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Shifters review: This bittersweet romcom sizzles with chemistry, writes PATRICK MARMION

23.08.2024 07:30 Shifters, the bittersweet romcom by female playwright Benedict Lombe first seen at the powerhouse Bush Theatre in West London, has now transferred to the West End.

Celebrity Race Across The World review: Who cares about the race, we want to know what makes the celebs tick, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

23.08.2024 07:30 CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Celebrity Race Across The World placed much more emphasis on the race itself than last week's opener.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Morrissey and Jarvis Cocker have cited Jake Thackray as a key influence. Who was he?

23.08.2024 07:30 Jake Thackray was unique; he was a Yorkshire-born chansonnier who sang songs of outcasts, boozers, lonely widows, retired brigadiers and spurned country girls.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Has a professional racewalker ever been penalised for running?

23.08.2024 07:30 Disqualifications are not uncommon in professional racewalking, even in high-stakes competitions such as the Olympics and World Championships.

Labour is accused of ignoring safety of UK residents - as number of foreign criminals released from jail to walk Britain's streets reaches record high of more than 17,000

23.08.2024 07:30 Official figures show that at the end of June there were 17,428 foreign national offenders who had been released from prison but not deported.

Private schools beat state schools in bagging the highest proportion of top GCSE grades this year, figures reveal - but boys have narrowed attainment gap with girls

23.08.2024 07:30 In England, 48.4 per cent of private school entries scored at least a 7 compared to 19.4 per cent of those from comprehensive schools - a gap of 29 percentage points.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Antony Blinken seems an adult compared with his masters, the capering clowns onstage at the Democratic National Convention

23.08.2024 07:30 EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken , 62, seems an adult compared with his masters, the capering clowns onstage at the Democratic National Convention.

Lawyers representing the Post Office during the Horizon scandal earned nearly as much as the compensation paid to wronged sub-postmasters, figures reveal

23.08.2024 07:30 Fifteen law firms and two barristers' chambers were paid almost £257 million for advising the state-owned firm over ten years, while victims have received about £261 million so far.

Taliban passes new lifestyle laws in Afghanistan banning Afghan women from looking at men they are not related to, talking too loudly, singing or reading the Koran in public

23.08.2024 07:30 Officials published its 114-page vice and virtue rulebook on Wednesday that covers aspects of everyday life such as public transport, music, shaving and celebrations.

Elderly patients near end of life being needlessly given distressing and risky scans, study reveals

23.08.2024 07:30 Researchers say wasteful checks for elderly patients nearing the end of their lives increase costs for the NHS, extend hospital stays and delay access to scanners for people with many more years to live.

Labour is accused of 'undoing Tories work' on tackling Channel crisis - as 25,300 small boat migrants granted asylum in just one year

23.08.2024 07:30 Home Office data revealed more than 25,300 people who arrived by small boat were granted asylum or another type of humanitarian protection in the year to June.

ALISON BOSHOFF: British actress Julia Ormond gunning for the Hollywood big beasts after her Weinstein ordeal

23.08.2024 07:30 ALISON BOSHOFF:British actress Julia Ormond is taking on the biggest beasts in Hollywood in her quest for justice after an alleged sexual assault in 1995 by convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein.

What a grade day for pupils! How 1 in 5 GCSE pupils achieved top marks - but experts say results are not back at pre-Covid levels

23.08.2024 07:30 Discounting the freak years of 2020 to 2022 when grades were wildly inflated due to the pandemic, this year's results at grade 7 are the highest since 2012.

Russell Crowe reveals he still has to 'work for a living' as he compares his wealth to Hollywood megastar Daniel Day-Lewis

23.08.2024 07:30 Russell Crowe has revealed he still has to 'work for a living' after comparing his career to fellow Hollywood megastar Daniel Day-Lewis.

Michael Mosley: Wonders Of The Human Body review: There will never be anyone quite like the great Michael Mosley again, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

23.08.2024 07:30 CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: No presenter ever enjoyed his subject - our health, his own health, the marvels of medicine and new advances in science - more than Dr Mosley.