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The aunt of murdered aspiring lawyer Zara Aleena has said she is “always hopeful” that a system, which is “broken across the board” and does not protect women, can change. Farah Naz was speaking as she joined hundreds of people who marched to remember and grieve for women and girls killed through male violence and to call for action to tackle it. Supporters of the Million Women Rise (MWR) collective

Max Verstappen struck the first blow of the new Formula One season by securing pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The double world champion beat Sergio Perez as Red Bull locked out the front row by one tenth of a second with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari. Carlos Sainz finished fourth in the other scarlet car ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso. George Russell qualified sixth as Mercedes team-mate

The Premier League will be monitored next season to make sure referees are accurately calculating the length of stoppages in matches, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said. FIFA’s referees chief Pierluigi Collina led a concerted effort to cut down time-wasting at last year’s World Cup finals in Qatar, and the International Football Association Board now wants the same criteria to be used in competitions worldwide from July 1. On average,

Dame Mary Berry will join Claudia Winkleman and comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in a sketch for Red Nose Day based on hit BBC One series The Traitors. The former Great British Bake Off judge, 87, was announced as the first celebrity joining the roundtable, alongside comedian Rosie Jones, and Wilfred Webster and Maddy Smedley from the original TV series. The programme, which first aired in November, saw

Matt Hancock expressed concern that a flagship Rishi Sunak policy was contributing to the spread of Covid-19 as the latest set of leaked messages reveal how the pair were at odds during the pandemic. The details emerged in the latest tranche of leaked messages from the former health secretary, published by the Daily Telegraph. The messages show Mr Hancock attempting to get the support of Cabinet Secretary Simon Case in

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and Manchester United counterpart Erik ten Hag have called for an end to chants about tragedies ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash between the sides at Anfield. The pleas regarding chants and online abuse about events such as Munich, Heysel and Hillsborough were made in a joint statement issued by the clubs on Saturday, with Klopp urging fans to “keep the passion and lose the poison”.

New powers to crack down on small boats crossings in the Channel are expected to be announced by the Government next week. The legislation, promised as part of Government efforts to tackle illegal migration, is understood to likely be unveiled next week by Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman. First reported by the Times, the legislation is expected to make asylum claims inadmissible from those who travel to the UK on

Proposals to reimburse victims of bank transfer scams are half-baked in their current form and need further action, according to the Treasury Committee. New financial regulations being considered by the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) will require banks and building societies to fully reimburse victims of authorised push payment (APP) scams, where the loss is more than £100. At least 196,000 people collectively lost £583 million to APP scams in 2021

Yellow warnings for snow and ice across most of Scotland and north-east England are in place for Monday and Tuesday as Arctic air moves south. The Met Office said next week will start with the coldest day of the year so far with temperatures dropping to near freezing in northern parts of the UK. Northerly winds will make it feel even colder – parts of north-east Scotland will feel like