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'Nothing else comes close': coaches on magic of SW19
Three trainers reveal their experiences of life at ‘the most special tournament in the world’. By Lawrence Ostlere
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July 10, 2025
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Europe battles wildfires
Thousands evacuated in Spain and dozens injured in France
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July 10, 2025
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Reality TV made me confront something about my partner
Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help
4 min |
July 10, 2025
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Starmer shouldn't hold out hope for help from Macron
The loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum is meant to symbolise the “close and deepening” relationship between the UK and France.
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July 10, 2025
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Specs appeal: Meta opens lab for AI glasses in UK
Facebook owner Meta has opened a new audio research lab in Cambridge as part of the tech giant’s push into AI glasses. Bosses at Meta had a meeting with chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday as they launched the £12m facility.
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July 10, 2025
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FLOATING ON AIR
Graeme Green gets comfy with the top-rated blow-up beds
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July 10, 2025
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Infected blood victims feel left 'waiting to die in limbo'
Government failings over the compensation offered to victims of the infected blood scandal has left them facing a “new and different layer of psychological pain”, a damning report has concluded.
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July 10, 2025
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Trump's rapid reversals will leave Netanyahu anxious
This week Donald Trump has hit out at Vladimir Putin – and the Israeli leader could be next to feel his ire
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July 10, 2025
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Former Conservative Party chair defects to Reform UK
Nigel Farage has landed a major scalp as he seeks to revive the momentum in his flagging Reform UK party with the defection of a former Tory chair.
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July 10, 2025
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Junior doctors striking over pay rise ‘unfair to patients’
Health leaders criticise action as operations to be cancelled
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July 10, 2025
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Doctors need to work with the NHS, not against it
Resident doctors have a strong case for a generous pay rise.
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July 10, 2025
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Afghan soldiers abandoned due to poor MoD decisions
Defective decision-making resulted in hundreds of Afghan special forces who served with the British being wrongly rejected for sanctuary and abandoned to the Taliban, High Court judges have found.
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July 09, 2025
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Norman Tebbit, Thatcher’s ‘enforcer’, dies aged 94
Norman Tebbit, the Eurosceptic, anti-immigration former cabinet minister known as one of Margaret Thatcher’s most loyal supporters, has died aged 94.
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July 09, 2025
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United revamp depends on finding takers for exiled five
If a theme of Jim Ratcliffe’s reign as Manchester United’s co-owner has been reducing the head count at Old Trafford and Carrington, Ruben Amorim may have shown signs he is buying into it.
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July 09, 2025
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Road and rail projects to go ahead after year-long pause
A slate of long-awaited transport projects have been given the green light again almost a year after ministers put many of the upgrades on hold.
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July 09, 2025
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Streeting warns doctors no extra pay rises if they strike
Wes Streeting has warned doctors that “the public will not forgive you” as the NHS faces months of strike chaos.
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July 09, 2025
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I’m too ill to travel — why won't the hotel refund me?
Is it legal or reasonable for a hotel not to offer any sort of refund? I was booked to stay at a well-known hotel chain this coming Saturday night. Unfortunately, I am ill and can’t go.
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July 09, 2025
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Alcaraz hits peak brutality mode to swipe aside Norrie
On this occasion, much to the discontent of the punters and union jack wavers on Centre Court, Carlos Alcaraz was in no mood to hang about. Wimbledon's defending champion had already dropped four sets across four matches, flirting with the idea of a shock exit. But as the sun set over SW19, this was the Spaniard in a hurry.
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July 09, 2025
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Hosepipe ban in Yorkshire as UK braces for heatwave
A hosepipe ban has been announced in Yorkshire after the region saw one of its driest springs on record.
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July 09, 2025
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Economy vulnerable after U-turns, says watchdog
Britain's spending watchdog has issued a dire warning over the public finances, claiming they are in a “ vulnerable position” because of Sir Keir Starmer’s welfare U-turns.
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July 09, 2025
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Trial by jury could end to save courts from collapse
The automatic right to a trial by jury could be axed for fraud cases and some sexual offences under radical reforms being considered by the government to tackle record court backlogs.
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July 09, 2025
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Nato chief warns of tactical strikes by Putin to help Xi
Russian president Vladimir Putin would help China invade Taiwan by attacking a nation in Nato in order to distract Europe, the alliance’s secretary general Mark Rutte has warned.
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July 09, 2025
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'Everyone's ready': England shed nerves for Dutch test
When the England players got back into the dressing room after Saturday's defeat to France, they were very quiet, until Sarina Wiegman felt she had to do more than say the right words.
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July 09, 2025
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Bayeux Tapestry to return to Britain after 900 years
The Bayeux Tapestry is set to return to the UK for the first time since it was created more than 900 years ago. The 70-metre-long medieval tapestry, which chronicles the Norman Conquest of 1066, will go on display from September until July next year in The Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery at the British Museum in London,
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July 09, 2025
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Joao Pedro sends Chelsea into Club World Cup final
Against a legend of old, Chelsea have a new Brazilian to deify.
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July 09, 2025
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Don't let the Channel grow any wider, Macron says in historic parliament address
Emmanuel Macron has urged Britain and France “to shoulder the burden of European security” together as he appealed for the two nations to work more closely on issues including defence and the migrant crisis.
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July 09, 2025
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Arsonists guilty of attack in London for Wagner Group
Three men have been found guilty of an arson attack on a warehouse linked to Ukraine on behalf of the Wagner Group. About £1m of damage was caused by the blaze at an industrial unit in Leyton, east London, on 20 March last year, the Old Bailey was told.
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July 09, 2025
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‘Disastrous human impact’
Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides, inquiry finds as ‘profoundly disturbing’ picture emerges
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July 09, 2025
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Reform support ‘tops out’ in blow to Farage’s PM hopes
Leading pollster warns over recent by-election defeats
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July 09, 2025
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How is Labour planning to clear the courts backlog?
Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, appointed Brian Leveson, a former leading judge, in December to come up with a plan to tackle the record backlog in the courts.
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