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2016 Formula One season – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email As Nico Rosberg wins the Formula One world championship we select our favourite photos from the 2016 season Daffydd Bynon @daff_25 Main image: The light catches Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari during P2 of the Italian Grand Prix Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Images Mon 28 Nov 2016 17.

Photograph: Britt Erlanson/Getty Images Photograph: Britt Erlanson/Getty ImagesMiddle ageWe don’t peak in middle age, say the experts. So forget about the stereotypes and embrace change Beware midlife! You will be prone to sudden, disruptive upheaval. Around the age of 50 your productivity, creativity and adaptability begin their inexorable decline. With them, happiness ebbs. Your best years are behind you. Naturally, your job, marriage and shattered aspirations are to blame. If you or someone important in your life shows symptoms of midlife restlessness, be alarmed!

Women's footballInterviewOrlando Pride’s Haley Carter: ‘I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot here’Suzanne WrackFormer US marine takes on general manager role and is determined to change the culture and win a NWSL championship Haley Carter, Orlando Pride’s new general manager and vice-president of soccer operations, is not afraid to address the culture shift needed in the NWSL, including at her club. “There are consistencies we should see across the board: it needs to be safe, it needs to be inclusive and at this level it needs to be a winning culture too,” she says.

Cycling This article is more than 6 years oldSharon Laws, former British cycling road race champion, dies aged 43This article is more than 6 years old ‘The cycling world lost a champion,’ says statement from family Laws announced she had cervical cancer in October 2016The former Great Britain cyclist Sharon Laws has died aged 43 after being diagnosed with cervical cancer in October 2016. Laws, British road race champion in 2012, was a professional racer for almost a decade, helping Nicole Cooke to Olympic gold in 2008.

The Guide newsletterCultureIn a new Guide feature, we hand the mic to musicians and let them pick the new, exciting music you should be listening to – from exuberant alt-pop to a vocoder-helmeted virtuoso This week something a bit different: the first in what, hopefully, will be a semi-regular music feature that we’re calling Six Degrees of Band Separation. The premise is simple: we ask a group or artist to recommend another group/artist, who recommend another, who recommend another and so on, with the end result hopefully being that we uncover a load of new and exciting music to listen to.

Utah This article is more than 3 months oldUtah women accuse ex-chief of anti-child trafficking group of sexual assaultThis article is more than 3 months oldLawsuit comes after Tim Ballard stepped down as head of organization over similar claims in August Five Utah residents have filed a lawsuit alleging that Tim Ballard, the former head of an anti-sex trafficking group, sexually assaulted and emotionally abused women employed to take part in the organization’s efforts to rescue victims of sex trafficking.

The Canadian prime minister’s wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, has faced flack for saying she needs more staff – but compared to the partners of other world leaders, her request might seem modest Published: 16 May 2016 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaK%2Bfp7mle9Wao56qmZp6tb7InqmwnZmhsrM%3D

BooksVirgins? What virgins?It is widely believed that Muslim 'martyrs' enjoy rich sensual rewards on reaching paradise. A new study suggests they may be disappointed. Ibn Warraq reports Special report: religion in the UKIn August, 2001, the American television channel CBS aired an interview with a Hamas activist Muhammad Abu Wardeh, who recruited terrorists for suicide bombings in Israel. Abu Wardeh was quoted as saying: "I described to him how God would compensate the martyr for sacrificing his life for his land.

Australian booksInterviewTom Tilley on growing up ‘hardline’ Pentecostal: ‘It was weird – it was speaking in tongues’Brigid DelaneyAfter leaving the church in his early 20s, the former Hack host spent more than a decade making up for lost time in the party scene. Now a father, he’s looking for meaning without religion Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast It’s not unusual for an Australian journalist to write a memoir – but it is unusual for the memoir to not focus on their journalism at all.