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George Osborne calls for UK to rejoin EU customs union and boost trade
George Osborne, the former Conservative chancellor, has said the UK economy has “fallen off a cliff” since Brexit and urged the country to rejoin the EU’s customs union as the quickest way to boost growth. Speaking a decade after the 2016 referendum he campaigned against, Osborne argued that leaving the customs union caused significant damage…
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Sheriff’s deputies called to Harris home as Kirk critics lose jobs, Stamford Bridge battle site found
A woman twice tried to enter Kamala Harris’s Malibu home, while dozens who mocked Charlie Kirk’s murder online have been sacked; also: Peter Hitchens mocks “Tommo”, Angela Kelly’s royal-worrying documentary, Proms’ Dolly Parton tribute, and Stamford Bridge’s true site unearthed.
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Rangers v Celtic: Scottish League Cup quarter-final – live
Rangers host Celtic in the Scottish League Cup quarter-final, the first Old Firm derby of the season, with kick-off at 12pm BST. Both sides have endured difficult European campaigns, while Celtic currently hold a perfect record in the league; the League Cup offers a fresh context away from those pressures. The tie also marks notable…
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First serving PM finishes Great North Run in under two hours
Andy Burnham has become the first serving Prime Minister to run the Great North Run, taking part in the world’s biggest half marathon alongside 63,000 other competitors. The 56-year-old completed the 13.1-mile route from Newcastle upon Tyne to South Shields in 1hr 57min on Sunday, having previously run the race in 2021 before becoming Prime…
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Jeremy Clarkson’s partner Lisa Hogan is ‘so proud’ he went public with his cancer battle after 30,000 sought health advice
Jeremy Clarkson’s partner, Lisa Hogan, has said she is “really proud” of him for publicly sharing his prostate cancer diagnosis on Clarkson’s Farm, a decision that prompted 30,000 people to seek health advice from Prostate Cancer UK in a single day. Clarkson had initially wanted to keep the diagnosis private, but was persuaded by his…
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‘Incoherent’ Donald Trump should back Britain in the face of Argentina’s plan for ‘colonial takeover’ of the Falklands says top Tory Tugendhat
Shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat has criticised Donald Trump as “incoherent” and “erratic” after the US president questioned whether British forces would be willing to defend the Falkland Islands against a potential Argentine attack. Trump made the comments while visiting Dublin, suggesting UK troops might be deterred by the long sea journey to the islands,…
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The perilous economic conditions facing the UK can be traced back to Trump | Richard Partington
As chancellor John Healey prepares his autumn budget, the article argues that the difficult economic conditions he faces largely stem from Donald Trump’s policies and actions in the US. The US-Israel war on Iran has driven up oil and gas prices, fuelling inflation and a global bond market selloff, while Trump’s tariffs are hitting British…
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‘You start to worry you’ll never listen to anything else’: 25 years of Can’t Get You Out of My Head, the song that saw the future of pop
A new extract marks the 25th anniversary of Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out of My Head, tracing how the minimalist dance-pop track came to define her career and shaped the sound of pop that followed. The piece situates the song within the concept of an artist’s “imperial phase” – a period, as defined by…