24 m. ago Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – UK politics live

Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’Good morning and welcome to our coverage of UK politics. We’re now in recess but we’ll still be bringing you all the news from across the country including continued reaction to the suspension of Diane Abbott.This morning, a minister has denied the veteran MP’s assertion that “it is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out”.That’s absolutely not the case.What’s happened is Diane has made some comments which come on the back of previous comments which she made and for which she apologised some time ago.The details of more than 100 Britons, including spies and special forces personnel, were included in a massive data leak that resulted in thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK.The voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system.Labour significantly outspent the Conservatives...

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35 m. ago Save £50 on a family trip for 3 to Legoland Windsor this school holiday with limited time offer

The offer is available for a limited time only and lets you take two children and one adult, or two adults and one child, to the family-friendly Legoland theme park

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40 m. ago He was a 'normal, active guy' until one week changed everything

Steven Williams, 39, was a "normal, active guy" working as a civil servant and playing in a rock band - but one week in March 2021 everything changed

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51 m. ago What channel is Celtic vs Newcastle Utd? Live stream, TV and kickoff time for pre

It's Premier League opposition up next for Celtic when Eddie Howe and Newcastle come to town

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69 m. ago Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway fears for future on ITV after 'horrid time'

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway was recently faced with the challenge of having to pay back a large sum of debt after the death of her husband, Derek Draper.

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70 m. ago Open superstars slam 'brutal' slow play amid miserable Portrush conditions

Tired heroes not impressed with the length of time in the links

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75 m. ago 'Smoking one time put me in hospital for years with mouldy lungs'

Madelynn tried smoking one time as a teenager and spent the next four years in an out of hospital

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80 m. ago How to watch The Open 2025: TV channel, live stream and times for second round

McIlroy aiming for second major title of the calendar year

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95 m. ago What time does Rory McIlroy tee off at The Open today? Day two start times, how to watch and latest odds

Masters champion has put himself in title contention on home turf in Northern Ireland

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1 hour ago How much battery range has this electric Volkswagen lost after clocking 107,000 miles in four years?

One of the biggest concerns with electric cars is the lifespan of their batteries and how quickly they degrade over time and due to high mileage and repeat recharges.

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1 hour ago Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov review – how it feels to lose a father

The International Booker winner explores Bulgarian family life under communism in this moving depiction of a son’s bereavementThe Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov was published quietly in the Anglophone world for years before he won the 2023 International Booker prize with Time Shelter, about an Alzheimer’s clinic that recreates the past so successfully, it beguiles the wider world.He is perhaps now Bulgaria’s biggest export. Ever playful, never linear, his new novel Death and the Gardener consists of vignettes of a beloved dying and dead father, told by a narrator who, like Gospodinov, is an author. Gospodinov has spoken publicly about losing his own father recently, and the novel feels autobiographical in tone. When we read “My father was a gardener. Now he is a garden,” it is not the beginning of an Archimboldiesque surrealist tale, but rather a more direct exploration of how we express and where we put our love. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Coldplay fans praise band for 'bringing the Internet together' as shock CEO video sparks memes

Andrew Byron, the head of the AI startup Astronomer, was broadcast onscreen at Boston's Gillette Stadium with his arm around the company's HR chief Kristin Cabot

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2 h. ago Time you MUST stop drinking to avoid being over limit in morning

More than a fifth of drivers have admitted breaking the rule

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2 h. ago Coronation Street star says Carl Webster up against 'dangerous people' as secret 'exposed'

Carl only appeared in Weatherfield for the first time in April, having only ever been mentioned by name in the ITV soap

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2 h. ago Grapefruit were tipped to be the next Beatles – what happened to the band once loved by John Lennon?

If John Lennon and Paul McCartney were to be believed, Grapefruit were poised to be the next big thing in music, with one member even invited to sing on ‘Hey Jude’. Neve Dawson revisits the four-piece band that time forgot

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2 h. ago Jupiter was once massive enough to hold 2,000 Earths says research

Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, is 11 times wider than Earth, and has a mass 2.5 times greater than all of the rest of the planets combined

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2 h. ago I'd be stunned if Rangers even entertained John Souttar leaving because he's their best defender

Michael Smith was close to Souttar during their time at Hearts and reckons Russell Martin needs someone like him in his squad

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3 h. ago ‘People lashed out because she wasn’t a guy’: Linkin Park on nu

After the death of lead vocalist Chester Bennington in 2017, the rap-rock icons have reformed, aiming to cultivate ‘good vibes’ for a new generation of fans. Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong discuss backlash and rebirthIt’s been almost 25 years since Linkin Park released their debut album, Hybrid Theory. An irresistible fusion of metal, hip-hop, electronica, industrial rock and infectious pop melody, it established the Californian sextet as instant nu-metal icons and laid the groundwork for the group to become, by many metrics, the biggest US rock band of this millennium: Hybrid Theory ended up the bestselling album of 2001; its follow-up, Meteora, would also go on to rank as one of the bestselling albums of the 21st century.It’s been just 36 hours, however, since the band played their biggest headline gig to date, at a steamy and rapturous Wembley stadium. Outside, it’s still scorching, but in an icily air-conditioned hotel overlooking the Thames, Linkin Park’s co-founder, co-vocal...

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3 h. ago Turning 35, I don’t have answers but I have learned one thing: we’re all just winging it | Alexander Hurst

My adult life seems to be mirroring that of the lead character in Bref, a French comedy about growing up and the things that hold us backWhen I was little I imagined, as most children probably do, that the grownups had things all worked out and someday I would find myself on the other side of a clear boundary. Adolescence on one side; maturity, responsibility, self-assuredness, composition on the other.A few weeks ago I turned 35. As the day ticked closer, I found that old childhood suspicion creeping in again; if any birthday should serve as a demarcator of that boundary, it should be this one, shouldn’t it? And now, as the days tick further from that imagined inflection point, it has become a reinforcement of probably the single biggest lesson I have taken away from “adulthood”: that most of us are simply winging it most of the time, through a process of becoming that never quite reaches become.Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Original London Underground sign from the 1930's being sold for £1.8k on eBay

Original London Underground sign from the 1930's being sold for £1.8k on eBay  Richmond & Twickenham Times

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