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1. Lewis Hamilton sent uplifting message from ‘romantic’ F1 world champion

   Hamilton has started the season in promising fashion, securing his first podium for Ferrari at the Chinese GP

2. Transgender pool player Harriet Haynes will fight ban from sport for ‘integrity and fairness’

   Pool player’s court challenge against English Blackball Pool Federation will test impact of milestone Supreme Court ruling on sport

3. ‘Surprised’ Fifa hits back at New Jersey governor’s complaints over spiralling World Cup transport costs

   The game’s governing body has moved to play down complaints from local politicans justifying a huge price hike in public transport for fans to host city stadiums

4. Pope Leo says world ‘being ravaged by handful of tyrants’ after Trump attacks

   Pontiff decried leaders who spend ‘billions on wars’ amid deepening row with US president

5. More young men are attending church regularly in surprising uptick, poll finds

   Several decades ago, young women were much more attached to religion than young men

6. Dairy Queen drive-thru is rolling out AI

   DQ’s chatbots reportedly make fewer mistakes than human employees — and are never crabby over the work

7. Two-thirds of Gen Z adults say money is harming their mental health

   Experts say there is a ‘financial education gap’ in Britain arising from a lack of importance given to money skills in the curriculum

8. Peter Magyar spots outgoing rival Viktor Orban on balcony as he arrives to meet president: ‘Absolute cinema’

   Peter Magyar appeared to spot his outgoing rival Viktor Orban on a balcony as he met the country’s president following his election victory.

9. Chelsea residents say expansion of cancer hospital that treated Princess of Wales will harm house prices

   Neighbours of the Royal Marsden hospital in Chelsea have complained the proposals will cause ‘dust’ and ‘light loss’

10. Health secretary RFK Jr heads to the hill to defend MAHA agenda and budget cuts

    Democrats are poised to hammer Kennedy over his controversial vaccine policies and budget cuts