1 hour ago Australia’s selectors took a punt on Sam Konstas as Test opener – and he is left with the debt | Geoff Lemon

There was no firm basis to pick the teenager to begin with, but having done so, his only chance of success was to be backed as though there wasSam Konstas had given up. After his duck in Grenada, he looked devastated. After his duck in Jamaica, resigned. On body language, here was a player expecting to make nothing and expecting to be dropped. After his second shot at batting in the third Test proved futile, his second stint of fielding was one of absence: late to move, throwing one hand at the first dropped catch, snatching at the second, misfielding the run that let West Indies escape the lowest Test score. On the tour that might have been his making, nothing had gone right.You had to feel sorry for him, still 19 years old in a team of ancient dads. He had walked into his Test career full of bravura and left it five matches later with an average of 16. In nine innings since his 60 on debut he has averaged 11. The cockiness must have curdled to embarrassment. This is not to pile on...

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1 hour ago Scots nurse 'could have died' after collapsing at UK's most remote station

Amy Fulford was hours away from passing away from a condition that could have killed her when she suddenly became ill on a trip to Corrour Station, in the Highlands.

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3 h. ago Meta argues its AI needs personal information from social media posts to learn ‘Australian concepts’

Tech giant said posts from Australian Facebook and Instagram users were ‘vital learning’ about ‘concepts, realities, and figures’Meta has urged the Australian government not to make privacy law changes that would prevent the company using personal information taken from Facebook and Instagram posts to train its AI, arguing the AI needs to learn “how individuals discuss Australian concepts”.In a submission to the Productivity Commission’s review on harnessing data and digital technology, published this week, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp argued for a “global policy alignment” in the Albanese government’s pursuit of privacy reform in the AI age. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Walker's announces new flavour of popular crisps and people are baffled

The new flavour is set to launch in stores from the end of July - but shoppers are divided on the brand new flavour leaving them confused at the difference in taste

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4 h. ago Moment Australian model has her phone snatched for the SECOND time in three months

Emma Van Der Hoek claimed the ordeal took place in broad daylight on Tuesday while she was walking alone along the pavement in London.

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5 h. ago Britain's most lawless fuel stations: Motorists fill up and drive off without paying while one owner says new scam by organised crime gangs has cost him £10,000

Petrol station boss Sutha Selvarajah said his business in Hythe, Kent, is being 'plagued' by drivers 'forgetting' to have cash and leaving ID behind, which turns out to be fake.

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5 h. ago Vanessa Feltz will look at these photos and see everyone knows the truth. I wasted 17 years: Jaw

When Ben Ofoedu split from his fiancee Vanessa Feltz after 16 years together, he believed he'd never get the chance to walk down the aisle.

Culture

5 h. ago Inside horror house where grandparents beat a toddler to death: Despicable abuse and starvation missed by social services, as daughter reveals

Harrowing video footage, filmed just ten days before Ethan's death, shows him walking with a strange, knock-kneed gait and falling over, barely able to hold up his own head.

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6 h. ago Scientists uncover why man was paralysed after catching the flu as a toddler

Timothy Bingham was two years old when he had a mild flu-like illness which left him unable to walk

Science

7 h. ago Breakfast's Naga Munchetty 'set to quit' BBC for rival station with 'less fluffy nonsense'

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty has sent her agents out to hold talks with rival news stations after she was reportedly hauled in by broadcasting bosses following a bullying row

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7 h. ago Steak and potatoes a staple? Eating too much meat in a day can have massive heart implications

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that repeatedly consuming high-protein diets could lead to issues with heart health.

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7 h. ago Naga Munchetty reportedly leaving BBC Breakfast for rival station amid 'bullying' allegations

Naga Munchetty is said to be in talks with a rival news station after a bullying row at the flagship show.

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8 h. ago Naga Munchetty 'looking for new job and set to quit' BBC Breakfast after bullying row

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty is reportedly in talks to join another station amid the programme's bullying row

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8 h. ago Luxury Airbnb set up in abandoned UK railway station and costs £200

Nigel Brooke, 68, spent £27,000 restoring the 1895 Great Western Railway carriage which is now available to rent for £200 a night at Delph railway station in Saddleworth

Economics

8 h. ago Prince Harry steps into live minefield like mum Diana after 60,000 blown up

The Duke of Sussex followed in his mother's footsteps by walking in the live minefield - almost 30 years after Princess Diana made the same trek in 1997

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8 h. ago Prince Harry recreates Diana’s famous landmine walk 28 years later

The Duke of Sussex recreated Princess Diana's historic Angola landmine walk on his solo visit to the country 28 years after her trip.

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9 h. ago Dog walker smashed man in the face with pint glass after hurling abuse at woman

Mohammed Hafiz, 38, wounded Morgan Wiseman and left him with a laceration less than a centimetre from his left eye.

Events

9 h. ago Pacquiao vs Barrios: Date, fight time, undercard, prediction, ring walks and odds

Pacquiao attempting to become a five-time welterweight champion in first professional fight since 2021

Sport

9 h. ago I lost six stone on Mounjaro after gorging on entire pizzas and drinking five cans of Coca

George Keywood, from London, became pre-diabetic and was struggling to walk upstairs when he began taking the weight loss drug last year.

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9 h. ago Jane’s Addiction suing lead singer Perry Farrell for $10m after brawl halted tour and album

Guitarist Dave Navarro is also suing the frontman for assault and battery

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