John Taylor, 44, found with serious injuries outside Kilwinning home in what police believe was ‘targeted attack’

A murder investigation has been launched after a man died in what police believe was a “targeted attack” outside his home in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire.

John Taylor, 44, was found with serious injuries outside his home in Pollock Crescent on Friday at about 1.55pm, Police Scotland said.

Payne’s former One Direction bandmate will move US dates to January though UK schedule not mentioned

Zayn Malik has announced that he will reschedule his tour after the “heartbreaking” death of his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne.

Payne, 31, died on Wednesday after a fall from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The chancellor is set to announce a revenue-raising budget designed to reset Britain’s public finances

Rachel Reeves is set to use one of the most pivotal budgets of recent times to call on businesses to pay more tax to help restore the NHS, amid warnings that the health service has been left with a £9bn hole in its finances.

The chancellor is expected to stake her reputation on a tax-­raising budget designed as a reset of the public finances. She has already had to deal with cabinet skirmishes over funding unveiled alongside the statement. However, Reeves is understood to believe that the public will accept a multibillion-pound hike in business taxes if it is linked to repairing the health system’s finances.

The trade is flourishing online, experts say, as bone collectors exploit legal loopholes to buy and sell human remains

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A modern form of “ grave robbery ” is flourishing online, experts say, as bone collectors exploit legal loopholes to buy and sell human remains.

In Australia, where it is illegal to buy or sell human remains (albeit with some exceptions), people sell photographs of the remains then add the bones as a “gift”.

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A fire in the Eurostar train tunnel scuppered Jess Granata ’s plans of spending a final weekend with Adam – or so she thought

In 2007, I was 22 years old, had just finished uni, and had a huge European adventure planned. The day after my graduation ceremony I got on a plane, landed in Rome, and travelled around Italy. After a few months I washed up broke in London, ready to start my work holiday visa.

It was the classic Aussie plan: do some temp work, live cheaply and travel as often as possible. By mid-2008, I’d been in London for a year and had saved up enough money for one last big Euro summer jaunt before heading home to Australia.

Our monarch is gracing his dominion to see us, his subjects, in a land that still pretends we are not a republic at heart

Charles the Third has rather selflessly come to see you, Australians. Your Sovereign. Of whom we are all subjects.

Subjects . If you don’t like that word then you can change it in the constitution. Probably best to wait for him to go home first. Because he didn’t ask for that, and may be a bit embarrassed if you make a fuss about it.

Thomas Keneally is a novelist. He is the author of more than 40 books, including the Booker prize-winning novel Schindler’s Ark

The groundwater system in western Victoria and south-east South Australia has begun to show signs of collapse, threatening the water security of SA’s second biggest city

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Some of the best-quality groundwater in Australia underlies the upper and lower south-east of South Australia and parts of south-western Victoria.

But almost 200 years of draw down for agriculture, farming and domestic use has changed the surface drainage. Underground water in some areas has collapsed and water quality is deteriorating, putting at risk not only a fragile natural ecosystem but a $5bn regional economy.

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• Carlos Sainz second; Lando Norris third
• Verstappen extends lead in title race

Max Verstappen took the win in the sprint race at the US Grand Prix, completing an ominously dominant drive at the Circuit of the Americas for Red Bull. By beating his title rival Lando Norris into third he extended his championship lead and demonstrated the Red Bull is once more on good form as the season enters its final phase. Norris lost second place to Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz on the final lap costing him a point, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in fourth. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were in fifth and sixth for Mercedes.

Verstappen maintained his unbeaten record in the short-form format this season, with what proved to be a comfortable drive from pole to flag at the Circuit of the Americas. Once the Dutchman held the lead from the off he was in control and unchallenged across the 19-lap dash. Norris chased him to the flag but with his tyres shot toward the end, could not prevent Sainz from taking second place on the final lap.

• Harlequins 24-26 Bath
• Bath go second after comeback victory

If any more proof of Bath’s determination to go one better than losing finalists this season were needed, here it was, writ large. A close-range try from replacement prop Francois van Wyk sealed a dramatic victory over Harlequins to move Bath to second in the table and reassert their credentials as title contenders.

Harlequins had led from the opening few minutes and looked to have established a winning position at 10 points up in the second half. Marcus Smith was enjoying himself and Bath were behind the eight-ball but tries from Thomas du Toit – also a replacement prop – and Van Wyk ground out a gritty victory in south-west London.