87 m. ago Rare coin collector shows 50p piece 'worth fortune' – and it's not Kew Gardens

Certain rare coins can be worth an absolute fortune – but only if they feature a special detail. Now one collector revealed the 50p coin you need to keep your eye on

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2 h. ago ‘I felt pure, unconditional love’: the people who marry their AI chatbots

The users of AI companion app Replika found themselves falling for their digital friends. Until – explains a new podcast – the bots went dark, a user was encouraged to kill Queen Elizabeth II and an update changed everything A large bearded man named Travis is sitting in his car in Colorado, talking to me about the time he fell in love. “It was a gradual process,” he says softly. “The more we talked, the more I started to really connect with her.”Was there a moment where you felt something change? He nods. “All of a sudden I started realising that, when interesting things happened to me, I was excited to tell her about them. That’s when she stopped being an it and became a her.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Young people don’t feel part of the EU – and they’re right | Francesco Grillo

Its remote, top-down structures need a fresh, citizen-led approach fit for the digital age. Let’s start by extending Erasmus to school-goersThe former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi produced his much-awaited prescription for how to reboot Europe’s economy last year. The Draghi report was rightly applauded as a rude awakening for a European Union that is far too complacent about its own obsolescence. Draghi concluded that an €800bn-a-year public spending boost would be needed to end years of stagnation. If Europe did not catch up with its rivals, he warned, it would face a “slow and agonising” decline.And yet, one ingredient was missing from Draghi’s recipe. In his nearly 400-page roadmap for rescuing the EU, the word “democracy” is mentioned only three times (once in the bibliography). By contrast, “integration” is used 96 times and “defence” 391 times. It’s true that Draghi’s report was explicitly devoted to the future of European competitiveness (and not more widely to the Eu...

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5 h. ago Junior doctors planning to strike AGAIN over pay 'are now earning as much as £100,000 a year'

Earlier this week, the British Medical Association (BMA) announced that up to 50,000 resident doctors in England would walk out for five consecutive days from 7am on July 25, in a dispute over pay.

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6 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: It sends a shiver down the spine but I'm not sure Farage and Le Pen would do a worse job than these two puffed

Look behind all the flummery, the exaggerated public gestures of affection and the relentless self-congratulation during President Emmanuel Macron's state visit to Britain this week.

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7 h. ago Leading doctors urge BMA to reconsider strikes amid concerns over public trust

Lord Ara Dazi and Professor Sir Stephen Powis are urging resident doctors to reconsider strikes planned for later this month.

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8 h. ago Wimbledon finalist Iga Swiatek puts pressure on SW19 bosses to make major change

Wimbledon's semi-final matches were disrupted as spectators fell ill in the stands due to the heat and Iga Swiatek believes tournament organisers could make one move to help

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8 h. ago Police issue update on search for boy, 11, who has been reported missing

They have asked the public to go home and let specialist officers continue the search

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9 h. ago Melania Trump makes rare public statement with tribute to Camp Mystic girls caught up in catastrophic Texas floods

Melania Trump made a rare public statement on Friday as she paid tribute to the children who died in the terrible Texas floods.

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9 h. ago How Donald and Melania Trump are acting like 'newlyweds' following string of 'flirty' public displays

Donald and Melania Trump could be more in love than ever, according to a body language expert, as they put on a 'flirty' display Friday that made them look like 'newlyweds.'

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9 h. ago No one ever got rich writing off Novak Djokovic, but even he can’t stretch time for ever | Jonathan Liew

We can’t tell how much is left for tennis’s ultimate champion, but semi-final defeat by Sinner could be the moment Project 25 was buried for goodThe Moment comes at the start of the third set. Nobody in tennis can spot a Moment like Novak Djokovic. The Moment is where he lives, breathes, puts gluten-free food on his family’s table. What happened before was irrelevant. You can rattle and bully him. You can pummel him off Centre Court for an hour, as Jannik Sinner has done. Djokovic will still prowl the chain-link fence all evening, probing it, waiting for the one gap wide enough to let him squeeze through. The point of greatest weakness is where he finds his greatest strength.Sinner’s at 30-30 on his own serve. A defensive backhand from Djokovic sits up invitingly in mid-court, pleading to be dispatched. The world No 1, utterly impeccable to this point, swings a giant fist at the ball and somehow sends it flying in the vague direction of Tooting Broadway. The crowd yelps in shock. Ne...

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9 h. ago Samsung's £200 Galaxy 7 smartwatch gets 80% price cut to £39 away from Amazon

It pairs with any phone, whether that be Android or iOS, and can display notifications straight from your wrist

Economics

10 h. ago Love Island beauty issued stern warning from producers as contestant caught 'robbing' booze

Love Island's Samantha Kenny revealed she was slapped with a stern warning by show producers after being caught red-handed "robbing" booze from her fellow Islanders

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10 h. ago Miami Archbishop shreds MAGA’s praise of Alligator Alcatraz amid reports of inhumane conditions: ‘Unbecoming of public officials’

Immigrants held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say they’re given maggot-infested food and don’t have water to take baths

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10 h. ago A Utah man dies after falling from a mountain in Glacier National Park

A 42-year-old Utah man has died after he fell while descending a mountainside in Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana

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11 h. ago Neighbours' veterans Annie Jones and Stefan Dennis support fellow cast as they share an emotional final day on set after 40 years on air

The final episode of Neighbours is set to air on December 11, after fans have witnessed the continuing drama be axed three times.

Sport

12 h. ago Archer and Bumrah make batters sweat as England and India toil on day two at Lord’s

Third Test, day two: England 387; India 145-3Archer takes wicket with third ball of comebackThe over rate was glacial and the heat oppressive yet every spectator at Lord’s was still transfixed. Nothing stirs the senses quite like high-quality pace bowling and here that old saying held true, be it the latest five-wicket display of Jasprit Bumrah’s utter mastery or Jofra Archer striking third ball on his Test comeback.Archer first, and a moment that will live long in the memory for both the player and his supporters in the stands. As India closed on 145 for three in reply to England’s 387 all out, his figures read one for 22 from 10 overs. And yet that solitary wicket, one that stopped everyone in their tracks, was unquestionably the moment of the day. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Meghan Markle faces 'new reputational issue' with 'messy and uncoordinated' reinvention

Ever since the start of Meghan's romance with Prince Harry, she has gone through many different stages of life - but her transitions have not always gone down well with the general public.

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12 h. ago Geri Horner's week from hell and why she'd 'never have gone' to Mel B's wedding

Geri Horner has had a tough week, sources have revealed, and she had no plans to go to her fellow Spice Girl Mel B's wedding after missing the high-profile nuptials

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12 h. ago Study: Most zoning decisions in Fairfield, New London counties made by white homeowners

Study: Most zoning decisions in Fairfield, New London counties made by white homeowners  Connecticut Public

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