We're in the evacuation zone, the area of south Lebanon that Israel has told everyone to leave. And it's not long before we see the mounting human cost of the latest conflict this community is engulfed in. Middle East crisis: Follow live updates A group of mourners is gathered by the side of the road at a temporary cemetery. Huddled around makeshift memorials, some weep, some hug, others stare blankly ahead. They're here to bury four men that they say were medics and social workers. They were not, they say, fighters. Ehsan Dbouk, a cleric for the group, says they've had to use this site because the men's hometowns are no longer safe. "We can't bury our martyrs in their villages on the frontline," he says. "We are dealing with an enemy that doesn't distinguish between killing fighters and killing civilians." That enemy, they claim, represents an existential threat. Israel frames the Iran-backed group, proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK, in exactly the same way. Neither side is showing any sign of backing down. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has rapidly expanded the evacuation zone here. Until three days ago, it stretched from the border in the south with Israel to the Latani River. That has now been extended further north to the Zahrani River, about 25 miles from the border, raising fears of a ground invasion. More than 800 people have been killed so far in the country and hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. But Ehsan dismisses allegations that Hezbollah is dragging the rest of the country into a war it doesn't want and cannot win. "The displaced are part of the resistance," he says. "Hezbollah was born from their homes. They are the fathers and mothers of those fighting on the frontlines." You can see how battle-hardened those who stayed behind are. The IDF is fighting more than a force in Hezbollah - it's battling a mindset. And after months of Israeli strikes in the middle of a ceasefire, supporters of Hezbollah believe they are fighting a just war now more than ever. Nada Harb, a mother and Hezbollah supporter, tells me: "I won't leave, I didn't in the previous wars. I was born in war. But there was no resistance then like Hezbollah. The Israelis used to come at night, break down the door, they kidnapped my brother, my father, my sister, my uncle, and no one was allowed to say anything." Read more from Sky News:'The fighting feels like we're going to finish it - once and for all'Why Kharg island is so important for Iran At her home, she takes us to her balcony to show us three buildings hit by airstrikes. She is exposed, vulnerable, but determined. The IDF insists it's targeting Hezbollah's infrastructure and leadership here. But the civilian impact is already huge. The bridges, they say, that Hezbollah is using are also critical to civilians. And hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee this war already - many with no power, no shelter and no say in what happens next.

Rami Malek had singing and piano lessons and worked with a choreographer to transform himself into Freddie Mercury for Bohemian Rhapsody. Natalie Portman went through intensive ballet training for a year for Black Swan. And according to filmmaker Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro was so dedicated to his boxing training for Raging Bull that he could have gone professional himself. Oscars updates: The latest news from LA This year, Timothee Chalamet is the star who really put the hours in when it comes to learning a new skill. Nominated for best actor at today's Oscars for his portrayal of the self-absorbed wannabe table tennis champ Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme, such was his commitment to the role he started practising his ping pong back in 2018 - reportedly ensuring a table was with him for filming on other productions including Dune and Wonka. Ahead of filming for Marty Supreme, Chalamet was paired up with table tennis experts Diego Schaaf and Wei Wang, who coach in Los Angeles and also run Alpha Productions, to help any TV or film producers where ping pong skills are required. Think Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, or Courteney Cox and Paul Rudd, Monica and Mike, playing in Barbados in Friends. Schaaf says he was initially asked to get involved by a friend who had been contacted by filmmaker Josh Safdie. "We went to Timothée's house," he says. "We spent a few minutes at his house playing and I could tell he can do it. He learns very quickly, he's physically quite talented, so it was not going to be a problem." By this point in 2024, Chalamet was already a decent player. Schaaf and Wang had to sharpen his skills even further. "He knew what the strokes had to look like, what the timing had to be, that was critical," says Schaaf, 72. "He was completely committed from the beginning, and he said, 'yeah I want to get this right, and we're going to do what it takes to make it look really good'." Marty Supreme isn't the first example of Chalamet going beyond the basics. The 30-year-old has been nominated for best actor twice before - for Call Me By Your Name in 2018, and last year for the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. For Call Me By Your Name, he learned Italian. For A Complete Unknown, he spent years learning guitar and Dylan's singing style - at the same time as his table tennis. Schaaf describes him as "hyper-focused" and able to perform at his best when the cameras were rolling. "Most of us under pressure, perform a little bit less well. He [Chalamet] shares that by the way with Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks missed everything and then as soon as the camera rolls, he wouldn't miss one." Read more on the Oscars:The rise and rise of Jessie BuckleyIconic Oscars outifts over the years So if the Oscars were to award A for effort, maybe this one should go to Chalamet. The only trouble is, he's up against the now favourite Michael B Jordan - the Sinners star who didn't just play one character but two. But for Schaaf, there is one winner. Acknowledging the fact he is "super biased", he says: "He put in the work, he put in work. "That's not saying that all the other guys didn't do the work... I'm sure the other guy worked just as hard and did good. I'm glad I'm not the one who has to distinguish between them. But I saw what [Chalamet] did and what he does is super impressive."

It follows calls from rural Labour MPs who have warned of constituents living in fuel poverty, unable to heat their homes, restock their supply, or afford the soaring price. "It might be a small proportion for the country overall, but where there are big clusters of people using heating oil, this is a big issue," Labour MP Terry Jermy told Sky News. The South West Norfolk MP said he has spent the week warning ministers: "I've got people literally turning off their heating because their tank has run empty. "If we're not careful and if we don't act, this could be a public health issue. We've got elderly, vulnerable people literally not able to put their heating on, in some cases not able to cook their food. The government doesn't have a choice, we've got to act." Beyond help for oil customers, Rachel Reeves is holding off on anything else for now. Along with officials, she hopes time will ease the conflict in the Gulf and, with that, the impact on costs here. It's a defiant stance, and a gamble she hopes will pay off. Read more:What the Iran war could mean for your billsWhat can be done to protect shipping from Iran? Opposition parties continue to pile on the pressure over what comes after the current price cap on energy bills ends in June and fuel duty goes up in September. Politically for Labour, it's terrible timing. Ministers felt their '£150 off energy bills' was a tangible example of efforts to ease the cost of living and put more money in people's pockets. From April, typical gas and electricity bills will see a cut as a result of changes announced by the chancellor in last November's budget. By scrapping some green levies and shifting others onto general taxation, Labour says this will see the typical bill fall by about £150. Ofgem says this will be more like £117, as the cost of running and maintaining the network has increased. But Reeves is nevertheless committed to fiscal discipline, determined not to resort to an eye-wateringly expensive package of universal support like we saw in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. A package she doesn't criticise, in an interview with The Times, but makes clear it's one we are still paying for. In that same interview, she highlights that the government now has the benefit of better data. So any more financial support could be means-tested if it's needed in the future. It's a big 'if', but a potentially very expensive one, even if the support is more targeted. Labour has to spend the coming weeks weighing up its options. Not just the financial cost, but the political too. For a government that made its priorities economic growth and higher living standards, it faces an unforgiving electorate if at the next election there's no sign of either - even if it's down to events beyond its control.

Åberg started the weekend with a two-shot advantage after a stunning second-round 63, including a record-equalling front nine, with the two-time PGA Tour winner never leaving top spot despite playing his first eight holes in one over on Saturday. A birdie and eagle over the next two par-fives gave Åberg control, before a closing bogey saw him settle for a one-under 71, moving him to 13 under and comfortably ahead of debutant Michael Thorbjornsen. The Players LIVE! Latest news, updates, highlightsWhen is The Players on Sky Sports? Key TV timesGot Sky? Watch the PGA Tour on the Sky Sports app 📱Not got Sky? Stream golf and more with no contract 📺 Young held solo second until a final-hole double bogey dropped him to nine under, with Fitzpatrick also finishing his third-round 69 with a six to slip to tied-fourth with Xander Schauffele, Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas and Corey Conners. World No 1 Scottie Scheffler bounced back from stuttering into the weekend by firing a bogey-free 67, lifting him to four under, while defending champion Rory McIlroy struggled to a level-par 72 to leave him on one over. How Åberg built big lead at The Players Åberg offered early hope to the chasing pack with a slow start to his third round, where he failed to take advantage of the par-five second and then bogeyed the fourth after having to lay up from thick rough. Thorbjornsen closed within one after following a front-nine 33 with an eagle at the par-five 11th, while Jacob Bridgeman did the same as he raced to the turn in 32, only for both to bogey their next holes and see Åberg move three clear with a seven-foot birdie at the ninth. Fitzpatrick was two back from Åberg when the Swede rolled in a 20-foot eagle at the par-five 11th, jumping him four ahead, with Young claiming outright second after taking advantage of the same hole and draining a 45-foot birdie at the 13th. Åberg produced a string of pars along the back nine and saw his lead increase when Young cancelled out a brilliant birdie at the par-three 17th by finding water off the tee, leading to a double-bogey and dropping him back to nine under. Thorbjornsen held solo second after cancelling out two bogeys on his back nine with successive gains from the 16th, taking him to 10 under, with Åberg's advantage cut when he finished his round with a three-putt bogey. "Made a couple of mistakes early, hung in well, it was nice to get off with a birdie on nine," Åberg told Sky Sports. "Didn't feel like I had my best stuff today, but overall pleased with getting away with it and getting the ball in the hole." "Sawgrass is about execution. If you hit the fairways and hit your shots you'll get a lot of chances, if you don't you'll get punished and that's the kind of golf I really like. I love these big feel tournaments. Tomorrow will be a challenge but looking forward to it." Åberg is looking to claim a third PGA Tour title and first since the 2025 Genesis Invitational, with the 26-year-old looking to become the first since McIlroy in 2019 to turn a 36-hole lead at The Players into victory. Scotland's Bob MacIntyre jumped inside the top-10 with a round-of-the-day 65, while Scheffler moved 25 places up the leaderboard after posting five birdies in a much-improved blemish-free card. McIlroy was unable to match Scheffler's leaderboard charge as he failed to build any momentum during his third round of his title defence, where he mixed three birdies with as many bogeys in another disappointing display. Who will win The Players? Watch the final round live on Sunday from 1pm on Sky Sports Golf, with Featured Groups, Featured Holes and bonus coverage on Sky Sports+. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.

The 54-year-old was given an eight-and-a-half year sentence in January, having last year been found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2022. Alford, real name John Shannon, rose to fame in the BBC's Grange Hill, before starring as Billy Ray in ITV's firefighter drama London's Burning in the 1990s. He died at HMP Bure in Norfolk on Friday, the Prison Service said. A prison service spokesperson said: "John Shannon died in prison on 13 March 2026. As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate." Shannon attacked the two girls, aged 14 and 15, while they were drunk after a night out at a pub in April 2022. The trial heard he had intercourse with the 14-year-old and inappropriately touched the older girl while she was half asleep on a sofa. The 15-year-old said she felt "absolutely sick" and planned to keep it a secret but had a "mental breakdown" to her friend's mother days later. All of the offences happened at the home of a third girl, whose father was friends with Alford. Read more:Man found dead in wheelie binMurder arrest after baby dies in fall The actor was found guilty at St Albans Crown Court in September last year. When the verdicts were read out, he put his head in his hands, shouting "wrong, I didn't do this". Chris White, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said the disgraced star was "fully aware of the girls' ages, yet he chose to exploit them".

The 54-year-old was given an eight-and-a-half year sentence in January, having last year been found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2022. Alford, real name John Shannon, rose to fame in the BBC's Grange Hill, before starring as Billy Ray in ITV's firefighter drama London's Burning in the 1990s. He died at HMP Bure in Norfolk on Friday, the Prison Service said. A prison service spokesperson said: "John Shannon died in prison on 13 March 2026. As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate." Shannon attacked the two girls, aged 14 and 15, while they were drunk after a night out at a pub in April 2022. The trial heard he had intercourse with the 14-year-old and inappropriately touched the older girl while she was half asleep on a sofa. The 15-year-old said she felt "absolutely sick" and planned to keep it a secret but had a "mental breakdown" to her friend's mother days later. All of the offences happened at the home of a third girl, whose father was friends with Alford. Read more:Man found dead in wheelie binMurder arrest after baby dies in fall The actor was found guilty at St Albans Crown Court in September last year. When the verdicts were read out, he put his head in his hands, shouting "wrong, I didn't do this". Chris White, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said the disgraced star was "fully aware of the girls' ages, yet he chose to exploit them".

Phil Woolas was MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 until 2010 and held several ministerial posts under Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. But his political career ended in controversy and disgrace when a court ruled he had broken electoral law by deliberately making false statements about his Liberal Democrat opponent. His TV clash with national treasure Ms Lumley came when she led opposition to proposals by Brown's government in 2009 to restrict the rights of retired Gurkhas to settle in the UK. At the time, he was a combative immigration minister in the Home Office and Ms Lumley was spearheading the Gurkhas Justice Campaign fighting Woolas's plans. With Labour rebels joining Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs, the government suffered a humiliating defeat on the proposals in the Commons. Then, after an original confrontation inside a TV studio in Westminster, the pair agreed to hold a joint news conference, which descended into chaos. Broadcast live on Sky News and other channels, the actress appeared to persuade Woolas to accept that the Gurkhas' lawyers would draw up new guidelines. And after dramatic scenes, Ms Lumley declared: "I have met Mr Woolas now and I am reassured again. Because I know we are going to assist Mr Woolas in making the strongest guidelines possible." It was the defining moment of a life in politics that began when Woolas joined the Labour party at 16 and was president of the National Union of Students from 1984 to 1986. Paying tribute, Sir Tony Blair said: "Phil was an outstanding member of the New Labour government, a greatly respected and admired colleague, and a source of both humour and rich political insight to all lucky enough to know him. "I remember and deeply appreciate his support to me over the years, through the good times and the bad. "My deepest condolences to the wonderful Tracey and to their sons, Josh and Jed, and all their wider family." Defence Secretary John Healey, a close friend, told Sky News: "During the '80s and '90s many helped lay the foundations for New Labour, defeating the hard left and modernising the student movement, trade unions, media, Labour Party and Parliamentary Labour Party. "No-one played a significant role in all these areas - except Phil. "He was a highly regarded ministerial operator with friends across the political divide, despite being a fiercely loyal Labour man all his life." After a short career as a TV producer, he became head of communications for the GMB union and masterminded one of the most high-profile stunts ever staged by a trade union. In 1996, protesting against a 75% pay rise to £475,000 a year for British Gas boss Cedric Brown, the union took a live pig called Cedric to the firm's AGM to highlight "snouts in the trough". After unsuccessfully fighting the Littleborough and Saddleworth by-election in 1995, he was elected in the 1997 Blair landslide and after a spell as a parliamentary bag-carrier began his ministerial career in 2003. He was deputy Commons leader and a local government minister under Blair, then under Brown he became an environment minister and then immigration minister in 2008. But throughout his career he was outspoken and often controversial and in 2010, after he held his seat by just 103 votes, he was served with an election petition by Lib Dem opponent Elwyn Watkins. He lost the subsequent court case - in an election court that was the first of its kind for 99 years - and the judge ordered a re-run of the election. The court ruled that Woolas knew statements he made about Watkins during the campaign were untrue and he was therefore guilty of illegal practices under election law. A bitter Woolas said after the ruling: "Those who stand for election and participate in the democratic process must be prepared to have their political conduct and motives subjected to searching, scrutiny and inquiry. "They must accept that their political character and conduct will be attacked." But Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman announced his suspension from the party and said: "It is not part of Labour politics to try to win elections by saying things that are not true." Read more from Sky News: Bombs and bravado: Trump's post reveals much about island strikeDriver who partied after killing teenage friends in crash sentenced After the controversial end to his career in parliament, Woolas formed a lobbying company with a former Conservative MP, Sir Sydney Chapman, and a former Liberal Democrat MP, Paul Keetch, both of whom later died. He leaves a widow, Tracey Jane Allen, an events organiser and former co-director of a lobbying company. They met in 1982 through their activities in student politics and married in 1988. They had two sons, Josh and Jed, and their first grandchild was born on 20 January, less than two months before Woolas's death. He is also survived by his mother and older brother. Mr Healey added: "Phil was a passionate Manchester United season ticket holder, wine connoisseur, fisherman, raconteur with a photographic memory and warm and engaging personality. "But he didn't suffer fools and was a principled fighter driven by the need to make a real change to society. His commitment to the Labour Party never wavered over 50 years, through many challenges."

England lost four games in the tournament for the first time to finish fifth in the table but the performance in their last-gasp loss to France was a far cry from the insipid displays against Scotland, Ireland and Italy. England produced one of their best showings under Steve Borthwick, scoring seven tries at Stade de France. The last of those, a 77th-minute effort from Tommy Freeman, looked to have sealed a famous victory, only for Thomas Ramos to break English hearts with a last-gasp penalty. France 48-46 EnglandIreland win Triple Crown with Scotland winWales crush Italy to end losing streakNot got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contractChoose the Sky Sports push notifications you want It was cruel on England, who dominated for large spells during the first half and surged into a 10-point lead, but a 40th-minute penalty try - coupled with the sin-binning for Ellis Genge - proved costly. "We had a tough couple of games and are disappointed to lose this one but it showed the spirit of this team," England captain Itoje told ITV. "In sport you often don't want to go through the experiences we went through in the last few games but I truly believe we are going places. "We will learn from our experiences and be better for them. We just need to attack the game as Test rugby is a tough sport. You have to be sharp from the off. We will take the lessons. Some big ones." Borthwick's side were transformed from the side that collapsed in Rome. Their pack flexed their muscles for the first time in the tournament by dominating France up front, inspired by two-try Ollie Chessum, the relentless Ben Earl and props Genge and Joe Heyes. It was the type of all-action display Borthwick needed to convince the Rugby Football Union he should continue as head coach just a week after England fell to a historic first defeat by Italy. "France are a tremendous team and it was an excellent game," said Borthwick. "Last year we won it very late in the game and it's the nature of this fixture. "It has taken time to get the relationships in the team. We have been disappointing in the last few weeks and wanted a result tonight but we hope the fans can be proud of how the team played. "The yellow cards have hurt us but I think tonight's was very debatable. Luck has gone against us but we have to be better than that. "I am very clear on the direction of the team, we wanted to achieve more in the tournament, clearly, but we will make sure we do that going forwards." Next up for England is a trip to Ellis Park, Johannesburg on July 4 to face world champions South Africa in their first game of the inaugural Nations Championship.