Writer looked to topics such as computer engineering and life in a nursing home to produce richly researched books

Tracy Kidder, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who turned everything from computer engineering to life in a nursing home into unexpected bestsellers, has died. He was 80.

Kidder’s longtime publisher Random House confirmed his death in a statement on Wednesday: “Tracy’s gifts for storytelling and tireless reporting are an enduring reflection of the empathy, integrity, and endless curiosity he brought to everything he did.”

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World Cup winner Gianluigi Buffon says Italy have been fully concentrated on overcoming Northern Ireland as the sides prepare to face each other in Bergamo on Thursday.

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Manchester United are still aiming to have their new stadium built and ready to host the 2035 Women's World Cup final.

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First tranche of a £3bn fund aimed at creating 50,000 new Send places in mainstream schools part of changes announced last month

Councils in England will have to set out plans to create more places in local mainstream schools for children with special educational needs and disabilities as a condition of receiving a share of £860m in new government funding.

Authorities must submit their written plans to the Department for Education (DfE) outlining how they will enable more pupils with Send to attend their local school and reduce the number of children travelling long distances for their education.

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Chloe Kelly's curling long-range strike puts Arsenal 2-0 up in the first leg of their Women's Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea.

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Video allegedly shows actor striking a man in front of actor’s kids in what looks like a suburban Tennessee neighborhood

Alan Ritchson, the actor best known for his role in the hit action series Reacher, was filmed allegedly assaulting his neighbor in front of the actor’s children.

In a video obtained by TMZ on Sunday, the 43-year-old appeared to strike a man several times as he kneeled on the ground in what looked like a suburban neighborhood in Tennessee. Two children, reported by TMZ to be Ritchson’s, can be seen nearby sitting on motorbikes and watching the incident unfold.

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Ben Stokes says the past three months have been "the hardest period" of his England captaincy, and backs the current regime to take the team forward.

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