57 m. ago Girl, 9, drowns in busy pool full of adults as child found her 'lying on bottom'

Ava Rose McCourt, 9, was praised as a child who "loved life and enjoyed singing, laughing and giving hugs" following her tragic death at a pool she was visiting with her dad's partner

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63 m. ago Public ‘will not forgive’ strike action by resident doctors, says Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said walkouts would be a ‘disaster’ for patients.

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2 h. ago Blackstenius seals Sweden’s knockout place as victory eliminates Poland

Sweden are purring and will fear nobody in the knockouts. This was a routine victory and, make no mistake, tougher tests lie ahead than the obstacle posed by a limited Poland. The underdogs could, and really should, have been put far out of sight before Lina Hurtig completed the scoring and the only quibble for Peter Gerhardsson may be that his players were not more clinical.Nonetheless they will top Group C if they avoid defeat against Germany and, with Stina Blackstenius and Kosovare Asllani opening their accounts either side of the break, have enough stars hitting form to sense opportunity knocking. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Man, 62, whose dismembered body was found in a suitcase paid teenager, 17, £100 for sex sessions, court hears

The bodies of Albert Alfonso, 62, and his partner Paul Longworth, 71, were found at Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol on July 10 in large suitcases.

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4 h. ago Man United 'positive' over shock Jadon Sancho swap deal as transfer terms 'agreed'

Juventus are reportedly leading the race to sign Jadon Sancho from Manchester United as the England international looks to secure an exit ahead of the new season

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4 h. ago Lioness to face Dutch girlfriend in clash which could see England out of Euros

Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema, who have been dating for three years, have insisted they only want to win for their team, even if it means one of them will go home from the Euros

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4 h. ago Wimbledon chiefs think SW19's iconic hawk Rufus could be gay after he failed to breed a successor

The bird has patrolled the grounds of the All England Club for 17 years, with the sole job of keeping it pigeon free while the players take to the grass for two weeks a year.

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4 h. ago Vivianne Miedema makes telling England assessment as 'All or nothing' game looms

Manchester City star Vivianne Miedema has the chance to knockout some current and former team-mates when the Netherlands take on England in a huge Euro 2025 clash

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5 h. ago Miedema will do ‘everything she can’ to eliminate partner Mead and England

Lionesses likely to be out of Euros if they lose‘Tomorrow for once we will not be friends,’ says strikerVivianne Miedema has insisted she will “not be friends” with her partner Beth Mead on Wednesday as the Netherlands striker vowed to do everything in her power to send her team to the knockout stages of Women’s Euro 2025 and eliminate England.The Manchester City striker has been in a relationship with the Arsenal forward Mead, her former Arsenal teammate, for three years and Miedema was probed repeatedly at Tuesday’s press conference about the prospect of them facing each other in the pivotal Group D match, and Miedema replied: “If it’s not a nice moment for Beth, it’s not a problem for me. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Inside Sarina Wiegman’s gameplan to save England from Women’s Euro 2025 embarrassment

Wiegman has been planning for the match against her native Netherlands for some time, in one of many connections between the teams, but the clash comes with the twist of the Lionesses facing the prospect of early elimination from the Euros

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5 h. ago Bid to lift 'football booze ban' rejected despite MP's call to 'end the nanny state'

Football fans have been banned from drinking alcohol in view of the pitch in the top five tiers of the men's game in England for the last 40 years. MP Louie French said it "made sense in the 1980s" but doesn't now

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5 h. ago Iconic Bayeux Tapestry will return to England after over 900 years in France

The artefact will be loaned to the British Museum in 2026 in exchange for the Sutton Hoo collection and the Lewis Chessmen

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5 h. ago Sorry, Baby is a smart film about sexual assault and it’s here at just the right time | Adrian Horton

Eva Victor’s intelligent and subtle debut film tells the story of the aftermath of an assault and as the backlash to #MeToo increases, it serves an important purposeAbout 25 minutes into Sorry, Baby, writer-director Eva Victor’s debut feature out this summer, a bad thing happens to Agnes, Victor’s twentysomething academic in a small New England town. The film is forthright and economical with the details; Agnes, an English PhD student, goes to meet her thesis adviser (Louis Cancelmi), with whom she shares a light flirtation and a mutual passion for Virginia Woolf. He shifts the meeting to his house, citing logistics and lavishing praise. Agnes enters at dusk; we linger outside as the shot cuts to dark, signaling hours past. She emerges in silence and hustles to her car, expressionless as she drives away for what feels like an eternity.Back at home, Agnes sits in the bath and tells her best friend Lydie (an excellent Naomi Ackie) what happened in clipped, detached details. He was ins...

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5 h. ago Lionesses: Sarina Wiegman hints at changes to save England's Euros title defence

Lionesses are at risk of elimination from the 2025 Women’s Euros after defeat on matchday one

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6 h. ago Met Office weather maps reveal exactly when UK will reach 33C as another heatwave forecast

Due to the extreme temperatures forecast by the Met Office, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a yellow heat-health alert affecting six UK regions including East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, and South East

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6 h. ago England predicted XI vs Netherlands as Alessia Russo eyes response from Lionesses

England striker Alessia Russo is expected to lead the line again as the Lionesses chase the win against the Netherlands which would help revive their Euros hopes

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6 h. ago NHS disruption expected as resident doctors vote for strike action

Resident doctor members of the British Medical Association have taken industrial action 11 times since 2022.

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6 h. ago Vivianne Miedema and partner Beth Mead ‘will not be friends’ during Women’s Euro 2025 clash

The Netherlands captain and Lionesses forward have banned themselves from discussing Wednesday’s clash in Zurich

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7 h. ago When is Sheeraz vs Berlanga? Date, start time, undercard and how to watch fight

Briton Sheeraz faces Berlanga in a super-middleweight WBC title eliminator, in the latter’s hometown of New York City

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7 h. ago Stamina, skills and hunger: how do England solve a problem like Shubman Gill? | Mark Ramprakash

India’s new captain was given chance to dictate the second Test and has shown he is one to take over as era of Fab Four wanesTwo games into the series we have already witnessed something very special from Shubman Gill. In the second Test at Edgbaston he produced a real rarity: an individual performance that defines and dominates a game. Not just piling on the runs but forcing his opponents to toil in the field until they felt exhausted and out of options, and that fatigue then had an impact on their batting.When batters get tired it affects their mental clarity and their decision-making – what to play, when to leave – as well as their movement and their footwork. Reducing England to 25 for three at the end of the second day went a long way to deciding the match. As well as India bowled with the new ball it was Gill’s remorselessness that created the conditions for it to happen. Continue reading...

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