60 m. ago Urgent water shortage warning amid heatwaves as experts say 'we must change'

We need to start holding onto our water as a precious resource and appreciated for the critical role it plays in our economy, ecosystems and to keep us alive, experts have warned

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89 m. ago NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander

A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander

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94 m. ago Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver reveals if she will move to rival soap after ITV exit

Sue Cleaver has played Eileen Grimshaw in Coronation Street for 25 years but quit the role earlier this year. She has now revealed if she will ever appear on a rival soap

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1 hour ago Jack Draper taking nothing for granted despite ‘huge step’ into top four

The British number one beat Brandon Nakashima 6-4 5-7 6-4 to reach the semi-finals at Queen’s Club and secure the fourth seed for Wimbledon.

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2 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter breaks album chart records with longest streak in top five

The Espresso singer, 26, beat the record with Short N’ Sweet holding on to the top five album chart for 43 consecutive weeks.

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2 h. ago Value Scope: Each way horseracing tips from Steve Jones for Royal Ascot on Saturday on ITV

There is still plenty to play for as Royal Ascot heads into the final day and Value Scope has four recommendations in his unmissable column

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2 h. ago Ed Sheeran played as Gordon Ramsay 'collapsed like a wimp' while wife Tana gave birth

Gordon Ramsay fainted in the delivery room when his son Oscar was born, despite his wife Tana banning him from being present at the births of their first four children

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2 h. ago Man United can still get £170m transfer boost to complete dream Gyokeres and Martinez deals

Latest Manchester United transfer news and gossip as several players continue to be linked with moves to Old Trafford

Economics

2 h. ago Fries with everything: fans swelter on Headingley’s Test return as Jaiswal tucks in

Queues for water refills and ice creams surpassed even those for beer at a sun-baked ground offering unseasonably hot sustenanceAfter two years without a Test here, 23 in which India’s red-ball side had visited only once, seven months since the last tickets for the first three days were snapped up and six in which the sum total of England’s action in this format had been a low-key three-day win over Zimbabwe, it is fair to say that Leeds was ready for this. Or at least, in classic Yorkshire fashion, that it would be ready in its own sweet time.Play started with the stands barely half-full and television commentators feeling they had to remind viewers the day was actually a sellout. That much was swiftly evident, but as India’s batters settled in for the long haul there was no need for anyone to hurry. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago British and Irish Lions v Argentina live: Latest updates from opening tour match in Dublin

The quadrennial tourists play on Irish soil for the first time as they take on the Pumas at the Aviva Stadium

Society

3 h. ago Kate Middleton praises 'laughter and play' in moving tribute to children's hospices

The Princess of Wales has shared a moving message to mark Children's Hospice Week, as she praised the "life-changing work" of children's hospices across the UK

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3 h. ago Moment Royal Ascot racegoers in suits throw punches as violent brawl breaks out

Two well-dressed men could be seen beating on one another in a dramatic exchange in front of dozens of people, with in-person attendees and social media users left dumbfounded

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3 h. ago Manchester City open to letting Ilkay Gündogan join Galatasaray

Midfielder likely to have limited game time next seasonFormer Germany international wants to keep playingGalatasaray are considering a move for Ilkay Gündogan, with Manchester City open to a transfer for the 34-year-old midfielder.The Turkish club are believed to have inquired about Gündogan’s availability in the winter window but City did not want him to leave midway through the season. But with Pep Guardiola having signed Nico González in February and Tijjani Reijnders in this window, with Rodri again fit after a serious knee injury and Mateo Kovacic expected back from an achilles problem in mid-September, game time for Gündogan may be limited. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘It is impossible to recall him without smiling’: Simon Rattle on Alfred Brendel

The conductor first heard Brendel as a schoolboy. He was to become his cherished friend, inspirational collaborator and valued mentor for many decades. Simon Rattle remembers the great pianist’s wit, wisdom – and a particular pair of scissorsIt’s hard even to know where to start with Alfred: for any musician of my generation he was simply always there, the very definition of integrity and a kind of unique probing humour.I heard him first in Liverpool, playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 22, K482, an unforgettable concert for an impressionable 14-year-old. I could never have imagined then that my first collaboration with him would be in the same city when I was 20. That Beethoven – his first piano concerto – began a long journey of learning and friendship over the subsequent decades. I cannot stress how much I learned from him, or how painfully obvious it was to me just how steep the climb was to be able to come anywhere near to being an adequate partner for him. I remember clearly th...

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3 h. ago Is Chris Brown still playing Glasgow? Hampden gig date, support, setlist, tickets, legal problems

The controversial star is still set to play Glasgow.

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3 h. ago Jack Draper seals huge Wimbledon boost after Queen’s quarter

The British No 1 beat Brandon Nakashima and, with an eye on Wimbledon, has secured a leap up the rankings

Politics

4 h. ago Swansea City's powerful pull, the European factor and Luka Modric's role in it all

Swansea has become a significantly more appealing destination for players in recent weeks

Politics

4 h. ago Beat the heatwave with bestselling garden pool now just £21 in Amazon sale

The Intex 6ft Easy Set Pool is now £20.99 on Amazon, down from £25.66, making it a great-value way to cool off this summer

Economics

4 h. ago ‘Youths everywhere were spitting over tinny beats playing off a Nokia’: great grime photographer Simon Wheatley

He was young and broke when he became grime’s first documentarian. Then his book Don’t Call Me Urban captured the energy of the grittier first wave – and an expanded edition is finally hereIt’s an overcast Thursday morning, and photographer Simon Wheatley is doing a soft-shoe shuffle through Roman Road in Bow, east London, as a market stall blares out exquisite 70s funk. “That’s more like it,” he says, with a grin on his face. “A bit of energy.” This was once grime’s artery, its chaotic central hub, even its muse – a street Wiley once told me was “the nurturer” of local talents like him and Dizzee Rascal. And it was here, in the 2000s, that Wheatley would create a vivid and intimate document of grime in its frenzied flush of youth, and of working-class neighbourhoods like this before they became considerably more sedate. Fourteen years after the release of Don’t Call Me Urban, Wheatley’s long-sold-out photo-book from that era – once described by Vice as “grime’s Old Testament” – it ...

Culture

5 h. ago Liverpool agree £40m Kerkez deal, Wirtz has medical, WSL expansion approved: football – live

Men’s transfer interactive | Women’s transfer interactiveToday’s Rumour Mill | Football Daily | And mail WillThat’s my stint over. We now go live to Will Unwin’s garden where he’ll be taking this blog to even greater levels.Rumour Mill: Plenty of hot gossip today and Liverpool are at the centre of a fair chunk of it. Could Crystal Palace’s Marc Guéhi be the one to bolster the Reds’ centre-back options? And which Premier League player could be joining Kevin De Bruyne at Napoli? Continue reading...

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