2 h. ago Royal Ascot bookie loses £367,000 after five favourites win on Ladies Day

Star Sports described it as ‘a black, black day’ which started with the shortest priced favourite of the week, Charles Darwin, landing the first race

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2 h. ago Fire service issues update as crews start THIRD day battling Middleton blaze

Locals say the smell of smoke still hangs over the area

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20 h. ago BREAKING Oasis fans in frenzy at huge announcement days before tour starts

It's expected Noel and Liam Gallagher will be seen together for the first time in years this evening ahead of a huge collaboration announcement

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23 h. ago Royal Ascot revellers bring out their fans to keep cool on Ladies Day amid soaring temperatures

Ladies Day at Royal Ascot got off to a sweltering start this morning with the temperature reaching 28C - and it's set to soar even higher into the afternoon.

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42 h. ago The fake tan that gives such a deep colour in 2 hours shoppers won't use another

"For a quick tan, it’s perfect. Ready within two hours and leaves you with such a lovely tone and colour. It lasts for about four days before it starts to wear off, but it doesn’t go patchy just gently fades."

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44 h. ago Harry's Girl horse dies in Royal Ascot horror fall as fans demanded ITV update

Day two at Royal Ascot started in an awful way as Harry's Girl suffered a fatal injury after breaking down in the opening race of the day after a horror fall

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58 h. ago How the disappearance of a father led to solving the mystery of a missing doctor who vanished just days before starting a new job more than a decade ago

David Brookfield, 65, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, went missing on January 9, 2023, after setting out alone into the Carneddau range in Snowdonia National Park.

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62 h. ago Mystery of missing doctor solved 12 years after he vanished without trace

Shayne Eves Colaco, 33, disappeared after setting off for a walk alone in the summer of 2012

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3 d. ago ITV's Grantchester series 11 update as 'filming set to start in just few days'

Robson Green and Rishi Nair will be back on-screen as DI Geordie Keating and Reverend Alphy Kottaram for the 11th series of the hit ITV detective drama

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3 d. ago ‘People recycle the same old racism’: Sheffield metal stars Malevolence on their big break – and how to confront online hate

They’ve broken crowdsurfing records – 901 in a single gig – but their music confronts deep, difficult subjects from mental health to toxic family membersMalevolence insist they aren’t psychic. In late February 2020, days before Covid-19 lockdowns started being implemented around the world, the Yorkshire metalcore band released their breakthrough single, Keep Your Distance. It was a melee of growls and beatdowns that propelled them to new heights – in part thanks to a title that foresaw the next year of government messaging.“It was completely by coincidence,” guitarist and vocalist Konan Hall tells me on a video call from his home in Sheffield. “But everyone started tagging us in signs saying ‘Keep your distance because of Covid’.” Lead singer Alex Taylor can’t help but laugh, joining the call from his place just up the road. “It was free marketing!” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Photos of world leaders in Canada's Rocky Mountains for the G7 summit

Leaders arrived Monday for the start of a three-day Group of Seven summit hosted by Canada in its Rocky Mountains. Countries belonging to the G7 forum also include France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Other nations' leaders are attending as guests.

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3 d. ago When is the Steam Summer Sale 2025? Date revealed and it's closer than you think

Steam's next big sale is tiptoeing closer, and you'll be able to grab a whole host of bargains in just 10 days—here's when it starts, ends, and what to expect for PC gamers

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3 d. ago UK's favourite breakfasts could be harming your health, warns nutritionist

A nutritionist has warned not all breakfasts are created equal, and some of the nation's favourite morning meals are doing more harm than good - including some of the worst foods to start off your day

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6 d. ago Rory McIlroy smashes tee marker and throws club in furious US Open meltdown as he issues three

McIlroy has made a testing start at Oakmont and his frustration only grew on day two

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6 d. ago Australia learn cricket’s oldest lesson as South Africa turn the tables in WTC

An Australian win looked inevitable after setting 282 to win, but Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma defied the oddsRight from the start of the day, there was an inevitability that this match was Australia’s. They started 218 runs in front, in the third innings, walking back onto a Lord’s field where 28 wickets had fallen in the previous two days. They had the four-star bowling attack, their opponents had the shooting-star batting order, one that had flashed and vanished in its first sighting. Soon this would be compounded by Temba Bavuma’s hamstring injury. The lead as it stood looked a chance to be enough, and first would come the chance to increase it a smidgen more.The sense of inevitability only grew as that smidgen broadened into a big dirty smudge. There is nothing more galling for a cricket team than a long tenth-wicket partnership. Every ball is more annoying than the one before. Things had started right, Kagiso Rabada in his second over of the day trapping Nathan Lyon with onl...

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6 d. ago Lando Norris predicts 'tough moments' with Oscar Piastri as F1 title fight intensifies

The McLaren pair are starting to put daylight between themselves and Max Verstappen in the F1 title race and, soon, the only thing in the way of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will be each other

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7 d. ago UK weather: Exact dates June heatwave could send temperatures over 30C

Forecasters predict the mercury could hit 30C in just a few days, signalling the start of a possible heatwave - with several UK towns and cities set to welcome an intense burst of sunshine

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8 d. ago Kagiso Rabada lays down marker of excellence with fiery spells for South Africa | Simon Burnton

Teammates say he is the world’s best bowler and judging by his first-day display against Australia he is not far offGiven there was a certain scepticism in advance of this game about South Africa’s suitability for a place in this final, their spot having been secured through a run of good results, mostly at home, in short series that notably did not involve either of the two sides currently ranked ahead of them, perhaps they needed an early marker of excellence, a demonstration of merit. Fortunately they had just the man.At 10.30am the pre-match pyrotechnic mist cleared with Kagiso Rabada at the nursery end, ball in hand. Perhaps Usman Khawaja’s personal fog lingered a while longer, the first ball of the day zinging past his outside edge and sending the Australian opener into survival mode. Rabada started his day with a maiden, and then another, and then another. Khawaja faced every delivery, including a couple more that he barely survived. And then, two balls into Rabada’s fourth o...

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8 d. ago Kagiso Rabada blows clouds away with World Test Championship final fireworks

Teammates say he is the world’s best bowler and judging by his first-day display against Australia he is not far offGiven there was a certain scepticism in advance of this game about South Africa’s suitability for a place in this final, their spot having been secured through a run of good results, mostly at home, in short series that notably did not involve either of the two sides currently ranked ahead of them, perhaps they needed an early marker of excellence, a demonstration of merit. Fortunately they had just the man.At 10.30am the pre-match pyrotechnic mist cleared with Kagiso Rabada at the nursery end, ball in hand. Perhaps Usman Khawaja’s personal fog lingered a while longer, the first ball of the day zinging past his outside edge and sending the Australian opener into survival mode. Rabada started his day with a maiden, and then another, and then another. Khawaja faced every delivery, including a couple more that he barely survived. And then, two balls into Rabada’s fourth o...

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8 d. ago Mystery after fishing captain and his girlfriend go missing while taking their boat out off Cape Cod

Shawn Arsenault, the boat’s captain, was going clamming with his girlfriend when their boat seemingly vanished.

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