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1. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says bad weather favours Moscow in ‘difficult’ battle for Pokrovsk

   Battlefield situation ‘significantly worsened’ in parts of southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine’s top military commander warns

2. Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese’s cocaine-fuelled bromance is the basis of a bracing memoir

   ‘Maybe the rock’n’roll lifestyle I had brought into Marty’s life was to blame for his plight,’ worries the late guitarist of The Band in this bracing account. Patrick Smith enjoys a window into their decades-long friendship

3. Is a hyphen common or posh? Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is about to find out

   The palace’s decision over whether to hyphenate the former prince’s surname has reignited a long-held debate: is a double-barrelled surname still posh? Today, they’re more likely to tell the stories of our complicated personal lives than of historic wealth, says Lydia Spencer-Elliott

4. Boos, backlash and body horror: The story of Alpha, the most misunderstood film of the year

   The acclaimed French director behind icky masterpieces ‘Raw’ and ‘Titane’ shocked festival audiences this summer by returning with an emotional drama about death and illness. But the initial response was silly, argues Sophie Monks Kaufman, who chats with filmmaker Julia Ducournau and star Tahar Rahim

5. ‘My mum tells me off for my shirts’: James Martin on why he never watches himself on TV and the secret to staying grounded

   He’s been a fixture on our screens for three decades, but James Martin still can’t bear to watch himself back. As James Martin’s ‘Saturday Morning’ nears its tenth year, the chef tells Lauren Taylor why he prefers keeping things unrehearsed, unfiltered and firmly down to earth

6. Who is Robbie Gibb, the man at the heart of the BBC scandal with links to Boris Johnson?

   BBC staffers and leading political figures are calling for Sir Robbie Gibb to step down from the BBC board. So, who is the Tory ‘agent’ at the centre of a tangled web of politics and media interests, asks Katie Rosseinsky

7. ‘This kid is something else’: The secret behind Alex Scott’s rise from Guernsey to an England call-up

   Bournemouth’s Alex Scott and the Channel Island coaches who saw his prodigious talent develop tell Lawrence Ostlere how he shone aged five and thrived in non-league

8. Turkey says all 20 soldiers on board military cargo plane killed in Georgia crash

   Aircraft ‘disappeared from radar without transmitting distress signal’ minutes after entering Georgian airspace

9. Hilary Duff’s fans are convinced new song takes swipe at Leonardo DiCaprio’s age-gap romances

   ‘Lizzie McGuire’ star last week released ‘Mature,’ her first song in 10 years

10. Dave Franco reveals surprising next career move after busy year

    Franco currently stars in ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,’ his fourth project this year