9 h. ago The Open 2025: third round updates on Moving Day at Portrush – live

Latest updates from third round at the 153rd OpenLive official leaderboard | And you can email ScottLudvig Åberg has also made a fast start. Birdies at 2 and 3 bring him up to -4. The 25-year-old Swede’s short major career is very much one of contrasts: runner-up at the Masters on debut, tied for 12th at his first US Open, seventh on his second visit to Augusta. But he’s missed the cut in both appearances at the PGA, again at last month’s US Open, and last year at Troon, where he shot 75-76. A tie for eighth at last week’s Scottish Open showcased his ability on a links, though, and now he’s looking good for another of those high-placed major finishes. Will he ever finish in the middle of the pack?Rory McIlroy’s second into 1, from the middle of the fairway, is distinctly average. He’s left himself with a tricky two-putt for his par from 36 feet. Well, that’s how the average player would process it. The putt has a huge right-to-left curl, but he judges it to perfection, the ball drop...

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15 h. ago Yellow thunderstorm warnings issued for several Scots areas in Met Office update

The Met Office has issued warnings for rainfall and thunderstorms throughout this weekend and into next week.

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15 h. ago Met Office issues new yellow weather warning of thunderstorm with chance of flooding

A yellow warning is already in place today

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36 h. ago The Open 2025: big names chase leaders in second round at Royal Portrush – live

Latest updates from the second day of the 153rd OpenLive official leaderboard | And you can email ScottAdam Scott should have won this Championship in 2012. But he bogeyed holes 69 through 72 at Lytham, handing the Claret Jug to Ernie Els on a silver platter. What the genial Scott would give to play that stretch again. Ah well, he’ll always have Augusta National, nine months later. What the Big Easy would give for a green jacket. Scott started this morning on +1 after a 72 yesterday, but he’s going backwards now, after a clumsy double bogey, his first of the week, at the short par-three 3rd. He over-clubs, his ball disappearing down the swale at the back then he under-chips, his ball coming back towards his feet. A second chip doesn’t get close, and two putts later, he’s +3 and prodding the green with his putter in annoyance, not so genial right now.Sergio Garcia missed a five-foot putt to win the Open at Carnoustie in 2007. He had his chance to win at Hoylake in 2014 too, but faile...

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40 h. ago Met Office updates thunderstorm weather warning as key change made

Time to swap the sunscreen and bucket hat for an anorak and umbrella

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40 h. ago The Open 2025: McIlroy in action during second round at Royal Portrush – live

Latest updates from the second day of the 153rd OpenLive official leaderboard | And you can email MattAdam Scott should have won this Championship in 2012. But he bogeyed holes 69 through 72 at Lytham, handing the Claret Jug to Ernie Els on a silver platter. What the genial Scott would give to play that stretch again. Ah well, he’ll always have Augusta National, nine months later. What the Big Easy would give for a green jacket. Scott started this morning on +1 after a 72 yesterday, but he’s going backwards now, after a clumsy double bogey, his first of the week, at the short par-three 3rd. He over-clubs, his ball disappearing down the swale at the back then he under-chips, his ball coming back towards his feet. A second chip doesn’t get close, and two putts later, he’s +3 and prodding the green with his putter in annoyance, not so genial right now.Sergio Garcia missed a five-foot putt to win the Open at Carnoustie in 2007. He had his chance to win at Hoylake in 2014 too, but failed...

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45 h. ago The Open 2025: second round updates from Royal Portrush – live

Latest updates from the second day of the 153rd OpenLive official leaderboard | And you can email Scott and we’re back. Less than nine hours ago, the first day of the 153rd edition of the Open Championship came to a close. Now we’re up and running again! Friday promises to be another Homeric odyssey, and we’ll be blogging about it ♫♪ all day looooooonng♫♪. Here’s how the very top of a star-studded leaderboard looked at the end of play last night -4: JS Olesen, Li, Fitzpatrick, Bezuidenhout, English -3: Jordan, Scheffler, Kaewkanjana, Hatton -2: N Højgaard, Westwood, Fowler, R Højgaard, Rai, Harman, McNealy, Rose, Glover, T Kim -1: Mickelson, Burns, Rahm, Lowry, Axelsen, Z Johnson, Garcia, Hidalgo, Leonard, Niemann, McIlroy, Finau E: J Smith, Kanaya, Schauffele, Svensson, Hillier, Novak, Burmester, McCarty, Im, Langasque, MacIntyre, Kimsey, Kokrak Continue reading...

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59 h. ago The Open 2025: first round updates as Fitzpatrick shares lead at Royal Portrush – live

Latest updates from the opening day of the 153rd OpenLive official leaderboard | And you can email ScottPadraig Harrington bogeys the par-three 3rd as well. Two putts from 42 feet far from a gimme and he doesn’t make them. His place at the top is taken by Jacob Skov Olesen: the 26-year-old Dane, making his professional debut at the Open – he finished in a tie for 60th at Troon as an amateur – tramlines a 40-foot putt on 1. Had that not hit the cup, it was halfway to Giant’s Causeway. A sizzling Danish start to the Open.-1: Højgaard (3), Olesen (1) E: Harrington (3), Migliozzi (2) Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Met Office issues yellow thunderstorm warning for London this weekend

Met Office issues yellow thunderstorm warning for London this weekend  My London

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63 h. ago Foreign Office issues update to all UK tourists going abroad

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has shared advice to holidaymakers on social media

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64 h. ago Rain's on the way... just in time for the hosepipe ban! England braces for much

Forecasters have issued a yellow 'danger to life' thunderstorm warning from 9pm tomorrow until 6pm on Saturday amid concerns over possible flooding, power cuts and travel disruption.

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69 h. ago The Open 2025: first round updates from Royal Portrush – live

Latest updates from the opening day of the 153rd OpenLive official leaderboard | And you can drop Scott a mailGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of the 153rd Open Championship. Xander Schauffele, who saw off Billy Horschel, Justin Rose and Thriston Lawrence at Troon last year, is the defending champion and yet because this edition will be contested on the links of Royal Portrush in County Antrim, it kind of feels like Shane Lowry, the winner here in 2019, is defending too. Hey, we don’t write the rules, it just does.Another Irish winner on home soil, then? Lowry fancies doubling up, while course-record holder Rory McIlroy will doubtless think the old place owes him one after that quadruple-bogey start in 2019 and subsequent tearful missed cut. Tom McKibbin, 2007 and 2008 winner Padraig Harrington and 2011 champion Darren Clarke also hear Ireland’s call. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Temperatures set to hit 30C before unsettled weekend weather arrives

A yellow thunderstorm warning has been issued for much of Northern Ireland from 11am until 8pm on Thursday.

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3 d. ago UK inflation rises unexpectedly to 3.6% as Labour faces economic scrutiny

Annual increase in June follows two months of negative growth and with speculation mounting over tax risesBusiness live – latest updatesUK inflation unexpectedly rose in June, according to official figures, adding to the pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the consumer prices index rose by 3.6% last month, up from a reading of 3.4% in May. City economists had forecast an unchanged reading. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Warning issued to tourists in Spain over common items worn on the streets

The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel guidance for the European holiday hotspot - with the threat of hefty fines if the rules are broken.

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4 d. ago Starbucks tells corporate staff in US and Canada to work in office at least four days a week

Seattle-based coffee chain offers payment to those who opt to quit instead as it seeks to ‘re-establish in-office culture’Business live – latest updatesStarbucks has ordered its corporate staff to work from the office at least four days a week from late September and is offering cash payments to those who choose to quit instead.Brian Niccol, the chief executive of the Seattle-headquartered coffee chain, said many of its employees would be required to work in the office for a minimum of four days a week, up from three, from Monday to Thursday. This will apply to its Seattle and Toronto support centres and regional offices in North America. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Foreign Office issue urgent updates for Brits travelling to three European countries

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCO) has issued new travel advice for Brits heading to Germany, Poland, and Lithuania as they tighten their borders

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8 d. ago Scots to face scorching 32C weather tomorrow as heatwave intensifies

The Met Office's most recent heatwave update suggests conditions will be even hotter than previously forecast.

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1 week ago Democratic senators introduce bill to prohibit Ice agents from wearing masks

Immigration officers would be prevented from wearing masks and be required to display badge numbersUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic senators introduced a bill on Tuesday to ban immigration officers from concealing their identities while engaged in immigration enforcement activities.The “visible act”, introduced by senators Alex Padilla of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey, comes in the wake of scenes of masked immigration agents in unmarked vehicles snatching people off the street without meaningfully identifying their agency or presenting a warrant, prompting observers to liken Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) arrests to kidnappings. Continue reading...

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1 week ago London weather: Heavy rain drenches capital before third summer heatwave

The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for London

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