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Kane Williamson returns home shrouded in mystery, eyeing more history
Test cricket’s 10,000-run club looms large for the Black Caps’ batting star, who is yet to properly explain his T20I retirement.

Is it unmanly for a bloke to get Botox in the year 2025?
“Botox got mentioned in a work-related conversation recently, and afterwards I started thinking - could I actually bring myself to get it done?”

If you can’t keep your eyes off the flight map, this might be a better option
If you’ve got wifi on board, give this a try instead for a more accurate picture of your place in the skies.

Executive assistant resigns over mayor’s ‘disregard for Treaty principles’
Woman resigns over Napier mayor’s ‘disregard for Treaty principles’.

Primal Scream gig cancelled over video criticism
The organiser cancels the band's appearance following claims a video at a previous gig was antisemitic.

Wales captains Morgan and Lake to join Gloucester
Wales captains Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake are set to join Gloucester at the end of the season.

Clarke urges fans not to go into debt for World Cup tickets
Steve Clarke is urging Scotland fans not to put themselves into debt to follow their team to the World Cup.

O'Neill 'would happily have stayed on' at Celtic
Martin O'Neill says he would "happily have stayed on" as Celtic manager after his interim spell ended with seven wins out of eight games.

'We don't blame dad for killing mum, he was ill'
Chris Stone-Houghton had been experiencing paranoia when he killed his wife Ruth, an inquest heard.

'I've grown up in fear': Jewish Australians say rising antisemitism made attack predictable
Many are asking why more wasn't done to prevent the shootings after a spate of antisemitism-related offences.

Airbnb fined £56m by Spain for advertising unlicensed properties
The government has been cracking down on the rentals firm as neighbourhoods protest against holiday lets.

The top footy draft pick who turned to 10-pin bowling to calm the nerves
A power key forward with a booming kick and huge contested mark, Richmond’s AFLW No.1 draft pick had a background in heptathlon before turning to footy.

‘Psychological torture’: The cricketing great and former prime minister spending 22 hours a day in a ‘death cell’
For a man who was still his country’s prime minister four years ago, life today in Pakistan could hardly be more desolate for Imran Khan.

Why is there a bus stop here? A small-town mystery with a surprisingly complex answer
A mystery bus stop outside a Featherston shop has confused drivers for years.

He kore tanetanga to te whiwhi Botox i te tau 2025?
“I whakahuatia a Botox i roto i tetahi korerorero e pa ana ki te mahi ina noa nei, a, i muri iho ka timata ahau ki te whakaaro - ka taea e au te whakaoti?“

Shirley survived a rip despite making an initial bad decision. What she did next saved her life
Summer is the time we lose the most New Zealanders to drowning – more than 40% of deaths.

Chris Martin gives surprise wedding performance
The Coldplay singer lands by helicopter to play at a wedding in Staffordshire.

Mount purring for Man Utd but does he have World Cup chance?
Mason Mount is delivering for Manchester United - but can his performances force him into Thomas Tuchel's World Cup squad?

Stokes wants England to 'show a bit of dog' in third Ashes Test
Ben Stokes asks his England team to “show a bit of dog” in the crucial third Ashes Test against Australia in Adelaide.

Ukraine ceasefire talks continue as US says 'progress was made'
The discussions are centred around the peace plan presented by Kyiv to the US last week.

Fear of crime and migration fuels Chile's swing to the right
Chile has become the latest country in the region to elect a right-wing president.

Resident doctors vote to go ahead with strike in England as hospitals battle flu wave
It comes after ministers made fresh offer amid warning the walkout is risky as NHS battles wave of flu.