Television (UK) Victoria, episode 5 review: loose with history, looser with morals, loosest of all with dramatic tensionThe Telegraph - By Gerard O'DonovanThe makers of Victoria (ITV) are not exactly known for playing down the drama in the monarch’s life. On the contrary, they seem generally obsessed with convincing viewers that Queen Victoria (Jenna Coleman)
Television (UK) Line of Duty, series 5 episode 4, recap: suspicions about Hastings deepen – and a shocking deathThe Telegraph - By Michael HoganPhew. After another white-knuckle hour of shady dealings and shock deaths, here are all the talking points from an incendiary fourth episode… Ted’s wife was tortured paramilitary-style The good news was
Yorkshire, UK Lancashire edge out Yorkshire by single run off final ball to claim One-Day Cup winThe Telegraph - By Isabelle WestburyPerhaps it is the weight of occasion that a local derby brings. The jittering nerves, the hostile crowds and the history bearing down on players’ shoulders. This, at least, appeared to play its part as
GCSE GCSE pupils twice as likely to use performance enhancing drugs than older students, first ever study findsThe Telegraph - By Charles Hymas and Mike WrightThousands of teenagers are risking their health by using powerful illicit prescription drugs to boost their performance in their GCSE exams, a study has found for the first time. One in seven children,
Fertility Treatment Older women being exploited by IVF clinics - when just two a year will achieve success after the age of 44The Telegraph - By Laura DonnellyOlder women are being exploited by IVF clinics “trading on hope” - despite the fact just two a year will achieve success after the age of 44, the fertility watchdog has warned. Sally Cheshire, chairman
Extinction Rebellion Dear Extinction Rebellion: your aims are worthy, but take your pink boat to China insteadThe Telegraph - By Boris JohnsonLook, I share some of the irritation at these climate change protesters. I am not in favour of paralysing public transport in the greatest city on earth, and stopping people from getting to work. I don’t
Tennis 'I am totally in awe of these women': Anne Keothavong hails British team after Fed Cup comeback against KazakhstanThe Telegraph - By Simon BriggsWomen's Sport Social Embed Anne Keothavong, the British captain, has been waiting for this moment for much of her career. First as a player, and then as a coach, she has seen four World Group play-off
Thessaloniki Archeological treasures found during metro construction in GreeceThe Telegraph - By Nick SquiresThe construction of a metro network beneath the Greek city of Thessaloniki has unearthed an extraordinary treasure trove of ancient artefacts, from gold wreaths and rings to statues of the goddess Aphrodite.
William Shakespeare Deaf actor steps in for hearing one at Royal Shakespeare Company production in theatrical firstThe Telegraph - By Patrick SawerA deaf actor has become the first to step in for a principal actor at a major theatre, and has said that it doesn't matter if the audience didn't understand all of the sign language because "often you
Babies The nine faces of baby feeding explainedThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinMost parents will at some stage find themselves sitting glumly amid the puree-spattered wreckage of a disastrous mealtime wondering what their precious baby was trying to tell them. Now, it appears, help
Johanna KontaJohanna Konta and Katie Boulter show Fed Cup fighting spirit as Great Britain see off Kazakhstan to make World Group returnThe TelegraphWomen' s Sport Social Embed < script src="https://cf.eip.telegraph. co.uk/particle-embed/js/ particle.js"> After Kazakhstan’s drums and trombones had dominated the Fed Cup conversation on Saturday, it
Identity With clubs outside the big six competing for less and less, the vague concept of identity reigns supremeThe Telegraph - By Sam DeanLet us start with a question. What do Middlesbrough, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers and Cardiff City have in common? No prizes for getting the easy answer, which is that they have all been relegated from
Nigeria British aid worker shot dead in NigeriaThe Telegraph - By Reuters News AgencyKidnappers in Nigeria killed a British woman and a Nigerian man, and abducted three others in the northern city of Kaduna, local police and the British High Commission said on Sunday. Kidnappings are in
Sri Lanka Analysis: Sri Lanka terrorists want sectarian violence, economic sabotage, and political collapseThe Telegraph - By Roland OliphantThe tourist trade calls it “India lite” - a laid-back paradise of perfect beaches and weather with all the culture but a softer pace of life. But the horrific slaughter that unfolded in churches and hotels
Sri Lanka The Sri Lanka attacks shatter the country's new era of peaceThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ViewThe murderous attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday seem principally designed to hit the island’s tourism, which has begun to flourish again after the civil war ended 10 years ago. Hotels popular with
Amir Khan 'I can’t go out like that': Amir Khan vows to fight on after defeat to Terence CrawfordThe Telegraph - By Gareth A DaviesAmir Khan vowed that his career was far from over after a controversial sixth-round defeat against American welterweight World Boxing Organisation champion Terence Crawford. Crawford walked away with
Jürgen KloppJurgen Klopp hails 'massive' Liverpool win but says midweek Manchester derby comes at a good time for Pep Guardiola andThe Telegraph - By Chris BascombeJurgen Klopp hailed another ‘massive’ victory in the title race, but hinted rivals Manchester City are travelling to Manchester United at a more favourable time than Liverpool encountered. Ole Gunnar was
Manchester United'The players have their heads on the line': Gary Neville attacks 'embarrassing' and 'rancid' Manchester United performanceThe Telegraph - By Jim WhiteManchester United legends last night launched a blistering attack on the team’s performance at Goodison Park, one that former defender Gary Neville labelled as “rancid” and “embarrassing”. Goals from Gylfi
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka attack: British mother and son killed in hotel restaurant as explosions rock the countryThe Telegraph - By Gabriella Swerling and Qadijah Irshad and Susitha Fernando and Kat HoppsA mother and son were killed while eating breakfast at a five-star Sri Lankan hotel as a string of suicide bombs ripped through the country on Easter Sunday, killing more than 200 people. Alex Nicholson,
Wilfried Zaha Roy Hodgson expects Wilfried Zaha to be at Crystal Palace 'for many years to come' after inspiring shock win over ArsenalThe Telegraph - By Sam DeanRoy Hodgson said Wilfried Zaha’s brilliant showing against Arsenal “was not the performance of a guy who wants to get away from his club” after a weekend of intensified speculation over his future. In
Neil Warnock Neil Warnock bemoans Mohamed Salah 'dive' as Cardiff fail to stop Liverpool marching on in title raceThe Telegraph - By Chris BascombeNeil Warnock raged against the ‘Olympic diving’ of Mohamed Salah as he made his customary curse on officials following Cardiff’s defeat to Liverpool. Salah earned his side an 81st-minute penalty after
Petro Poroshenko Comedian upsets Ukraine's president in landslide election victoryThe Telegraph - By Alec LuhnA comedian who plays the president on television has turned art into a real life in a landslide election against the incumbent in conflict-torn Ukraine, according to exit polls. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, 41,
Lyon We can go on and win the Champions League: Chelsea manager Emma Hayes after narrow Lyon defeatThe Telegraph - By Katie WhyattWomen's Sport Social Embed Chelsea manager Emma Hayes believes her side “can go on and win the Champions League” after Erin Cuthbert snatched an away goal in their 2-1 semi-final first leg defeat at Lyon,
J K Rowling We adults have much to learn from Paddington and Mrs TiggywinkleThe Telegraph - By Jane ShillingIn 2013, when Bloomsbury reissued J K Rowling’s Harry Potter books with covers designed for adult readers, the scoffing was unconfined. For an adult “to read a children’s book is not escapism - it’s evasion,
EasterPupils being persuaded to come into school during Easter holidays for 'crammer' Sats courses to boost schools' performanceThe Telegraph - By Camilla TurnerEaster holiday Sats “cramming” courses are on the rise, a union has warned, as headteachers attempt to boost their school’s league table performance. Hundreds of schools are now “persuading” parents to
Juul Vaping brand with flavours loved by teens set for big UK expansionThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinThe world’s leading vaping brand is planning a significant UK expansion, including the marketing of fruit flavours that critics have said are designed to appeal to teenagers. Juul, which has been stocked
Waterloo Bridge Climate change protesters say they are 'pausing' disruption after more than 800 arrestsThe Telegraph - By Jamie JohnsonClimate change protesters will meet with the Metropolitan police and “pause” the disruption that has plagued London for a week, resulting in more than 800 arrests. The leaders of Extinction Rebellion announced
Employment Send stressed employees to Lourdes-style spiritual retreats, say expertsThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinCompanies should consider sending employees on pilgrimage-style “emotional” retreats to counter workplace stress, scientists have said. A new study found that travelling to spiritual destinations such
Science Mission to Mars may require astronauts to wear swimming gogglesThe Telegraph - By Henry BodkinSwimming goggles could be used to protect astronauts’ eyes on long missions to Mars, a new study suggests. Experiments by Nasa scientists found goggles protected vision by boosting the pressure of fluid
Sri Lanka How Sri Lanka suicide bomber stood in line for hotel breakfast buffet before detonating explosivesThe Telegraph - By Nicola SmithAs guests at Sri Lanka's Cinammon Grand waited in line for the breakfast buffet on Easter Sunday, they could have had no idea one of their fellow diners was plotting to unleash horror. The man, who had
