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1. Storm Chandra latest: Dozens of flights cancelled and thousands without power as UK hit by ‘horrendous’ flooding

   Around 400 schools are closed across the UK while the Severn Bridge between England and Wales has also been shut to traffic

2. Saudi Arabia ‘scales back plans for 100-mile desert megacity’ after concerns raised over billions spent

   A Saudi official said last year that the government had ‘spent too much’ on its flagship project

3. Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson is a fight for the future of American boxing

   Lopez and Stevenson would have fit right in at any point in the electric Eighties and Nineties but, as Steve Bunce writes, US boxing needs them to deliver right now

4. Idris Elba convicted after being caught speeding at 28mph on scooter

   Idris Elba was caught going 28mph in a 20mph zone on his BMW moped

5. One Battle After Another leads Sinners in Bafta 2026 nominations

   Paul Thomas Anderson’s caper received one more nod than Ryan Coogler’s vampire blockbuster

6. Hamnet makes Bafta history with 11 nominations

7. Australian Open men’s and women’s seed list and tracker

   Follow the progress of the top-32 players in the men’s and women’s draw at the Australian Open

8. 9 best purple shampoos 2026, tried and tested on blonde hair

   Say goodbye to stubborn warm shades with one of these purple shampoos or toners to brighten blonde hair

9. Tourists overwhelm village as locals call for Unesco World Heritage status to be removed

10. Trump to send ICE agents to Milan Winter Olympics amid Minneapolis shooting backlash

    Milan mayor, Giuseppe Sala, has said ICE agents are ‘not welcome in Milan’ ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics