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New health secretary received £32,000 from anti-NHS group chair
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How the heatwave is uncovering the remains of Britain's past
Gold-rush style excitement as researchers scramble into aircraft and fly drones to find the outlines of previously hidden remains before the rain makes them disappear again
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Forget the waistcoat, this is Gareth Southgate’s greatest triumph
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Boys smile from hospital in first video since Thai cave rescue
'Don’t need to worry about their health - everyone is strong in mind and heart'
Tesco could face £4bn compensation bill over 1,000 equal pay claims
Employees working in stores say they have been paid 'considerably' less than staff in distribution centres
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DNA could prove whether Richard III murdered ‘princes in the tower’
Sample identifying direct descendent of the boys’ maternal grandmother might solve centuries-old mystery
Tim Cross I spent my career in the army – we must not privatise war
Private contractors play a valuable role in many elements of conflict but the 'ethics' of war require a core of state-based military experience
Prisons not fit for 21st century, watchdog warns
Conditions in jails deteriorate to 'totally unacceptable' levels and assaults and self-harm hit record levels as prisons show 'repeated patterns of failure', says prison inspector
Body of teenager displayed playing video games at funeral
Warning: The story below contains image of embalmed dead man
UK heatwave to be blown away by Hurricane Chris
Remnants of powerful storm spell end of heatwave
Stone tools reveal primitive humans left Africa earlier than thought
Stone artefacts and animal bones discovered that date back over 2 million years
Early human evolution ‘was multicultural’
New analysis challenges traditional view of humanity's origins and suggests many populations of primitive people developed across Africa
Nurse 'poisoned patients' so they would die when she was not on shift
Ayumi Kuboki says she found task of dealing with bereaved relatives 'troublesome'
Second person arrested over killing of rap star
Rapper was gunned down in June as he left a motorcycle dealership near Fort Lauderdale
Little known STI ‘could become next superbug’
Thousands of women every year develop inflammatory condition from untreated bacterial infection which could harm chances of conceiving if antibitoics become ineffective
‘Nazi bride’ found guilty of 10 racially motivated murders
National Socialist Underground gang killed eight Turks, a Greek and a German policewoman between 2000 and 2007
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Facebook has been fined the price of a spiced latte for serious data breaches
On the same day the ICO announced it planned to impose the maximum penalty allowed under the 1998 Data Protection Act, the chair of the Financial Conduct Authority likened the situation we face with big data to that depicted in the paranoid 1960s classic TV show ‘The Prisoner’
Police officer keeps job despite telling man: ‘You’d be the first one I’d shoot’
Officer claimed he 'had not meant the comments to be racist, offensive or threatening'
Scientists receive bright radio blast from deep in the universe
The plasma-spewing quasar is coming from the universe's very earliest days
BBC reveals new list of its top earners (and none of them are women)
Latest list follows last year's tumultuous gender pay gap row that saw China editor Carrie Gracie resign
Tory MP rejects invite to watch England game at No 10 as May ‘isn’t bringing Brexit home’
Downing St offers to transfer MP’s invite to one of his constituents
Suspected Isis gunmen kill 10 in Afghanistan
Two attackers die after detonating suicide vests, while third was shot by security forces
The Handmaid's Tale s2 finale: A dramatic ending, but the wrong one?
With such a large and richly realised universe, the creators could have gone a multitude of ways with this season finale
Trade war fears ramped up again as China vows to retaliate against US
Washington unveiled a new list of tariffs in response to Beijing’s retaliation over the imposition of US charges last week
Amazon workers to go on strike during site's biggest day of the year
Supporters have called on more workers to join the strike, and for customers to support them by refusing to use the site
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Thom Brooks If May wants to deliver a workable Brexit she should ask for more time
The prime minister must accept responsibility for the lack of progress to date, but commit to using her government’s forthcoming White Paper as a fresh start and formally request an extension of at least one year until Brexit comes into force
Caitlin Morrison Northern Irish children still live in the shadow of the 11-plus
The test was scrapped, but schools, parents and pupils were given no alternative method for moving children from primary to secondary school. As grammar schools were not abolished alongside the test, the grand tradition of academic selection continued
James Moore After his work on the NHS, we should fear Hunt in the Foreign Office
Hunt is a cynical climber, willing to throw Britain’s best loved institution, its staff, its supporters and anyone or anything else that gets in his way under a bus if it serves his political ends
Will Gore Facebook’s fine can’t put the data genie back in the bottle
The truth is, modern society is now so indebted to, and reliant on, data analytics that we would barely function without its benefits
Sara Khan I’ve been travelling around the country talking to people about extremism – here’s what I found
Social media has been a gift for extremists allowing them to produce slick viral videos. They are adept at targeting young people with an 'us versus them' narrative, whipping up wild conspiracy theories and fake news in order to generate anger
Andy Smith Why Theresa May must say no to Donald Trump on defence spending
The UK’s military endeavours have killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions and cost billions of pounds. We need a new approach to foreign policy and national security: one that is based on conflict avoidance rather than military solutions
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Harriet Marsden Why did it take so long to suspend vaginal mesh procedures?
The insufficiently tested and poorly regulated plastic mesh devices have been shown to erode and disintegrate, slicing through organs and vaginal walls to cause paralysis, chronic pain, sepsis, loss of sex life and even organ failure
Ben Chu Dominic Raab's ambition to scrap employee protection is dangerous
Raab authored a pamphlet for the Centre for Policy Studies asserting that UK employment legislation represents a ‘straitjacket’ for the economy, and proposed allowing employers to fire at will
Jane Merrick How 'Goldilocks Tory' Jeremy Hunt could be the next prime minister
Hunt would never join a coup against the PM, but he would almost certainly enter an open leadership contest
Japanese PM visits scene of floods as death toll reaches 170
Dozens are still missing as tens of thousands of rescue workers continue to dig through debris
Jimmy Carter says ‘Jesus would approve of gay marriage’ not abortions
The 93-year-old former Democratic president is promoting his new book 'A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety'
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Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sexual assault charges
The former movie mogul has been charged over alleged assaults on three women
Marine Le Pen says blocking of funds will kill her party
Anti-immigrant party is accused of redirecting more than €7m in funds meant for European Parliament assistants to people working for party domestically
Chris Stevenson Trump will further remove Obama's legacy with new Supreme Court pick
Activists and Democrats are rightly worried about the fate of abortion rights, but the president will be out to remove as much of his predecessor's work as possible
US ‘threatened Ecuador’ if it introduced UN breastfeeding resolution
The US backed the resolution after Russia said it would
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1/50 11 July 2018
US President Donald Trump and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a bilateral breakfast ahead of the NATO Summit in Brussels
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2/50 10 July 2018
The last four Thai Navy SEALs come out safely after completing the rescue mission inside a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Thailand's navy SEALs say all 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in far northern Thailand, ending an ordeal that lasted more than two weeks.
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3/50 9 July 2018
Indonesia worker and firefighters try to extinguish a fire on fishing boats at Benoa harbour in Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. A massive fire laid waste to dozens of boats at a Bali port as firefighters battled to bring the dramatic blaze under control.
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Russia's football team are greeted celebrated by fans during a visit at the Moscow's fan zone after they were knocked out of the World Cup in their quarter final match against Croatia on penalties.
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Residents look over the flooded town by heavy rain in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan. Heavy rainfall killed 47 people, missing more than 49 people and five others in serious condition in southwestern and western Japan, public television reported on 07 July 2018. Japan Meteorological Agency has warned record rainfall on 06 July for flooding, mudslides in southwestern and western Japan. In nine prefectures in western and southwestern Japan, authorities issued evacuation orders to more than one million of people in southwestern and western Japan.
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An honour guard hold up a picture of Samarn Kunan, 38, a former member of Thailand's elite navy SEAL unit who died working to save 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave, at an airport in Rayong province, Thailand.
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The International Space Station, center, passes in front of the Moon in its Earth orbit as photographed from Salgotarjan, Hungary.
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Former Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak appeared in court to face graft charges linked to the
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Rescue workers come out from the Tham Luang cave complex, as members of under-16 soccer team and their coach have been found alive according to a local media's report, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Firefighters scramble to control flames surrounding a fire truck as the Pawnee fire jumps across highway 20 near Clearlake Oaks, California.
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Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador greets supporters as he arrives at a polling station during the presidential election in Mexico City.
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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un inspects Unit 1524 of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
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Mount Agung's crater glows red from the lava as it spews volcanic smoke on Bali Island. The Indonesian tourist island closed its international airport, stranding thousands of travelers, as the Mount Agung volcano gushed a 2,500-meter (8,200-feet) column of ash and smoke.
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14/50 28 June 2018
The remains of market stalls smoulder after a fire swept through a marketplace in Nairobi, Kenya. Several people have died in the fire and about 70 are receiving hospital treatment, with rescue teams left searching through the scene.
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Smoke rises in the rebel-held town of Nawa in southern Syria during airstrikes by Syrian regime forces. Syria's army launched an assault on the flashpoint southern city of Daraa state media said, after a week of deadly bombardment on the nearby countryside caused mass displacement. Government forces have set their sights on retaking the south of the country, a strategic area that borders Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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French President Emmanuel Macron greets Pope Francis at the end of a private audience at the Vatican.
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The frame of an abandoned Peugeot 404 rests in Niger's Tenere desert region of the south central Sahara on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Once a well-worn roadway for overlander tourists, the highway 4,500 kilometers (2,800 miles) are a favored path for migrants heading north in hopes of a better life and more recently thousands who are being expelled south from Algeria.
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Saudi women celebrate after they drove their cars in Al Khobar after the law allowing women to drive took effect. Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive from June 24, ending the world's only ban on female motorists.
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People gather as the injured are helped by medics at the scene of an explosion during a rally to support the country's new reformist prime minister Abiy Ahmed in Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Reports say the blast occurred shortly after he addressed thousands of his supporters. He then spoke to the crowd afterwards, saying a people had been killed.
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Participants of the Dark Mofo Nude Solstice Swim are seen in the River Derwent at dawn, in Hobart, Australia,
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in a mass yoga session along with other practitioners to mark International Yoga Day at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun. Tens of thousands of yoga practitioners worldwide on June 21 are expected to celebrate the fourth annual International Yoga Day, first proposed by the Indian PM in 2014 to the UN General Assembly and adopted unanimously.
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A woman and child are told they will have to wait before crossing the US border as confusion sets in following the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy on immigration
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People wave a banner with a picture of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a gathering of supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Istanbul, Turkey,. Turkish President Erdogan announced on 18 April that Turkey will hold snap presidential and parliamentary elections on 24 June 2018, after elections were scheduled to be held in November 2019.
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Residents pass by a temple gate collapsed by an earthquake in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. The earthquake, which struck western Japan, killed three people and injured more than 50.
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Juan Carlos Osorio, manager of Mexico's national football team, celebrates their World Cup victory against Germany
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Kashmiri youths through stones during clashes between protestors and Indian government forces in Srinagar
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People are silhouetted on the flybridge of a yacht as fireworks illuminates the sky over the Yas Viceroy luxury hotel on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Fitr at the Marina on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
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Somali Muslims take part in Eid al-Fitr prayer which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan at the football pitch of the Jamacadaha stadium in Mogadishu.
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Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup in Russia ahead of the group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
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Pope Francis arrives to lead the Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican
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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during their historic meeting at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore.
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US President Donald Trump looking at a cake being brought for him during a working lunch with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during his visit to The Istana, the official residence of the prime minister, in Singapore. Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump will meet on June 12 for an unprecedented summit, with the US President calling it a "one time shot" at peace.
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Muharrem Ince, presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), delivers a speech from the roof of a bus during a campaign meeting in Istanbul.
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French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaking to US Presidend Donald Trump during the second day of the G7 meeting in Charlevoix, Canada. Looking on is US National Security Advisor John Bolton.
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Former South African President Jacob Zuma sings and dances on stage after delivering a speech during a rally in his support outside the High Court, in Durban.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a question during his annual call-in show in Moscow. Putin hosts call-in shows every year, which typically provide a platform for ordinary Russians to appeal to the president on issues ranging from foreign policy to housing and utilities.
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Protesters wave flags and shout slogans during a demonstration against the use of the term "Macedonia" in any solution to a dispute between Athens and Skopje over the former Yugoslav republic's name, in the northern town of Pella, Greece.
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Police officers salute as the caskets of policewomen Soraya Belkacemi, 44, and Lucile Garcia, 54, arrive during their funeral in Liege. The two officers, and one bystander were killed in Liege on Tuesday by a gunman. Police later killed the attacker, and other officers were wounded in the shooting.
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A rescue worker carries a child covered with ash after a volcano erupted violently in El Rodeo, Guatemala. Volcan de Fuego, whose name means "Volcano of Fire", spewed an 8km (5-mile) stream of red hot lava and belched a thick plume of black smoke and ash that rained onto the capital and other regions. Dozens were killed across three villages.
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A recycler drags a huge bag of paper sorted for recycling past a heap of non-recyclable material at Richmond sanitary landfill site in the industrial city of Bulawayo. Plastic waste remains a challenging waste management issue due to its non-biodegrable nature, if not managed properly plastic ends up as litter polluting water ways, wetlands and storm drains causing flash flooding around Zimbabwe's cities and towns. Urban and rural areas are fighting the continuous battle against a scourge of plastic litter. On June 5, 2018 the United Nations mark the World Environment Day which plastic pollution is the main theme this year.
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Palestinian mourners carry the body of 21-year-old medical volunteer Razan al-Najjar during her funeral after she was shot dead by Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border fence on June 1, in another day of protests and violence. She was shot near Khan Yunis in the south of the territory, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said, bringing the toll of Gazans killed by Israeli fire since the end of March to 123.
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Spain's new Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez poses after a vote on a no-confidence motion at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid. Spain's parliament ousted Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a no-confidence vote sparked by fury over his party's corruption woes, with his Socialist arch-rival Pedro Sanchez automatically taking over.
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Zinedine Zidane looks on after a press conference to announce his resignation as manager from Real Madrid. He confirmed he was leaving the Spanish giants, just days after winning the Champions League for the third year in a row.
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A worker cleans up the Millenaire migrants makeshift camp along the Canal de Saint-Denis near Porte de la Villette, northern Paris, following its evacuation on May 30. More than a thousand migrants and refugees were evacuated early in the morning from the camp that had been set up for several weeks along the Canal.
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Police and ambulances are seen at the site where a gunman shot dead three people, two of them policemen, before being killed by elite officers, in the eastern Belgian city of Liege.
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French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Mamoudou Gassama, 22, from Mali, at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris. Gassama living illegally in France is being honored by Macron for scaling an apartment building over the weekend to save a 4-year-old child dangling from a fifth-floor balcony.
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Migrants wait to disembark from the ship Aquarius in the Sicilian harbour of Catania, Italy
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Ireland awaits the official result of a referendum that could end the country’s ban on abortion. Co-Director of Together For Yes Ailbhe Smyth speaks to the media after exit polls suggested victory for the Yes campaign.
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Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at the 1st Precinct in Manhattan where he turned himself in to New York police for sexual misconduct charges.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Konstantin Palace in Strelna, outside Saint Petersburg, on May 24, 2018
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Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders meet for the first time in decades
Visit comes month after a peace deal that ended a two-year border war between neighbouring countries
Italy's far-right govt asks EU to block refugee ships from its ports
‘I’ll ask European partners in Innsbruck to block from Italian ports the arrival of ships currently on international missions in the Mediterranean,’ says interior minister
Australians may have to give verbal consent ahead of sex under new law
‘It is a responsibility, both in the ask and in the reply’
Japan flooding death toll rises as heavy rain continues
Authorities warn landslides could strike even after rain subsides as calamity shapes up to be potentially the worst in decades
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‘The English are less perverted’: On the 16-hour train to back Kane and co
The Independent's man in Moscow meets locals and hopefuls alike on the mammoth journey to Samara
US soldier killed and two wounded in insider attack in Afghanistan
An American service member has been killed and two others wounded in an apparent insider attack in southern Afghanistan.
Five charged over death of rape victim's father in India
Man was brutally assaulted before later dying in police custody
Pope Francis blames ‘murderous indifference’ for Middle East violence
Pontiff also renews calls for two-state solution to Israel-Palestininian conflict during massive gathering of Christian leaders from the region
EgyptAir crash 'caused by cockpit fire', investigators find
France’s BEA investigation agency contradicts Egyptian claims that explosive residue was found on bodies
It's #WaistcoatWednesday as fans don Southgate's trademark garment
The M&S garment is close to selling out
Madras chickpeas and aloo gobi style salad, recipe
For a bit of spice to take the heat off the summer, look no further than this take on aloo gobi – not drenched in oil as it would be at your local Indian
How to record your own country music song in Nashville
Anthea Gerrie releases her inner Dolly Parton in the capital of country
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Americans in London advised to 'keep a low profile' by US Embassy
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Why you should arrange your weekend trip to Russia before kick-off
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Why Riga is the Baltics’ answer to Berlin
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Aberdeen Airport workers confirmed to strike over summer period
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Everything you need to know about July’s Piccadilly line strike
The weird and wonderful BBQ accessories every World Cup party needs
Make the most of the British summer with a barbecue and help cheer the England team into the final of the World Cup.
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Chairs with charm: add identity to your space with new seating
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Inside the super-efficient family home built in just four days
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Cactus-themed homeware is summer's wildest interiors trend
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Five easy ways to transform your home for under £50
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Wasp-eating plants and other garden must-haves to buy at Hampton Court
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Root hungry to prove his worth to England's One-Day plans
After being dropped from the T20-deciding defeat, Root is determined to prove he is not done yet when it comes to England’s one-day plans ahead of the 2019 World Cup dress rehearsal
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Sharma brilliance too much for England as India win Bristol decider
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Hales blasts six into River Taff as England squeeze past India
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Jordan says England's confidence is still intact despite India defeat
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Cricket Australia deny they are reducing Smith and Warner's bans
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T20 Blast rolls back into town as the jewel in English cricket's crown
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How a pulp novelist fell asleep at the movies and dreamed Die Hard
Amazingly, 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' also played a part in shaping this archetypal blockbuster, which made international stars of Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman
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Watch the moment George Clooney crashes motorbike into car in Sardinia
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Skyscraper is fun in its own fiery, very noisy way - review
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Ex Libris: An inspiring documentary on The New York Public Library
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The Secret of Marrowbone review: Skilful chiller from 'Orphanage' team
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Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood full cast list
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Lily Allen is back and better than ever on her new album 'No Shame'
Allen never overdramatises the already-dramatic – divorce, children, a stalker, media intrusion – rather she tackles it in an offhand and always bluntly honest manner
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All Saints - Testament, album review: back with aplomb
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Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, album review
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Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose, album review: a unique indie record
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Rick Astley, Beautiful Life, album review: An inoffensive mixbag
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How Atomic Kitten's 'Whole Again' became an England World Cup chant
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All the latest from Mallorca as the contestants search for love and try to evade sunburn
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Late Love Island star Sophie Gradon's boyfriend 'found dead'
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Rage Against the Machine send cease and desist letter to Nigel Farage
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Days of Awe by AM Homes, review: As sharp-edged as broken glass
The quality is a little patchy, but the stories that work linger disconcertingly in a collection which nails the commercialisation of modern life
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Anne Tyler: 'I had no intention of becoming a writer'
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Stormzy announces #Merky Books imprint with Penguin Random House
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How three poisonous books were discovered in a university library
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Calypso by David Sedaris, review: Hilarious, moving
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Merriam-Webster offers Trump a spelling lesson after Twitter mistake
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Is a new router enough to make you love your internet?
TalkTalk's new router is no longer 'super' – so what is it?
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The Sonos Beam is smaller, smart – with all the same stunning sound
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Thousands of Swedes are inserting themselves with microchips
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In Detroit: Become Human, being a person gets personal
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How to use Instagram's strange new video app, and why it exists
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Google bitcoin ban: Blanket ban on cryptocurrencies is ‘heavy-handed’
Fortnite Playground mode to be removed ahead of major changes to game
The mode took a long time to arrive and is now being removed again
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Games like Fortnite 'use predatory gambling techniques on children'
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Malicious, fake versions of Fortnite for Android spread on internet
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We unbox the Days of Play special edition PS4
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How to play Space Invaders, and why people love to so much
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Obsessive video-game playing recognised as mental health problem
Sony faces huge backlash after Fortnite released on Switch
Players accuse Sony of forcing them to pay twice over for often expensive in-game upgrades