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1. F1 Monaco GP LIVE: Qualifying start time and schedule after Vasseur hospitalised

   Follow live F1 updates from Monte-Carlo ahead of the most crucial qualifying of the year on Saturday

2. The World Cup pitches are the result of years of engineering to find just the right grass

   The World Cup fields cover so much ground they’ll be hard to ignore

3. Taipei Zoo welcomes a pair of red pandas from China, first in over a decade

   A zoo in Taiwan's capital has received a pair of endangered red pandas from China

4. Man jailed for murder after stabbing 32-year-old to death over debt

   It was during an argument about money that Fawaz Abdulkareem attacked Daniel Manuel, stabbing him three times with a kitchen knife

5. Uganda closes Congo border over Ebola outbreak fears

   Fear for traders in region after border closure

6. Sarah Michelle Gellar pens emotional tribute to Anthony Head after his death aged 72: ‘I’m not ok’

   British ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ actor died due to complications related to pneumonia, his daughters said in a statement

7. Scientists testing rodents for hantavirus in Argentina’s famous wine region of Mendoza after cruise ship outbreak

   Argentina is expanding its investigation into a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship

8. UK weather: Met Office issues yellow warning as south coast set to be lashed by strong winds

   Organisers at the Royal Cornwall Show said they had been forced to cancel the event’s final day due to the winds as forecasters warn strong gusts could bring disruption to the south coast

9. Fred Vasseur hospitalised in Monaco and will miss F1 qualifying on Saturday

   The Ferrari team principal was trackside on Friday but will not be present after medical checkups afterwards

10. Susan Boyle reveals her singing voice is still recovering from stroke after 4 years: ‘I am getting there’

    Singer, 65, is taking ‘wee baby steps’ with her recovery