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Luke Littler dismantles Aspinall to make PDC world championship last four
Nathan Aspinall probably thinks he just took part in a game of darts. And look, his name was definitely on the scoreboard, and you may have glimpsed him on your television grinning away in the background, and in a few days’ time there will be a hefty bank transfer from …
Jocelyne Wildenstein, socialite known for extreme cat-like plastic surgery, dies at 84
The Swiss socialite and cosmetic surgery aficionado Jocelyne Wildenstein, sometimes known as “Catwoman” due to her extensive plastic surgery, has died, her partner said on Wednesday.
“It is with heavy heart and with great sadness that Mr Lloyd Klein announces the unexpected death of his beloved fiancée and longtime companion, …
Coventry woman who vanished 52 years ago found alive and well
Twenty missing after falling from boat in rough seas off Libya’s coast
Twenty people are missing after falling into the sea from a tilting boat after it started to take in water in rough seas about 20 miles off the coast of Libya, according to survivors.
Carrying 27 passengers, the six-metre boat had left Zuwara in Libya, about 571 nautical miles from …
Michael van Gerwen edges Callan Rydz in epic at PDC world championship
They call 1 January the greatest day in the darting calendar. Come back in another 364 days to see if there’s been a better match than this. Michael van Gerwen is a world championship semi-finalist again, beating Callan Rydz 5-3, and even if the bare facts of the transaction feel …
Tweaking the Olympics cycle is a champion idea | Letters
Sean Ingle’s suggestion of holding the Olympics every two years is an interesting one (
Paris Olympics were great, so why not hold summer Games every two years?, 30 December
). However, another option would be to take some or all of the indoor sports out of the summer …The battle of Cable Street remains a call to arms | Letters
If smart AI is so scary, why even develop it? | Brief letters
Automatic voter registration may be an answer to UK’s troubling turnout gap
A healthy democracy depends on people participating in it. In the UK, the proportion of people doing so is falling. Voter turnout in general elections stayed above 70% from 1945 through to 1997, hitting more than 80% in 1950 and 1951. But it collapsed to 59.4% when Tony Blair won …
Turnout inequality in UK elections close to tipping point, report warns
UK elections are “close to a tipping point” where they lose legitimacy because of plummeting voter turnout among renters and non-graduates, an influential thinktank has said.
Analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Studies (IPPR) found that the gap in turnout between those with and without university degrees grew …