1 hour ago Strictly's Shirley Ballas gets tattoo in honour of late brother who died by suicide

Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas has taken part in a tattoo charity fundraiser to help raise money and awareness for the anti-suicide charity CALM

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1 hour ago Neil Lennon challenges Rangers, Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen to raise standards after 'drop off' in quality

Lennon reckons the football - outwith his old club Celtic - is not as exciting as it used to be and hopes to see an improvement in the coming season

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2 h. ago Coco Gauff ‘proud to represent Americans that look like me’ in French Open final triumph

Gauff fought back from set down to beat Aryna Sabalenka‘Obviously there’s a lot going on in our country right now’Coco Gauff hopes her triumph at the French Open provides a glimmer of positivity for her supporters during a difficult political period in the United States as she clinched her first French Open title on Saturday.Gauff, the second seed, demonstrated her mental fortitude by recovering from a set down to defeat the world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 and win her second grand slam title in Paris. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Greg Taylor 'set' Celtic contract decision timeline as Kosugi transfer succesion plan tackled head on

The left-back is set to become a free agent this month amid interest from Greek side PAOK

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4 h. ago Bilbao was a glorious blip for Spurs – and that’s why Levy had to sack Postecoglou | Jonathan Wilson

Tottenham chair was not blinded by silverware and decided finishing fourth-bottom of the Premier League was not enoughIn football, there is always a lot of light and noise. There is always a lot of emotion. That is both its appeal and why it is so difficult for those in the game to make decisions. Ange Postecoglou gave Tottenham one of the great nights in the club’s history when they won the Europa League in Bilbao.A first trophy in 17 years. A first European trophy in 41. It’s easy to understand why the instinct is gratitude, to hope that somehow victory can be self-replicating, that silverware begets silverware and something fundamental in Tottenham’s being was transformed at San Mamés. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago England were dismal against minnows Andorra but it really doesn’t matter | Jonathan Wilson

Tuchel’s target is to win the World Cup and a scintillating performance would not have made lifting the prize in New Jersey any more likelyHow bad was it? Bad enough to be England’s worst result in seven games against Andorra. Bad enough for players used to operating at the highest of levels for the best clubs in the world to find themselves unable to weight simple passes or deliver crosses with precision. Bad enough that Andorra’s 37-year-old left-back Marc García nutmegged Noni Madueke in injury time. But, beyond the potential problems it may cause with goal difference, it doesn’t matter at all in terms of the main issue: the winning of the World Cup next summer.England could have played scintillating football and beaten Andorra 10-0 and it wouldn’t have made them any more likely to be lifting the prize in New Jersey next July. That’s not to excuse a dismal performance, just to say it’s irrelevant. The game was won, the box ticked, and Thomas Tuchel hopefully learned something fro...

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5 h. ago UK ministers delay AI regulation amid plans for more ‘comprehensive’ bill

Law expected to include safety and copyright issues but delay likely to raise concerns about ongoing lack of regulationProposals to regulate artificial intelligence have been delayed by at least a year as UK ministers plan a bumper bill to regulate the technology and its use of copyrighted material.Peter Kyle, the technology secretary, intends to introduce a “comprehensive” AI bill in the next parliamentary session to address concerns about issues including safety and copyright. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Murder detectives find body in urgent searches for Colombian woman, 46, missing from Ilford

Yajaira Castro Mendez had not been seen by her family or friends who raised the alarm, police said

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5 h. ago Prince William discusses David Attenborough's new documentary for World Oceans Day

The Prince of Wales is marking World Oceans Day this year with an interview with Sir David Attenborough ahead of the release of his new documentary, Ocean with David Attenborough.

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6 h. ago Attenborough tells William he hopes Ocean film will move people to action

The two men have a shared passion for protecting the natural world.

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6 h. ago David Attenborough tells Prince William he nearly drowned while scuba

Pioneering broadcaster recalls incident during discussion with royal about latest documentary, OceanSir David Attenborough almost drowned when testing a scuba-diving helmet for his 1957 dive on the Great Barrier Reef, the broadcasting veteran has revealed in a discussion with Prince William.Discussing his latest documentary, Ocean, the pioneering film-maker described the incident to the Prince of Wales. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Firefighters tackling blaze affecting two houses in Scots town as locals watch on in horror

It is unclear whether there have been any injuries as a result of the incident.

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6 h. ago Wardley vs Huni LIVE: Boxing fight stream, latest updates and undercard results

Ipswich favourite hopes to win WBA interim heavyweight title on huge night at Portman Road

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6 h. ago Sam Thompson 'eternally grateful' and 'back with his boys' after Soccer Aid challenge

Sam raised over £1.5 million for charity through his 260 mile journey

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7 h. ago Kylian Mbappe bites back over PSG's Champions League win and Luis Enrique dig

Kylian Mbappe left Paris Saint-Germain for Real Madrid last summer in the hope of winning the Champions League, but it was the French side who actually lifted the European Cup this year

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7 h. ago Fire breaks out at Appleby Horse Fair: Stall and tent are engulfed in flames as smoke billows cross gathering of thousands of gypsies from across Europe

A fire broke out at Appleby Horse Fair in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, on Saturday, engulfing a tent, stall and van in flames as firefighters worked to tackle the blaze.

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7 h. ago JD Vance says Elon Musk should not have gone 'nuclear' on Trump but hopes he 'comes back'

Trump's links to Epstein are well documented and he's downplayed them for years, but Musk has dragged them back into the spotlight with a bombshell post on X, which he later deleted

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9 h. ago ‘Let down by a world that claims to be humane but does nothing’: Palestinians speak out as Israeli bulldozers raze West Bank villages

Masafer Yatta, a collection of villages in the West Bank, has long been a target of forced evictions and settler attacks. After the month of May saw a village almost entirely wiped out and the announcement of 22 new Israeli settlements, Palestinians are losing hope, Alex Croft reports

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9 h. ago Derby 2025: Leading hope Ruling Court forced out of £1.5m race by wet weather

The 2,000 Guineas winner was taken out of the race just 90 minutes before the big race over concerns that the ground would be too soft for the colt

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10 h. ago How Robert Jenrick skewered Kemi Badenoch’s Tory leadership reboot

Party insiders want to lean into the Tory leader’s forthright personality, and ‘let Kemi be Kemi’ as they try to tackle the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform. Kate Devlin and David Maddox report

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