2 h. ago Ascot 2025: Royals feel the heat as they face 32C temperatures at Ladies' Day on hottest day of the year so far

New royal favourite Harriet Sperling joked with the King on the hottest day of the year so far as she joined the family at Royal Ascot for the second time this week.

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3 h. ago Daily Star super tipster Jason Heavey beats AI supercomputer bots at red

The Reach racing editor is on fire with his tips for the horses at this year's baking hot Royal Ascot after correctly picking winner after winner - even beating ChatGPT

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4 h. ago Houston man arrested after fatally shooting his girlfriend in her apartment and sending photos to her family, cops say

Lazette King‘s family allege Michael Ellis had pulled guns on her in the past

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4 h. ago James Wade opens up on health battles after ending three year darts title drought

The Machine opens up on struggles following first triumph since 2022 as he beat Scott Williams 8-3 to return to PDC winners circle

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5 h. ago Two more winners on Thursday – here's my Friday Royal Ascot tips

Daily Star Chief Tipster Jason Heavey continued his good form with two winners on Thursday and he fancies star Irish filly Babouche to steal the show on Friday

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5 h. ago Carlos Alcaraz beats the heat in epic comeback against Munar at Queen’s Club

Top seed into quarter-finals with 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5 winAlcaraz victory longest match at Queen’s in 34 yearsOn a day of hot heads and high emotion, Carlos Alcaraz proved once again to be a master of escapology in the longest match at Queen’s Club for 34 years. With temperatures hovering over 30C on Andy Murray Arena, the Spaniard was 4-2 down in the final set, having lost four games in a row. To add to his sense of peril and woe, his serve was also misfiring and he had just hit his 50th unforced error. Yet he found a way – just as he had during the French Open final earlier this month.A few minutes – and a series of inspired winners – later Alcaraz was shaking hands with his compatriot Jaume Munar having won 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5 in an epic that lasted a little under three hours and 30 minutes. It was the longest match at Queen’s Club since MaliVai Washington faced Mark Keil in 1991, with the second set alone taking an hour and 42 minutes. As Alcaraz pithily wrote on the BBC TV courtside...

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6 h. ago Prince William's emotional promise to Kate Middleton before she pulled out of Royal Ascot

Kate, 42, withdrew from the Royal Procession on the second day of Royal Ascot, with Buckingham Palace sources quick to reveal this was due to an administrative error.

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6 h. ago Alcaraz survives major scare at Queen's Club to reach longest winning streak of career

Alcaraz survives major scare at Queen's Club to reach longest winning streak of career  ATP Tour

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7 h. ago Royal Ascot provides free water but keeps dress code unchanged on hottest day of year

A crowd of 65,718 baked in temperatures near 30C which led the UK Health Security Agency to raise the heat-health alert level to amber

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7 h. ago Princess Beatrice shares a rare public kiss with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi as temperatures soar at Royal Ascot

Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi packed on the PDA at Royal Ascot today, sharing a passionate kiss as they watched the races unfold from the stands.

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7 h. ago Vicky Pattison slams Meghan Markle's 'cringe on toast' move as Duchess 'gave her the ick'

Former Queen of the Jungle Vicky Pattison has revealed that one moment in Meghan Markle's Netflix series, involving a Hollywood star, made her 'get the ick'

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7 h. ago US Open hero teases PGA Tour star at Travelers and says his hero putt was better

Canadian star doffs his cap to Oakmont king after his monster finish to Major

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7 h. ago Get Louise Roe's Royal Ascot look with 20% off her high street red blazer dress

Louise Roe has firmly cemented her place on the Royal Ascot best dressed list with her structured red blazer dress - and it's available on the high street with 20% off

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7 h. ago Father accused of murdering his baby daughter lied to police about cannabis use

Thomas Holford, 24, has denied murdering Everleigh Stroud, who died aged one after ‘excessive and severe’ shaking when she was just five weeks old.

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8 h. ago Louise Roe's tailored midi dress nails Royal Ascot's dress code and has 20% off

Fashion expert Louise Roe secured her place on Royal Ascot’s best dressed list with a tailored red midi dress from Karen Millen – and you can still shop her exact look with 20% off

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8 h. ago Royal Ascot victory in Gold Cup brings vow to 'run naked down the track’

Jayne McGivern, who has championed the Derby winner Golden Horn since acquiring as a stallion, was overjoyed by his son’s success in the royal meeting’s signature prize

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8 h. ago Ladies' Day brings glamour to sunny Ascot as temperatures hit 32C

Photographs from the event showed how ladies transformed the Berkshire racecourse into a living gallery of fashion

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8 h. ago Luke Littler bites back at darts legend who claimed he 'doesn’t deserve' MBE before deleting post

Luke Littler is the youngest-ever winner of the PDC World Darts Championship and was named in King Charles III's Birthday Honours list to receive an MBE, which Dennis Priestley didn't agree with

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8 h. ago Value Scope: Each way horseracing tips from Steve Jones for Royal Ascot Friday on ITV

Friday's features are the Commonwealth Cup and Coronation Stakes and our top tipster has found the value in four of Friday's race

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9 h. ago Trawlerman wins big one at Royal Ascot to claim coveted Gold Cup in record time

Trawlerman went one better than last year in the Gold Cup

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