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Fertility problems This article is more than 1 month oldFertility patients in UK targeted by ‘concerning’ IVF adverts on social media This article is more than 1 month oldSome clinics are claiming to ‘guarantee’ success or offer ‘no baby, no fee’ promotions online Vulnerable fertility patients are being targeted by adverts on social media that experts warn could be breaching rules by guaranteeing couples a baby or making other misleading claims.

Time to stick the nice in? ... Gordon Ramsay in Hell’s Kitchen. Photograph: Greg Gayne/Granada/Fox TV/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockTime to stick the nice in? ... Gordon Ramsay in Hell’s Kitchen. Photograph: Greg Gayne/Granada/Fox TV/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockReality checkedReality TV This article is more than 2 years oldFrom Gordon Ramsay to The Apprentice: why bullying business TV must endThis article is more than 2 years oldYomi AdegokeThe celebrity chef is returning to our screens with FFS, a new contest for food entrepreneurs.

Drama filmsReviewIn a tale that veers between mawkishness and levity, a woman diagnosed with cancer heads back to her home state where euthanasia is legal ”Here’s to life and all its messy complications!” Cancer is a bitch, life is a journey and other horribly pat sentiments are all given free airing in this well-meaning drama about a subject that merits a far more nuanced treatment: assisted dying. Anna (Pitch Perfect’s Anna Camp) is the prodigal daughter rejected by her father when she came out as gay, who returns to Oregon to find him dead and her brother Michael (Steven Strait) cheesed off at her long absence.

ChessObituaryJonathan Penrose obituaryBritish chess champion and grandmaster who had a notable victory over a Soviet world championJonathan Penrose, who has died aged 88, won the British chess championship a record 10 times, and in 1960 was the first English player for 61 years to defeat a reigning world champion. Yet he always remained an amateur, whose chess career was fitted into vacations at Middlesex University, where he lectured in psychology.

The long read: The American aid worker was killed by his Isis captors on 16 November. Here, for the first time, is the story of an extraordinary effort to secure his release, which involved a radical New York lawyer, the US government, and the world’s most revered jihadi scholar Published: 18 Dec 2014 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaK%2Bfp7mle8CbrGapkamupa0%3D

Denver BroncosBroncos bench quarterback Russell Wilson for remainder of NFL seasonJarrett Stidham to start final two games of the seasonQB is being shut down to avoid an injury guarantee in his contractThe Denver Broncos are benching Russell Wilson in favor of backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham this week against the Los Angeles Chargers, ESPN reported on Wednesday. While that report indicates a performance move, dueling reports from NFL Network and Pro Football Talk said on Wednesday that the Broncos are giving serious thought to shutting Wilson down for the final two games to avoid injury, given his contract situation.

Boxing This article is more than 14 years oldMargarito banned for one year over 'loaded' glovesThis article is more than 14 years old Trainer Javier Capetillo also suspended for year Commission still testing 'plaster-like substance'The former WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito and his trainer Javier Capetillo have had their boxing licences revoked for one year by the California State Athletic Commission. The bans stem from Capetillo putting a plaster-like substance under Margarito's hand wraps before his bout against Shane Mosley on 24 January.

Book of the dayFictionReviewThe Argentinian provocateur turns her cynical gaze on the literary world itself in her third novel – with mixed results You sometimes hear it said, usually by those looking in from outside, that the literary world is a cosy, circle-jerking kind of place. Oh, if only they knew! Like any human zone where access to power is to be had, the book world is rife with cut-throat careerists, mafia-like cliques, group hierarchies, herd opinions, playground politics, backstabbing, arse-licking and all the other shades in venality’s rainbow.

Knife crime This article is more than 11 years oldSofyen Belamouadden stabbing: three jailed for tube station murderThis article is more than 11 years oldObi Nwokeh, Christopher Omoregrie and Samson Odegbune will serve at least 18 years for 'merciless' rush-hour attackThree men have been jailed for at least 18 years each for murdering a 15-year-old schoolboy at a tube station. Sofyen Belamouadden was stabbed nine times after pupils from two rival schools clashed at Victoria station in central London in March 2010.