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Alan Bates receiving his knighthood at Windsor Castle.
Alan Bates: my compensation claim has been cut in half

Campaigner calls for an independent body to administer payouts for public scandals, including Horizon, contaminated blood and Windrush

Politics

Voters endorse Starmer’s EU deal despite divisions over Brexit

Prime minister performed well in YouGov poll on the agreement, while Farage and Badenoch are least trusted to handle the relationship with the bloc




Soccer player scoring a goal.
Emery apoplectic as referee’s decision ends Champions League hopes

Manchester United 2 Aston Villa 0: Rogers goal controversially ruled out as Diallo and Eriksen secure win after Martínez red card




A man joyfully jumps on a re-nationalised train.
All aboard the first Great British Railways trip: a replacement bus

Portrait of Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason in a red dress.
‘My daughter was told classical music is for white people’

A man joyfully jumps on a re-nationalised train.
All aboard the first Great British Railways trip: a replacement bus





Illustration of a stressed man working on his laptop, with a Netflix logo on a TV in the background and a silhouette of another person working.
Watching Netflix while WFH? Not with virtual co-working spaces


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GIF of two women exiting a black car.
Memos show Badenoch was warned on car choice

As business secretary, the Tory leader is said to have argued with her official driver and made other arrangements despite security concerns


Collage of Donald Trump with other individuals.
Donald Trump has learnt from his mistakes. Only the most loyal are allowed in

Huw Edwards surrounded by police and press.
Tim Davie ‘fobbed off’ family of teen in Huw Edwards scandal


A man in a captain's uniform at the helm of his boat, the Marsayru.


Journalist Matt Rudd on the Gratitude fishing boat.
‘They gave our waters away’: on the 4am boat with the last fishermen in Hastings



Man jumping into a pool with a flamingo floatie.
Tom Daley: ‘I’ve always had horrible body image issues’

Now he’s retired from diving (probably), what’s next for the five-times Olympic medallist?





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World




Three women eating snails at a snail festival.
The ultimate slow food: Catalans unite to celebrate the humble snail



Self-flagellating over the British Empire helps no one but our rivals

Spurious guilt over our history leads to decisions such as the Chagos Islands giveaway. Honestly, it wasn’t all bad



Illustration of politicians struggling in a small boat during a storm.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a man in a suit and blue shirt looks at the camera
Starvation is Russia’s favourite weapon






a man in a suit and blue shirt looks at the camera
Starvation is Russia’s favourite weapon







Headshot of Tanya Byron.
Professor Tanya ByronI lead a double life where I enter a fantasy world every day
34 minutes ago


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Hannah PrevettI was fired from my bank job — then I built a £100m beauty empire




Soccer player scoring a goal.

Manchester United 2 Aston Villa 0: Rogers goal controversially ruled out as Diallo and Eriksen secure win after Martínez red card




Liverpool FC players celebrating a Premier League victory and lifting the trophy.
Trent finally gets send-off he deserves on afternoon for Liverpool heroes
Football
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Georgia Tennant in a pink satin suit.
Georgia Tennant: ‘My husband David played my dad — I dine out on that’
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Money




Sebastiao Salgado standing in front of a large black and white photograph of penguins and seals.
Sebastião Salgado, photographer who captured all shades of humanity


Patrick O’Flynn, Eurosceptic journalist and politician


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