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Acoba chair Eric Pickles says rules on post-ministerial jobs are ‘unenforceable’ after former PM avoided answering questions

Andy Leek, creator of Notes to Strangers, made the move after finding himself unable to afford rising rents in UK capital

Meanwhile in the Championship, a host of former Premier League sides are nervously peering down rather than optimistically looking up. Here’s Will Unwin on how short-term approaches are holding clubs back.

Jerry Hall’s next husband could manage almost the whole menu without putting in teeth

Race distance seen as pinnacle of human achievement since time of ancient Greece is no longer the finishing line for what body can endure

They not be Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, but the X Factor judges’ ding-dong over Simon Cowell is a joy

Her cookery and lifestyle show looks like a sensible retreat from the abuse she’s suffered simply for being a modern black woman

A compelling matchup between two of America’s brightest young boxing talents has been overshadowed by questions about the the social-media superstar’s state of mind

Exclusive: Study released at Cop28 misused research to underestimate impact of cutting meat eating, say academics

Tom Hardy, Cynthia Erivo and Andrew Scott conjure menace and melodrama in this 75th-anniversary remake of Orwell’s classic

Pioneering German modernists, a stately new setting for Britain’s best-known sculptor and Rauschenberg’s utopian cultural exchange – all in your weekly dispatch

PM criticised for consultation on personal independence payment amid ‘spiralling’ disability welfare bill

My son, doing Georgraphy revision, tells me there was a 2.5 magnitude earthquake in Derbyshire last night. Perhaps that rattled the slip cauldron, as reported BTL. Leicestershire 22-0

Lock hopes for a repeat of deafening support at Twickenham as favourites England take on Ireland in Women’s Six Nations

Talk of Elizabeth line order raised hopes over safeguarding future of Derby factory but staff are taking nothing for granted

IOPC to examine whether two forces missed chances to protect Kulsuma Akter before she was fatally stabbed in front of her baby

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Opera Rara joined with the Hallé under Sir Mark Elder for this semi-staged performance of the original version of Verdi’s opera

(World Circuit) Recorded live, this pandemic-era collaboration covering songs on death and loss by Depeche Mode, Mercury Rev, Suede and more occasionally transcends its source material

Bush theatre, London Therapists will love this drama about neonatal strains with all its flashbacks to childhood battles. Shame the focus is all on the father, leaving the women looking like harpies

Nottingham Playhouse Three unsuspecting teenagers find themselves under close observation in this satirical swipe at the government’s Prevent strategy

Watchdog rules that vote should be held at Coventry warehouse to test support for union recognition

Richard Nixon infected the modern Republican party with a sickness that would kill it – Donald Trump has finished the job

Estimated 2,548 barrels of carbon dioxide leaked from Exxon pipeline in Louisiana on 3 April, triggering alarm among residents

State revealed as America’s overwhelming emitter of sulfuryl fluoride, used by $4.2bn pest-control industry to kill termites

The Oscar-winner and the Nobel laureate have teamed up to make Bread & Roses, a new film about the abuse of women in Afghanistan. In an emotional interview, they warn that the west ignores its message at their peril

(Monkeywrench/Republic) With superproducer Andrew Watt working his magic, the Seattle grunge veterans sound on point and full of energy in their 35th anniversary year

In her willingness to unleash state violence against student protestors, Minouche Shafik proved herself to be a willing ally to extremists

On the banks of the River Roding, authors explain how they are putting the concept of ‘wild service’ into practice

Creature with balloon syndrome spotted from passing bus in Gloucestershire is in charity’s care and has been named Bounce

Eight teams are fighting to avoid two relegations spots with short-term approaches holding them back