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Wednesday, 14 October 2026 · Updated 6 min ago

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Sport

Watkins replaces injured Smithies in England squad

Kallum Watkins is called up as a late replacement to England's Rugby League World Cup squad after Morgan Smithies is forced to withdraw through injury.

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World

Germany puts Ukrainian on trial accused of blowing up Nord Stream pipelines

Four years after the attacks, Serhii Kuznetsov appears in court accused of a plot to destroy Russia's gas pipelines to Germany.

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Sport

Quiz: Do you remember the big names who took aim at football club chiefs?

As Lisandro Martinez launches a blistering attack on the Manchester United hierarchy, do you remember these famous past examples of well-known football figure calling out leadership figures?

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Sport

Struijk red card shown after VAR intervention is overturned

The red card controversially shown to Brighton defender Pascal Struijk against Sunderland is overturned.

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Business

Not building third runway would be 'huge missed opportunity', warns Heathrow boss

Thomas Woldbye tells the Today progamme it would be "good to know" the government's position on the project, after comments made by the prime minister.

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Entertainment

Lena Dunham's Girls to return for limited HBO run

Ten years after the series finale, the "Girls" are getting back together to explore the "milestone of turning forty", HBO says.

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Science

Gales and heavy rain to impact UK as yellow wind warning issued

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for wind in north-west Scotland on Wednesday with 70mph gusts possible, as Ben Rich explains.

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Culture

Nine images capturing 100 years of Bel-Air

From a 'gentlemen's haven' to film-star refuge and high-end, low-profile enclave

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Health

Cut screen time in classrooms to avoid long-term health issues, clinicians urge

A group of clinicians warns technology use in English schools is driving a rise in health problems like short-sightedness.

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Technology

AI minister warns 'likely' UK's cyber defences will be breached

Kanishka Narayan said the government will use advanced AI to strengthen the UK against cyber attacks.

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Technology

Rogue Anthropic AI agent gave police fake tip in unsolved murder case

Philadelphia police said the tip was "flagged as spam", but criticised the tech company for taking more than two months to detect and report the breach.

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Culture

Unsettling new film Artificial amplifies AI fears

A new film about Open AI and its co-founders has already been controversial

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Health

ADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says government review

The review, which focuses on younger people, warned there was a risk society was moving from an era of under-diagnosis to over-diagnosis.

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Culture

How Aphrodite became a controversial sex symbol

Artworks depicting the Greek goddess have been branded obscene

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Culture

The Social Reckoning lacks power or thrills

This middling drama depicts how a Facebook whistleblower exposed its secrets

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Culture

Why a new TV version of Carrie is annoying people

The latest take on Stephen King's novel has been criticised for its casting

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