2 h. ago Thieves stole my car using a fiendish new device disguised as a Game Boy. So I tracked it down and stole it back myself: ALEX BANNISTER

This is not the Monday morning I had planned. I was meant to be in a business meeting in west London at 9.30.

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4 h. ago Harry Brook revels in leading ‘awesome’ England after West Indies clean sweep

England won the T20 series 3-0 to match their one-day international result.

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5 h. ago Ben Duckett sets tone as England thrash West Indies to continue perfect run under Harry Brook

A thrilling total of 248-3 equalled the record score on English soil

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5 h. ago The Salt Path author Raynor Winn discusses ‘powerful’ upcoming project in conversation with Matt Everitt

Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path, sits down with writer and presenter Matt Everitt to discuss the brand new movie adaptation of her award-winning novel and upcoming show Saltlines: An Immersive Portrait of the South West Coast Path in Prose and Music, as part of the first installment of The Independent’s Live series in collaboration with Latitude Festival.

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6 h. ago England beat West Indies by 37 runs in third ODI to complete series sweep – live reaction

England complete series sweep in SouthamptonWTC final news | Sign up for The Spin | Email James3rd over: England 33-0 (Duckett 22, Smith 11) A drag down from Hosein is slapped to the square boundary by Duckett. Don’t bowl there, son. Duckett plinks down the ground for a couple, losing his shape slightly as he tries to go down the ground. SIXAH! The pint sized opener smears a big one on the sweep behind square. Four more down the ground all along the baize. Shai Hope can’t plug the gaps and Duckett is manipulating the field with aplomb. Seventeen runs off the over.2nd over: England 15-0 (Duckett 6, Smith 9) Jason Holder with the second over, long limbs chugging into the crease and decent bounce off the custard cream coloured surface. Shot! Smith drives on the up over mid-on with that deliciously clean swing of the blade. Sizeable outfield in at the Utilita (as no one calls it) boundaries harder to find than at postage stamp sized Bristol. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago At least seven dead and 50 wounded as Colombia hit with bombings and gun attacks

Police say 19 attacks launched on targets in Cali and nearby areas, hitting police posts, municipal buildings and civiliansColombia has been rocked by a string of coordinated bomb and gun attacks that killed at least seven people and wounded at least 50 across the country’s south-west, deepening a security crisis roiling the Andean country.Police said attackers launched 19 attacks on targets in Cali – the country’s third largest city – and several nearby towns, hitting police posts, municipal buildings and civilian targets. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Ben Duckett blows West Indies away as England wrap up T20 series sweep

England, 248-3, beat West Indies, 211-8, by 37 runsDuckett hits 84 off 46 balls in 120-run opening standHarry Brook hit an unbeaten 35 off 22 balls, a quickfire cameo on a usual night, yet the slowest of England’s offerings in this record-breaking contest. His side piled up 248 for three, their highest total at home in this format, to set up a 37-run victory over West Indies in the third and final Twenty20 international.Ben Duckett top-scored with 84 from 46 balls as he shared an opening stand of 120 with Jamie Smith, 135 brought up at the 10-over mark. The destruction calmed down a touch thereafter but West Indies were still invited to pull off their highest successful T20 chase. It never felt on, even as Evin Lewis whipped away a first-ball six. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago England complete T20 series clean sweep to continue Harry Brook’s winning start

The hosts wrapped up a second 3-0 series win over the West Indies.

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7 h. ago Kanye West bizarrely 'changes name again' four years after complete rebrand

Kanye West, also known as Ye, is said to have changed his name for the second time in recent years, with the rapper's latest name reportedly disclosed on business documents

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7 h. ago Kanye West shocks with new name reveal as disgraced rapper attempts another reinvention amid antisemitism scandal

Kanye 'Ye' West has shocked fans by changing his name once again amid another reinvention for the disgraced rapper.

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8 h. ago Emma Raducanu takes 64 minutes to earn 'revenge' win as she begins Queen's charge

Emma Raducanu got her singles campaign at Queen's off to a winning start as she thrashed Cristina Bucsa in the first round of the WTA 500 event in west London.

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9 h. ago Fact check: Do foreigners occupy nearly half of London’s social housing?

Key context missing from widely-shared online claim about the proportion of social housing that foreign-born residents occupy, analysis finds

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10 h. ago England v West Indies: third men’s T20 cricket international – live

T20 updates from Southampton; start 6.30pm BSTWTC final news | Sign up for The Spin | Email James We’ll be underway in less than ten minutes. Just enough time to dig into Don McRae’s wide reaching interview with Pat Cummins on the eve of the WTC Final. Some topics were still off-limits though But the ball-tampering saga remains an awkward topic. He listens quietly while I tell him about my 2021 interview with Cameron Bancroft who, as a callow opening batter trying to find his way in Test cricket, followed instructions to use sandpaper to rough up the ball. His captain, Steve Smith, David Warner and Bancroft were banned and the batter, when pressed on whether any of the bowlers had known of the plan, told me that “it’s probably self-explanatory”.Cummins took seven wickets in that Test, which Australia lost heavily, and I ask if he really had no idea what was being done to the ball. “I don’t want to talk about it,” he says bluntly.” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Woman who took in homeless man was battered to death by him with a mallet in her £1.3m home days later, court hears

Victoria Adams, 37, was found dead at her flat in Hammersmith, west London , after police were called by concerned neighbours about a man attempting to break into the property.

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10 h. ago Girl, nine and her father, 38, who died in house fire are named by police

Mother Asifa was not at the family home in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, when the blaze took hold as she was on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.

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10 h. ago Queen's Club 2025: Emma Raducanu breezes through first round as Katie Boulter survives wobble

It was a strong day for the British contenders in South-West London

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11 h. ago Hit West End musical Mean Girls will start UK tour in Manchester

The hit musical is heading out on tour

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11 h. ago Homeless man battered Good Samaritan to death with a mallet in her £1.3m home days after she offered him shelter, court hears

Victoria Adams, 37, was found dead at her flat in Hammersmith, west London , after police were called by concerned neighbours about a man attempting to break into the property.

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12 h. ago Unmasked: The Godolphin and Latymer Deputy Head teacher who started sexual relationship with pupil in his office but escaped justice for a decade

Phil Culling, 52, began a sexual relationship with the teenager who was a talented musician and singer at the Goldophin and Latymer school in West London where day fees are now £33,000.

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12 h. ago Kickboxer, 15, had fought man, 34, week before fatal bout, inquest hears

Alex Eastwood collapsed after a kickboxing match in Wigan and died three days later.

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