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WHEN IN ROME...
Emma Cook visits the Italian capital for a hair-raising tour by Vespa, ahead of the classic scooter’s 80th birthday festivities
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May 31, 2026
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Arteta’s obsession with set pieces cost Arsenal the final
The most fitting way for Arsenal's season to end, it appeared, necessitated a set-piece and Gabriel Magalhaes.
3 min |
May 31, 2026
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From Hamnet author’s new novel to a disability history
Martin Chilton picks his favourite new book releases for June
7 min |
May 31, 2026
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Formerly doomed Badenoch could end up Tories’ saviour
There was a time, only eight months ago, when Kemi Badenoch was doomed.
4 min |
May 31, 2026
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Dismay as original Bramley apple tree garden is sold
The garden housing the original Bramley apple tree has been sold, leaving campaigners who wanted to turn it into a heritage site \"gobsmacked\".
2 min |
May 31, 2026
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I’m hooked! Fisherman’s Trail makes for perfect hike
With the promise of dramatic ocean scenery, sandy tracks and picture-perfect Portuguese coastal villages, Rachel Ifans takes on a multi-day route from Porto Covo to Vila do Bispo
6 min |
May 31, 2026
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Trump criticises Pope as Iran ceasefire deal falters
Donald Trump has again strongly criticised Pope Leo’s stance on Iran, saying the pontiff should be reminded that the country must be nuclear-free.
2 min |
May 31, 2026
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Striving for equal rights in a less than perfect world
Alan Carr, the comedian and arch-Traitor who tops our 2026 Pride List, says: \"I don't talk about being gay, and I think what better equality for gays than that?\"
2 min |
May 31, 2026
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Farage would beat Burnham in general election, poll says
Andy Burnham would be beaten by Reform UK at the next general election if he were to replace Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, a new poll suggests.
2 min |
May 31, 2026
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY
As a new movie explores the months Lucian Freud and Kate Moss spent as artist and muse, Adam White tells the story of a relationship whose closeness defied public preconceptions
7 min |
May 31, 2026
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Damaged Slot not trusted to oversee change at Anfield
Liverpool had dramatic change of heart over support for boss
4 min |
May 31, 2026
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Pictures of the Day
Stiliana Nikolova performs during the senior individual all-around final at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. Reuters
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May 31, 2026
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Kendall: Social media ban for under-16s on the table
Parents are overwhelmingly in favour of Australian-style restrictions on social media for children, the technology secretary has confirmed.
1 min |
May 31, 2026
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It’s time to kick homophobia out of the Commonwealth
When I fled to the UK in 2003 to seek asylum, I arrived with cigarette burns on my palms and legs.
3 min |
May 31, 2026
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Bring back Blair? He and his ideas are as resented as ever
I have to say there's been a startling, if fanciful, amount of chatter out there in recent days about bringing back Tony Blair as prime minister.
5 min |
May 31, 2026
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‘We tried to help my son. Then he killed three people’
Three years on from the devastating attacks in Nottingham, Valdo Calocane’s mother and brother tell Rebecca Thomas of the need to look at ‘systemic failings’ in mental health care
9 min |
May 30, 2026
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Trump needs an Iran deal to assuage fears over midterms
Donald Trump's war in Iran began with a bang literally, in the case of an all-out assault in February in tandem with Israeli intelligence, which hit its first target by killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
3 min |
May 30, 2026
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JUICE ON THE LOOSE
Imported from Broadway to London’s West End, ‘Beetlejuice the Musical’ is lively if unmemorable fun, writes Alice Saville
3 min |
May 30, 2026
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TROUBLE IN PARADISE
A new BBC drama about a gang of mates on holiday together perfectly captures what happens when it all goes very wrong. But there are ways to avoid conflict, writes Katie Rosseinsky
6 min |
May 30, 2026
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My 32 years on the road as Indy travel correspondent
Simon Calder signs off with a journey through the past three decades spent ‘working’ in the industry of human happiness. Buckle up, dear readers, we’re in for a long and bumpy ride...
10+ min |
May 30, 2026
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Plan to blunt PSG and land Champions League glory
The Budapest stage is set and Arsenal, as Miguel Delaney explains, have a wildcard that could be the undoing of a magnificent PSG aiming for back-to-back European crowns
6 min |
May 30, 2026
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Nato must push back when the Kremlin goes too far
That a Russian drone, probably fired from Crimea, crashed into a Romanian residential block and injured two people, is a gratuitous, unprovoked and serious act of aggression against an independent Nato state.
3 min |
May 30, 2026
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CHERY ON THE CAKE
The Chinese manufacturer has tried to make something that could hold its own in an overcrowded sector of the market. With the Jaecoo 7, it has succeeded, writes Sean O’Grady
3 min |
May 30, 2026
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Djokovic’s French Open hopes ended by teenager
It was the opportunity Novak Djokovic had been waiting for.
3 min |
May 30, 2026
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Stop complaining and start creating jobs for the youth
The Alan Milburn report makes for shocking reading.
4 min |
May 30, 2026
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Why is Sturgeon still under scrutiny over SNP finances?
Nicola Sturgeon, the former first minister of Scotland who was in office through the worst of the Covid pandemic, says she has just endured “probably the worst” week of her life.
3 min |
May 30, 2026
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Test spares chemotherapy for breast cancer patients
Millions of breast cancer patients could be spared chemotherapy with a revolutionary new genomic test, a clinical trial has shown.
2 min |
May 30, 2026
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India heats up amid perfect storm for energy shortages
Soaring temperatures across Asia are driving up electricity demand just as the US-Israeli war against Iran squeezes supplies. Stuti Mishra reports on the challenge to stay cool
6 min |
May 30, 2026
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Cause of death for sisters found off Brighton beach uncertain, inquest hears
An inquest into the deaths of three sisters from London whose bodies were found in the sea off Brighton beach has heard the cause of their deaths remains “unascertained”.
2 min |
May 30, 2026
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Trump: Strait of Hormuz naval blockade to be lifted
President Donald Trump met with top aides in the White House Situation Room last night “to make a final determination” on whether to accept a proposed agreement to end the war he started with Iran three months ago and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to global maritime traffic.
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