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Stop giving millions of sick notes and send patients to gym, GPs told

Scheme is designed to help reduce the millions of people signed off work each year

Healthcare

In the Channel with Farage: ‘We’re witnessing a crime’
In the Channel with Farage: ‘We’re witnessing a crime’

The leader of Reform UK took a break from fishing in the Channel to watch the handover of a migrant boat — and was angry at what he saw


Rachel Reeves shelves cash Isa raid after backlash

The Treasury’s plan to encourage investment in stocks by reducing the tax-free allowance in the savings wrapper was criticised by building societies



1/6|A water feature in Dover cools a woman in the UK’s third heatwave of 2025

A water feature in Dover cools a woman in the UK’s third heatwave of 2025

Hosepipe ban for Kent and Sussex amid Met Office heat warnings

Temperatures are expected to remain high all weekend, leading the Met Office to issue amber alerts for much of the south of England

Environment
46 minutes ago


Portrait of Betty Brown, a former sub-postmistress.
‘The Post Office scandal killed my husband. I want all our money back’


Portrait of Betty Brown, a former sub-postmistress.


Jane Birkin at her mother's London home.
Original Birkin bag sells for record €8.6m

Angela Rayner, UK Deputy Prime Minister, arriving at Downing Street for a cabinet meeting.
Rayner suspended from Unite over Birmingham bin dispute
Politics
51 minutes ago

Jane Birkin at her mother's London home.
Original Birkin bag sells for record €8.6m






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Underwater shot of divers interacting with a hammerhead shark.
The heavy metal shark expert on a mission to save the oceans

Bearded, tattooed and partial to Slayer, Tom ‘The Blowfish’ Hird is not your typical wildlife presenter






Full buck moon rising above The Needles, Isle of Wight.
Buck moon rises over the horizon — and other news in pictures


Liam Gallagher voices the trams as Manchester braces for homecoming


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Editor's picks



Collage of tennis greats playing tennis.
Who is the greatest tennis player? Our experts crunch the numbers

From the big three of Federer, Djokovic and Nadal to Graf and the Williams sisters, can the data tell us who is the best to ever hold a racket?


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Meet Reform’s only female MP — Nigel Farage’s secret weapon?



Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs in a still from the film *The Salt Path*.
How the Salt Path fiasco happened — insiders on the crisis in publishing


Sally Lindsay and her husband sitting on a couch.
Sally Lindsay and the Style Council’s Steve White on their blended family



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Illustration of drug trafficking: police officers questioning suspects near cargo containers and drugs.

Arrests in the port area of Antwerp, Europe’s main gateway for the drug, have hit record levels, with almost all cases involving young boys and men

Europe
31 minutes ago

Collage of actors portraying Superman.
Can the new Superman save Hollywood?


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Starmer bets jaw-jaw can win migration war

Illegal immigration trumps all other issues for voters and failing to stem the small boats would be ruinous for the PM



Illustration of a cartoon depicting a group of people in a boat approaching the White Cliffs of Dover, with a speech bubble referencing England’s famous white cliffs and another speech bubble stating that a man named Nigel gets excited by the arrival of every boat.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
It’s a bit rich Labour raising taxes on this lot






a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
It’s a bit rich Labour raising taxes on this lot






Two men in athletic wear dance in a studio.

The Brazilian choreographer Justin Neto has six million followers on social media. Ben Machell tries to follow his moves


Portrait collage of two men in suits.
Me and my stalker: online hate, antisemitism and a death threat




Salim Ramji, head of BlackRock's U.S. Wealth Advisory, speaking at a summit.
How Vanguard’s ‘Ten Trillion Dollar Man’ keeps investing simple
Economics
38 minutes ago


Rachel Reeves speaking at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings.
UK economy contracts 0.1 per cent in May

a man in a suit and tie is wearing glasses
Alistair OsborneNet zero in Labour’s electricity pricing overhaul



FTSE 100 dips from record high




Today Balham, tomorrow the world, says boss of AI unicorn
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England's Jamie Smith batting in a cricket match.

Get the latest updates from the third Test at Lord’s, as Ben Stokes’s side resume on 251 for four as they look to regain the lead in the series

Cricket
1 minute ago


Film still of Riccardo Scamarcio as Modi, peering through a curtain.

The actor may no longer be cancelled but his first effort at directing since 1997 is a plotless and formless offering




Woman facing a weathered sculpture at Kenilworth Castle.
The artist staging a battle of the sexes in a Tudor castle



Three African elephants walking along a riverbank.
Chris HaslamTwo women died on safari last week — are these trips becoming more dangerous?


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