Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days

• Serbian beats Briton in four sets in his best performance of tournament

• But he says his struggles with his body and movement are ‘frustrating’

At a time when Novak Djokovic could really benefit from some straightforward wins to ease through the early rounds of his final grand slam tournament of the year, nothing has come easily in New York. But under the bright lights on Friday night, Djokovic held off an impressive Cameron Norrie to reach the fourth round of the US Open with a 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3 win in his best performance of the tournament so far.

The victory makes Djokovic, 38, the oldest man to reach the last 16 of the US Open in 34 years – since Jimmy Connors in 1991. He also ties Roger Federer for the most grand slam fourth round appearances in history with 69 appearances. “These kind of matches and performances always give me hope that I can go far, challenge the best players in the world,” Djokovic said.

Darren Aronofsky’s back with a new crime caper starring Austin Butler, and the festival-slaying singer-songwriter releases her long-awaited third album

Caught Stealing
Out now
Darren Aronofsky (The Whale, Black Swan) is back, with an adaptation of the first of Charlie Huston’s novels about former baseball player Hank Thompson, played here by Austin Butler, who is unwittingly drawn into the criminal underworld of 1990s New York when a cat-sitting job goes awry.

Bryn, a social worker, meets Jane, a mental health support worker. They are both 63

What were you hoping for?
To meet someone new, find some common ground and have a wonderful afternoon.

Some are happy to see new faces in the chambers but many are frustrated with a lack of improvements on the ground since party’s sweeping victories

“This motion is bizarre to say the least,” said a bemused Doncaster Labour councillor as Reform proposed that the council fly no flags apart from the union flag from its buildings.

It would not just mean no Pride flag on Pride Day, a debate heard. It would mean no white rose flag on Yorkshire Day, no Rovers flag celebrating the football team winning the league, no St George’s flag marking England’s Lionesses’ Euros triumph, and no green flags celebrating municipal park management achievements in the city’s green spaces. The motion was “a waste of time and a waste of resources”, one councillor said.