73 minutes ago German spy planes to hunt Russian submarines off UK base under new defence pact

The deal will see German planes fly from a Scottish RAF base and lead to closer collaboration on developing new military equipment

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78 minutes ago To my distant cousin Justin Welby: our family’s slavery history is truly awful. Let’s be open about it | Alex Renton

The archbishop has admitted his connections, but must go further. Backing the campaign for reparations would be a startAlex Renton is author of Blood Legacy: Reckoning with a Family’s Story of SlaveryI don’t know my newfound cousin Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury. We’re not close, in any sense. But we do have a mutual great-great-great-grandfather: Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, who died in 1838. He is five generations back on Welby’s side, six on mine. It is not as wildly unlikely as you may think – at six removes we all have 128 grandparents. But this particular historical figure is significant because of what he and tens of thousands of British people like him did – the fallout of which is still dividing and toxifying society today.Welby’s statement confessing Fergusson...

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78 minutes ago Which tactics have football teams used to benefit from their pitches? | The Knowledge

Plus: stands delivered from one club to another; Erling Haaland denied; and a brutal time for Ängelholms FF Mail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU“Pakistan caused a stir in the cricket world at the weekend by applying patio heaters and giant fans to the pitch that will be used for the third Test against England at Rawalpindi,” writes Harry Trumpston. “The hope was that this would make the pitch more helpful to the home side’s spin bowlers. What tactics have football clubs used to make their pitches provide more assistance to teams?”You can’t start this answer anywhere other than with John Beck and his early-1990s Cambridge United side, who rose rapidly from the fourth tier to second and came very close to reaching the top flight with their uncompromising, committed and direct ...

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1 hour ago US election 2024: The seven battleground states that will decide whether Harris or Trump wins

Pennsylvania held the key to Joe Biden’s triumph over Trump in 2020, and could unlock victory again in a hard-fought election

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2 hours ago Liam Payne's family hit with devastating fresh blow as dad 'vows to do right' by star

Liam Payne's devastated dad Geoff has reportedly vowed to stay close to the late One Direction star a week after he tragically fell to his death from a hotel balcony

Events

2 hours ago Moment neighbour from hell, 59, launches at woman with a shovel during spate of horror attacks on couple

Paula Attwood-Rees assaulted a Monmouthshire couple both inside and outside their home in May while using dangerous weapons during the attacks.

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4 hours ago With or without the far right in power, Austria's links with Russia cause concern among allies

Ever since Austria held elections last month, the prospect of the country's first far-right led government since the end of World War II has raised concern among its allies

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4 hours ago "You deserve to die" Vile thug put teen girl's life in danger as she kicked and throttled her

Laurie Taylor, 31, told the terrified girl "she deserved to die" as she held a pillow over her face, kicked and throttled her, and knocked her down a flight of stairs.

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6 hours ago What Russian boycott? How a Mail investigation discovered British brands from Barbour to Burberry, Mothercare, Rolls

Most Russians know Petrovka Street in Moscow as home to the headquarters of the city's police force but these days it is also a magnet for well-heeled Muscovites.

Economics