5 h. ago Should you take your dog on holiday? We went on a European road trip with our border terrier to find out

Dogs have a sense of adventure, don’t they? We thought Missy would enjoy exploring France and Spain. She had other ideasPlus tips on travelling with dogsWhen, two years ago now, our dog sitters cancelled on us just 24 hours before we were due to go on our summer holiday, we felt more than a little put out. Aware that we couldn’t leave Missy, our border terrier, home alone with a tin opener, we sent out frantic texts and made urgent phone calls before at last finding someone, a friend of a friend of, I think, another friend, and simply hoped for the best. What else were we to do? The flights were non-refundable.It all turned out fine, but it was not an experience we were keen to repeat. And so, the following year, we took Missy with us. Dogs are portable, after all, and have a nose for adventure. Also, this was to be an extended holiday, away for a full month – working part time in order to fund it – and we couldn’t be apart from her for that long. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Jannik Sinner sees off defiant Djokovic to set up dream final against Alcaraz

World No 1 wins 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (3) over 38-year-old SerbItalian is on course for third Grand Slam title in a rowRegardless of the tricky surface beneath his feet, the disruptive swirling wind inside Court Philippe-Chatrier or the intimidating résumé of the adversary before him, Jannik Sinner keeps on going. The world No 1 continued to demonstrate his superiority over all challengers at Roland Garros as he closed out a supremely clutch performance against Novak Djokovic, the sixth seed, with a 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (3) win to reach the final of the French Open for the first time in his career.Over the past 10 months, Sinner has established a period of total dominance at grand slam tournaments. He has now won 20 straight matches at major tournaments and on Sunday he will attempt to win his third straight major title. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago ‘Lots of bumps in the road’: Keir Starmer faces testing month before one

From spending review to China audit to assisted dying vote, June’s events have potential to lift or darken Labour moodAs Keir Starmer approaches his first anniversary in Downing Street, there will be several things he wishes he had done differently. But before he can contemplate that July milestone, he faces a busy month strewn with political bear traps.June has proven a difficult time for successive prime ministers: Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak all had to contend with deeply unhappy parliamentary parties reeling from heavy local and European election losses. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago People left terrified after discovering what toilets look like on oil rigs

Living and working on an oil rig is hard, dangerous work that keeps you away from home for weeks - and sometimes months - at a time, but it's the toilet situation that has people reeling in terror.

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26 h. ago King Charles' very telling question to David Beckham two weeks before knighthood

Football icon David Beckham's long wait for a knighthood is finally over and it seemed he knew for some time as King Charles asked a very cryptic question last month

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38 h. ago Trump biographer makes eerie Musk fallout prediction 7 months before spat

Donald Trump's biographer made an eerie prediction about Elon Musk's time in the White House coming to a fiery end seven months before the spat between the pair.

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38 h. ago Brit, 73, strangled to death with own belt in horror South Africa phone robbery

Retired Brit Karl Lauks, 73, was brutally killed on his driveway when he was strangled with his own belt after coming home from the pub, in South Africa - police said a 29-year-old has been arrested

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39 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham family feud gets new devastating update with 'no way back'

Romeo Beckham has called time on his romance with model Kim Turnbull after seven months of dating.

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41 h. ago Families of dead pensioners could be chased by taxman to recoup winter fuel payment

'Unforeseen consequence' of Treasury’s plans to restore the payments as a universal benefit would see a six-month lag - and some pensioners could die during that time

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45 h. ago Brit, 73, is ambushed and strangled to death with his own belt outside his South Africa home as he's robbed for his phone for fourth time in six months

The killer is said to have used Karl's scarf to silence him by jamming it in his mouth to stop his screams then wrapped the belt round his neck and choked him to death.

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3 d. ago Pete Hegseth orders Navy to strip name of gay rights icon Harvey Milk from ship in time for Pride Month

Defense secretary’s memo says stripping the name of the Navy veteran is part of an effort to reestablish ‘warrior culture’

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4 d. ago Car flies off road and crashes into veterans hall for second time in a year

A car flew off the road and crashed into the roof of a veterans hall for the second time in three months.

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5 d. ago Viva Vitinha: how PSG’s deep conductor proved Lionel Messi wrong | Barney Ronay

Midfield fulcrum was not rated by the Argentinian maestro or Wolves but was central to Champions League triumph“Not only are you bad, but you’re hurting me.” The words, there, or so it was claimed, of Lionel Messi; and however you spin it, a fairly tough six-month performance review from the greatest player of all time and your own footballing idol.Back in February 2023 Vitinha was very quick to deny that any such training ground altercation had taken place between himself and Messi, whatever the reports in the French football press at the time (another version of that conversation has Messi saying: “Do you see? This is why you’re shit.”). Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Jacinda Ardern reveals Queen’s blunt parenting advice during pregnancy

The Dame was seven-months pregnant at the time and wanted to get the Queens take on raising a child while in the spotlight

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6 d. ago Chelsea face Olivier Giroud reunion at Club World Cup after Los Angeles FC win dramatic play

Blues to open Stateside campaign against LAFC in Atlanta this month after extra-time thriller

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7 d. ago Rory McIlroy's new UK mansion has footballers, oligarchs and Sultan of Brunei as neighbours

Rory McIlroy is set to move his family from Florida to the UK next month, with the five-time major champion and his wife Erica Stoll having spent millions on renovations to their Surrey mansion

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7 d. ago Rory McIlroy now has some very famous neighbours after making London move

Rory McIlroy is set to move his family from Florida to Surrey next month, with the five-time major winner and his family set to have some famous faces as neighbours

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7 d. ago Dad left chilling note for kids to find after strangling their mum in next room

The family of Kelly Morgan, who was strangled to death by her husband George just hours after the couple watched their children in a school assembly, have opened up to Killer Britain with Demot Murgnahan about a murder which shook Britain

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7 d. ago Sheffield Wednesday players sent letter as wages unpaid AGAIN with club facing transfer embargo

For the second time in three months, Sheffield Wednesday's players and some staff were not paid on time amid increasing pressure on under-fire owner Dejphon Chansiri

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7 d. ago Worried about weed: should London follow New York and decriminalise cannabis?

Almost 25 years after an experiment was ditched to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug, a rethink is on the cards – but the British government remains cautiousThe last time London dabbled in decriminalising cannabis, it brought one part of the capital to a brief but giddy high. In 2001, an enterprising Scotland Yard borough commander empowered his officers in Lambeth to caution rather than arrest those carrying small amounts of the drug for personal use – freeing them, according to the scheme’s proponents, to concentrate on more serious crimes.The softly-softly approach was controversial in some political and policing quarters, but wildly popular in the borough – and some of its results were dramatic. Over six months, more than 2,500 hours of police officers’ time were saved on processing cannabis arrests, while arrests for dealing class A drugs rose by almost a fifth. Continue reading...

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