Extreme sports This article is more than 8 years oldBase jumper dies after setting parachute on fire as part of stuntThis article is more than 8 years oldAuthorities say a 73-year-old man, who died after leaping from the Perrine Bridge into the Snake river, deliberately set his parachute on fire Authorities say a 73-year-old Base jumper who died after leaping from an Idaho bridge had set his parachute on fire as part of a stunt.

UK weather This article is more than 3 months oldDanger to life warnings issued for Retford as Storm Babet flood waters riseThis article is more than 3 months oldMajor cleanup operations get under way in worst-hit areas after storm that left four people dead Fresh danger-to-life flood warnings have been issued as water levels continued to rise in the wake of Storm Babet, while cleanup operations got under way in some of the worst-hit areas.

US news This article is more than 1 year oldInvestigation after near collision of two planes at New York’s JFK airportThis article is more than 1 year oldFederal Aviation Administration looks into close call on Friday evening between American Airlines and Delta aircrafts The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a close call at JFK international airport on Friday evening in which two planes nearly collided on the runway. The incident took place between a Delta Air Lines aircraft bound for the Dominican Republic and an American Airlines flight.

Madonna This article is more than 8 years oldMadonna says Sean Penn never hit her, as she offers evidence for her ex-husbandThis article is more than 8 years oldSinger offers testimony in Penn’s defamation lawsuit against Empire co-creator Lee Daniels Madonna has denied she was struck by Sean Penn during the course of their marriage in the 1980s, as she offered evidence on Penn’s behalf for his defamation case against the co-creator of the TV show Empire.

Florida This article is more than 2 months oldPolice bust driver of ‘Booty Patrol’ vehicle in central Florida This article is more than 2 months oldTeenager nabbed in ‘National Booty Behavior Protection’ truck says it was ‘just funny, it was never meant to be anything bad’ The driver of a “Booty Patrol” truck in Florida, parodying border patrol vehicles, was pulled over by local police. First ever Florida Man Games to feature ‘evading arrest’ obstacle courseRead moreThe driver was cited by Florida police on Sunday under a law that bans vehicles from having similar lights of those used by law enforcement.

BiopicsReviewMark Stanley is superb in this unflinching real-life story of a man left alienated from society as a result of a childhood ordeal Sulphur and White is a painful, disturbing and absorbing episodic drama based on the life of NSPCC campaigner and abuse survivor David Tait – played here by Mark Stanley. As a young man in his 20s, Tait is a London financial trader with the sharp suits and dead-eyed demeanour of Patrick Bateman, the reptilian monster of American Psycho.

Illustration: Anna Parini/The Guardian Illustration: Anna Parini/The GuardianAutobiography and memoirJoe Gibson was 17, at school and hoping to get the grades that would earn him a scholarship at Oxford. But then a casual flirtation with his 35-year-old Spanish teacher turned into something far more serious ‘Just going out to see Nick, friend from school, might stay over, bye!” Ned and Celia, the family friends I’m staying with, barely look up from their enormous dining table.

MusicalsReviewSavoy theatre, London Glee’s Amber Riley gives a gutsy performance in the UK premiere of the Broadway musical that bursts with snappy numbers and tight dance routines From the first swish of a lime-green, sequinned fishtail skirt to the megawatt smiles of ambitious girl group the Dreamettes and the shiny suits of their manager, a former Cadillac salesman, Dreamgirls is a musical full of sparkle. It’s less about the grit and sweat of the struggle to the top, more a fantastically entertaining ride on the showbiz rollercoaster, accompanied by some brilliantly belting voices.

The FiverFootballFerenc Puskas RIPFERENC PUSKAS 1927-2006 Hungary legend Ferenc Puskas has died aged 79 after a long battle against pneumonia. Puskas, nicknamed the 'Galloping Major' after being drafted into the Hungarian army, had been confined to hospital for six years with Alzheimer's disease, and in intensive care at a Budapest hospital for the past two months. "The exact cause of death was cardiovascular and respiratory failure triggered by pneumonia," said his biographer Gyorgy Szollosi.

EconomicsObituaryJános Kornai obituaryHungarian-born Harvard professor who pinpointed the flaws of communist bloc command economies in the 70s and 80sThe Hungarian economist János Kornai, who has died aged 93, did much to explain the structural failure of the planned economies of the communist bloc countries of eastern Europe of the 1970s and 80s. When the governments administering them eventually collapsed, he argued for a gradual transition to a market economy. His book Economics of Shortage (1980) provided a systematic analysis of how the command economy worked in practice.