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'It was easy to keep the secret and stick to our Olympic focus'

The big interview Emma Finucane Olympic medallist talks about her raw emotions while racing and how she kept quiet about her boyfriend's defection to GB

Evenepoel crash with van leads to several fractures

The double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel suffered fractures to his rib, right shoulder blade and hand, his team, Soudal-QuickStep, said yesterday.

Woods wants US Ryder Cup team paid if cash donated

Tiger Woods believes American players should all be paid millions to play in the Ryder Cup, providing those funds are donated to charity.

NatWest on 'fast trajectory' to full private ownership in 2025, says boss

The chief executive of NatWest has said the bailed-out bank is on a \"fast trajectory to private ownership\", with the government likely to fully exit its stake within the first half of 2025.

Concern after ONS says better employment survey could be years away

Policymakers risk making \"misinformed\" decisions because they are relying on a defective jobs survey that may not be fixed until 2027, the chair of the Treasury select committee has warned.

Elon Musk's legal battle for his $56bn pay award goes on, and Tesla's board still looks supine

The first time around, the judge Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware court of chancery got it right. The $56bn (£44bn) pay package awarded by Tesla to Elon Musk in 2018 was indeed a governance abomination, a stitch-up in which ordinary shareholders weren't told about the \"deeply flawed\" process whereby a \"superstar CEO\" secured wildly over-the-top terms from pliant directors.

Water firms urge higher returns to fund investment

Water firms want to see higher returns for shareholders to ensure record investment into sewage pipes and treatment plants is delivered.

Musk's $56bn Tesla pay package rejected again by Delaware judge

A judge has ruled that the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, is still not entitled to receive a $56bn compensation package even though shareholders of the electric vehicle company had voted to reinstate it six months ago.

Meloni Vows to defend Stellantis workers in Italy after boss's exit

The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said her government will try to protect jobs as political tensions mount with Fiat-maker Stellantis after the abrupt resignation of its boss.

EDF extends lifetime of four nuclear power plants

Four of Britain's oldest nuclear power plants will continue running for more than a decade longer than initially planned to help bridge a gap before the delayed Hinkley Point nuclear station starts up.

Masterpiece resurfaces 130 years after it was sold to collector

A painting by the Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla has gone on public show for the first time since it vanished after being sold to a private collector 134 years ago.

Man jailed for life for brutal murder of Italian student, 22

Filippo Turetta has been sentenced to life in jail for the murder of the university student Giulia Cecchettin, whose brutal killing cast a grim spotlight on femicide in Italy.

America's priciest home: $295m, all mod cons - and a very big flood risk

A sprawling Florida mansion set beside a beach of powdery white sand overlooking the azure Gulf of Mexico is the most expensive property listed for sale in the United States, yours for a mere $295m (£233m).

Unknown future after summer paralysis

When Emmanuel Macron welcomes world leaders to the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral this weekend after fire damaged it five years ago, he might have hoped it would serve as a metaphor for people from all backgrounds coming together in Paris to prevent a hallowed edifice from collapse.

France's government on brink of defeat in no-confidence vote

France is staring into the unknown as the minority government of the prime minister, Michel Barnier, faces near-certain defeat in a confidence vote that could dramatically intensify the political crisis in one of the European Union's key member states.

'A shocking picture of violence' IDF soldiers accused of routine abuse on streets of West Bank

Israeli soldiers based in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron have intensified a campaign of arbitrary detentions, beatings and abuse of Palestinians, according to Guardian interviews with residents and research by the human rights group B'Tselem.

'Problems for Moscow' Fall of Aleppo threatens Russia's foothold in Syria

The walls of the military office in Aleppo were adorned with pictures of the Kremlin, flanked by Russian and Syrian flags. On the desks, documents detailing the two nations' cooperation lay abandoned - telltale signs of Bashar al-Assad's forces' hasty retreat as rebels closed in on Syria's second-biggest city over the weekend.

Insurgents widen attacks and could cut off critical route for Assad's forces

Syrian insurgents fighting forces loyal to the president, Bashar al-Assad, have launched attacks in the central province of Hama, threatening to cut off government troops from a key route linking the capital, Damascus, with rebel-held Aleppo.

Applications to hardship fund for writers rise fivefold in a year

Applications for the Royal Literary Fund's hardship grants for professional writers increased by 400% between last year and this year, the charity has said.

Swashbuckling revival of Mike Leigh staging

ENO has several times tried to attract another bolt of the Gilbert and Sullivan lightning that brought the company Jonathan Miller's hit 1986 production of The Mikado.

Sleeping saint is the story of a subversive, sensual masterpiece

It's a cosy tradition at the National Gallery to showcase one of its Christmassy paintings at this time of year - a Nativity, or an Adoration of the Magi perhaps.

Campaigners accuse Coca-Cola of scrapping vow on packaging

Coca-Cola has been accused of quietly abandoning a pledge to achieve a 25% reusable packaging target by 2030 in what campaigners called a \"masterclass in greenwashing\".

Undercover officer 'was reckless in fathering a child'

An undercover police officer was accused of behaving \"recklessly\" when he fathered a son with a woman from whom he had concealed his real identity, a public inquiry has heard.

Leader of Welsh Tories quits after confidence vote

The leader of the Welsh Tories, Andrew RT Davies, has resigned after dismal UK general election results and concern over comments he has made on subjects ranging from halal meat to the country's divisive 20mph speed limit law.

Husband of royal took own life after adverse reaction to antidepressants

The son-in-law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent killed himself after suffering adverse side-effects from prescribed antidepressants, an inquest has found.

Tamils arrive in UK from Diego Garcia after three-year legal fight over asylum

Dozens of people stranded in hellish conditions for more than three years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have arrived in the UK and spoken of their relief that their journey was over.

Winslet hits out after 'appalling' experience of body-shaming

Kate Winslet has broken down at the memory of being told she was overweight by journalists on the red carpet as a 22-year-old.

School areas 'flooded' by fast food chains - study

Fast food chains such as KFC, Domino's and Subway are \"flooding\" areas close to schools by opening almost 1,000 outlets near them in recent years, research reveals.

Puns on politics, pop and sprouts win Christmas cracker joke vote

What do you get if you mix Keir Starmer, Thames Water, and a weight-loss drug-taking Father Christmas?

Stalking Victims to be told abuser's identity

Victims will be given the right to know the identity of the person who is stalking them as part of a wider look at whether legislation connected to the crime was fit for purpose, Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, said yesterday.