3 h. ago Will interest rates be cut next week? The key factors for the Bank of England and 2025 predictions

Analysts expect a split vote at the MPC’s meeting on 19 June

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6 h. ago Cocktail of the week: Sucre’s agave breeze – recipe | The good mixer

Tequila and lime play nicely with summer strawberries in this refreshing long drinkHere’s a little something to put a fresh spring in your step as we head into summer proper.Glenn Gicquel, bar manager, Sucre, London W1 Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Win a year of free swimming lessons during Drowning Prevention Week with Fife Sports and Leisure Trust

Fife Sports and Leisure Trust is proud to support Drowning Prevention Week 2025, a vital national campaign created by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) and delivered in partnership with the RNLI. Taking place from 14th to 21st June 2025, the campaign raises awareness of water safety across the UK.

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8 h. ago ‘The best way to discover hidden gems’: why you should try out a bookshop crawl

Like bar-hopping, but for browsing books: this trend, popularised on TikTok, makes for a great day out – and can help you discover unique literary spotsWe’ve all heard of bar crawls, but what about a bookshop crawl? The premise is essentially the same – you hop from venue to venue – but instead of drinking beers you browse books. Having begun as a trend among TikTok users, mainly in the US, the idea has begun to be adopted across the globe.There are a few “official” ways to try it out for your yourself: Bookshop Crawl UK organises the London Bookshop Crawl, as well as crawls across the country, Bristol Walkfest has organised a walking tour of the city’s numerous indies, and in April, the Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl ran an event for Independent Bookstore Day which rewarded participants who visited 10 shops on the day with 10% discount on books for the rest of the year. And the Global Book Crawl runs an annual event with 17 participating countries, from Ireland to Fiji. Continue readi...

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9 h. ago Sports quiz of the week: US Open golf, F1 and a niche world championship

Have you been paying attention to the big and small stories in football, motor racing, rugby league and cricket? Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Week in wildlife: a flying zebra, chilling pelicans and a ghost elephant

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The hunky father of seven personal trainer who has moved in with England star Millie Bright after she pulled out of Euro 2025

The Lionesses defender, who last week dramatically pulled out of Euro 2025, has been dating father-of-seven David Zetolofsky, 39, for several months.

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3 d. ago The hunky father of seven personal trainer who has moved in with England star Millie Bright after she pulled out of Euro 2025

The Lionesses defender, who last week dramatically pulled out of Euro 2025, has been dating father-of-seven David Zetolofsky, 39, for several months.

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4 d. ago The UK's most picturesque biking spots named ahead of Bike Week 2025

Ahead of Bike Week on June 9, new research has revealed the UK’s most picturesque cycling routes. In the UK there are countless beautiful bike trails to explore, bringing plenty of opportunities to snap those visually appealing photos for your Instagram.

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4 d. ago Prime Minister’s remarks at London Tech Week 2025: Monday 9 June

Prime Minister’s remarks at London Tech Week 2025: Monday 9 June  GOV.UK

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4 d. ago Strawberry Moon 2025: Best UK time and day to see rare phenomenon this week for first time since 2006

June's full Moon will look a little different thanks to a lunar phenomenon that occurs once every 18.6 years

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4 d. ago London Tech Week 2025 day one: all the news and updates as we see them

London Tech Week 2025 day one: all the news and updates as we see them  TechRadar

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7 d. ago Mark Hamill has finally ruled out a return as Luke Skywalker. Can Star Wars survive without him?

The franchise’s last remaining connection to the original trilogy has appeared in a number of recent spinoffs. What’s next, now the 73-year-old actor says he has hung up his lightsaber for good?Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker has been Star Wars’ ultimate backup plan for at least half a decade. The original trilogy has faded into the distance, and the movies set in that galaxy far, far away have become so poor in recent years that we’d all rather watch Andor. But there was always the option of plugging in Hamill – a sort of human Star Wars USB stick, primed to conjure up 1970s vibes as required. Not quite getting your fill of Force nostalgia? Here’s Luke tutoring Baby Yoda in The Book of Boba Fett. And here he is again, whinging about past mistakes in The Last Jedi. It may not quite have been Binary Sunset, or Yoda lifting the X-wing on Dagobah. But for a few shimmering, quite-possibly-digitally-retouched moments, it felt like we were back in the real Star Wars again.Back in 2023, I wro...

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7 d. ago Why does 2025 summer transfer window close next week and then reopen again?

Manchester United and Manchester City will have a split transfer window to negotiate this summer.

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7 d. ago Sports quiz of the week: Champions League, French Open and Giro d’Italia

Have you been following the football, rugby league, cricket, horse racing, cycling, tennis, Formula One and boxing? Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Three giant ‘doomsday fish’ wash up in one week, but harbinger of calamity a damp squib, say experts

After one oarfish was found in Tasmania, two were discovered in New Zealand, but there is no evidence of link between sightings and natural disaster, say scientistsBad luck comes in threes, according to the saying. And this week three ethereal oarfish, nicknamed “the doomsday fish”, have washed up on the shores of Australia and New Zealand.Two headless specimens were found near Dunedin and Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island, following the discovery of an oarfish on Tasmania’s west coast on Monday.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Foraged mushrooms, fatal doses and food binges: the week Erin Patterson told her story to triple murder trial

Accused told court the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even diedAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn Erin Patterson’s telling, the moment she realised she could be blamed for harming her in-laws came before they even died.According to evidence Patterson gave at her triple-murder trial this week, she was in a Monash hospital room alone with her estranged husband, Simon, after their two children had left to buy food from a vending machine, when he asked her: “Is that how you poisoned my parents, using that dehydrator?”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Week in wildlife: an elephant goes shopping and a tiger gets a pedicure

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Glastonbury fans 'work out' mystery Patchwork act as 2025 line

The Glastonbury 2025 line-up was released earlier this week, but there are still a couple of acts that have the festival's attendees speculating who they could be

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1 week ago Linlithgow care home prepares to take part in the Great British Care Cycle Relay to mark Care Home Open Week 2025

HC-One Scotland’s Linlithgow Care Home in Linlithgow is preparing to take part in the Great British Care Cycle Relay event, organised by Championing Social Care which runs in tandem with Care Home Open Week activities.

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