5 h. ago ZIA YUSUF: No money for potholes... but plenty for migrants' Big Macs

If you want to know why Britain feels broken, why the public no longer trusts government at any level, look no further than the scandal uncovered by Reform UK's DOGE unit.

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7 h. ago 'Thanks for the memories' Sadness as Coney Beach prepares to close for good

Coney Beach Amusement Park in Porthcawl, South Wales, will close for good in October after more than 100 years of operation, with the Welsh Government set to redevelop the site

Politics

9 h. ago Toddler's 'lungs and stomach burst' during botched removal of popcorn from nose

An autopsy has revealed a two-year-old boy died after a botched procedure to remove a piece of popcorn from his nose led to his lungs and stomach exploding

Politics

12 h. ago Jamie George called up to British and Irish Lions squad after Luke Cowan

Saracens hooker removed from England lineup to face Argentina in Second Test as he now heads to Brisbane before Wallabies opener

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13 h. ago Annie's Molly actress looks unrecognisable 43 years after film was released

Annie first hit the big screen in 1982 and remains a firm family favourite nearly 50 years on. The actress who played Molly looks unrecognisable - but still has fond memories of the film

Culture

14 h. ago Diogo Jota’s heartbroken wife and Liverpool players lay flowers at Anfield

Diogo Jota’s heartbroken wife Rute Cardoso and members of his family visited the floral memorial that has been laid at Anfield in tribute to the Liverpool player.

Sport

15 h. ago Six items every UK driver should remove from cars this weekend

Scorching temperatures are being reached in parts of the UK, and drivers need to be sure they take the proper precautions amid the ongoing heatwave when it comes to leaving items in their vehicles

Transport

23 h. ago Live Aid, as told by those who weren’t there: ‘We switched it off when Status Quo came on’

When we tell the story of Live Aid, which happened 40 years ago this weekend, we tend to focus on Bob Geldof and the performers. But the truest sense of the day could be found outside of Wembley: the students who found it cheesy, the communities it galvanised, and the people whose relationship to hope was forever changed. RM Clark meets them

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25 h. ago 'There's lots of memories, I can't believe it's going': Town 'devastated' at amusement park's demise

Coney Beach Amusement Park in Porthcawl will be closing for good in October

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31 h. ago Djeidi Gassama to Rangers transfer 'issues' reach endgame with Dor Turgeman 'interested' as timeline set

The winger is inching close to an agreement with the Ibrox club with the final hurdle now removed

Sport

32 h. ago 'Forever Liverpool's No20': Premier League champions retire shirt number to honour Diogo Jota

Portuguese forward was memorialised last weekend

Politics

34 h. ago DOGE staffers are fleeing the government after Musk team’s whirlwind overhaul of DC

At least eight key leaders in DOGE have left the temporary organization since Musk left

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35 h. ago Truck smashes through barrier and plunges off a bridge into the Delaware River

A tractor-trailer cab plunged off the Delaware Memorial Bridge into the Delaware River near Wilmington

Events

36 h. ago Crystal Palace removed from Europa League as Premier League rival set to replace

Palace, who have never qualified for a major European competition before, had hoped to play in the Europa League after winning the FA Cup, but UEFA chiefs have ruled they can't

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37 h. ago Anisimova’s resurgence adds extra layer of mystique to Swiatek final

After taking converging paths following teenage breakthroughs, the two stars realign in SW19 showpieceOn a quiet outside clay court at the Hungarian national tennis centre in Budapest nine years ago a pair of outstanding 15-year-olds tussled in front of a few dozen spectators. Although the duel offered glimpses into the potential from both sides of the net, Iga Swiatek defeated Amanda Anisimova 6-4, 6-2 en route to Poland’s triumph over the US in the Junior Fed Cup.Even though Anisimova endured a difficult afternoon, memories of those days immediately drew a smile to her face. “I used to enjoy those Fed Cup trips a lot,” she says. “We had a lot of fun. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago ‘Occupation is buried deep in our psyche’: the haunting exhibition showing Irish support for Palestinians

From checkpoint photos to a bullet-ridden car door memorialising the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab, a new show highlights the shared resistance between Irish and Palestinian artistsThere are no tanks or tear gas, no shattered apartment blocks or bloodied limbs. Just eyes – heavy and charcoal-drawn – staring in stillness and silence. They don’t accuse. They don’t beg. They simply watch. Peering out of pale, formless faces – a quiet demand to acknowledge their very existence.This is Gazans’ View of the World, a stark monochrome piece by Palestinian artist Nabil Abughanima, one of more than 50 works now on display at Metamorphika Studio in Hackney, London. Together, they form Dlúthpháirtíocht – the Irish word for “solidarity” – an exhibition that spans continents, memories and borders, binding Palestinian and Irish histories into a single frame. Continue reading...

Events

38 h. ago Doge wants to replace our institutions with a tech utopia. It won’t work | Mike Pepi

Silicon Valley’s final dream is a world without institutions. But what works for a startup doesn’t work for democracyElon Musk has stepped away from Doge with very little “efficiency” to show for it. While it may have been more of a showpiece than real policy, this brutal and short experiment in Silicon Valley governance reveals a long-simmering battle between digital utopians and the institutional infrastructures critical to functioning democracies.Doge’s website dubiously claims $190bn in savings. The receipts show that they are less about efficiency than they are aimed at effective dissolution, a fate met by USAID, the federal agency responsible for distributing foreign assistance. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago What happened during the 1976 heatwave? London set to swelter again this weekend

As London braces for another heatwave, that brings back memories of the 1976 weekend when temperatures skyrocketed.

Politics

41 h. ago Concentration, removal and occupation: Inside Netanyahu’s plan for the future of Gaza

Rights groups say the Israeli plans for a so-called ‘humanitarian city’ and emigration amount to ethnic cleansing and forcible displacement, report Bel Trew, Richard Hall and Alicja Hagopian who look into the details of the proposals

Events

41 h. ago Trump heads to Texas a week after devastating floods – US politics live

President reportedly backing away from abolishing FEMA but is still describing tragedy as a ‘once-in-every-200-year deal’ as at least 120 have diedAt least eight core members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have left their positions in the last six months, Politico reported on Friday, citing internal records and sources familiar with the matter.A senior White House official explained the departures by pointing to the fact that many DOGE staffers were special government employees, a designation that has a required end date, the report said. Continue reading...

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