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Formula 1 drivers gave a cautiously positive reaction to this year’s new cars at the end of the first day of pre-season testing in Spain on Monday. Mercedes driver George Russell said: “The cars looked really cool out on the circuit and that’s positive for our sport. “They are quite different for us as drivers…

Besiktas have paid £11.2m to Roma for Tammy Abraham – as the Turkish club prepare to sell him to Aston Villa. The striker had a medical on Saturday having travelled to the UK on Friday after Villa agreed an £18m deal with the Super Lig side. Besiktas had an obligation to buy in the loan…

The Australian Open has altered its schedule for the second time in four days because of extreme heat, with temperatures expected to reach 42C in Melbourne on Tuesday. The start of the wheelchair events, featuring British defending champions Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid and Andy Lapthorne, have been postponed until Wednesday while play on the outside…

Women’s Premier League, Vadodara International Cricket Stadium, Vadodara Mumbai Indians 199-4 (20 overs): Sciver-Brunt 100* (57); Bell 2-21 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 184-9 (20 overs): Ghosh 90 (50); Matthews 3-10 Mumbai Indians won by 15 runs Scorecard Nat Sciver-Brunt hit the first century in Women’s Premier League history as she helped Mumbai Indians earn a 15-run…

A ‘baggy green’ cap worn by Don Bradman during a series against India in 1947-48 has been sold for A$460,000 (£232,000) at auction, fetching the highest price for a cap worn by the legendary Australian batter. Bradman had given the cap to Indian cricketer Sriranga Wasudev Sohoni, whose family looked after it for the past…

When Sir Paul McCartney performed at the Santa Barbara Bowl, he promised fans an intimate gig. But the former Beatle went a step further than most by agreeing to engineer a makeshift “lockdown” on selfies and filming at the concert. All 4,500 fans had to place their mobile phones in lockable pouches for the duration…

Listen to Daniel read this story Paul Thompson was shot dead while being driven home in a taxi through Belfast in April 1994. He was murdered in a sectarian attack by loyalist paramilitaries who had set out to kill Catholics. The taxi driver was a friend who was collecting a fare at another address in…

When Maria Bailey lost her mother in 2020, she did not know what to do with her ashes – six years on, a painting created with them means she is “always with her”. She is not alone, grief experts said more families were choosing personal and creative ways to remember their loved ones. From jewellery…

Two first-year University of Worcester students have secured their first professional dance jobs in a showcase for up and coming artists. Maisey Tromans, 19, from Dudley, and Ruby Brown, 18, from Solihull, are doing a dance and performance degree, and will co-produce and perform a duet called Echo in the Shadows at the city’s Swan…

Many people would like to say their home is beautiful, but Brendan and Celia Wilson can truly say theirs is a work of art. The couple’s Grade II-listed watermill house dates back almost 450 years and was the inspiration for a painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner – widely considered to be one of the…