Cardiff City Liverpool back at top after Georginio Wijnaldum inspires win at CardiffThe Guardian - Stuart James at Cardiff City StadiumThere is a relentlessness about this title race that it is impossible not to admire. Liverpool, playing catch up after Manchester City’s victory 24 hours earlier, once again did everything that was asked
Cardiff Jürgen Klopp: players came up with Cardiff corner routine at half-timeThe GuardianJürgen Klopp praised his players for showing the initiative to come up with the set-piece routine that paved the way for a 2-0 victory over Cardiff that took Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League
Nigeria British woman Faye Mooney killed by kidnappers in NigeriaThe Guardian - ReutersA British woman has been killed in Nigeria by kidnappers who also killed a Nigerian man and abducted three others in the northern city of Kaduna, local police and the British High Commission have said.
Sri Lanka Mike Pompeo says 'several' US citizens killed in Sri Lanka attacksThe Guardian - Victoria Bekiempis in New YorkSecretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday “several” US citizens died in a series of explosions in Sri Lanka that killed at least 207 people and left 450 injured. That toll was expected to rise. Thirty-six
Lyon Chelsea lose in Lyon but Erin Cuthbert goal gives them hope for second legThe Guardian - Suzanne Wrack at Groupama Stadium• Lyon 2-1 Chelsea (Eriksson 27og, Henry 35; Cuthbert 72) • Chelsea’s Magda Eriksson scores second own goal within a week Emma Hayes had warned in midweek that Chelsea “always score an away goal” and,
DWP Seriously ill, emaciated man who was denied benefits by DWP diesThe Guardian - Josh Halliday North of England correspondentStephen Smith’s case sparked outrage after his benefits were cut and he was told to find a job A man with multiple debilitating illnesses who was denied benefits and deemed fit to work, sparking a national
Leinster Leinster to face Saracens in Champions Cup final after suffocating ToulouseThe Guardian - Robert Kitson at the Aviva StadiumAs long ago as October the smart money was on Leinster and Saracens contesting the Champions Cup final and a brutal Anglo-Irish slugfest duly awaits. On the evidence of this weekend’s semi-finals there
Play buttonManchester United Ole Gunnar Solskjær apologises – ‘We let the fans down. We let the club down’The Guardian - Andy Hunter at Goodison ParkOle Gunnar Solskjær questioned the desire of Manchester United’s players and admitted some will not feature in his plans for a successful reign at Old Trafford after suffering a 4-0 humbling at Everton.
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka death toll expected to rise as leaders condemn killingsThe Guardian - Jason Burke and Amantha Perera in ColomboPolitical and religious leaders across the world have rushed to condemn the killing of more than 200 people in a wave of bombings that targeted churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
Mesut Özil Crystal Palace’s victory deals major blow to Arsenal’s top-four hopesThe Guardian - Amy Lawrence at the Emirates StadiumThis was supposed to be the banker. The relatively easy one, at home against a team who had hit the magic 40 points and would be forgiven if they had sandals and sunglasses at the ready. Of all the hurdles
George Pell The Australian court ban on reporting George Pell’s trial was bound to failThe Guardian - Paul ChadwickIt may be apocryphal, but there is enduring value in the story of the headline in a small antipodean newspaper that in the 19th century became agitated by events in Crimea: “We warn the Tsar.” The story
Opinion (UK) The Guardian view on European elections: one continent, one ballotThe Guardian - EditorialElections to the European parliament can be awkward for admirers of the EU. A ballot in every member state is the most directly democratic feature of the union’s institutional architecture and such a should,
Play buttonWorld News Zelenskiy wins second round of Ukraine's presidential election – exit pollThe Guardian - Shaun Walker in KyivPetro Poroshenko has conceded defeat in Ukraine’s presidential election as exit polls suggested an overwhelming victory for Volodymyr Zelenskiy, an actor and comedian who has no political experience other
Easter Shopping centres and DIY stores struggle in Easter sunshineThe Guardian - Jasper JollyBritish shopping centres, DIY stores and garden centres struggled over the bank holiday weekend as shoppers stayed outside to enjoy the blazing sunshine. Indoor shopping centres were hit particularly with
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s Christians were left unprotected for far too longThe Guardian - Tasnim NazeerMy first reaction was panic. As I woke up to the horrific scenes from churches and hotels in Sri Lanka; to news of the dead, dying and injured, on a day of Christian celebration, I desperately rang loved
World News Gebremedhin Bekele obituaryThe Guardian - Robert WaterhouseMy friend Gebremedhin Bekele, who has died of cancer aged 68, devoted his life to Cheshire Ethiopia, the NGO that is Ethiopia’s principal provider of post-polio rehabilitation. I met him when asked to
NHS Mentally ill prisoners face months-long waits for hospital transferThe Guardian - Aamna Mohdin and Pamela DuncanExclusive: Prisoners are being left awaiting adequate treatment for up to half a year Prisoners with severe mental health problems are waiting up to six months to be transferred to hospital to get treatment,
Johanna Konta Johanna Konta and Katie Boulter end GB’s 26-year wait for Fed Cup promotionThe Guardian - Kevin Mitchell at the Copper Box ArenaJohanna Konta and Katie Boulter, players of vastly contrasting styles and temperament but united in a common purpose, steered Great Britain back to the elite world group of women’s international team for
Art Letter: Robert Maguire obituaryThe Guardian - Marianna LutyensIn designing St Paul’s, Bow Common, with its central altar, Robert Maguire and Keith Murray wanted to express the concept of universal worship, but by using mosaics rather than the stained glass windows
Rabbits Burrowing down to carbon date ‘Roman’ rabbitsThe Guardian - LettersIt’s lovely to see so much response (Letters, 19 April) to our rabbit story. With regards to concerns about the linguistics – our Leicester team is working on this. It is tempting to draw links between
UK News HS2 and the fallacy of economic benefitsThe Guardian - LettersI will try to explain how economic geography works to Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram (Letters, 18 April), and anyone else who would like to know. In relatively small countries, like the UK, economic other
Notre Dame Cathedral Notre Dame’s place in historyThe Guardian - LettersAndrew Anderson (Letters, 18 April) is quite right to point out that nobody died in the conflagration at Notre Dame. Compared with the disaster at Grenfell Tower, the spectacle of billionaires falling
Personal Finance (UK) Broken land ownership system fuels inequalityThe Guardian - LettersThe revelation that half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population (Report, 18 April) is a stark example of how broken our archaic system of land ownership is. This inequality is a sign of
Easter Year 6 pupils spend Easter at school cramming for SatsThe Guardian - Richard Adams in BelfastTeaching officials angry that children are having to attend revision classes over holidays Children at hundreds of primary schools in England are being asked to attend Sats revision classes over the Easter
Play buttonWorld News 'There was utter chaos': Sri Lanka left reeling after wave of bombingsThe Guardian - Jason BurkeSet back from a strip of golden sand and the shimmering sea, beyond the groves of palm trees heavy with coconuts, the Roman Catholic church in the small town of Negombo had been a place of calm devotion
Graffiti Man arrested for racist graffiti attacks on Lancashire mosqueThe Guardian - Press AssociationA 47-year-old man has been arrested after racist graffiti was scrawled outside a mosque entrance in Lancashire. Police had received three reports of graffiti being written on a gatepost at the Masjid mosque
Misinformation Social media shut down in Sri Lanka in bid to stem misinformationThe Guardian - Hannah Ellis-PetersenThe Sri Lankan government blocked access to social media sites in the aftermath of the attacks that killed at least 207 people, in a bid to stop a spread of misinformation that could lead to further violence.
Thomas Cook Potential bidders circle Thomas Cook as it hires turnaround specialistThe Guardian - Jasper JollyThomas Cook, Britain’s oldest package holiday operator, could be split up in a takeover that may lead to its high street stores and package deals being bought by a Chinese conglomerate. The company, which
Opinion (UK) Raise a can to Diane Abbott, a politician who can mix (mojitos) with the peopleThe Guardian - Alex ClarkHigh-street cocktail tinnies are brilliantly naff, a fabulous poke in the eye to world of mixology In the good old days, of course, you wouldn’t dream of venturing on to the North London line – a trundly
Stanley Price obituaryThe Guardian - Philip GrahamiBetween the 1960s and 90s, with his wonderful talent for spotting the comic potential in almost any situation, my friend Stanley Price, who has died aged 87, was one of a small number of successful British
