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Dick Van Dyke: The 99-year-old’s everlasting appeal — and the iconic role he had to turn down13:45 As he approaches his 100th birthday, the cherished performer is still uniting generations. Kevin E G Perry looks back at a staggering career that stretches from World War II radio performances to ‘The Masked Singer’, a record-breaking Emmy win and a Coldplay video Labour has completely abandoned women’s rights, former EHRC chief claims13:13 Kishwer Falkner said Labour was traditionally the ‘party of feminism’ but that the current generation of Labour MPs has ‘lost it’ Woeful England slide towards second Test defeat as Mitchell Starc and Australia dominate13:13 England 134/6 (trail Australia by 43 runs): The tourists are facing a 2-0 series deficit after Starc starred in Brisbane IndiGo chaos forces Indian government to cap price-gauging by other airlines13:13 Government says airline has until end of this weekend to refund all customers affected by flight cancellations Force-fed and drugged into a ‘comatose’ state: ‘Horrifying’ allegations against children’s hospitals13:13 Three years after The Independent first published a damning investigation into Huntercombe Group hospitals, new court documents reveal fresh claims that children were subject to inhumane, degrading and abusive treatment in ‘prison-like’ units – as families take legal action against 35 doctors. Rebecca Thomas reports Lewis Hamilton crashes out of Abu Dhabi GP practice in latest Ferrari nightmare12:41 Hamilton spun at turn nine at the Yas Marina Circuit and slammed into the barrier ahead of qualifying Lewis Hamilton crashes in final practice at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix12:41 The seven-time world champion lost control of his Ferrari through turn nine at the Yas Marina Circuit. Europe has promised Ukraine a ‘reassurance force’ when the war ends - but will it enrage Putin?12:09 Europe has backed the idea of a ‘Reassurance Force’ to help Ukraine rebuild its war-weary army, but what does that mean in reality? |