Business & Finance

Five firms including Autotrader and Just Eat investigated over fake review failings

March 27, 2026 · 8:01 AM Mark Sweney

CMA also looks into Pasta Evangelists, funeral operator Dignity and review company Feefo in latest crackdown

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Film

Four wives, two passports and a very elusive butterfly: one woman’s search for her lepidopterist father

March 27, 2026 · 8:00 AM Patrick Barkham

Rena Effendi’s film Searching for Satyrus began with a quest for the endangered insect that bears her family name....

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Environment

Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing

March 27, 2026 · 7:00 AM Karen McVeigh

Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean,...

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World News

In Thailand’s rice paddies, rising petrol prices spell disaster for farmers

March 27, 2026 · 6:43 AM Rebecca Ratcliffe in Ayutthaya

Farmers need fuel to keep water pumps running, but many petrol stations are empty and fears are now growing over the...

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Australia News

WA premier issues transparency warning to fuel suppliers – as it happened

March 27, 2026 · 6:21 AM Cait Kelly, Natasha May, Petra Stock and Stephanie Convery (earlier)

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Food

Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for lemon lamington cake | The sweet spot

March 27, 2026 · 6:00 AM Benjamina Ebuehi

This giant version of an Aussie favourite makes for the perfect coconut-covered Easter centrepiece

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Society

More than 6m vapes and pods discarded weekly in UK despite single-use ban, study finds

March 27, 2026 · 6:00 AM Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

Number fell 23% year on year in 2025 but waste companies say recycling systems still under strain from sheer volume

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Commentisfree

Progressive Paris has many weapons to fight the far right, but the best? Spaces where you can simply hang out | Alexander Hurst

March 27, 2026 · 5:00 AM Alexander Hurst

Drop into any of the French capital’s ‘third places’ and you’ll find food, culture, community – and an...

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World News

Blasts heard in southern Beirut – as it happened

March 27, 2026 · 3:07 AM Adam Fulton and (earlier) Lucy Campbell, Tom Ambrose and Taz Ali

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US News

Newsom signs California bill to rename Cesar Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day

March 27, 2026 · 12:35 AM Dani Anguiano and agencies

Lawmakers earlier passed bill to rename 31 March holiday following sexual abuse allegations against labor leader

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Arts & Culture

Dark Mofo: 2026 festival to show Willem Dafoe film that can only be watched by one person at a time

March 26, 2026 · 11:00 PM Dee Jefferson

Regular events at the Tasmanian festival, including the Winter Solstice Nude Swim and the Night Mass party, joined by...

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Football

Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland: World Cup playoff – as it happened

March 26, 2026 · 10:19 PM Scott Murray

Minute-by-minute report: Northern Ireland fought well, and played awhile on Italian nerves, but the Azzurri had too...

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