Upgrades for the grid’s leading team will be unveiled in Montreal, where wet weather could also play a part

Four races into what has been a disjointed opening to the Formula One season, the sport is still in a period of rapid adaptation and adjustment as drivers and teams come to grips with their new cars. While this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix may offer some indication of the form to come and championship ambitions, it is also something of an outlier.

The focus in Montreal will be of two-fold interest centred largely on Mercedes. The team have opened the new season with a dominant car that has claimed all four poles and all four wins. Yet with the new regulations offering enormous scope for improvement, a fierce development fight will define 2026. McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari all brought their first major upgrades to the last round in Miami; Mercedes bring their opening salvo of major parts to Quebec.

Reform UK Makerfield team reportedly arrived as cafe run by people with special needs was holding celebration event

The founder of a community group has asked Nigel Farage to apologise after the Reform UK leader and his entourage entered its cafe unannounced in what she said was an “intimidating and overwhelming” manner, and allegedly took photographs and videos without permission.

Farage was campaigning in Makerfield when he and his team stopped at a cafe run by the Hamlet Wigan CIC for a cup of tea and to use the toilets. The cafe supports young adult trainees with additional needs.

Hoe kwamen kabinetsbesluiten tijdens de coronapandemie tot stand? Naar welke experts luisterden bewindslieden het meest en waarom? De parlementaire enquêtecommissie die volgende week met openbare verhoren begint, heeft genoeg uit te zoeken.

De uitvoering van de spreidingswet stagneert. Dat gemeenten de wet niet uitvoeren, is „onacceptabel”, vinden negen burgemeesters. Geef niet toe, klinkt het eensgezind. Maar ze zijn het er óók over eens dat gemeenten collectief door Den Haag in de steek zijn gelaten.

De indieners van de motie, FVD, PVV en BBB, noemden de Verenigde Staten als inspiratiebron. De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump bestempelde ‘antifa’ vorig jaar september per decreet als „binnenlandse terreurorganisatie”.

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