Hedge fund proposes £1bn buyout of UK’s biggest private hospital operator

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Royal Opera House, LondonAs the central couple, SeokJong Baek and Aigul Akhmetshina are dramatically persuasive and expressive in this revival of Richard Jon...

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A wannabe folk singer’s humdrum life as a shrimp catcher is upended by the arrival of a mysterious American stranger in the Booker-listed taleSeascraper open...

There are echoes of both Kill Bill and Thelma and Louise in Aleshea Harris’s sharply told tale of sisters heading to kill their fatherAn R-rated suspense thr...

A National Portrait for the National Portrait Gallery aims to bring people together in increasingly atomised countryCan a collective portrait of Britain hold...

Six years ago interim manager was working for a charity in south London. On Saturday he leads Chelsea out at the FA Cup finalAs meteoric rises go, Calum McFa...

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West Bank home described as ‘ideal for outdoor gatherings’ is among 41 listed rentals in illegal Israeli settlements Some of Mohammad al-Sbeih’s fondest chil...

Link to US-based site, whose operators were fined £950,000 by Ofcom, appears in Google’s search results and can be accessed in UKGoogle has denied breaching...