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The Man Who Pays His Way: Passengers prefer small airports, but Britain’s busiest hubs have their advantages too

Well, that's one way to generate cheap heat.

From CMAT’s provocative pop to Taylor Swift’s 12th album, plus tours from Kneecap, Lady Gaga and Stereolab, here’s the pop not to miss – while in classical, Mark-Anthony Turnage adapts The Railway Children

There are some choices you must make in life which truly feel like being at a crossroads. For Amir, the student protagonist of Kasim Ali’s second novel Who Will Remain?, that moment arrives when his childhood friend Adnan rocks up, now a savvy and loaded drug dealer. “These streets are…

Limited services on 24-25 Aug, with £500,000 economic hit. Pay dispute fuels debate as passengers face holiday travel chaos

Exclusive: Despite Network Rail warning of line closure, trains are running on the key intercity route

Steve Smith secured an eight-wicket success in the evening to back up a 36-run triumph in the opening game.

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello believes Ozzy Osbourne knew he was close to death during his final Black Sabbath performance in Birmingham. Osbourne, aged 76, died on 22 July, just two weeks after the farewell show at Villa Park, which Morello helped curate. Fans who watched the live-streamed…

Guitarist who served as curator for Osbourne’s farewell show in Birmingham reflected on the rocker’s state of mind during the emotional day