News from October 4, 2025

New Zealand v Australia: men’s third T20 international cricket – live

Over-by-over report: Join James Wallace for updates

WNBA commissioner denies alleged statement saying Caitlin Clark should be ‘grateful’ to league for success - New York Post

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert addressed player allegations and admits the league must do better after Napheesa Collier's claims surfaced Friday.

Fox News 3 days ago

Bodies of two women who died in Victorian high country might have been there ‘two or three days’, police say

Police are working to identify the women and ask anyone who had seen two women appearing ‘disoriented’ in the area earlier to contact Crime Stoppers

Nino Bucci 3 days ago

‘The most aesthetic line’: how Kilian Jornet climbed the 73 highest US mountains in 31 days

The mountain-running legend has just completed States of Elevation, scaling every fourteener in the contiguous US in a single month, powered only by his legs

Andy Cochrane 3 days ago

Want to truly love your cat? Don’t treat it like a baby, let it be free | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The news that one in six UK cat owners use them baffles me: who are all these cooperative, compliant cats trotting down the street beside their owners, asks Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 3 days ago

‘Trump’s decomposing ear of corn’: what does ‘hair certainty’ tell us about our leaders?

From Starmer’s stiff quiff to the Maga movement’s glossy TV locks, how performative a politician’s hair appears can tell us much about the prevailing political winds

Ellie Violet Bramley 3 days ago

‘We’ve been inundated’: European private schools report surge in interest from wealthy British parents

VAT on school fees has led to a rise in overseas interest and even relocations as UK fees have jumped by as much as 22.6%

Lauren Almeida 3 days ago

Wirtz becomes latest footballer battling to best their objectively weird price tag | Barney Ronay

High-technique midfielder is talented enough for his Liverpool move to work out but most transfers over £80m don’t

Barney Ronay 3 days ago

BBC bosses want defence budget to help pay for the World Service

Exclusive: Executives at corporation say media monitoring and anti-disinformation are vital to national security

Kiran Stacey and Michael Savage 3 days ago

Sanae Takaichi: the new leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic party who cites Thatcher as an influence

Takaichi, likely to become Japan’s first female PM, is a rightwinger who has been critical of China and focused on migration in her campaign

Justin McCurry in Tokyo 3 days ago

Sanae Takaichi expected to become Japan’s first female PM after winning ruling party leadership

Admirer of Margaret Thatcher beat her more moderate rival Shinjiro Koizumi to become leader of the Liberal Democratic party

Justin McCurry in Tokyo 3 days ago

‘Sweat equity’: homebuyers turn builders for £10k off their mortgage

In exchange for 500 hours of work, the schemes can provide more than just a route to home ownership

Rupert Jones 3 days ago

‘I think it’s selfish’: William and Kate face backlash over Windsor Great Park no-go zone

Royal couple’s desire for more privacy means 2.3-mile perimeter exclusion zone and less public land for walkers

Caroline Davies 3 days ago

My cultural awakening: Ratatouille helped me overcome my insomnia

My difficulties with sleep stretched back to childhood, when I would put on a movie to pass the time – until I watched the children’s animated film and it made me drop off straight away

Hannah Kendrick; as told to Emma Loffhagen 3 days ago

Starmer on horns of dilemma over China’s seven-year mega-embassy saga

Decision time is coming after Labour called in the planning application for a new building in east London

Eleni Courea Political Correspondent 3 days ago

Is whale blubber what makes bubble gum stretchy? The kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

Molly Oldfield 3 days ago

Explorer Dwayne Fields replaced Bear Grylls in what role? The Saturday quiz

From a Margaret Atwood trilogy and Abba’s fourth UK hit to Benny Hill and Rishi Sunak, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Thomas Eaton 3 days ago

Film Club: Aimee Lou Wood’s fantastical romcom is part Mike Leigh, part cosy family sitcom

The White Lotus star is an agoraphobic movie lover who puts on elaborate immersive screenings in her garage in this sweet tale of longing, anxiety and family bickering. But is it believable?

Rachel Aroesti 3 days ago

Fall for Madrid: why Spain’s capital is city-break gold

The searing summer over, it’s back to business as usual in Madrid – which means dazzling blue skies and a bounty of cultural events

Annie Bennett 3 days ago

Potential contempt charges in relation to Kyle and Jackie O comments on Erin Patterson still under consideration

Office of public prosecutions says decision has ‘not yet been finalised’, four months after judge referred comments including Kyle Sandilands saying ‘lock that bitch up’

Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter 3 days ago