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Prue Leith leaves The Great British Bake Off
She has been a judge on Channel 4's baking competition alongside Paul Hollywood since 2017.

Wing Penaud left out of France's Six Nations squad
France's all-time top try-scorer Damian Penaud is a shock omission from the defending champions' Six Nations squad.

Women's Club World Cup could be 'catastrophic' for English game, warns WSL
English players and officials are shocked by the current scheduling for the inaugural Women's Club World Cup because of the impact it could have on the WSL.

McIlroy challenges Hatton and Rahm to pay Tour fines
Rory McIlroy says Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm can "prove" their commitment to Europe's Ryder Cup team by settling the fines handed down to them by the DP World Tour.

Crystal Palace striker Mateta tells club he wants to leave
France striker Jean-Philippe Mateta has 18 months remaining on his current deal at Selhurst Park and as things stand he will not be signing an extension.

Peers urged to vote for social media ban for under-16s
Lord Nash proposes raising the age limit in a change to a draft law making its way through Parliament.

'Are we not good enough?' Girls football team win tiny plastic cup as boys get full-size trophy
The cup paled into comparison to the grand old trophy presented to the winning boys football team.

Is Starmer's tougher stance on Trump enough to shore up support from his MPs?
Behind the scenes, Sir Keir had been coming under greater pressure to change his approach to the president.

Next buys shoe chain Russell & Bromley but 33 shops at risk
The ailing shoe seller has found a saviour in Next's £2.5m pound offer.

I will not yield to Trump's pressure on Greenland, says PM
Sir Keir says President Trump criticised the UK's Chagos Islands deal in order to exert pressure on the PM.

Windows 11’s first update of the year is breaking all kinds of stuff
Microsoft has really stepped in it with the first Windows 11 update of 2026. Reports from annoyed Windows users are cropping up regarding various errors caused by the KB5074109 update. According to said reports, Windows 11 PCs that installed the KB5074109 update on Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for January 2026 are experiencing...

'Unreal' crowd carries last Briton standing Norrie
British number two Cameron Norrie pulls through a rain-delayed match to move past United States' Emilio Nava in the Australian Open second round.

Fire death couple 'unintended victims of drug row'
A court hears that Sheila Jackson and Peter Greener died in an arson attack on their home.

Japan restarts world's largest nuclear plant as Fukushima memories loom large
Japan restarts a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima meltdown.

Israeli PM Netanyahu agrees to join Trump's Board of Peace
Israel is the latest country to publicly accept an invitation to Trump's new organisation, joining Albania, Bahran, Hungary, Morocco and the UAE.

The secret group exposing bogus veterans like the fake admiral
How a secretive group of ex-services personnel investigate military imposters.

Could US Congress stop Trump from taking over Greenland?
Some of the president's fellow Republicans oppose him - but it's not clear if they would join Democrats to block a takeover of the island.

UK inflation rises for first time in five months - but one-off factors blamed
It is the last set of monthly inflation figures before the next interest rate decision on 5 February.

How the NHS became the battleground in the trans debate facing workplaces
What's next for employers and their staff in the aftermath of the Darlington nurses ruling?