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New Zealand break with OFC to withdraw Infantino support

New Zealand break with OFC to withdraw Infantino support

New Zealand break rank with Oceania's football governing body to become the latest nation to withdraw support for Fifa p...

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'She was just Gaynor from up the road' - villagers ready for emotional Bonnie Tyler goodbye

'She was just Gaynor from up the road' - villagers ready for emotional Bonnie Tyler goodbye

She was the global superstar that people in a small Welsh village felt they all knew personally....

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Count Binface scores best ever by-election result in Clacton

Count Binface scores best ever by-election result in Clacton

His 9,455 votes were over a quarter of those cast by the local electorate...

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Farage's by-election victory won't stop questions about finances

Farage's by-election victory won't stop questions about finances

Nigel Farage triggered the Clacton by-election and the result was predictable - so what did he achieve?...

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How Maresca's Man City are shaping up compared with Guardiola

How Maresca's Man City are shaping up compared with Guardiola

Enzo Maresca has the difficult task of following Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. BBC Sport analyses the new manager's ...

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NHS service admits data breach due to pager use

NHS service admits data breach due to pager use

The medical data of transplant patients from across the UK was sent over an unencrypted pager network....

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US says dozens of countries helped China dodge Trump's tariffs

US says dozens of countries helped China dodge Trump's tariffs

A new US report said China had moved goods through nations with lower tariffs to dodge higher levies....

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The Papers: 'Houses burn and train derails on hottest day' and 'Britain on fire'

The Papers: 'Houses burn and train derails on hottest day' and 'Britain on fire'

Many of today's papers lead coverage with the fires and train derailment under headlines about Thursday being the hottes...

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Final day of heatwave for many before weekend cooldown

Final day of heatwave for many before weekend cooldown

Heatwave conditions continue on Friday in south-east England but it is turning fresher for all into the weekend....

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What's going wrong for Rangers and McInnes?

What's going wrong for Rangers and McInnes?

After Rangers' Europa League qualifying defeat by Jagellonia Bialystok, what is going wrong for new manager Derek McInne...

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You got hold of eclipse glasses just in time - here's what to do with them now

You got hold of eclipse glasses just in time - here's what to do with them now

Solar specs are tricky to recycle because of their lenses, so here are three things to do instead....

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Man City's Reijnders set for £52m Saudi move

Man City's Reijnders set for £52m Saudi move

Manchester City midfielder Tijjani Reijnders is set to leave following a year at the club after a £52m move was agreed w...

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Conditions on US aircraft carrier at sea for more than 250 days raise alarms

Conditions on US aircraft carrier at sea for more than 250 days raise alarms

Thousands of sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have reportedly faced food shortages and broken plumbing, with some cons...

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Heroic Leigh defence denies table-toppers Leeds

Heroic Leigh defence denies table-toppers Leeds

Leigh Leopards ruin Leeds Rhinos' perfect home record in Super League this season and pick up a vital two points in thei...

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Two seriously hurt as passenger train derails in East Sussex

Two seriously hurt as passenger train derails in East Sussex

"It was pandemonium... I could feel the carriage rocking," says one passenger who was on the train with his six-year-old...

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Hunt surges to 200m glory to win second European gold

Hunt surges to 200m glory to win second European gold

Great Britain's Amy Hunt charges to 200m glory to secure her second gold medal at the European Championships as Dina Ash...

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English wins Ireland's first men's gold medal in 800m

English wins Ireland's first men's gold medal in 800m

Mark English wins gold in the 800m to earn Ireland's first men's gold at a European Athletics Championships, a race that...

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Watch: Houses engulfed in flames across Stourbridge

Watch: Houses engulfed in flames across Stourbridge

Multiple fires burned across the West Midlands and destroyed homes there....

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Big Issue says vendors struggling as sales hit by heatwaves

Big Issue says vendors struggling as sales hit by heatwaves

Sales have fallen by as much as 30% in some areas of the UK as people retreat from the heat....

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Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes huge drop in Danube River level

Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes huge drop in Danube River level

The Cernavodă plant, which produces 20% of Romania's electricity, is not expected to be restarted within the next 10 day...

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Family of Irish plane crash victim awarded $29m in damages

Family of Irish plane crash victim awarded $29m in damages

A jury in Chicago in the US awarded the sum to Michael Ryan's family after his widow Naoise Connolly Ryan brought a civi...

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Mangione lawyers to meet federal prosecutors amid reports of plea deal

Mangione lawyers to meet federal prosecutors amid reports of plea deal

Mangione faces two federal charges of stalking resulting in death, each carrying a maximum sentence of life in prison....

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'I worked really hard and it paid off': Elation, nerves and proud parents as students get results

'I worked really hard and it paid off': Elation, nerves and proud parents as students get results

A Ukrainian refugee, a firefighter and triplets are among the students reacting to their results....

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Aerial footage shows derailed train

Aerial footage shows derailed train

A train has derailed near Lewes in East Sussex, British Transport Police say....

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UK sees hottest day of the year as 38.1C recorded in Kew Gardens

UK sees hottest day of the year as 38.1C recorded in Kew Gardens

An amber extreme heat warning is in place for parts of England until midnight....

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Five key takeaways from results day 2026

Five key takeaways from results day 2026

Top grades and students going to university are on the up, but technical subjects are also becoming more popular....

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Fresh talks over Arsenal move for Aston Villa's Konsa

Fresh talks over Arsenal move for Aston Villa's Konsa

Aston Villa's central defender Ezri Konsa is thought to be Arsenal's preferred option in their search for a new central ...

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Honeytrap thieves jailed for killing men they had drugged

Honeytrap thieves jailed for killing men they had drugged

Adina Mihai and Madalin Dumitru gave their victims the drug GBL to render them unconscious....

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UK defends seizing shadow fleet tanker after Putin threat

UK defends seizing shadow fleet tanker after Putin threat

The UK government says it is "disrupting and deterring shadow fleet vessels" in accordance with the law....

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Son pays tribute to dad, 102, who died after allegedly being assaulted in pub

Son pays tribute to dad, 102, who died after allegedly being assaulted in pub

Phillip Ormerod was taken to hospital in critical condition and later died, police have confirmed....

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Super League confirm NRL investment offer

Super League confirm NRL investment offer

Super League confirm that they have received an investment offer from the Australian Rugby League Commission....

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Tielemans apologises to Villa fans for Man Utd remarks

Tielemans apologises to Villa fans for Man Utd remarks

Youri Tielemans apologises to Aston Villa fans after suggesting he had moved to a bigger club in Premier League rivals M...

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Water bills set to rise for many after firms permitted extra funding

Water bills set to rise for many after firms permitted extra funding

Ofwat has given provisional approval for 13 water companies to charge customers more to pay for investments....

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Harvey Nichols bought by Sports Direct owner

Harvey Nichols bought by Sports Direct owner

Harvey Nichols was founded in 1831, but had appointed an administrator in June....

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Hodgkinson into 800m final after dramatic Werro fall

Hodgkinson into 800m final after dramatic Werro fall

Keely Hodgkinson reaches the women's 800m final at the European Championships - moments after rival Audrey Werro suffers...

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Hodgkinson leads home Broeders-Bol to qualify for 800m final

Hodgkinson leads home Broeders-Bol to qualify for 800m final

Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson wins her 800m semi-final leading home Femke Broeders-Bol of the Netherlands....

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Critical former referees add to culture of fear, says retiring Taylor

Critical former referees add to culture of fear, says retiring Taylor

Retiring Premier League referee Anthony Taylor says his decision to quit was partly due to the toxic debate around offic...

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Zero hours crackdown could cost firms up to £2.9bn a year

Zero hours crackdown could cost firms up to £2.9bn a year

Labour's employment rights bill crackdown on zero hours contracts could cost businesses up to £2.9bn a year, new officia...

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Met chief accepts mistakes made over Simon Levy but defends investigation into murders

Met chief accepts mistakes made over Simon Levy but defends investigation into murders

Critics - including Labour MP Jess Phillips - have accused the Met of overlooking the first murder carried out by Levy....

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Results, appeals and resits - what to do if things don't go to plan

Results, appeals and resits - what to do if things don't go to plan

Your full guide to A-level results day, including what to do if you are not happy with your grades....

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