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Labour moves to scrap first past the post system in mayoral votes
Ministers are changing the voting system for mayoral elections in a move likely to make it harder for Reform politicians to take big regions such as Lincolnshire and Hull, as they did this year.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Healy's solo ride stuns as Van der Poel retakes lead
Ben Healy of Ireland took his nation's 15th win in the Tour de France after claiming victory on stage six from Bayeux to Vire as Mathieu van der Poel recaptured the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar by a second.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
It's important to manage him' Pope to keep Stokes in check
Ollie Pope said it was his role as vice-captain to ensure Ben Stokes \"doesn't push himself to a ridiculous place\" as the captain battles a groin injury that forced him to seek treatment near the end of the first day of the third Test.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Semenya urges better protection of athletes' rights after court win
The South African runner Caster Semenya has called for athletes' rights to be better protected after Europe's top human rights court ruled that she had not been given a fair trial when she contested a policy that required her to lower her testosterone levels in order to compete in women's sport.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
UK faces equal threats from Iran and Russia, security report says
Intimidation by Iran, including the fear of physical attack and assassination of Iranian dissidents living in the UK, is comparable in scale to the threat posed by Russia, parliament's intelligence and security committee has found.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Social media firms put public at risk in wake of Southport murders, MPs say
Social media business models endangered the public by incentivising the spread of dangerous misinformation after the 2024 Southport murders, MPs have concluded.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Teenagers among four arrested over cyber-attacks on retailers
Four suspects have been arrested by officers investigating a series of cyber-attacks on Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Ailing WPP appoints Rose from Microsoft as new boss
The marketing services company WPP has appointed Microsoft's Cindy Rose as its chief executive as the ailing London-listed firm aims to implement a sweeping restructuring to turn itself around.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Scots Urged to Reduce Water Use as Climate Crisis Puts Supplies at Risk
Scottish households are being urged to cut back heavily on their water use and instead treat it as a precious resource owing to the growing threat to supplies from climate heating.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
FTSE 100 hits record high as investors ignore trade war fears
The FTSE 100 index of the most valuable companies on the London Stock Exchange has soared to a record high as investors shrugged off concerns over Donald Trump's trade wars.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Ticketless Oasis fans warned to ignore TikTok videos on sneaking into shows
Oasis fans have been told that the band's homecoming gigs at Heaton Park in Manchester will be protected by a double fence with security patrolling in between after TikTok users offered advice on how to break into the concerts.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Ozzy Osbourne Goes From Heavy Metal to Painting With Chimps
Fresh from his retirement concert with Black Sabbath at the weekend, Ozzy Osbourne has announced a new project: a visual art collaboration with chimpanzees.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Deprived children 'more likely to die after ICU admission'
Minority ethnic children and children from deprived backgrounds across the UK are more likely to die following admission to intensive care than their white and more affluent counterparts, a study has found.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Switzerland advance after Xhemaili's late show
Switzerland ensured that local interest in Euro 2025 persists by the skin of its teeth. They were on the brink of heartbreak when Natalia Kuikka scored a late penalty to put Finland on the verge of leapfrogging them into the last eight.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Bayeux in Britain: How France Said Yes to Landmark Loan of Tapestry
When, in 2018, Emmanuel Macron proposed the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain, an army of conservationists and experts rose up to explain why the almost 1,000-year-old treasure was too fragile to be moved.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Met Criticised Over Plan to Give Alleged Fayed Victims Video Update
Women allegedly assaulted by the late Mohamed Al Fayed feel let down by police investigators, their advocate has said as she criticised the Metropolitan police for planning to \"resort\" to sending a video to keep them updated.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Government warned over management of private contracts
Bad management of private finance contracts is leading to poor-quality assets being handed back to the government, including schools and hospitals, according to parliament's spending watchdog.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Gibbs-White closes on joining Kudus at Spurs
Tottenham are poised to sign Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest after triggering a £60m release clause.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Sunshine and sopor as England forced to cut the gung-ho stuff
Tough going in the heat as India seem to have achieved what no amount of public criticism ever has
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Heat could kill 30,000 a year in England and Wales, says study
More than 30,000 people a year could die in England and Wales from heat-related causes by the 2070s, scientists warned yesterday.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Bad news for the Tories, but Farage must tread carefully
Jake Berry has had an eclectic political career in the run-up to his defection to Reform UK this week.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Royal Mail gets go ahead to axe second-class post on Saturdays
Royal Mail has been given the green light to drop Saturday deliveries of second-class letters and provide services only on alternate weekdays from Monday to Friday under new rules announced by the regulator.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Government drops plan for zonal pricing of electricity after long consultation
The government has abandoned plans for \"zonal pricing\" that would have charged electricity users in the south-east of England more than those in Scotland, saying that a single national price would help ensure the system was \"fair, affordable, secure and efficient\".
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Children are limiting phone use to protect their mental health
Children are increasingly taking breaks from their smartphones to better manage their mental health, personal safety and attention spans, research suggests.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
The original Birkin bag sells for a record £7.4m at auction
A unique but well-worn handbag created for the singer and actor Jane Birkin by Hermès has fetched €8.6m (£7.4m) in Paris, making it the most expensive fashion accessory sold at auction in Europe.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Two are killed in another wave of Russian strikes on Kyiv
Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday urged Ukraine's allies to speed up new sanctions on Russia after another huge wave of strikes on Kyiv killed two people, including a police officer, and left 23 wounded.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
The bromance survives but Emmanuel can't resist a parting shot before he heads home
Nigel Farage couldn't believe his luck. Another cloudless sunny day. The mill pond flat. What better way to pass the time than to take to sea and film yourself for X?
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
One in a million': Teenage surfer found on remote island off coast of Australia
A 19-year-old surfer is in a stable condition in hospital after being found safe on a remote island off the northern New South Wales coast of Australia in an outcome his father described as \"one in a million\".
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Schools failing pupils, charity says, as exclusions top 10,000
More than 10,000 pupils were permanently excluded from England's state schools last year, alongside record numbers of suspensions of children under seven or with special needs.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Two-child benefit cap now affecting 1.7m children, data shows
A further 37,000 children were affected by the two-child benefit limit in the year to April, with 1.7 million now living in households affected by the policy, according to new figures described as \"devastating and shameful\" by charities.
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