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It’s goodbye from me – but here’s an invitation, too...

In her last weekly poem for The Independent, Frieda Hughes looks back at what she’s learnt while diarising her life in verse

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Villa outplay Liverpool for Champions League place

The only previous time Unai Emery had beaten Liverpool was in a Europa League final.

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A ‘champagne soul’ who just wanted to have fun

As ‘Rivals’ gallops back onto our screens, Felicity Blunt and Victoria Smurfit tell Lauren Morris what it was like working with Jilly Cooper, whose bonkbuster gave rise to the show

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Police brace for two London marches alongside cup final

Around 4,000 officers are expected to be on duty for Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally and Nakba Day event

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NEC clears Burnham to run in Makerfield by-election

Andy Burnham has been given the green light to stand in a by-election that could see him return to Westminster to challenge Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership.

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Starmer weakness due to immigration, says Trump

As the US president writes off ‘nice man’ prime minister

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Britain’s colonial legacy in Palestine must be addressed

Right now in the West Bank, Palestinians live under Israeli military law.

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How can I include Outback mining town on trip to Oz?

I plan to visit family in Brisbane and Adelaide in July next year.

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Starmer accused of holding files from Mandelson probe

MPs examining files that contain details of the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US have accused Sir Keir Starmer of “withholding” documents from their inquiry.

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SATURDAY QUIZ

Chris Maume presents his weekly general knowledge quiz

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Beckham becomes Britain’s first billionaire sports star

Sir David Beckham is Britain's first billionaire sportsman after he and wife Lady Victoria doubled their wealth in the last year, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.

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Meet the ex-military man who could be Labour leader

Among the potential challengers for Starmer’s crown, there’s one candidate whose name keeps cropping up: former Royal Marine Al Carns. But who is he? Katie Rosseinsky finds out

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Burnham has recast himself before – and can do it again

Was he guilty of betrayal, I asked Andy Burnham in an interview.

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Iran war left in limbo after summit ends in stalemate

Hopes that Trump and his Chinese counterpart would produce a concrete plan to end conflict have been dashed

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McKellen delivers his best performance since Gandalf

The veteran actor plays a cruel, bitter painter who torments his children in ‘The Christophers’, and ‘Obsession’ is one of this year’s creepiest movies so far, writes Clarisse Loughrey

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Wes faces an uphill battle to win over Labour activists

Wes Streeting had to go for it.

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Streeting’s words to PM – and what they really mean

Millie Cooke reads between the lines of his resignation letter

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A prince in search of a voice

The Duke of Sussex’s earnest but clumsy intervention on the serious subject of antisemitism reveals a deeper problem at the heart of his brand. Since his royal exile to California, Harry is a man without a purpose, writes Harry Mount

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History beckons for Hearts as they step into 'lion's den'

The Jam Tarts can win a first league title since 1960 if they avoid defeat at Celtic tomorrow, as a title race for the ages culminates in an epic showdown.

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Amazon delivery driver who stole family cat is spared jail

A delivery driver caught on a doorbell camera taking a cat from a garden has avoided jail.

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Britain backs plans to make it easier to deport migrants

The UK has joined EU ministers in a pledge to make it easier to deport foreign nationals as the continent tackles the problem of illegal migration.

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CIA chief in Havana as the country suffers energy crisis

CIA director John Ratcliffe yesterday delivered a message from President Donald Trump to top Cuban officials in Havana that the US would “seriously engage” on economic and security issues “only if it makes fundamental changes,” a CIA official told Reuters.

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Starmergeddon: what's next for the Labour government?

Here’s how a contest could be triggered and who could stand

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China and US have special relationship, insists Trump

As president invites Xi Jinping to America in late September

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Trump won't mind being humiliated by Xi on Taiwan

The US president will shrug off warnings and ignore China’s expansion elsewhere - and that’s dangerous, says Sam Kiley

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'It was Brian's creation. We were just there to help out'

As The Beach Boys’ seminal LP ‘Pet Sounds’ reaches its 60th anniversary, Al Jardine tells Roisin O’Connor how it came into being – and what Paul McCartney thought of the cover

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Guardiola deserves a fitting send-off in the FA Cup final

Pep Guardiola called it the \"cathedral of football\".

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Path to No 10 will be tough for any would-be challenger

The cabinet is split and the government is in flux as a leadership election looms inexorably on the horizon.

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Could Farage lose his seat over the standards inquiry?

Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary standards commissioner, has launched an inquiry into whether Reform UK leader Nigel Farage broke House of Commons rules by not declaring a £5m gift in early 2024.