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EASY BREEZY

Tech tester Alex Lee helps in the heatwave with portable fans

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Wildfire forces thousands of tourists to evacuate Crete

At least 5,000 tourists were forced to evacuate parts of Crete as a massive wildfire scorched forests and olive groves on the Greek island.

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French air traffic controllers are on strike again – why?

Covid led to staff shortages of controllers, an issue that could still be having an effect

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Could a new party led by Corbyn reshape politics?

The MP for Islington North - ex-leader of the Labour Party and informal spokesperson for the “Alliance” group of independents in the House of Commons - is staging a bit of a comeback.

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The prime minister's wife who isn't married to the job

Since her husband became PM 12 months ago, 'Lady Vic' has only been seen at a handful of events. Eleanor Mills looks at a political spouse who has decided to do things a bit differently

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Football world stunned by death of Liverpool's Jota

Club ‘devastated’ as crash claims life of forward, 28

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Bleakly funny but realistic

The second season of Bafta-winning 'Such Brave Girls' sees the mother and daughters radiate a refreshingly crude comic energy and plumb emotional depths, says Katie Rosseinsky

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The government's health is in the hands of Streeting

As part of his presentation on the 10-year plan for the NHS, the prime minister promised the nation “a doctor in your pocket”.

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World news in brief

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Crisis, what crisis?

'I was having a tough day, insists Reeves

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Size 14 Roman shoes found at fort in Northumberland

Archaeologists have been left baffled after unearthing “unusually large” 2,000-year-old Roman shoes in Northumberland.

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Raducanu brings the joy as she beats former champion

The last four years have been strange for Emma Raducanu.

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Maga voters will snap up Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

In Ancient Rome, a popular form of entertainment for the masses was the “venationes”, in which criminals, captives and sometimes gladiators fought battles with wild beasts. Lions, tigers, bears, wolves, and even elephants and ostriches would be used in such gruesome displays.

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Time off work for IVF could ease Britain’s fertility crisis

As the government urges women to just have more children, some of the biggest barriers to starting a family have yet to be lifted. Helen Coffey asks why legislation still hasn’t caught up

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My cruise cancelled a port visit – can I get a refund?

Q Can you explain the rules when a cruise cancels a port visit? Our stop in Cadiz was cancelled as it was deemed unsafe due to planned protests. Do we have any comeback?

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Bob Vylan row distracts from the BBC’s conflict of interests

The BBC struggles to get anything right about Gaza. Last week, it decided not to broadcast a searing documentary about Palestinian doctors under attack, citing vague concerns about “a perception of partiality”.

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Tropical diseases in Europe increase as continent warms

As Europe swelters in extreme heat, experts fear that rising temperatures caused by climate change could push tropical infectious diseases such as dengue and West Nile virus into the UK.

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ON THIS DAY

1608: French explorer Samuel Champlain founded the city of Quebec.

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Major NHS plan to relocate services into communities

The NHS is set for a radical overhaul with a new 10-year plan aiming to “fundamentally rewire” the health service, shifting care directly to people's doorsteps, the prime minister has announced. Published by the government today, the ambitious strategy outlines “three big shifts” in how the NHS will operate.

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Sino the times: China rival to Starbucks opens in US

Luckin Coffee, the largest coffee chain in China, has opened in the US to give Starbucks a run for its money.

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These war heroes deserve to appear on new banknotes

My initial response to the news that the Bank of England wants to redesign our banknotes was to wonder whether Threadneedle Street’s pointy heads had really thought this through.

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Gaiman adaptation lost in a blizzard of plot and intrigue

Fantasy drama ‘The Sandman’ returns with one of the worst American accents ever committed to telly, says Nick Hilton

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STRANGER THINGS

‘Moviedrome’ left late-night TV audiences spellbound with weird films from 1988 to 2000. As it inspires a season of screenings in London, Alex Deller talks to its creators

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ALL ABOUT THAT BASE

Lois Whitbread on top primers to lock your makeup in place

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Crying shame: it's difficult to see how Reeves can survive

Until lunchtime yesterday, it appeared that humiliated Keir Starmer was the biggest political victim of the government's welfare U-turn.

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Here’s how wounded PM should fight his own party

Battered by Labour MPs, Keir Starmer is on the ropes after the government’s humiliating climbdown on welfare reform.

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Diddy is acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering

But rap mogul is convicted over two prostitution offences

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Tarvet’s Wimbledon dream ended by classy Alcaraz

British qualifier competed gamely in three-set defeat

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Gill’s fighting ton gives India the edge on England

Tourists close first day of the second Test on 310 for five

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‘I owe everything to Ozzy’

As Black Sabbath prepare for their farewell show at Villa Park, Roisin O’Connor speaks to star musicians whose lives were changed by the band and their inimitable frontman