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Formula One has announced that next year’s Chinese Grand Prix will be cancelled. The race in Shanghai – due to take place on April 16 – has been scrapped amid ongoing coronavirus restrictions in the country. The sport is now facing a four-week hole in the 2023 calendar with the defunct round in China sandwiched by races in Melbourne on April 2 and Azerbaijan on April 30. But it is […]

Their aim is to get patients into beds more quickly and better manage demand More than 40 NHS “traffic control centres” have gone live across England with the aim of getting patients into beds more quickly and managing demand. The “winter war rooms” will use data to respond to pressures on the health system, with staff able to divert ambulances away from full hospitals to ones with more capacity. Data, including A&E […]

The Cornish seaside town of St Ives has come out on top St Ives has been crowned Britain’s happiest place to live in an annual survey. The Cornish seaside town overtook Hexham in Northumberland to take this year’s top spot in Rightmove’s survey, having alternated with the market town for first place since 2019. Hexham was placed fourth in this year’s study. More than 21,000 people responded to Rightmove’s Happy […]

It's the first Westminster by-election since Boris Johnson's departure kicked off months of chaos Rishi Sunak is facing his first test at the ballot box as voters go to the polls to choose a new City of Chester MP. The contest will give both Labour and the Tories a glimpse into how voters are reacting to a tumultuous six months for the Government, as it marks the first Westminster by-election […]

The Rolling Stones have announced a new greatest hits album filled with star-studded features including Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen and John Mayer. Due to be released on February 10 2023, GRRR Live! will capture the rock band’s 2012 show at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center which was part of their 50th anniversary tour. Alongside global superstars Gaga, Springsteen and Mayer, the special concert also featured surprise appearances from The Black […]

Sir Rod Stewart has announced the death of his brother Bob, two months after the loss of his other brother, Don. The 77-year-old singer paid tribute on Instagram, sharing an image of a candle and the message “Rest in peace”. He wrote: “It’s with great sadness that I announce the loss of my brother Bob last night, who joins my brother Don on the great football pitch in the sky. […]

A coroner has apologised to the families of 11 men who were killed in the Shoreham Airshow tragedy for their seven-year wait for answers. West Sussex senior coroner Penelope Schofield expressed her “deepest regret” that the ordeal endured by relatives of those who died had been “added to” by delays to the inquest. The victims of the disaster died after a plane taking part in an aerial display in August […]

The first trailer for Channel 4’s drama based on the Wagatha Christie case sees tensions rise as the legal battle plays out in the courtroom. The 20-second teaser for the highly-anticipated series, titled Vardy V Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, shows This Is England actress Chanel Cresswell as Coleen Rooney and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena as Rebekah Vardy. In the clip, Rooney looks suspiciously at her phone as her voiceover […]

Dawn French has said she would like to die “on stage” and be dragged “off to the side”. The Vicar Of Dibley actress, 65, was reflecting on her death as part of a new podcast. Kathy Burke asked fellow comedian French in Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake, released on Tuesday, how she would like to die. French said she would “quite like” to die on stage when a […]