54 m. ago Arsene Wenger responds to Jurgen Klopp’s claim that Club World Cup is ‘the worst idea ever in football’

Wenger said the competition ‘is needed’ in football, adding that Fifa have learned lessons ahead of next year’s World Cup

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2 h. ago Lecturer struck off after falling asleep, playing on his phone and describing students as 'd*** heads'

The lecturer also failed to supervise classes properly putting them at risk, an Education Workforce Council Wales hearing was told

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3 h. ago Can Portrush return light Rory McIlroy’s fire? – Open Championship talking points

Tommy Fleetwood is England’s top-ranked player at 13.

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5 h. ago Zonal pricing 'uncertainty' would have hit Scotland worst in UK, says Labour energy minister

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Shanks said charging Scottish electricity users less than the south of England would have been a "huge risk" to investment north of the border.

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5 h. ago UK's 'worst' seaside town with brown sea crowned one of Britain's best beaches

Despite its marmite reputation, a 'rundown' seaside town once dubbed the country's worst has been featured in The Times' league tables for the best UK beaches in 2025

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6 h. ago How Jannik Sinner explained doping contamination to escape serious ban

Timeline: Sinner, the men’s No 1-ranked player, twice tested positive for the banned substance clostebol but successfully argued he had been inadvertently contaminated by his physiotherapist

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8 h. ago UK airports to face 'busiest summer ever' as worst days to fly are named

Brits are being warned over the busiest days to travel abroad this summer, following shocking new data that highlights just how jam-packed UK airports will be over the coming weeks

Transport

9 h. ago Black people in England four times as likely to face homelessness, study finds

Black people also less likely than white people to get social housing and can face ‘overt racism’ from private landlordsBlack people in England are almost four times as likely to face homelessness as white people and substantially less likely to get social housing, according to the first major study into homelessness and racism in more than two decades.A three-year research project by academics at Heriot-Watt University found that ethnicity affects a person’s risk of homelessness, even when controlling for factors such as geography, poverty and home ownership rates. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Trump administration opens investigation into Minnesota agency's affirmative action policy

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the Minnesota Department of Human Services over its newly updated affirmative action hiring policy

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11 h. ago Giveon's 'Beloved' highlights the universal commonality of love and romance struggles

R&B star Giveon is releasing his anticipated sophomore album, “Beloved,” on Friday

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12 h. ago Lawyer who defended ‘worst paedophile in history’ found dead weeks after trial

Maxime Tessier, 34, was one of two lawyers who represented 'devil in a white coat' surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, who abused hundreds of kids, many under the age of 15

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12 h. ago George Mason University faces investigation in Trump administration's anti

The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university

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12 h. ago CDC finds nearly 1 in 3 US youth have prediabetes, but experts question scant data

A new federal estimate shows that nearly 1 in 3 U.S. adolescents had prediabetes in 2023, far higher than a previous estimate of 1 in 5

Science

12 h. ago Drunk tourists sleeping on street as locals fume over night out with no accommodation trend

Footage of German holidaymakers sleeping on the streets with no booked accommodation in a Majorcan village who appear to have passed out drunk has been circulating on Instagram.

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13 h. ago Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20 million from Trump over ‘political retaliation and abuse of power’

Palestinian student activist accuses administration of carrying out targeted arrests designed to ‘terrorize’ him and his family

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13 h. ago Burna Boy may be the most important artist on the planet: 'The universe chose me'

The Afrobeats mega-star is in London for the Wireless festival while delivering a new album which cements his status as one of the most important artists on the planet.

Events

14 h. ago Five mile line of police cars escorts Texas flood victim's body as entire town turns out to pay their respects

The body of Claire 'Reese' Manchaca, the 21-year-old college student killed during the horrific Texas floods, was recovered on Monday and has since been solemnly returned to her hometown.

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14 h. ago Mahmoud Khalil files $20m claim against Trump administration for false imprisonment

Precursor to a lawsuit also claims the Palestinian activist was maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemiteLawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist who was detained by the Trump administration for months, have filed a claim for $20m in damages against the administration, alleging Khalil was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemite as the government sought to deport him over his prominent role in campus protests.The filing – a precursor to a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act – names the Department of Homeland Security, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the state department. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists

Worst-case scenario of 4.3C of warming could result in fiftyfold rise in heat-related deaths, researchers sayMore than 30,000 people a year in England and Wales could die from heat-related causes by the 2070s, scientists have warned.A new study calculates that heat mortality could rise more than fiftyfold in 50 years because of climate heating. Researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine compared different potential scenarios, looking at levels of warming, measures to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis, regional climatic differences and potential power outages. They also modelled the ageing population. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Best and worst performing NHS trusts ranked on seven key measures

It is the first time this data has been presented in a user-friendly way.

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