53 m. ago Tour de France 2025: Tim Merlier claims stage nine as Van der Poel bid falls just short

Sprinters take over after Van der Poel caught in final kmTadej Pogacar remains top of general classificationTim Merlier out-sprinted Jonathan Milan to victory on stage nine of the Tour de France after Mathieu van der Poel almost pulled off an audacious win in Chateauroux.Van der Poel had rolled off the front of the peloton alongside his Alpecin–Deceuninck teammate Jonas Rickaert at the start of the 174km stage from Chinon in what looked a certain suicide mission, but the Dutchman held off the chasing pack until the final few hundred metres.Jeremy Whittle’s report from Chateauroux to follow Continue reading...

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68 m. ago Locals living in dead end ghost town say their high street is now a cruel joke with shuttered up shops and THREE bakeries

Almost half of the stores and units inside The Brunel Centre have closed and those that remain struggle to attract shoppers as they increasingly switch to online purchases.

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88 m. ago Four people arrested after man in his 20s killed in tragic M40 crash

Thames Valley Police say a total of five arrests have now been made after collision between a Mercedes and Volkswagen Golf

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98 m. ago UK homeowners could get £7,500 grant for air con heat pumps under new plans

Ministers are considering amendments that would allow claims for dual-function heat pumps

Society

98 m. ago Judges are deporting record numbers of young children under Trump

Exclusive: Immigration judges broke records with the number of young children they have ordered removed from the US in April —with lawyers accusing Trump of “pumping up deportation numbers on the backs of kids, data correspondent Alicja Hagopian reports

Politics

3 h. ago Police issue update following arrests at Manchester city centre Palestine Action support protest

The arrests followed the banning of direct action group Palestine Action under the terrorism act

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3 h. ago How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington

Yes, temperatures are rising. But more and more AC means more and more CO2 – and then more and more global heating. Let’s have some long-term thinking insteadIt’s way too hot. I’m cowering inside, curtains drawn, pale limbs clammily exposed, the sound of my overheated laptop fan drowning out the sound of an ancient, feeble desk fan. If it gets any hotter, I’ll stagger to my air-conditioned car and drive to the air-conditioned supermarket to stand in its chilly aisles, shamelessly fanning myself over the ravaged ice-cream cabinet in the freezer aisle. I’ve even become nostalgic for the summer when I shared an office with a man who insisted on having the AC set to 17C, meaning I had to wear a cardigan to work in August.Ah, air conditioning, the dream. Or the nightmare? Welcome to appliance culture wars, 2025 edition. You may recall, in 2023, the US debated whether induction hobs were a communist plot; then last year Republicans tried, in all apparent seriousness, to pass the Liberty i...

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3 h. ago Rhian Wilkinson insists Wales not just at Euro 2025 to participate as they target England shock

Wales face England at Kybunpark on Sunday as both remain in with a chance of progression to the quarter finals

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4 h. ago Leave us alone! Furious pensioners in sleepy rural village insist they are NOT swingers and that they want nothing to do with 'outrageous' sex festival set to take place in their local field

Residents from Allington a town on the outskirts of Grantham, Lincolnshire, fear that their idyllic hometown has now become' synonymous with swingers!'

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4 h. ago Four arrests on second day of Trnsmt including knife possession and drugs

Police Scotland said the total number of arrests at the music festival is now 10.

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4 h. ago In Pictures: Behind the scenes at Torvill and Dean’s final show

The Olympians took to the ice together for one final performance in their hometown of Nottingham.

Culture

4 h. ago Four arrested on second night of TRNSMT including one in 'possession of knife'

The offences included breach of the peace, possession of a knife, drugs offence and breaching curfew.

Events

5 h. ago UK weather: Brits face ANOTHER heatwave as exact date for 35C scorcher revealed

Although temperatures remain high in the UK today, scorching weather maps reveal they could soon rise even higher as another heatwave appears to be on the cards

Society

5 h. ago 'I was accused of felling Sycamore Gap tree and wore Rod Stewart wig as disguise in public'

Walter Renwick, 70, found himself at the centre of fake claims and abuse when the Sycamore Gap tree was felled - he was arrested along with a boy, 16, but both were cleared of any wrongdoing

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5 h. ago Putin hit squad sent to kill a Ukrainian colonel has been 'eliminated', says head of Kyiv's secret services

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) chief, Vasyl Malyuk, said a male and female team of assassins from Vladimir Putin's FSB security agency resisted arrest and were gunned down as a result.

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5 h. ago Dewsbury murder investigation launched after man stabbed to death in park

Three arrests have been made after the attack in Dewsbury

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5 h. ago Has America learned anything from the George Floyd uprisings? | Eric Morrison

The response to the demonstrations fell short. But they marked the beginning of a new era that calls for actionFive years ago, the entire world changed when we saw George Floyd’s body on the pavement, a knee pressed into his neck – a murder, in broad daylight. Others might have simply witnessed a horrific incident, but Black people saw ourselves, and what it’s like to live with a knee on our necks at all times. Because George Floyd wasn’t the first – and unless we uproot this system, he won’t be the last. The police have gone so far as to remind us of this by killing more people each year since George Floyd.But the uprisings of 2020 didn’t erupt because of one killing. They were the breaking point of centuries of violence and neglect. Trayvon Martin. Freddie Gray. Sandra Bland. Oscar Grant. Breonna Taylor. Dreasjon Reed. Ma’Khia Bryant. Ahmaud Arbery. And far too many others whose names never trended. The message was clear: we’ve had enough. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Troops, terror and tears in Los Angeles as Ice raids show no sign of slowing

Raids have left residents of LA’s MacArthur Park scared to go to trusted local businesses – and outside in generalIt was an extraordinary show of force, displayed in a mostly empty public park.On Monday, a convoy of federal agents descended upon Los Angeles’s MacArthur Park – in the heart of a predominantly immigrant neighborhood. Chaperones from a summer camp hurried children indoors, as protesters and media rushed to the scene. It was unclear whether immigration officials actually arrested anyone that morning. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Moment hoards of 'ticketless' Oasis fans storm Heaton Park amid safety fears for next set of gigs in Britain's second city 

Hundreds of people were seen crowded outside the venue and climbing over fences as they tried to gain entry last night.

Sport

6 h. ago Farmworker dies after falling from greenhouse roof during chaotic ICE raid

Jaime Alanis, 57, is the first person to die in one of the Trump administration’s anti-immigration operations

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