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1. Sky One: All you need to know as iconic TV channel relaunches today

2. Baller League is expanding again - Investors are the real winners

   Baller League is set to launch in the US next month after proving a major success in the UK

3. Mandelson arrest latest: Ex-peer released on bail as first vetting files to be published next month

   Ex-Labour minister accused of passing sensitive information onto paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein during time as business secretary

4. Scientists create world’s first tomatoes that smell like ‘buttered popcorn’

   Scientists generate world’s first ’extraordinary aromatic tomato plants’ by simultaneously altering two key genes

5. From Expo to the Olympics, Milan bets on big events to fuel its transformation to a global city

   Milan is using the Milan Cortina Olympics to strengthen its image as a global city and to leave a lasting local legacy

6. Trump set to decide on Iran military strikes – after speaking to Witkoff and Kushner

7. Coronation Street star Sally Ann Matthews criticises soap’s ‘crime-heavy’ storylines after quiet exit

   “It doesn’t excited me, it doesn’t challenge me, it doesn’t spark joy,” the actor said

8. Where’s hot in April? The seven best places to visit for spring sunshine

   From Valencia to Rhodes, here are the best places to get away to avoid the UK’s April showers

9. Ukraine frontline mapped: The 745 miles at the heart of the war with Russia

   As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, Ukraine and Russia are still trying to find a way to break the deadlock on the frontlines, writes James C. Reynolds

10. Snoop Dogg wants beautiful welcome as rap royalty prepares to drop in at Swansea

    The American rapper will make his first appearance at the Swansea.com Stadium for Tuesday evening’s clash with Preston.