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Fantastic Four and Pokémon Presents: What's coming up this week?
Madonna is also in the (re)mix this week, while Happy Gilmore returns to the greens after 30 years.

Departing councillor: ‘Social media abuse has got out of hand’
A long-serving local body councillor has called it quits, blaming government input and "contempt", and social media abuse.

Lions tour 2025: British and Irish Lions v Wallabies live updates, first test
Live updates of the first test between the British and Irish Lions and Australia

Where was the TMO? Missed forward pass before crucial All Blacks try
Will Jordan’s pass to Sevu Reece before Anton Lienert-Brown’s five-pointer late in the first half of the third test against France warranted another look.

Live: Wallabies v Lions - first test
Follow live coverage of the first test between the Wallabies and the Lions at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Single ticket from Waikato wins $1 million but powerball remains unstruck
The Powerball jackpot now rises to $8 million.

'The guy is incredible' - Usyk v Dubois 2 predictions
BBC Sport gathers predictions from fighters and pundits for Daniel Dubois' rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.

Tall Ships event gets under sail in 'party city'
The major four-day event in Aberdeen is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of people.

Government backs London 2029 World Athletics Championships
The UK government confirms its support for London's bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships.

'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies
The government wants to encourage women to have babies but Italians say they need greater help.

Watch: Coldplay kiss cam scandal re-enacted by mascots at Phoenix game
TVNZ and Wellington Phoenix mascots Plussie and Nixie couldn’t resist riffing the viral incident at the game at Sky Stadium.

Watch: Phoenix academy player scores against Wrexham and says ‘it felt like a video game’
Before the biggest game of his life, Luke Flowerdew visualised what it would be like to score the winner against Wrexham. Then he made it a reality.

Chelsea Winter’s Tasty wins top prize at the Aotearoa NZ Book Awards
A meat-free, dairy, egg and cane sugar-free cookbook is celebrated after a tough year that saw seven independent booksellers shut.

Disjointed All Blacks survive French scare to sweep series with Hamilton win
The All Blacks needed some late magic from Jordie Barrett off the bench to secure a tense victory against the gallant tourists.

All Blacks player ratings: Finau and Jordan shine, McKenzie struggles
ANALYSIS: The All Blacks who stood out and laboured in a tough third-test win against France in Hamilton.

'It's been difficult' - the champion who ran out of challengers
Dakota Ditcheva says her eight-month layoff has been "difficult" as the Briton returns against Sumiko Inaba at the PFL Champions Series in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday.

Lowry won't be called 'cheat' after Open penalty
Shane Lowry says he would not be called a "cheat" after accepting a two-stroke penalty during the second round of the Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

More than Ł12k raised for school coach crash victims
Bobbie Rammond launched the fundraiser on Thursday to help those affected by the crash.

Premature babies to be immunised against winter virus
From late September, 9,000 babies and vulnerable infants in the UK will have a long-lasting injection.

'Gangsta Debbs' - the granny who used her family to run an Ł80m drug empire
As the matriarch of a high-earning crime family, Deborah Mason lived a lavish lifestyle – but also claimed Ł50,000 in benefits.

Thousands of Afghans won't be compensated by UK for data breach
The MoD says it will 'robustly defend' against large compensation claims from Afghans affected by the data breach, and won't proactively give payouts