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Alderney set to welcome Britain in Bloom judges

  • Alderney will host RHS Britain in Bloom judges on 29 July, competing in the coastal category as Guernsey's representative among 44 British Isles entries
  • Local volunteers have prepared public landscaping and installations across the island, with judges set to evaluate horticultural displays and environmental stewardship
  • The competition emphasises sustainability, wildlife conservation, and community participation alongside traditional gardening achievements

Alderney is set to represent the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the national Royal Horticultural Society awards.

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‘Five Years, Four Months’ Review: Moving Portrait of a Grieving Colombian Mother Demonstrates an Impressive Control of Tension

  • Colombian film follows a mother searching for her disappeared son, based on real accounts from victims' families caught in the country's decades-long internal conflicts
  • Directors use restrained realist techniques interwoven with haunting dream sequences to portray how grief and trauma intensify rather than fade
  • Premiered at Karlovy Vary festival; praised for artistic command of tension through sound design, framing, and pacing that conveys psychological isolation

Thousands of people in Colombia have been “forcibly disappeared”, as the euphemistic expression goes, since conflicts began in the mid-1960s between the Colombian government and various paramilitary and guerilla groups. This reality is well-known, and has been so for a while — an awareness that, over such a…

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Black Hawk helicopters are needed to urgently rescue children from catastrophic once-in-a-millennium floods as terrified parents fear a repeat of deadly Camp Mystic disaster

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Defiant Thomas Tuchel clashes with ITV reporter in extraordinary interview as he demands more from his ‘lucky’ England team after World Cup win over Norway – before matchwinner Jude Bellingham hits back with ‘whatever’ jibe

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England manager Thomas Tuchel gave a combative ITV interview after his side reached the 2026 World Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 victory over Norway in Miami, clashing with the reporter and insisting his team had been "lucky". His remarks appear to have caused friction within the camp, with…

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To make wine is to believe in the future: the Ukrainians growing grapes on the frontline

  • Ukrainian winemakers keep tending frontline vineyards despite the Russian invasion.
  • An unexploded rocket sits among the Molchanovs' Chardonnay vines.
  • Defending Mykolaiv blocked a Russian route towards Odesa.

In Ukraine's southern Mykolaiv region, winemakers such as the Molchanov family are continuing to tend their vineyards despite the ongoing Russian invasion, framing the act of growing grapes as an expression of faith in the future. Their organic Steppe Wines vines sit amid the biodiverse grassland near the…

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UK to crack down on unlicensed casinos sponsoring football teams

  • UK to consult this week on banning unlicensed casino football sponsorships.
  • Everton's Stake.com deal went ahead during a government delay.
  • Clubs risk prosecution for promoting unlicensed gambling firms.

The UK government is preparing to crack down on unlicensed casinos sponsoring British sports teams, with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport set to launch a consultation this week. The move follows criticism that a delay to the proposals — stalled since February — allowed offshore gambling…

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Woman wins $4MILLION in lottery the same month she was getting divorced… now her ex-husband wants a share

  • Woman won $4m in the lottery amid her divorce.
  • Her ex-husband is now seeking a share.
  • Case raises questions over dividing marital windfalls.

A woman in the United States won a $4 million (roughly £3 million) lottery prize during the same month that she was in the process of getting divorced, and her former husband is now reportedly seeking a share of the winnings. The case highlights the legal complications that…

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England reach 2026 World Cup semi-finals after disputed extra-time win over Norway

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England have reached the semi-finals of the 2026 World Cup after a 2-1 extra-time victory over Norway in Miami, with Jude Bellingham scoring both goals. The win was overshadowed by controversy surrounding Bellingham's equaliser, which Norway's players and officials disputed on the grounds that the ball had struck…

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TV tonight: a twisted drama about a serial killer in Scotland

  • ITV1's The Dark follows a serial killer in the Scottish wilderness.
  • The Piano returns with new judge Tiffany Poon at Birmingham New Street.
  • Daniel Day-Lewis ends retirement for the film Anemone.

The Guardian's TV guide highlights the evening's viewing, led by ITV1's new crime drama The Dark. - **The Dark** (9pm, ITV1): An eerie thriller about a serial killer in the Scottish wilderness, with Laura Donnelly as DI Monica Kennedy investigating a body linked to an old disappearance; continues…

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