69 m. ago The Open 2025: first round updates from Royal Portrush – live

Latest updates from the opening day of the 153rd OpenLive official leaderboard | And you can drop Scott a mailGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of the 153rd Open Championship. Xander Schauffele, who saw off Billy Horschel, Justin Rose and Thriston Lawrence at Troon last year, is the defending champion and yet because this edition will be contested on the links of Royal Portrush in County Antrim, it kind of feels like Shane Lowry, the winner here in 2019, is defending too. Hey, we don’t write the rules, it just does.Another Irish winner on home soil, then? Lowry fancies doubling up, while course-record holder Rory McIlroy will doubtless think the old place owes him one after that quadruple-bogey start in 2019 and subsequent tearful missed cut. Tom McKibbin, 2007 and 2008 winner Padraig Harrington and 2011 champion Darren Clarke also hear Ireland’s call. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Ground squirrels are taking over a North Dakota city and officials are not amused

Ground squirrels have proliferated in Minot, North Dakota's fourth-largest city

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2 h. ago Urban hunter sex beast is 'dangerous predator' who should never be released, say victim's family

Sick Brandon Robb was jailed for seven years last month for a series of sex attacks on children in Fife and handed another year in prison last week for a catalogue of vile wildlife offences.

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3 h. ago Arsenal transfer news: Rodrygo set for talks with rivals as Gunners eye another huge deal

Arsenal have already concluded some big business this summer but the Gunners still want to bring in more fresh faces before the new Premier League season kicks off next month

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4 h. ago Last evil act of my son's Outback killer as he dies in prison still refusing to reveal the secret of where he left Peter's body 24 years ago

The  phone rang at the family home in Hepworth in the early hours of July 15, 2001. Joan Falconio answered it, eager for news from her son, Peter, who was in Australia.

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5 h. ago Cost of Sycamore Gap tree vandals' drunken stunt revealed as pair jailed

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were both sentenced to four years and three months in prison for their 'moronic' act of chopping down the Sycamore Gap tree

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5 h. ago Murderer of Tory MP Sir David Amess was described as a 'great person' by police counter

The murderer of Tory MP Sir David Amess was described as a 'great person' by a police counter-terrorism official during a botched risk assessment before the killing.

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5 h. ago As crime surges in Bali, locals are wondering: ‘are the tourists coming here getting worse?’

Misbehaving Aussies long marred the Indonesian island, but influx of expats and digital nomads has given rise to a thriving criminal underbellyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe demographic of tourists visiting Bali has changed since the pandemic, residents say, with a wave of backpackers, digital nomads and expats creating the conditions for a criminal underbelly to thrive on the Indonesian island famed for its peacefulness.Bali politician Agung Bagus Pratiksa Linggih said he had seen an increase in long-term visitors with low budgets in the years since the Covid-19 pandemic, and that local facilities and infrastructure were racing to keep up.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Labour's move to create official definition of Islamophobia is condemned as 'nonsensical'

Sir Trevor Phillips said it was 'nonsensical' to introduce a government-backed definition because there were plenty of existing laws protecting Muslims from hate crimes.

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6 h. ago Trump vents that MAGA won’t ‘shut the f*** up’ about Epstein list controversy, report claims

‘The week was a big kick in the balls,’ one administration official said

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7 h. ago Building homes on Green Belt will increase risk from heatwaves and wildfires, experts warn Sadiq Khan

London mayor accused of ignoring advice of own climate change advisors

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8 h. ago Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spark outrage over LGBT character who takes over from Raphael

Jennika, a yellow-masked mutant and member of the TMNT universe, has officially made history as the first openly LGBTQ + turtle in the franchise.

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8 h. ago Starmer to host Merz in chancellor’s first official visit to UK

The Prime Minister has been seeking to strengthen ties with EU countries.

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9 h. ago Mexico set to be torn apart as drug kingpin El Chapo's son prepares to tell US prosecutors 'everything he knows'

The jailed son of El Chapo Guzmán is expected to provide information to U.S. prosecutors that could prove to be damaging to current and former Mexican officials.

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10 h. ago West Lothian battery energy storage site wins approval despite fire concerns

The Development Management Committee agreed to back the facility in the interests of reducing long term carbon emissions.

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10 h. ago Carl Rushworth to Rangers 'off' as Russell Martin's clear transfer demand faces ticking clock

The Brighton goalkeeper was on the shopping list after a disappointing campaign for Jack Butland last term

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10 h. ago Trump's Epstein excuse crumbles as forensics discover THREE MINUTES of missing video footage

Forensic experts have discovered that nearly three minutes of footage were cut from the 'full raw' video of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in prison that the FBI presented to squash conspiracies last week.

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10 h. ago Small Canadian town reels after teen boy allegedly assaults eight

Police initially thought the girl was attacked by an animal due her injuries, but later arrested a 17-year-old boyA small rural community in Canada is reeling after police said the horrific attack of an eight-year-old girl was not caused by an animal, as they had suspected, but allegedly by a teenage boy who they have now charged with attempted murder.The residents of Quadeville, a town of a few hundred people in southern Ontario, are questioning local law enforcement’s handling of the case after officials initially told them to keep their children indoors to protect them against a possible offending animal. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Channel 4’s new digital channel A Comedy Thing to launch with four fresh shows

The new channel, which will launch on July 21 on YouTube, comes after the debut of the broadcaster’s food channel Channel 4 Served earlier this year.

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11 h. ago Pogacar crashes and protester disrupts finish on chaotic stage 11 of Tour de France

Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen claims win in ToulousePogacar falls 6km from end but quickly back on bikeIn a chaotic climax to stage 11 of the Tour de France in Toulouse, Tadej Pogacar crashed at speed before remounting to finish, an anti-Israel protester ran on to the finish line, and the Norwegian Uno-X team’s Jonas Abrahamsen took his first Grand Tour stage win.As Abrahamsen sprinted towards the finish with his final breakaway companion, Mauro Schmid, a male protester, wearing a white T-shirt bearing the slogan “Israel out of the Tour”, jumped the barriers and ran on to the road, before being rugby-tackled by a Tour official, Stephane Boury. Continue reading...

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