87 m. ago Finn Russell savours Bath win as he looks forward to Lions test

Fly-half relishes end to his 10-year wait for a league title before switching focus to British & Irish Lions challengeHad Handré Pollard done his homework he might have known what was coming. For Finn Russell has previous with intercepts when attacking Twickenham’s south stand. It was playing that way that he picked off Owen Farrell’s pass before streaking clear in the madcap 38-38 draw between England and Scotland in 2019. And he was at it again on Saturday, coming up with the decisive moment in Bath’s dogged Premiership final victory over Leicester.On this occasion he did not finish off the try himself – you suspect he probably could have – instead flinging a nonchalant pass inside to the onrushing Max Ojomoh. In a final short on champagne moments, it put the fizz in Bath’s performance, extending their lead to 20-7 before a second penalty of the match proved pivotal in ensuring the 29-year wait for a Premiership title was over. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘They were inseparable’: family’s anguish at wait to bring Air India victims home

Relatives of Pooja and Harshit Patel, who were visiting from Leicester, want to cremate them together but have faced painful wait for identificationIn the ramshackle, cramped lanes of Ambika Nagar in the Indian city of Gujarat, everyone spoke of Pooja and Harshit Patel with pride. The couple had done what none of their relatives or neighbours had managed to achieve before; they had moved abroad, settling among the thriving Gujarati diaspora community in the British city of Leicester.Their lives in Leicester, where the couple had moved so Pooja could complete her business masters degree – later getting a job at Amazon alongside Harshit – seemed unimaginably glamorous to their relatives and close-knit community back in India. Pooja would call her mother, 58-year-old Chandra Mate, at least three times a day with tales of British life and to show off her latest outfits, spinning in front of the mirror. Continue reading...

Society

1 hour ago McDonald's compared to Wetherspoons as 'all human life is there' as sales plunge

Though McDonald’s has 1,500 diners across the UK its US bosses have repeatedly singled out Britain as one of its most difficult markets - bringing down its international performance

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2 h. ago British man stranded in Israel considers desert escape after Iranian missile strikes

James Eden considering ‘risky’ journey through the desert to Egypt after outbound flights from Israel were suspended

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2 h. ago Air India crash victim's tragic final words on call from doomed flight to UK

Ramesh Patel was one of 53 Brits on the Gatwick Airport-bound Air India flight when the aircraft crashed just moments after take-off in Ahmedabad.

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2 h. ago Britain warns against all travel to Israel as fighting with Iran intensifies

Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran will pay ‘a very heavy price’ for civilian deaths

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2 h. ago Robert Kubica seals emotional Le Mans 24 Hours victory for Ferrari

Polish driver had a life-threatening accident in 2011Ferrari complete third successive win in endurance racePoland’s Robert Kubica sealed a deserved place in motor racing history as he took victory – alongside China’s Ye Yifei and Britain’s Philip Hanson – at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Hard fought with a relentless determination that has matched his refusal to be cowed after a life-threatening accident, his victory also secured an impressive third consecutive win for Ferrari at the 93rd edition of the vingt-quatre.The victory after 387 laps for the No 83 privateer Ferrari 499P, run by the Scuderia’s works partner AF Corse, was the first overall win at Le Mans for drivers from Poland and China and will make Ye a household name in his home country, while for the 25-year-old Hanson it is a career high point in only his second run in the top, hypercar, category. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago British tourist vanishes from Airbnb in Brazil without passport or belongings

Denis Kopanev, 33, who works as a finance manager in London, was last seen leaving his accommodation in Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, on Monday, June 9.

Society

3 h. ago The reason our city is the happiest place in Britain: Locals reveal why their community scores highest on happiness index

New data released by the Office for National Statistics has revealed Britain's happiest region was the South West of England - with residents living in the mainly rural area.

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3 h. ago 'Even the bouncers looked like they were falling asleep!': Has 'Britain's Magaluf' turned into a seaside paradise for booze

EXCLUSIVE: FREYA BARNES travelled to Newquay to see if the town once dubbed Britain's Magaluf' has really cleaned up its image.

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3 h. ago How should Brits stop Mad Vlad and World War Three as thug Putin spoils for battle

WW3 seems incredibly close as in almost every continent across the world, there is some form of war or armed conflict going on, and leading experts have now claimed that World War 3 is 'imminent'

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3 h. ago Danny Jones' wife makes statement with first post of him since Maura Higgins kiss

Danny Jones' wife Georgia has hinted things may be getting back on track for the couple following the Maura Higgins kiss scandal at the Brit Awards

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4 h. ago Treasury 'already drawing up tax rises for the Autumn' as grim poll shows just a fifth of Brits say Rachel Reeves had priorities right in Spending Review

Dividends and bank profits are among the areas being mooted for drumming up revenue to balance the books.

Economics

4 h. ago British man travels to Canada and is left stunned after spotting huge difference

A British man who travelled to Canada to see his partner was left gobsmacked after spotting a 'mad' difference in houses when driving to her house - but some locals say he's got the wrong idea

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4 h. ago Fern Britton's former agent claims she is 'nothing like her bubbly TV persona' as they reveal all on brutal split with Phil Vickery

Fern Britton's former agent has claimed she is 'nothing like her bubbly TV persona' as he reveals all on brutal split from ex-husband Phil Vickery.

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4 h. ago Brit 'drug mule' Charlotte May Lee facing months in jail without bail claims lawyer

Ms Lee, who denies the allegations, 'doesn't know what happened' as she waits for Thai authorities to determine whether the substance they found was, in fact, cannabis

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4 h. ago Air India crash victim's tragic five words on call from doomed flight to UK

Ramesh Patel was one of 53 Brits on the Gatwick Airport-bound Air India flight when the aircraft crashed just moments after take-off in Ahmedabad

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4 h. ago Brit who visited Canada says he 'can't get over' one major difference

A British man who travelled to Canada to see his wife for the first time was left amazed by the size of the houses in the Toronto area - but many locals were quick to tell him 'the truth'

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4 h. ago British 'miracle' sole survivor of Air India plane crash is reunited with his family as he mourns loss of brother

Vishwashkumar Ramesh, 40 is being treated at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, just a short distance from where the Gatwick bound flight crashed into buildings.

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4 h. ago Reckless mobility scooter OAPs hit with speed limit to stop them terrorising shoppers

A number of near-misses involving shoppers and pensioners on mobility scooter have led to a shopping centre introducing strict speed limits on the zooming older Brits

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