74 m. ago Thunderstorm warnings issued as Met Office urges Brits to prepare emergency kits

The Met Office has issued a series of yellow thunder warnings for thunderstorms this week, with the agency saying Brits might want to prepare for potential flooding as extreme weather arrives in the UK

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89 m. ago As Ukraine battles to hold lines, Trump may find Putin difficult to persuade

Despite huge numbers of casualties, Russian leader believes he is slowly winning war – so he can afford to string talks outFor Ukraine, the break in the frontline is unfortunately timed. Lightly armed Russian saboteur groups – three on one count – cut though Ukrainian positions in the Donbas countryside east of the key junction at Dobropillia. Though one group has been eliminated, as of Tuesday two were thought to remain at large – and although their numbers are small for now, perhaps 20 to 30, the breach is significant.At the beginning of the year it was safe to visit Dobropillia, which had become a bustling market centre busy with soldiers and locals, nearly 15 miles north of the frontline in Pokrovsk. But since then the town, where once busy supply roads from Pokrovsk to Kramatorsk split, has come under sustained attack with glide bombs, while FPV (first person view) drones strike targets on the move. Continue reading...

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90 m. ago Pep Guardiola must do the one thing he's desperate not to for Man City vs Wolves

Manchester City kick off their Premier League campaign against Wolves on Saturday

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2 h. ago I went to tiny Welsh town filled with charity shops in the shadow of the mountains

It is a small town that many people wouldn't think to stop at - but it's filled with thift shops, a bustling market and a delicious bakery

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3 h. ago Father of New Zealand woman held in US by Ice along with six

Rod Price recounts ‘frantic’ call he received from Sarah Shaw after her detention at US border while returning from CanadaThe father of a New Zealand woman who has been held in a US immigration detention centre for three weeks with her six-year-old son is hopeful the pair will be released by the end of the week.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detained Sarah Shaw and her youngest son after they attempted to re-enter the US from Canada on 24 July. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Beautiful seaside town in Devon that's so pretty it 'could be from a postcard'

Brixham is a charming seaside town that seems to have sprung straight from a postcard - here's everything you need to know about the stunning coastal retreat

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4 h. ago Ignore the vitriol from the Left, the truth is that this week Trump CAN become the world's Peacemaker

Trump alone has the power to drag Russia's Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and has the diplomatic leverage necessary to force an end to the war in Ukraine.

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6 h. ago City firm's 'league table of shame' for WFH staff who rarely visit the office amid crackdown on remote working

Bosses are monitoring whether employees are spending the required three days a week - or 60 per cent of their time - either out with clients or in the office.

Economics

6 h. ago Taylor Swift announces Sabrina Carpenter duet and The Life of a Showgirl release date

Ahead of the Life of a Showgirl's release, Taylor Swift appeared on the New Neights podcast, hosted by the Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce, this week

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7 h. ago British woman, 61, dies a week after she was run over TWICE by 'drunk' driver while celebrating wedding anniversary in Turkey

The British woman who was run over twice by an allegedly drunk driver while on holiday in Turkey with her husband has tragically died a week after the incident. 

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7 h. ago Pamela Anderson gushes over rumored boyfriend Liam Neeson: ‘He’s such a sweetheart’

The two actors sparked romance rumors while filming their recent movie ‘Naked Gun’

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8 h. ago Met Office tells Brits in 38 areas to prepare 'emergency' kit with three items

Met Office weather forecasters have said thunderstorms could create intense flooding over a two day period in some parts of the UK this week, and Brits ought to be prepared

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8 h. ago We were overjoyed when we were told we were having twins until doctors gave us devastating diagnosis... now we may have to lose one of our girls to save the other

When Jack Alexander and his partner Laura went for their early 16-week baby scan, they were delighted to discover they were expecting identical twin girls.

Science

9 h. ago The anxious generation: Mental health issues are causing kids to regularly skip school, parents say

In a new survey of more than 1,000 parents across the U.S., nearly a third said their child missed more than a week of school due to mental health reasons

Society

9 h. ago Christian Pulisic, his father and Tim Weah rail against ‘evil’ US soccer critics

Trio made comments in new docuseries episodePulisic: Critics ‘disrespected me in a lot of ways’Tim Weah, Christian Pulisic, and Mark Pulisic (Christian’s father) all delivered searing takes on ex-US men’s national team players who criticized the team during their recent run of bad form, with Weah deeming the pundits to be “evil.”The trio made the comments in the latest epsiode of the Pulsic docuseries on Paramount+, the final episodes of which were released this week. The new episodes cover the national team from the 2024 Copa América, in which the US underperformed by exiting at the group stage, up through the 2025 Nations League final, where the US lost against Panama and Canada en route to a disappointing fourth-place finish in a competition they had won in each of the previous three editions. Following that tournament, Pulisic kicked off a media firestorm when he announced that he would skip the 2025 Gold Cup, the team’s last competitive tournament before next year’s World Cup o...

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9 h. ago People urged to put bowl of water on windowsill as heatwave hits Wales

The Met Office has said the UK is set to be hit by a heatwave this week - but there is a cheap and easy way to keep your home cool as temperatures soar

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9 h. ago Cooking With the Stars contestant admits he was 'banned' from sitting next to co

Jordan North and Hugh Dennis were treated like "naughty school boys" while filming Cooking With The Stars

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10 h. ago Man United drawn away at League Two side Grimsby Town in Carabao Cup second round

Grimsby will host the 2023 winners at Blundell Park

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10 h. ago Giuseppe Ambrosino moves Celtic transfer goalposts as Louis Munteanu mystery cleared up

Brendan Rodgers is still looking for more firepower ahead of next week's Champions League playoff first leg

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10 h. ago Some of five fires in three days at London park 'may have been started deliberately'

Exclusive: The London Fire Brigade suspects the fires at Wanstead Flats in east London may have been started on purpose after dozens of firefighters repeatedly raced to the scene this week

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