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1. Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Sunday, March 8, 2026

   Read what the stars mean for you today, from Pisces to Gemini

2. The Reservation: Read it for the delicious people, not the prose

   It did feel cruel, and not a little unfair, to give up all hope of good prose as early as page four, but that’s where it happened. It was right there in capital letters: “IT’S GRISHAM DAY, PEOPLE.” As in John Grisham, whose looming visit to Aunt Orsa’s — the fine-dining restaurant in a Midwestern university town in which the novel is set — gives the book the tension that propels it along. Grisham’s books are a great holiday read, but the man is not known as a stylist. If he is one of Rebecca Kauffman’s literary heroes — and, given she’s framed a book around him, it feels fair to conclude he must be — then, you think, anyone who reads seeking beauty in words is in trouble.

3. India vs New Zealand start time and how to watch T20 World Cup final live today

   Defending champions favourites to make it back-to-back titles against the Black Caps in Ahmedabad

4. Is this the most luxe safari lodge in the world?

   Dylan Jones is the first ever guest at Mantis Hiddn in Addo, South Africa

5. 70% of adults without a licence say learning to drive is unaffordable

   The figure rises to 76% of 18 to 29-year-olds, the poll for car insurer Prima found.

6. Irish actress Jessie Buckley reveals battle with eating disorder and depression

   The 36-year-old is up for best actress at the Academy Awards for her performance in Hamnet.

7. Jessie Buckley says passion for music and theatre helped her mental health

   Buckley said her love for her craft helped her to overcome an eating disorder and depression during her school years.

8. Trump accuses Starmer of trying to ‘join’ Iran war ‘after we’ve already won’

   The US president was referring to reports that the UK was preparing an aircraft carrier in response to the Middle East crisis.

9. When is FA Cup draw? Start time, ball numbers, TV channel, live stream for quarter-finals

   There will be just eight teams standing by the end of the weekend

10. Newcastle 1-3 Man City: No Erling Haaland, no problem as Pep Guardiola's men cruise through

    Star striker was left at home ahead of Real Madrid clash