86 m. ago Rachel Reeves in standoff over policing and council budgets days before spending review

Chancellor still at negotiating table on Sunday as Home Office demands more cash Rachel Reeves has been locked in a standoff over the policing and council budgets just days before this week’s spending review, which is set to give billions to the NHS, defence and technology.Yvette Cooper’s Home Office and Angela Rayner’s housing and local government ministry were the two departments still at the negotiating table on Sunday fighting for more cash, after weeks of trying to reach a settlement. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Jannik Sinner shows true colours with Carlos Alcaraz comment after losing French Open final

Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner 4-6 6-7 (4) 6-4 7-6 (3) 7-6 (10-2) in the longest ever French Open final, with the Spaniard winning the tournament for the second time

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1 hour ago LA protests live: Mayor says Trump’s National Guard deployment is ‘chaotic escalation’ as detention center stand

California governor Gavin Newsom has called the move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and warned that it would ‘only escalate tensions’

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1 hour ago Carlos Alcaraz saves three match points to beat Sinner in epic French Open final

Alcaraz wins 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2)Spaniard wins fifth grand slam title against world No 1As he faced up to the excruciating reality of trailing three championship points against the best player in the world, Carlos Alcaraz started his service preparation from the Court Philippe-Chatrier baseline with a deep, long breath. For most other players in the history of tennis, there was no reason to believe in any outcome other than defeat.In his short time competing in the biggest matches of his sport, ­however, Alcaraz has made it clear that he is different to anyone who has come before him, both in the way he approaches his tennis and the unwavering belief that underpins his ­success. Alcaraz recovered and pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the sport, in an otherworldly confrontation, spectacularly toppling the world No 1 Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2) after five hours and 29 minutes to defend his French Open title in Paris. Con...

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2 h. ago Carlos Alcaraz crowned Roland Garros champion for second time after downing Jannik Sinner in five

The pair’s rivalry gained a new chapter on the Paris clay

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2 h. ago Rod Stewart, 80, is supported by pregnant daughter Kimberly, 45, and lookalike son Sean, 44, as he's seen for the first time since being left 'devastated' after cancelling SIX shows due to ill health

The Maggie May hitmaker, 80, was supported by daughter Kimberely, 45, and lookalike son Sean, 44, as they headed for dinner at swanky restaurant Matsuhisa.

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2 h. ago Carlos Alcaraz v Jannik Sinner live: French Open final result as Alcaraz saves match points to win epic

Alcaraz came from two sets down and saved three match points in the fourth to win an all-time classic 4-6 6-7 6-4 7-6 7-6

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2 h. ago EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick steps out in public after BBC suspension over scandal

EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick has been seen for the first time since he was suspended by the BBC after using a disabled slur while filming Strictly Come Dancing

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2 h. ago Love Island star begs bosses to bring back controversial challenge which upset Molly

Love Island 2025 is almost upon us and cast member Shakira Khan says it's time for the Twitter challenge to return six years after it left Molly-Mae Hague fuming

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2 h. ago Black Ops 7 confirmed for 2026, making Call of Duty History with first back

For the first time in the history of the Call of Duty series, we'll be getting two consecutive entries in a sub-series, as Black Ops 7 has been announced for release in 2026

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3 h. ago Rachel Reeves must do more than hope for the best when it comes to paying for Labour’s spending

Editorial: The chancellor has to balance the competing demands of ministers in her spending review but must make sure she keeps Britain’s finances on a secure footing

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4 h. ago Lewis Capaldi to make 'huge comeback' with 'secret set' at Glastonbury Festival two years after breakdown

The Scots star is reportedly set to make a grand return to the music scene after taking time out of the limelight

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4 h. ago The Guardian view on child poverty: free school meals are a help, but not a panacea | Editorial

Giving lunch to more pupils is a good move – but poor nutrition points to deeper problems that ministers must faceIt was Ellen Wilkinson, education minister in the Attlee government, who announced in 1946 that free school dinners would be introduced, along with free school milk, at the same time as child benefit. No doubt Rachel Reeves, who has a picture of Wilkinson on the wall of her office, is aware of this – and also that the Treasury subsequently decided the policy was unaffordable. The meals were subsidised instead.Despite these initial charges, and later price rises, poorer children did gain, and keep, an entitlement to free school meals. The announcement last week that this is being extended in England to all those whose parents or carers claim universal credit – rather than restricted to families with incomes lower than £7,400 – should be welcomed by all objectors to child poverty. Being assured of a hot lunch in the middle of the school day makes pupils’ lives be...

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5 h. ago Steve Clarke directly addresses Scotland flak as he tells the disgruntled 'I don't need to be loved'

The national team head coach has came under more pressure from some fans in the wake of Friday's dismal defeat to Iceland

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5 h. ago Paris triumph is proof of Coco Gauff’s maturity on the biggest stages

Comments by Sabalenka ignore the American’s ability to perform at her peak under the most difficult circumstancesAryna Sabalenka was understandably devastated by how her first French Open final unfolded. Having established herself as the No 1 player in the world and made such significant improvements to her game and mentality, she played some of the best tennis of her career in Paris en route to the final. Sabalenka felt she was ready to tackle all obstacles. With her crushing defeat against Coco Gauff in the French Open final after three difficult sets, she found out she was not.Her expression of that disappointment, however, was one of her least impressive performances of the year. During the trophy ceremony, with Gauff sitting metres away, Sabalenka’s insistence on repeatedly lamenting her “terrible match” was awkward enough. But in her press conference, after having a short amount of time to cool off, Sabalenka tripled down. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Love Island's most shocking moments EVER from physical fights to X

While some of the Islanders have gone on to make lucrative careers from their time in the show, many have admitted they regret going on.

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6 h. ago Wake up call for Labour: Football fans aren’t the only ones using expletives about Starmer

Politicians becoming the subject of expletive-laden chants by fans of football – or any sport – is historically bad for political careers, explain David Maddox and Kate Devlin

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6 h. ago Heartache turns to hope as South Africa seek to shake ‘chokers’ tag in WTC final | Daniel Gallan

The Proteas choking when it matters most is a tale as old as the country itself as history again weighs heavy on their World Test Championship hopesA South African cricket fan’s standout World Cup catastrophe will depend on when they were born. Baby boomers cite the time, back in 1992, when Brian McMillan was left needing 22 runs off one ball after rain in Sydney washed away any hope of a chase. Millennials are forever haunted by Alan Donald’s dropped bat in that tied semi-final in 1999. Gen Zs must still be wondering how Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller failed to get over the line with 30 needed off as many balls in last year’s T20 final.The Proteas choking when it matters most is a tale as old as the country itself. Longer, in fact, if you consider that Nelson Mandela was elected president two years after this story began. And throughout it all, one antagonist has loomed largest. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Kindness of strangers: a woman I’d never met heard we had flu and dropped a big pot of soup at our doorstep

We’d just moved to a small town and didn’t know a soul. Then we all got sick at the same time. That food saved usRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesIt was 1996 when my husband was transferred to the small rural town of Healesville for work. In inner-city Melbourne, where we’d been living, we had a support network of neighbours, friends and family. In Healesville we didn’t know a soul. It was just me and my husband, our two little kids and two dogs.We hadn’t been there long when we all came down with the flu. It wasn’t a cold, it was the flu – complete with aching, fevers and hallucinating. It was terrible. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago The kindness of strangers: a woman I’d never met heard we had flu and dropped a big pot of soup at our doorstep

We’d just moved to a small town and didn’t know a soul. Then we all got sick at the same time. That food saved usRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesIt was 1996 when my husband was transferred to the small rural town of Healesville for work. In inner-city Melbourne, where we’d been living, we had a support network of neighbours, friends and family. In Healesville we didn’t know a soul. It was just me and my husband, our two little kids and two dogs.We hadn’t been there long when we all came down with the flu. It wasn’t a cold, it was the flu – complete with aching, fevers and hallucinating. It was terrible. Continue reading...

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