• Serb through to last four after 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 win

• Djokovic will face No 1 seed Jannik Sinner in semi-finals

The siren call of a record 25th grand slam title grows ever louder for Novak Djokovic. But he was given a fright by the lively young Italian Flavio Cobolli, as well as a nasty slip in the final game of a pulsating match, before coming through 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5, 6-4.

It was not always convincing, but Djokovic found a way, just like he usually does. Incredibly he still has not lost here against anyone other than Carlos Alcaraz since 2017.

Raynor Winn describes enduring ‘hardest days’ and publishes clinic letters saying her husband, Moth, has been treated for CBD/S for many years

Raynor Winn, the author of The Salt Path, has described enduring some of the “hardest days” of her life as she defended her memoir against allegations that parts of it were fabricated.

The bestselling 2018 book, which was adapted into a film starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, tells how she and her husband, Moth, walked the 630-mile trek along the south-west coast path after losing their home.

Starmer’s hopes of announcing illegal migration curbs during Macron visit caught on cost and legal worries

Anglo-French talks over a migration deal were deadlocked on Wednesday night with negotiators haggling over how much Britain will pay towards the cost of policing small boat crossings.

Keir Starmer had hoped to announce a returns deal – under which Britain would send back some asylum seekers once they had crossed the Channel – as the close of a three-day state visit by the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

Lauren James was the star of an impressive England show in which Jess Carter’s move to centre-back worked perfectly

Hannah Hampton Distribution was excellent, particularly her superb pass that led to England’s opening goal. 7

Judges praised the Sudanese author for centring Muslim women, describing her writing as “a balm, a shelter, and an inspiration”

Leila Aboulela has won this year’s PEN Pinter prize for her writing on migration, faith and the lives of women.

The prize is awarded to a writer who, in the words of the late British playwright Harold Pinter, casts an “unflinching, unswerving” gaze on the world, and shows a “fierce intellectual determination … to define the real truth of our lives and our societies”.