2 h. ago The moment I knew: we hiked into the wilderness on Friday and emerged as a couple on Sunday

While both working in Fiji, Will Hamilton was certain he and Stef were more than an aid-world fling. Then Covid came and the pair were separated for nine monthsFind more stories from The moment I knew seriesAt the end of 2019 I was 15 months into a contract working in Fiji. The project was coming to an end and I was ready to head back to the UK when Stef showed up and changed everything.Working in international development, especially in more remote locations, means those in the sector tend to gravitate towards each other. Whenever a new crop of personnel show up, everyone gets together. It was Stef’s third night on the island when we all descended on a local curry house in Suva to welcome her and the other volunteers. I arrived straight from work in a rather fetching sulu (Fijian sarong) and sandals. I was seated next to Stef and sparks flew instantly. She was clearly super bright, very funny and matched me in stacking away large quantities of chicken tikka butter masala (it’s a th...

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2 h. ago Anisimova endures a hot Wimbledon nightmare after entering the Swiatek bakery | Jonathan Liew

American’s double bagel defeat was a meltdown that nobody saw coming but she can come back from heartbreakThis is what a scream with no vowels sounds like. This is the weight of the soul leaving the body. The arms are no longer connected to the legs, the legs have been severed from the lungs, the lungs have lost contact with the heart and the heart is getting ghosted by the brain. Amanda Anisimova sits on her chair, baking in the heat, stewing in sadness. She dabs her face with a towel and hopes people won’t notice she’s wiping away tears.A faint voice from the outer edge of the universe calls time. She still has to go out there. She takes a deep breath. Lifts herself from her seat and takes the 18 long steps to her mark just behind the baseline. Ever found it a struggle getting up to go to work? Try summoning the strength to face Iga Swiatek when you’re losing 6-0, 5-0 in a Wimbledon final. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Stokes conjures England magic to halt India and put third Test on knife

Third Test D3: England 387 & 2-0; India 387England bat out one over after bowling India outIt has been a tough old series for England’s bowlers. As well as wrestling with docile pitches and doughy Dukes balls in a lengthy heatwave, they have come up against an India batting lineup that is rich with talent and seriously gutsy with it. The upshot has been perspiration outstripping inspiration by some margin.Not that those two elements are mutually exclusive and in Ben Stokes, England have a cricketer who thrives on delivering both. On the third day of this pivotal third Test, as India were bowled out for 387, the scores dead level on first innings, and the hosts were thankful for their captain’s ability to conjure something from nothing. At stumps, closing on two for no loss, his side were just about back in the box seat because of it. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Wimbledon champ whose topless photo sparked backlash ignores 'aggressive' haters

Sofya Zhuk was a tennis prodigy who won the Wimbledon girls' singles title in 2015, aged just 15, but her career was cut short by injury and she now lives in Miami

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7 h. ago Six TRNSMT revellers arrested and charged on first day festival in Glasgow

Offences included police assault, assault, hate crime and outstanding warrants.

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11 h. ago AUNZ Invitational XV v British & Irish Lions: rugby union – live

Updates from Adelaide Oval; 11am (BST), 7.30pm (ACST)Get in touch: contact Daniel on emailJust a few minutes to go so time enough for me to lambast the AUNZ kit.God I hate it. It’s a four horizontal lines, with gold at the top followed by white, dark green and black at the bottom of the shirt.Good morning Daniel,I’d beg to differ over Farrell jnr.’s right to be in the squad, not least because of George Ford’s superb form of recent months; but what really interests me about today’s team is how much more pace this lineup has compared with the last match. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago BRIAN READE: 'Kemi Badenoch may hate the 1970s but Starmer should look to them'

Life was far from perfect in the 70s, Brian Reade says, but Kemi Badenoch seems to have forgotten that in many respects, Brits were far better off than they are today

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22 h. ago Team GB Olympic legend Sir Mo Farah says Qatar is safer for his children than living in London after making family move

The four-time Olympic gold medallist, born in Somaliland, raised in Feltham as a refugee, has decided to move away from London with his young family.

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26 h. ago They didn't get a ticket but had a decent seat for Oasis' homecoming gig

Fans have taken to social media

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27 h. ago Emma Raducanu shows Leonardo DiCaprio how it's done! British star keeps cool on sweltering Centre Court

The British star took her seat among the spectators for the men's singles semi-finals on Friday and was thankful for the portable fan packed by her coach Mark Petchey.

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28 h. ago 'AI is learning from our hate' – expert explains why Grok went 'MechaHitler' rouge

EXCLUSIVE: In a search for why Elon Musk's Grok AI went off the rails, began praising Hitler and making anti-semetic jokes – the Daily Star turned to an expert in AI to find the answer

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30 h. ago Jamie Dimon hates ‘TACO’ but says Trump did the right thing in ‘chickening out’ over tariffs

JP Morgan Chase CEO also warns investors against assuming tariffs won’t be permitted to take effect

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32 h. ago PSNI investigating loyalist bonfire refugee effigies as hate incident

Burning of boat containing dark-skinned mannequins in lifejackets in Moygashel draws widespread condemnationPolice in Northern Ireland are investigating a loyalist bonfire that featured effigies of refugees sitting in a boat as a hate incident.Crowds in the County Tyrone village of Moygashel cheered on Thursday night when the towering pyre was lit and flames engulfed the vessel and a dozen dark-skinned, lifesize mannequins with lifejackets. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Northern Ireland police investigate burning of lifesize models of refugees

Burning of boat containing dark-skinned mannequins in lifejackets in Moygashel draws widespread condemnationPolice in Northern Ireland are investigating a loyalist bonfire that featured effigies of refugees sitting in a boat as a hate incident.Crowds in the County Tyrone village of Moygashel cheered on Thursday night when the towering pyre was lit and flames engulfed the vessel and a dozen dark-skinned, lifesize mannequins with lifejackets. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago 'Mum asked to swap plane seats for heartbreaking reason – I shouldn't have left home'

A man has been left heartbroken after a woman asked him to move seats on a plane because her son was 'scared of him' - and he's been left feeling as though he should never have left the house

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33 h. ago Maya Jama fumes at Love Island star's 'unnecessary' behaviour as co

Maya Jama left the 2025 Love Island contestants squirming in their seats after pulling up one controversial comment made round the fire pit at the Casa Amor recoupling

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34 h. ago Gameshows, Cliff Richard and Stalin’s most hated play: the British culture sent behind the iron curtain

A thaw in relations during the Cold War led to some surprising collaborations between the two nations, involving everyone from Laurence Olivier and Rudolf Nureyev to Gilbert and George. As relations ice over again, what can we learn from this artistic detente?One of the biggest TV hits of the 1960s was Double Your Money, a  kind of low-fi precursor to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Its presenter, Hughie Green, was a titan of family entertainment who drew audiences of more than 8 million to the ITV gameshow, in which contestants chose whether to double their prize pot between questions.It was, of course, all about the cash, even if TV-rich in those days involved maximum winnings of £1,000 (about £18,000 in today’s money). The show’s baked-in avarice made the entry in the TV Times for 7pm on 8 November 1966 surprising: “Double Your Money visits Moscow with People to People the first ever western quiz game in the Soviet Union.” Continue reading...

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35 h. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We find out if sequel 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' is a roar

Soaring set pieces and on safer ground with island return but still falls into similar traps to its immediate predecessors.

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35 h. ago Seating nooks and memory shelves: the welcoming family home embracing dementia

How one couple have future-proofed their 18th-century cottage by the River Earn in PerthshireGlaswegian retirees Jim McConnachie and Frances McChlery had always dreamed of building their own home with a waterside view, and had even toyed with buying a plot on Scotland’s west coast. However, when McChlery’s sister was diagnosed with young-onset dementia, they had to rethink their plans.“The prospect and implications of supporting my sister-in-law became a key consideration,” says McConnachie, “and we decided to build a home closer to the facilities of the city so she could live with us and be closer to extended family.” Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Native Hawaiian man to be resentenced for hate crime against white man who he beat with shovel

It could potentially add years to his prison sentence

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