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1. Balvinder Sopal wants Strictly Come Dancing engraved on her gravestone

   Balvinder Sopal has joked she wants Strictly Come Dancing engraved on her gravestone.

2. UFC 323 live: Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan results and updates as Alexandre Pantoja suffers injury

   Dvalishvili finally lost his bantamweight belt in a rematch with Yan, after Joshua Van won the flyweight title from an injured Pantoja

3. Petr Yan solves Merab Dvalishvili puzzle at UFC 323 as Joshua Van wins title from injured Alexandre Pantoja

   Yan became a two-time champion by halting Dvalishvili’s dominant bantamweight reign, while Pantoja did not make it 30 seconds into his flyweight defence

4. Trump no longer pushing back when White House insiders say Hegseth is not up for the job as he tires of controversies: report

   It’s been a “rough week for Pete,” a senior official said

5. Ashes 2025 live score: Stokes battling hard as England ensure Australia will bat again on day four

   Australia still look set to take a 2-0 lead after dominating in Brisbane

6. Hegseth won’t commit to releasing video of second strike on drug boat — and doesn’t have ‘any regrets’ over Signal controversy

   "Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to be very responsible about reviewing that right now,” Hegseth said.

7. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says next steps for peace talks agreed after fuming over Moscow attacks

   Russia launched overnight drone attack on 29 locations in Ukraine

8. Will Stuart set to miss Six Nations after suffering suspected serious injury in Bath win over Munster

   The tighthead suffered a suspected achilles rupture in Bath’s Investec Champions Cup win

9. SNL cold open skewers Trump for seemingly falling asleep during meetings — and jokes he was dreaming of Mamdani

   “I’m very much awake,” Trump, played by James Austin Johnson, said. “Now someone quickly tell me where am I, who am I and what year might it be.”

10. From Suffolk to Margate: Exploring the lands of Turner’s fire and Constable’s rain

    With a new exhibition celebrating the rival artists at the Tate Britain this winter, Michael Hodges explores the parts of England that inspired some of their greatest works