The Dutch star, who combines commercial visibility alongside elite results, won gold on Monday in front of a packed arena that included her influencer boyfriend

Jutta Leerdam delivered the defining race of her career on Monday night, roaring to Olympic gold in the women’s 1000m and setting a new Olympic record of 1min 12.31sec to lead a Dutch one-two and deliver the Netherlands’ first medals of the Games.

The 27-year-old finished 0.28sec ahead of compatriot Femke Kok, who had briefly held the Olympic record after clocking 1:12.59 earlier in the final group. Japan’s defending Olympic champion Miho Takagi took bronze in 1:13.95.

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Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë is an emotionally hollow, bodice-ripping misfire that misuses Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi but makes the most of Martin Clunes

Emerald Fennell cranks up the campery as she reinvents Emily Brontë’s tale of Cathy and Heathcliff on the windswept Yorkshire moor as a 20-page fashion shoot of relentless silliness, with bodices ripped to shreds and a saucy slap of BDSM. Margot Robbie’s Cathy at one stage secretly heads off to the moor for a hilarious bit of self-pleasuring – although, sadly, there are no audaciously intercut scenes of thirst-trap Heathcliff, played by Jacob Elordi, simultaneously doing the same thing in the stable, while muttering gruffly in that Yerrrrrkshire accent of his.

This then is Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, or rather “Wuthering Heights”; the title archly appears in inverted commas, although the postmodern irony seems pointless. Cathy is a primped belle quivering in the presence of Heathcliff, who himself is a moody, long-haired, bearded outsider, as if Scarlett O’Hara were going to melt into the arms of Charles Manson. However, he does get substantially Darcyfied up later on, rocking a shorter and more winsome hairstyle, his gossamer-thin shirt never dry.

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The Brazilian was often exposed by the tactics of Ten Hag and Amorim, but was always adaptable and a replacement will be expensive

“Leave the football before the football leaves you.” The meme-baiting quote from Jamie Carragher hung heavy over Casemiro for a long while, but it is testament to the Brazilian’s character and durability that he will leave Manchester United this year on his own terms, two years after those infamous words from the former Liverpool player.

In fairness to Carragher, context at the time was key. After United were hammered 4-0 by Crystal Palace in May 2024, Casemiro looked spent at the elite level, bypassed too easily in increasingly fast‑tempo matches and left for dead by Erik ten Hag’s high-risk tactics.

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Allies of leading candidates keen to tout credentials but others despair at options at top of Labour party

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As Keir Starmer fights for his political life, the contest to replace him has already begun.

The prime minister was already under pressure when the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, called for on Monday a change of prime minister. Sarwar’s comments followed the resignations from Downing Street of Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s chief of staff, and Tim Allan, his communications director.

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The upcoming reveal of the Aston Martin AMR26 in Saudi Arabia will mark a new chapter for the team under legendary designer Adrian Newey, as well as signifying the conclusion of the 2026 launch season.

Een landschap trekt voorbij. Rotsen, dorre velden en een olijfboomgaard verdwijnen in de achteruitkijkspiegel van een auto. Een wit paard galoppeert door de straten in de video van Al Daw – Nothing Comes Back the Same, een nummer vol melancholie van de Palestijnse muzikant Maya Al Khaldi.

Dit nummer gaat over het collectieve Palestijns verdriet, zowel in Gaza als op de Westbank. Hoe kun je helen als alles wat ooit vertrouwd was, je familie, buren, huis,  straat, stad of dorp weg is en jouw land wordt bedreigd ?

In de video zien we het verhaal, eerst in de prachtige scene met het paard die het vluchten verbeeld. In de achteruitkijkspiegel verdwijnt alles uit zicht, ook de hoop.

Dit nummer is een officieel protestnummer op de site van Amnesty International.

Het gezin Fledderman uit Dordrecht heeft een rolstoelbus nodig. Dochter Amarise (10) heeft namelijk een zeldzame spierziekte en haar ouders tillen haar en de rolstoel nu zelf de auto in en uit wanneer ze op pad gaan. En dat kan zo niet langer: “Straks tillen we onszelf nog een hernia.”