14 h. ago Emma Raducanu pulls out of Berlin Open with ‘lingering’ back problem

British No 1 loses Wimbledon seeding as a resultShe is confident of playing at Eastbourne later in JuneEmma Raducanu will miss next week’s Berlin Tennis Open as she continues to manage a back problem. The 22-year-old has been struggling with the issue since competing in Strasbourg last month before the French Open and took an off-court medical timeout during her quarter-final loss to Zheng Qinwen at Queen’s Club on Friday.Speaking afterwards, Raducanu said: “It’s been lingering for the last few weeks, and I have had back issues before. I think it’s just a vulnerability of mine. I know I need to take good care of it. I’m not overly concerned that it’s something serious, but I know it’s something that’s very annoying and needs proper and careful management.” Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Spurs hold talks over signing Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo and are interested in Yoane Wissa

Thomas Frank could move for former club’s main strikersSpurs file legal claim against Ineos over sponsorship dealTottenham have held initial talks about signing Bryan Mbeumo from Thomas Frank’s former club Brentford and are also interested in bringing his strike partner Yoane Wissa to north London.Frank was confirmed as Ange Postecoglou’s replacement on Thursday and is targeting the duo that contributed 39 Premier League goals last season for Brentford as he attempts to strengthen the Spurs squad. Mbeumo is also wanted by Manchester United, who had an offer worth up to £55m for the Cameroon forward rejected last week and are expected to return with an improved bid. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Community action group in North Lanarkshire encouraging residents to have their say on facilities and services

Moodiesburn's population has been steadily growing and now stands at around 10,000

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43 h. ago Week in wildlife: a flying zebra, chilling pelicans and a ghost elephant

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Recognise Palestine now to avoid ‘deadly status quo’, says its UK ambassador

Husam Zomlot calls on Labour to fulfil manifesto commitment before UN conference on two-state solutionI urge the UK to seize this moment – and join the world majority in recognising a Palestinian stateMaking recognition of a Palestinian state subject to ever more conditions will only reinforce a “deadly status quo” and will be seen as siding with an apartheid regime, the Palestinian ambassador to the UK has said.Writing in the Guardian, Husam Zomlot made an impassioned plea to the Labour government to fulfil a manifesto commitment by recognising Palestine in the run-up to a high-level UN conference on the two-state solution in New York next week. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Lanarkshire care workers to take protest to Holyrood as row over pay intensifies

The action is part of the first national care strike in Scotland in over a decade, which has already seen walkouts in East Renfrewshire, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire.

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3 d. ago Trump says China will face 55% tariffs under trade deal; US inflation rises to 2.4% – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsElon Musk says he regrets some of his posts about Trump: ‘They went too far’US-China trade talks: ‘framework’ deal amid dispute over rare earthsShares in Tesla are set to rally in New York later today, after Elon Musk attempted to patch up relations with Donald Trump.Tesla’s shares are up 2.5% in premarket trading at $334.28, as traders react to Musk’s expression of regret over his criticism of Trump last week. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump declares deal with China is ‘done’; US inflation rises to 2.4% – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsElon Musk says he regrets some of his posts about Trump: ‘They went too far’US-China trade talks: ‘framework’ deal amid dispute over rare earthsShares in Tesla are set to rally in New York later today, after Elon Musk attempted to patch up relations with Donald Trump.Tesla’s shares are up 2.5% in premarket trading at $334.28, as traders react to Musk’s expression of regret over his criticism of Trump last week. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump declares deal with China is ‘done’, with agreement on rare earths and magnets – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsElon Musk says he regrets some of his posts about Trump: ‘They went too far’US-China trade talks: ‘framework’ deal amid dispute over rare earthsShares in Tesla are set to rally in New York later today, after Elon Musk attempted to patch up relations with Donald Trump.Tesla’s shares are up 2.5% in premarket trading at $334.28, as traders react to Musk’s expression of regret over his criticism of Trump last week. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Tesla shares rise as Musk ‘regrets’ posts about Donald Trump; US

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsElon Musk says he regrets some of his posts about Trump: ‘They went too far’US-China trade talks: ‘framework’ deal amid dispute over rare earthsShares in Tesla are set to rally in New York later today, after Elon Musk attempted to patch up relations with Donald Trump.Tesla’s shares are up 2.5% in premarket trading at $334.28, as traders react to Musk’s expression of regret over his criticism of Trump last week. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Elon Musk says he ‘regrets’ some of his posts about Donald Trump; US

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsUS-China trade talks: ‘framework’ deal amid dispute over rare earthsShares in Tesla are set to rally in New York later today, after Elon Musk attempted to patch up relations with Donald Trump.Tesla’s shares are up 2.5% in premarket trading at $334.28, as traders react to Musk’s expression of regret over his criticism of Trump last week. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago My neighbour flooded my flat but says I have to pay: DEAN DUNHAM replies

My neighbour's drains backed up and flooded my house. He says I should claim on my insurance but I think it's his responsibility to pay. Who is right? DEAN DUNHAM replies...

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4 d. ago Deion Sanders reportedly away from Colorado amid undisclosed health issue

Coach Prime remains in Texas dealing with health issueSon says Sanders is “feeling well” but no return date setColorado opens vs. Georgia Tech on Aug. 29 without himColorado football coach Deion Sanders is at his home in Texas dealing with an “unspecified health issue”, ESPN reported Tuesday.Sanders, 57, was away from campus as the school’s annual summer football camps began last week, according to USA Today. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ITV Coronation Street spoilers as Kevin and Abi discover the truth and heartbreaking fate for Debbie

Things are heating up on the Cobbles next week as the drama continues on Coronation Street

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4 d. ago My neighbour flooded my flat but says I have to pay: DEAN DUNHAM reveals exactly how to deal with the dispute PLUS the way you can banish annoying ice cream vans from your road

My neighbour's drains backed up and flooded my house. He says I should claim on my insurance but I think it's his responsibility to pay. Who is right? DEAN DUNHAM replies...

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4 d. ago Canary Island hotel workers threaten to strike every Friday this summer in pay dispute

If they go ahead, the walkouts will begin on July 4

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4 d. ago Next week's soaps spoilers: Robert's revenge in Emmerdale and Corrie 'affair'

Emmerdale fans will see Aaron Dingle and John Sugden continue to clash next week, as Robert Sugden is convinced that John is hiding something, so vows to return to the village

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5 d. ago Welsh council leader 'concerned' about impact immigration plan could have on care

Cllr Huw Thomas said the UK Government's plans to restrict oversees recruitment of care workers is "certainly a matter of concern"

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5 d. ago Care workers employed by Enable Scotland to take strike action in Lanarkshire this week in continuing dispute over pay

This is part of a co-ordinated wave of walkouts rolling out over five days across Scotland.

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5 d. ago Demand for later abortions is on the rise in the US. Clinics that perform them are disappearing

The procedure will be harder to obtain after the latest closure of a Colorado clinicOne Tuesday morning in April, Alicia Moreno and the rest of the staff at Boulder abortion clinic learned that the clinic’s owner, Dr Warren Hern, was closing the clinic on Friday. One of the few abortion clinics in the US that performed abortions past the second trimester would, after 50 years, shutter its doors.They sprang into action. Suddenly, the dozen patients who had been scheduled for abortions that week had to go somewhere else. Continue reading...

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