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I’m an ACOTAR addict. The snobs are wrong about Sarah J Maas’s ‘fairy smut’

Millions of readers have fallen under the spell of literary phenomenon Sarah J Maas. Roisin O’Connor is one of them, eagerly awaiting her next dose of horny fantasy creatures, out today after a five-year hiatus

Spain deports 16 Ceuta migrants to Morocco ahead of November elections - despite NGO’s warning

Busted’s James Bourne says brother ‘saved my life’ with kidney donation

Musician, 43, had been forced to drop out of Busted tour last year due to health

This freight train claims to be the longest ever. Here's how long

South Africa claims it has sent the longest freight train in the world on a test run

Spain branded ‘hypocritical’ after deporting more than a dozen Ceuta asylum seekers to Morocco

Spain insists Morocco is a safe country despite NGOs saying the country does ‘not respect many human rights’

John Healey’s plan for a ‘Robin Hood’ Budget may not be as risk-free as he thinks

As John Healey prepares to deliver a ‘steady-as-she-goes Budget’, political editor David Maddox looks at why it may not be as dull as we have been led to believe

She climbed Everest without oxygen. But the summit was never the point

Melissa Arnot Reid first came to Nepal in 2008 as an assistant guide on an Everest expedition. She was 23 and had been guiding for only three years. She had arrived, by her own account, with “an incredible level of naivety.” Summitting Everest, she thought then, was “the master’s degree for a guide”, a way

Xabi Alonso provides Joao Pedro injury update before Liverpool vs Chelsea

Joao Pedro is set for a “few weeks” on the sidelines following a thigh injury

Israel election 2026 live: Betting markets predicting stunning Netanyahu defeat despite Trump’s backing

Netanyahu said ahead of Tuesday’s elections that Trump was willing to take further action against Iran - if the Israeli prime minister remains in power

Tom Jones ‘truly sorry’ after being forced to postpone tour dates

Sir Tom Jones started his global tour in the UK and Europe over the summer and is now in the US

Intel to buy quantum firm Classiq for about $2.3 billion, Bloomberg News reports

Downing Street responds to Harry Kane knighthood rumours