5 h. ago Student ends up in court after trying to pay parking charge in cash

Oliver Griffiths, a fourth-year law student, was slapped with a $97 fine after parking his car at his Australian university campus earlier this year, but decided to contest the charge

Economics

6 h. ago Local outrage as topless Brit tourist caught riding cow in Tenerife

Shoppers were left stunned when the holidaymaker decided to mount the life-sized model bovine outside a popular Ale-Hop store in Playa Fañabé, Costa Adeje, causing consternation among locals

Events

6 h. ago Chair of Sheku Bayoh inquiry to stay on after rejecting 'bias' claims

Decision could be subject to judicial review

Politics

7 h. ago How A level results and grade boundaries for WJEC are decided

A grade boundary is the minimum mark needed to achieve a particular grade

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10 h. ago Chairman of Sheku Bayoh Inquiry decides against recusing himself

Lord Bracadale has refused an application for him to step down from the Scottish Police Federation, Pc Craig Walker and Nicole Short.

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10 h. ago Gianluigi Donnarumma’s agent hits out at PSG as Premier League giants pursue transfer

Donnarumma announced this week that ‘someone has decided I can no longer’ stay at Paris Saint-Germain amid interest from Manchester City and United

Politics

11 h. ago The Trump administration has decided coal is female – here’s why | Arwa Mahdawi

What is really behind the US Department of Energy’s weird pronouncement on social media?Have you ever tossed and turned at night wondering what the correct pronouns are for a lump of coal? No, me neither. However, it seems someone at the US Department of Energy has devoted a few spare brain cells to this matter and decided that coal is a she/her.Co-opting a phrase adopted by the LGBTQ+ community, the official energy department X account tweeted on 31 July: “She’s an icon. She’s a legend. And she is the moment,” alongside a sparkling picture of coal. This comes as the Trump administration devotes considerable energy to making fossil fuels great again. The president has signed numerous executive orders aimed at “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry” and reversed Biden-era pollution regulations on coal-fired power plants. These plants, according to a 2023 report, killed at least 460,000 Americans over the past two decades. Deaths declined when the environmental regula...

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11 h. ago Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones says 'this is the real me' as she delights fans with announcement

The actress and writer herself decided to confirm it was really her in a video

Politics

12 h. ago Peter Crouch 'lost £25,000' on car sale after Roy Keane made him 'feel like a t***'

Peter Crouch decided to flog his brand-new Aston Martin at a loss back in 2005 after a chance encounter with Manchester United legend Roy Keane at the traffic lights

Economics

15 h. ago I drove 350 miles in a day in an electric car and it was an expensive nightmare

A man decided to see if he could make the 350-mile round trip from his home to Bristol in an electric car

Politics

17 h. ago Family of man who killed himself after refused anonymity in abuse inquiry slam death probe

Kevin Sutherland blamed the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry from the Forth Bridges area after posting online that he was about to die.

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17 h. ago Family of man who took his own life after being refused anonymity slam death probe

Kevin Sutherland blamed the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry from the Forth Bridges area after posting online that he was about to die.

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24 h. ago Woman saw a ‘spiderweb’ in an Arkansas park and decide to kick it. It was really a $27,000 diamond

‘I got on my knees and cried, then started laughing,’ the woman said of the moment she found out she had discovered a 2.3-carat diamond

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29 h. ago Football Daily | La Liga, where every team plays each other home and away. Unless they’re in Miami

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Spanish football is famed for nothing if not its integrity. Whether it’s Franco using his influence to elevate Real Madrid, in general, but with particular regard to the Di Stéfano affair; the way the government facilitated the sale of Madrid’s training ground for a gazillion euros; Barcelona conjuring then pulling their beloved levers; the way it treats the women’s game, in general but with particular regard to the Luis Rubiales affair; racism more suited to a dissertation or police report than a tea-timely email; to say nothing of the Fuentes blood bags.To Manchester United I decided and said yes. I wanted to join Manchester United, to see Alex Ferguson [but Dortmund] could not sell me, because they knew if I stayed they could earn more money, and that I could wait maybe one or two more years” – Robert Lewandowski on how he almost became a Red Devil in 2012, two years after a volcanic ash cloud scuppered a planned move to Blackbur...

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30 h. ago Harvey Willgoose’s mother says her son’s killer should be named

A judge will decide in October whether the 15-year-old boy who stabbed Harvey to death at their Sheffield school should lose his anonymity.

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31 h. ago Eamonn Holmes opens up on 'shared custody' as he admits 'Ruth does the hard stuff'

Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford announced last year that they had decided to separate after 14 years of marriage

Politics

31 h. ago Andy Irving transfer pursuit with Rangers, Celtic, Bundesliga and Serie A clubs interested in West Ham player

English Premier League club must decide the next step for the Scotland internationalist

Sport

32 h. ago Sturgeon sought counselling after ‘breaking down’ at Covid inquiry

The former first minister said she had felt ‘very, very close to the edge’ in that moment.

Politics

33 h. ago EU leaders defend Ukraine’s freedom to decide future ahead of Trump

Statement on Ukrainian sovereignty signed by all EU leaders except for Viktor Orbán before call with TrumpEurope live – latest updatesRead all our coverage of the Ukraine warEuropean Union leaders made a rallying call to defend Ukraine’s freedom to decide its own future in advance of their virtual summit with Donald Trump – convened to discuss US strategy before the president’s talks with Vladimir Putin on Friday.With the exception of Hungary, all EU leaders signed a joint statement, with Kaja Kallas, the EU foreign policy chief, also calling for the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to attend the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on Friday. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Court gives former Raiders coach Jon Gruden a boost in lawsuit over ‘leaked’ NFL emails

Judges rule case won’t be overseen by NFL arbitratorGruden says NFL set out to smear his reputationFormer Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden registered a victory over the NFL in court on Monday.The Nevada supreme court, in a 5-2 ruling, decided that Gruden’s lawsuit against the league can proceed in civil court rather than being settled in an arbitration hearing to which the NFL could designate the arbitrator. Continue reading...

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