4 h. ago Is it summer yet? Here's when summer officially begins in 2025

You’d have thought it would be pretty simple to say when summer starts - but it’s a bit more complicated than that.

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31 h. ago Puma put their twist on old favourite as Man City release new home kit

Manchester City have released the first official pictures of the home kit they will wear for the 2025/26 season, starting at the Club World Cup

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49 h. ago Manchester United officially open voting for the 2024/2025 Player of the Year award

Man Utd have endured an awful season, but there will still be awards handed out at the end of the campaign.

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5 d. ago Why is Saudi Arabia at the Gold Cup? It’s the latest in the Kingdom’s soft power campaign | Karim Zidan

The Middle Easterners come Stateside this summer for a regional tournament appearance enabled by sportswashingLast month, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) held an official draw in Miami, Florida for the 2025 Gold Cup, the premier biennial tournament for men’s football on the continent.This summer, the Gold Cup will serve as the crucial litmus test for the US national team ahead of the 2026 World Cup, the vast majority of which will take place on home soil. The draw placed the Americans in Group D, alongside Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago and Saudi Arabia. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Jennifer Lopez reveals 'promise' she made to twins Max and Emme about her Ben Affleck divorce

Now Lopez will be officially embarking on a summer tour, Up All Night: Live in 2025, where she plans to celebrate following years of growth.

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7 d. ago How wearing no trousers in public became the Met Gala’s hottest fashion trend

While the official theme of the 2025 Met Gala was Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, another trend emerged on the red carpet

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7 d. ago London is Officially One of the Happiest Cities in the World in 2025

London is Officially One of the Happiest Cities in the World in 2025  Time Out

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8 d. ago Start of growth season sparks call for Scottish gardeners to act now on invasive plants

With spring in full swing, invasive plant species such as Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan balsam are beginning to grow – prompting a call for action to gardeners in Scotland.

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1 week ago Holding Fever: when club side Rishton signed the fastest bowler in the world

Huge crowds turned out to watch Michael Holding play at Blackburn Road in 1981 – and to enjoy the club’s late barBy Scott Oliver from his book Sticky Dogs and Stardust 2To paraphrase Bishop Berkeley’s famous empiricist thought-experiment: if a legendary over is bowled in a game that isn’t televised, did it really happen? The answer is: yes, Bish, it happened. In fact, Geoffrey Boycott still remembers punching a 150kph throat ball toward Joel Garner in the gully. But, unless you happened to have been watching Tony Francis’ two-minute despatch on News at Ten on Saturday 14 March 1981, it would have slipped past your attention that Rishton’s new pro, Michael Holding, had relocated Geoffrey’s off stump 20 yards nearer the press box. Which, if you were one of the Lancashire League’s top-order batters, might not be a bad thing to have slipped your attention.Nevertheless, if they hadn’t seen the recent Barbados bombardment, they will have had vivid memories of Andy Roberts’ and especially ...

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2 w. ago Whitehall officials ‘pushing for the Open to return to Trump

Revealed: Sources say bosses at R&A, which organises the annual golf tournament, were quizzed about 2028 eventSenior Whitehall officials have asked golf bosses whether they can host the 2028 Open championship at Donald Trump’s Turnberry course after repeated requests from the US president, sources have said.Officials had asked senior people at the R&A, which organises the world’s oldest major golf championship, what the hurdles would be to hosting the 2028 Open at Turnberry. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago EU microchip strategy ‘deeply disconnected from reality’, say official auditors

Plan to supply 20% of the world’s semiconductor chips by 2030 described as ‘essentially aspirational’The EU’s strategy to secure its own supply of microchips is “deeply disconnected from reality”, a damning report by the official European court of auditors (ECA) has found.The ECA reported that the bloc was “very unlikely” to meet its 2030 target of supplying 20% of the world’s microchips at a time when global demand for semiconductors is booming to meet the growing needs of defence, green tech and artificial intelligence. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How to track a London Marathon 2025 runner: Follow the race with the official app and other services like Strava

How to track a London Marathon 2025 runner: Follow the race with the official app and other services like Strava  TechRadar

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2 w. ago Why World Snooker Championship referee is banned from officiating one player

The 2025 World Championship is different for leading official Tatiana Woollaston, who cannot take charge of matches involving one particular player at the Crucible

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2 w. ago Housebuilder releases new homes for sale at East Calder development

This latest development by Taylor Wimpey at Calderwood is located off Sandilands Road.

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3 w. ago UK private sector shrinks as export orders slump; state borrowing nearly £15bn above official forecast – business live

Eurozone private sector ‘broadly stable’ in April; stocks, dollar, oil prices rise on hopes of US-China trade dealUK annual borrowing exceeds forecasts by almost £15bnThe collapse in confidence and drop in output during April raise red flags for the economic outlook and add pressure on the Bank of England to reduce interest rates again at its May meeting, said Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence.While recent months have been characterised by UK businesses treading water, broadly stagnating since last autumn’s budget, businesses are reporting more of a struggle to keep their heads above water in April.April’s fall in output was the largest recorded for nearly two and a half years, consistent with GDP declining at a quarterly rate of 0.3%, reflecting falling activity and demand across both manufacturing and services. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago When are VE and VJ Days 2025? What they mean and how they will be officially celebrated

Festivities are set to kick off on Bank Holiday Monday, May 5, with street parties and parades planned across London and beyond

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3 w. ago UK annual borrowing nearly £15bn above official forecast; stocks rise as Trump rows back on Fed attack – business live

UK government borrowed £151.9bn in year to March; investors cheered by hopes of US-China trade dealEuropean stocks have also opened higher, as a wave of relief spread across markets.The UK’s FTSE 100 index is up by 1.2% at 8,430, while the Italian FTSE MiB rose by 1.4%.Bessent threw a lifeline to fragile US sentiment with conciliatory remarks on the US-China trade war. Bessent said the current tariff situation is “unsustainable” and expects a de-escalation in the near term.We could witness a period where the dollar is tossed around by headlines of Fed independence risk and market-friendly news on US tariff policy. What is clear by now is that no other G10 currency has a higher positive beta to trade news than the dollar. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Royal exhibition to recount 40 years of Charles on tour in 70 artworks

Visitors to Buckingham Palace will be able to see works by official tour artists who accompanied visits to 96 countriesForty years ago the then Prince of Wales invited, at his own expense, the artist John Ward to join an official visit to Italy as an official tour artist, with the brief to draw or paint whatever inspired him.Since then, 42 artists to have undertaken this role, collectively visiting 95 countries during 69 tours, with their work now going on display at Buckingham Palace. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago East Calder Bowling Club officially opens 2025 season with community celebration

The event was marked by a ceremonial throw of the Jack by Livingston MP Gregor Poynton, who was on hand to help officially launch the new season.

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3 w. ago Every James Bond Video Game 2025: Here are all 24 games in the official 007 gaming universe

Gamers have been stepping into the shoes of the British superspy for well over 40 years.

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