implacable excellence of one runner and the
Nigel Farage Nigel and Annunziata’s Brexit show basks in the sun, but winter is comingThe Guardian - Andrew AnthonyNelson, Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Ian Botham, Nigel Farage - the people who put the Great into Britain Gary Wilkinson, Brexit party supporter On Saturday Nigel Farage made a triumphant return
Newcastle United Ayoze Pérez hat-trick allows Newcastle to ride out Southampton revivalThe Guardian - Louise Taylor at St James’ ParkNewcastle United fans are unlikely to find even the richest, most indulgent Easter egg remotely as satisfying as the evening that virtually rubber-stamped their team’s Premier League status for another
Impeachment Trump and impeachment: where Democrats stand after MuellerGuardian US - Amanda Holpuch in New YorkWe’re going to impeach the motherfucker Rashida Tlaib The avenue is not impeachment. The avenue is further disclosure to the American people Hakeem Jeffries The idea is to find out exactly what went on,
Sports Juventus win two Serie A titles in one day as men and women triumphThe Guardian - ReutersJuventus overcame their European blues when they fought back to beat Fiorentina 2-1 at home on Saturday and claim the Serie A title for the eighth season in a row. Knocked out of the Champions League Ajax
Saracens Billy Vunipola helps Saracens power past Munster into Champions Cup finalThe Guardian - Paul Rees at the Ricoh ArenaSaracens reached their third Champions Cup final in four years with a decisive, if hard-fought, victory over Munster, who fell at this stage for the third season bin a row. Billy Vunipola, who received
Notre Dame Cathedral Paris is in flames again as latest yellow vest protests turn violentThe Guardian - Angelique ChrisafisRiot police and protesters fought running battles in the centre of Paris on Saturday as anti-government gilets jaunes demonstrators led street marches over what they called a crisis of high taxes and Less
Environment Stroud, the gentle Cotswold town that spawned a radical protestThe Guardian - Tom WallIt is a quiet Good Friday on Stroud’s steep, sun-dappled high street. There are none of the usual stalls spilling out of the centuries-old Shambles indoor market, and the schools are closed for the Easter
