6 d. ago Worries over future of Chancellor hit UK stocks, the pound and bond markets

A sharper fall for the FTSE 250 typified a drab day for more UK-focused stocks.

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7 d. ago Lee Westwood secures Open place but Ian Poulter and son miss out

Portrush-born ex-US Open champion Graeme McDowell also came up short

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7 d. ago Shoppers rush to buy 'brilliant' £250 Tefal vacuum for £99 that arrives next day

"This is really lightweight, easy to put together, and perfect to use for every day use keeping on top of all the household vacuuming. Also fab for the car"

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9 d. ago Jake Paul threatens to sue 'pig' Piers Morgan over 'lies'... just days after furiously storming off his TV show

Paul secured a points victory over Chavez Jr. , the son and namesake of a boxing great, in Anaheim on Saturday night. A few days before the fight, Paul had stormed off Piers Morgan Uncensored.

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2 w. ago Sex and the City icon Cynthia Nixon reveals her Jewish son is on hunger strike for Gaza

Seph Mozes, the 28-year-old son of Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon, is taking part in a hunger strike in solidarity with Palestine to call for an end to the US arming of Israel

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2 w. ago ‘I was forced to sell my land for HS2 leg days before it was axed. Now I fear I’ll never get it back’

Five days after farmer Edward Cavenagh-Mainwaring was forced to sell 250 acres, the northern leg of the HS2 line was axed - now he fears he’ll never be able to get the land back

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3 w. ago Ed Sheeran says he identifies culturally as Irish: ‘That’s what I grew up with’

Appearing on Louis Theroux’s podcast, the singer-songwriter also opened up about enlisting 24-hour security after a series of attempted break-ins at his Suffolk home

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4 w. ago 250 days on hunger strike: Can Laila Soueif secure her son’s freedom? – podcast

Who is Alaa Abd el-Fattah and why are British diplomats trying to obtain his release? Patrick Wintour reportsLaila Soueif, 69, has been on hunger strike in London for more than 250 days in an effort to secure the release of her son, the activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, from jail in Egypt. As diplomatic pressure mounts, she is now in a critical condition.Alaa’s sister Mona Seif describes to Michael Safi the toll that imprisonment has taken on her brother, her mother’s determination to do whatever she can to secure his release, and the difficulty of coming to terms with her mother’s decision to risk her life. Continue reading...

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