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  1. Wireless Festival boss defends Kanye West booking and asks people to forgive rapper

    Its managing director calls the rapper's past comments "abhorrent" but asks people to "offer some forgiveness".
  2. Don't put off treatment during doctors' strike, NHS tells patients

    The strike comes at the end of the bank holiday weekend and NHS managers fear demand could be "challenging".
  3. 'Really feeling the love' - Savannah Guthrie returns to NBC as search for mother goes on

    Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona, in what authorities believe was an abduction.
  4. Illegal rave shut down as police face 'violent and hostile' crowd

    Dorset Police said the event drew about 2,000 people and more than 100 vehicles.
  5. Warmest weather of the year expected with 24C this week

    The warmest weather of the year is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday as temperatures rise above average, as Simon King explains
  6. Benefits and pensions rise as two-child cap ends

    Families on some benefits with three or more children will get an average rise of £4,100 a year.
  7. Trump endorses ex-UK political aide Steve Hilton for California governor

    Steve Hilton, who advised the former prime minster and hosted a Fox News show, is running as a Republican.
  8. Schools in knife crime hotspots to get specialist training

    A new partnership will provide training for school leaders about knife-crime risk, the government says.
  9. Ban for teacher who told pupils about drunken night

    Natasha Blackmore, 36, met students outside of school and told them of relationships and drunken nights.
  10. Tories urge Waitrose to reinstate worker sacked 'after tackling shoplifter'

    The Waitrose employee says he was dismissed from his job after 17 years for trying to stop a theft of Easter eggs.
  11. Ten killed in Israeli strikes and clashes between Hamas and militia in Gaza, local sources say

    The Israeli strikes reportedly targeted Hamas security personnel after they clashed with an Israeli-backed militia near Maghazi camp.
  12. 'We're sinking deeper': Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes as Trump deadline nears

    Ordinary Iranians respond to the US president's threat to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz.
  13. How rescue of US airman in remote part of Iran unfolded

    The operation to extract him from the ground in hostile territory was hugely complex and involved multiple US government agencies.
  14. Oil prices choppy after expletive-laden Trump threat to Iran

    Brent crude rose above $110 then eased as the US and Iran traded plans for a potential ceasefire.
  15. 'I'd have been a miserable champion': Why Britain's 'next Anthony Joshua' quit boxing

    Delicious Orie discusses his shock decision to retire from boxing and why he wants to be a role model for the younger generation.
  16. Could saunas become the 'new pub' when it comes to socialising?

    Wales' picturesque landscape lends itself to sauna use, in a similar way to Finland, a business owner said.
  17. 'I adore her now': Mother learns to cope with child's autism in a country with little help

    Malawian Martha Ongwane, brought low by her daughter's autism, found a rare support group.
  18. Spain's huge pork industry seeks salvation from swine fever threat

    Countries around the world, including the US, have already stopped imports over the outbreak.
  19. Apple at 50: Three products that changed how we live - and three that really didn't

    On the tech giant's 50th year, we ask analysts to give their top three Apple successes and misses
  20. Hundreds take part in Easter coal-carrying race

    The annual sack-carrying challenge in Gawthorpe began more than 60 years ago.
  21. US Supreme Court paves way for dismissal of Steve Bannon conviction

    The order allows a lower court to consider dismissing the former Trump strategist's indictment.
  22. Couple in court after boy, 13, dies in crash

    A man and a woman are remanded custody in connection with a crash involving a car, a bike and a scooter.
  23. New youth clubs for anti-social behaviour hotspots

    The government has announced eight young futures hubs in areas with high anti-social behaviour.
  24. Parrot at Dublin Airport sparks search for its owner

    The bird was found by airport police near terminal one after being spotted perched on a rubbish bin.
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  27. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star in an award-winning musical

    Exploring the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams
  28. Arteta calls for perspective as Arsenal look to avoid slump

    Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta wants his side to channel the pain of back-to-back defeats when they take on Sporting in the Champions League quarter-finals.
  29. Coventry edge ever closer - but who will join them in Premier League?

    As Coventry edge ever closer to ending their 25-year wait for Premier League football, who is best placed to join them?
  30. Boulter suffers first-round exit to Ruse in Austria

    Britain's Katie Boulter suffers a first-round defeat to Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz Open.
  31. Bayern face waiting game on 'very special' Kane

    Bayern Munich are waiting on the fitness of "very special" Harry Kane to see if he can lead their challenge to overcome Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final.
  32. 'Quiet and steady' - how Lincoln's promotion was 20 years in the making

    John Pakey looks back over the past 20 years from Keith Alexander to the Cowleys to Lincoln City now calling themselves a Championship club.
  33. Former BOA and Wada executive Reedie dies aged 84

    Sir Craig Reedie, the former chair of the British Olympic Association and president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, dies at the age of 84.