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Feyenoord tegen Ajax leverde niks op: slecht voetbal, geen winnaar en nog geen titel voor PSV. Ook de strijd om de tweede plaats in de Eredivisie – met ticket voor de Champions League – ligt nog open.

Trots zijn omdat ze in jouw gemeente massaal hetzelfde hebben gestemd als jijzelf. En daar dan positieve kernwaarden als sociaal aan verbinden. Ik ben goed, wij zijn beter.

The steep reductions are a grave error, both morally and pragmatically. But a better case needs to be made for spending

Progress is possible. Over two decades, global child mortality plummeted. There were many reasons for a 39% reduction in deaths in lower and middle income countries between 2001 and 2021, but a significant one was overseas development aid, which supported everything from sanitation to vaccination programmes to food security.

That shift has slowed, and – like similar advances – is likely to reverse if aid budgets continue to be slashed. Researchers warned last month that continuing cuts could result in more than 22 million avoidable deaths in the next five years, with a quarter of those among children under five.

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The increased use of tags makes sense if done right. But years of accumulated problems include a depleted probation workforce

Given the frayed and depleted state of the public sector, it is not surprising that prisons in England and Wales are struggling to escape from a sense of perpetual crisis. Recent days saw the latest in a series of urgent notifications. These put a prison in special measures, and require ministers to produce an action plan within a month. Inspectors found that Woodhill in Milton Keynes is unsafe while a report on another failing prison, Swaleside in Kent, pointed to high levels of violence, staff shortages and education cuts.

David Lammy, who was shuffled into the role of justice secretary as a result of Angela Rayner’s hasty exit from government, is busy with the alarming push to remove most defendants’ right to a jury trial. So the implementation of recent sentencing reforms, and problems inside jails, have largely been left to the prisons minister, James Timpson. While there is no doubting his personal commitment, good intentions will not be enough.

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Madison Square Garden, New York City

The British artist’s brilliantly ambitious first arena show is a breathtaking showcase of her artistic range, with pole dancing, vogue battles and sword fighting

From time to time, photographs from FKA twigs’ stint as a backup dancer make the rounds on social media. In the early days, when her name recognition was secondary to the likes of Jessie J and Peter Andre, Tahliah Barnett would take to the stage and use her body and talent in service of someone else’s vision. The drama of being visible yet never being fully seen would become an important subtext to her work. Misrecognition from a lover, by the public, from the internet, provided powerful emotional stakes to her songwriting, which she complemented with ultra-tactile music that teased and staggered payoffs that went further than any expected beat.

The most definite proof that she has become an undeniable star in her own right comes tonight, when she tears the house down on her first ever arena date at Madison Square Garden. “Did you truly see me?” the singer whispers from bed in the show opener, Mirrored Heart. The immediate, roaring response is at funny odds with her lament that follows: “No, not this time.” If anything, the evening proves again and again just how intensely she and her audience seem to recognize one another. For one thing, the crowd is styled in her image, in fulfillment of her wish from Home With You to “see a hero like me in a sci-fi”. From blocks away, you can follow the stream of make-do Rick Owens looks and be certain that you are headed toward FKA twigs’ location. Inside the arena, it feels like New York is doing its best approximation of a Berlin nightclub: an orgy of black tank-tops, Lucite pleaser heels and constellations of facial piercings that must be a nightmare for the people running the metal detectors.

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De Noordsingel in Rotterdam is eigenlijk vooral bekend geworden door slechts één gebouw. De tot woningen omgebouwde gevangenis. Maar lang voordat er mensen achter voormalige celdeuren gingen wonen, was hier weinig meer dan weilanden en water.

Op de persconferentie na afloop van de in 1-1 geëindigde Klassieker was Robin van Persie positief gestemd. Hij was tevreden met het punt, maar vond dat er meer in had gezeten voor Feyenoord. Daarnaast doet hij uit de doeken hoe de samenwerking met Dick Advocaat eruit ziet.

Op de A15 in de richting van Gorinchem was de Noordtunnel korte tijd dicht door een ongeval. Hoe dat ongeval kon gebeuren, is niet bekend. De vertraging liep op het drukste punt op tot bijna een uur.

Op de A15 in de richting van Gorinchem is de Noordtunnel dicht door een ongeval. Wat er precies is gebeurd, is niet bekend. De vertraging is al snel opgelopen tot bijna een uur.