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• World Cup 2018: Tributes to Gareth Southgate... and his look-alike

  08-07-2018 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Andrew Marr also sported a waistcoat on TV in honour of the England football manager.
  
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• England fans' love letters to Gareth Southgate

  08-07-2018 11:24 via bbc.co.uk
  As England reach the World Cup semi-final for the first time in 28 years there's a lot of love for the manager.
  
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• World Cup 2018: news and reaction as England set up Croatia semi-final – live!

  08-07-2018 09:02
  Latest news from Russia as hosts go out on penaltiesSouthgate’s science sends England skyrocketingEmail Gregg or tweet @GreggBakowski 8.02am BST Righto, it’s time for me to hand this page over to Gregg Bakowski. Your company has been as splendid as always. I’ll catch you again somewhere like this later in the week.7.57am BST When Des read If at the end of France 98 it gave me goose bumps then and has stuck with me.So much of this tournament, from an English perspective, whether
  
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• Thai cave rescue underway: officials confirm operation has begun – live updates

  08-07-2018 08:56
  Governor says ‘today is the peak of our readiness’ as 18 divers enter cave in an attempt to bring the trapped boys outFull report: rescue operation could take days7.56am BST A reminder of some numbers: The 12 boys and their football coach have now been trapped in the cave for 15 days, venturing in there on 23 June after football practice. 7.42am BST Our reporter, Jacob Goldberg, says that camera crews – barred from the cave site and forbidden from taking pictures of the rescue
  
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• The week in radio and podcasts: PM; The Grenfell Tower Inquiry; The Home Babies

  08-07-2018 08:00
  As the revered Eddie Mair announces his departure from Radio 4, two powerful PM podcasts carry on the good workPM | BBC Radio 4The Grenfell Tower Inquiry | BBC Radio 4 PM podcast Continue reading...
  
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• The big picture: romance in rave-era Wirral

  08-07-2018 08:00
  Ken Grant’s image of 90s New Brighton captures the innocence of young love in a pre-gentrified seaside townIt’s a sunny afternoon in the seaside resort of New Brighton in the Wirral, Merseyside and a group of young people has assembled with drinks from the nearby off-licence. The year is 1993, as evidenced by the baggy clothes and artfully dishevelled hair, at the height of the UK rave scene. Two loved-up couples embrace, leaning on a Mini. On top of the car, their friend looks on de
  
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• Manolo Blahnik: ‘Beauty is what matters to me’

  08-07-2018 08:00
  His shoes are so coveted by women that Madonna once famously said they were better than sex. So what will men make of his footwear now that he is turning his attention to them?It’s the end of our hour together, and Manolo Blahnik is walking me out, through the grand hallway of his offices in a Georgian townhouse, when a rare silence falls over him. He is watching a courier deliver a parcel. The man has braids that are tightly bound into a green bandana that matches his uniform, and he hand
  
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• Fray Bentos: a town in Uruguay – not just a meat pie

  08-07-2018 08:00
  The sleepy town was once home to the food brand that began in 1863 and the industrial landscape is now a world heritage siteIf you are lucky enough to reach the tiny Uruguayan town of Carmelo on a summer evening, you can cycle through tranquil vineyards, past lavender bushes and a yellow chapel glowing in the fading sunset to the Italian social club for dinner. Founded in the 1930s, very little has changed since then. Lo Korrea still serves the cheap, hearty food Italian farmers devoured after a
  
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• The PLAYLIST chosen to impress Trump at Theresa May’s dinner during UK visit REVEALED

  08-07-2018 07:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE UK will welcome Donald Trump with a selection of sweet tunes at the black-tie dinner hosted by Theresa May this Thursday as a military band will play him a golden playlist, it has been reported.
  
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• Out on the wiley, windy moors, Kate Bush sings new praises to Emily Brontë

  08-07-2018 07:05
  Poems set in stone mark Brontë legacy in West Riding, between the sisters’ birthplace and the parsonage where they grew up
  The Kate Bush song Wuthering Heights is a testament to the singer’s feeling for Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel – and its passionate lyrics have already stood the test of time.But now the much-loved musician has written fresh lines in a poetic tribute to Brontë that will have to endure the wind and rain that lash down on the very section of t
  
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• Worried Nato partners wonder if Atlantic alliance can survive Trump

  08-07-2018 07:00
  Europeans hope the president who disparages allies and praises autocrats is an aberration but fear problems may run deeperThe words “WE ARE ALLIES” are emblazoned in two-foot yellow and white letters on fences around the Nato headquarters in Brussels, in anticipation of Wednesday’s summit.
  After nearly seven decades of the most successful alliance in world history, this sort of reminder should not be necessary. But given the events of the past year and a half, there is little d
  
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• Whose side is Trump’s America on? The answer is becoming more and more obvious

  08-07-2018 07:00
  As the US president arrives in Britain on a ‘working visit’, his contempt for European allies poses an increasing threatNato summits are generally unremarkable affairs, but this week’s two-day gathering in Brussels will be an exception. European members of the transatlantic alliance are pondering their biggest conundrum since its creation almost 70 years ago: is the US a friend – or a foe?Only 18 months ago, the question would have been dismissed as absurd. But the global
  
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• Ugly Dumpling, London: ‘Inventive, cheap and hit-and-miss’ – restaurant review | Jay Rayner on restaurants

  08-07-2018 07:00
  Some of the food may be flawed and exceedingly silly – but it worksUgly Dumpling, 1 Newburgh Street, London W1F 7RB (020 7287 5336). Meal for two, including drinks and service £25-£40Having a long history is not the same as being good. Some things – jellied eels, say, or Norman Tebbit – have been around ages and have always been awful. And then there are things which have awfulness thrust upon them by virtue of having existed long enough for the world to have moved
  
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• Trek Powerfly: ‘A raft of next-generation technology’

  08-07-2018 07:00
  Vast offroading experience meets the best in modern ebikingTrek Powerfly
  Price £3,400, trekbikes.comFrame aluminiumEngine Bosch 500Suspension RockShoxGears ShimanoIf you come from one of Britain’s cities or spend your days rubbing shoulders in the congested southeast, you’ll be surprised to learn that the vast majority of this country is still unbuilt on. The latest research estimates that 94% of the UK isn’t urban. And that vast green resource is just waiting for you to
  
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• Sunday's best TV: World's Tiniest Masterpieces; Strokes of Genius – Federer v Nadal

  08-07-2018 07:00
  Micro-sculptor Willard Wigan is profiled in a magical film, while a feature-length doc looks back at a classic Wimbledon final10.10pm, Channel 4
  When Willard Wigan was a Wolverhampton schoolboy, a teacher led him round the building telling pupils he was a dunce because he couldn’t write his own name. Years later, the dyslexic sculptor is worth millions, due to his skill in creating microscopic art, owned by everyone from Simon Cowell to the Queen. In this magical film we see how he creates
  
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• Revealed: Arron Banks met Russian ambassador 11 times

  08-07-2018 07:00
  The Leave.EU founder was offered lucrative dealsin talks with the envoyBrexit’s biggest funder, Arron Banks, met the Russian ambassador at least 11 times in the run-up to the EU referendum and in the two months beyond, documents seen by the Observer suggest – seven more times than he has admitted. The same documents suggest the Russian embassy extended a further four invitations but it is not known if they were accepted.It is the third time the number of such meetings has been revise
  
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• Nissan Leaf: ‘Much more than simply a car with an electric motor’ | Martin Love

  08-07-2018 07:00
  Nissan’s second-generation electric car is charging ahead of the crowdNissan Leaf
  Price £21,1900-62mph 7.9 seconds
  Top speed 89mph
  Range 235 miles
  CO2 0, while drivingClean, efficient, silent, relentless… the cars of the future will all be powered by electric motors. Yet this advanced technology actually dates back to Victorian times when battery-powered horseless carriages shimmied around the streets of London and Paris. The first land speed record was set in 1898 by Count de
  
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• Nigel Slater’s summer courgette recipes | Nigel Slater recipes

  08-07-2018 07:00
  Grilled or fried, these seasonal greens are at the heart of a summer supperThe courgettes keep on coming. Anyone with a plant in a pot will already be wondering when they are going to stop. By August we will all be begging for mercy. I like them best when they are small, halved or sliced lengthways, cooked on the grill, then dropped into a dressing of olive oil, lemon and basil. That way, they can be tossed with pappardelle and capers or served with paper-thin slices of beef or with grilled praw
  
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• New ways to say I love you – without slavery and homophobia | Eva Wiseman

  08-07-2018 07:00
  With a heterosexual couple winning the right to a Civil Partnership ceremony, isn’t it time to divorce the celebration of love from church and the state?The wonderful thing about the news that civil partnerships are now available to everyone is the feeling of possibility. The feeling of a world expanding as the boundaries of its grey, slightly frayed arrangements for announcing love, shift. And one result of this change, after a campaign by the London couple Charles Keidan and Rebecca Stei
  
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• My teenage daughter has gone to war with her dad. Can I help? | Dear Mariella

  08-07-2018 07:00
  Mariella suggests a mother takes on the role of adviser rather than referee as her daughter begins the inevitable reshaping of her relationship with her fatherThe dilemma My 18-year-old daughter used to have a good relationship with her dad, but over the past few months has grown antagonistic towards him. She frequently tells him to go away, or asks him what his problem is. When he asks her to do something, she refuses. It’s so sad to see her act this way. I said I hoped their relationship
  
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• Master a roadman’s vocabulary and your teenager might be easier to understand… | Vanessa Thorpe

  08-07-2018 07:00
  … Just don’t try using it yourselfWhen a “roadman” (a streetwise young person) out for a stroll trips over a kerb and temporarily loses his composure, possibly dropping his iPhone, you might hear his companion cry out: “Oh. Peak for you!”To those over 30, it sounds a strange reaction. The “peak” of what, exactly? Embarrassment? In fact, these days this is a heartfelt commiseration, as readers familiar with current street slang will have recognised
  
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• How to have a sherry happy summer

  08-07-2018 07:00
  Three light, dry sherries which feel so right when the sun is shining brightlyWaitrose Solera Jerezana Fino del Puerto Sherry, Spain NV (£10.99) In the recent spell of hot weather, the drinks I found myself craving the most were more or less savoury. Sensibly, I drank gallons of the flavoury, almost briny Spanish mineral water Vichy Catalan. But I chased it with way too much nutty, yeasty fino and manzanilla sherry. There’s a power of association here: sherry is the product of one of
  
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• Happy gardeners feel earth through their fingers | Allan Jenkins

  08-07-2018 07:00
  
  I never wear gloves, says Allan Jenkins. I enjoy getting dirt under my nailsI have good hands (not as in pretty, though they once appeared in a glossy magazine shoot). And no, I don’t mean I am practical. Anything much past banging in a nail and I call in one of my daughters or for hired help.I mean I think I have green fingers – plants (mostly) seem to want to grow for me. It has always been so, though I am, of course, careful in choosing seed growers and varieties. I look after the
  
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• For Brexiters, truth is what you believe – even if it’s a lie

  08-07-2018 07:00
  Shamelessness abounds across the Thatcherite Eurosceptic right but is also found among political classes on the leftThere is truth. One of the reasons for our current disastrous plight is that politicians, especially but not only on the Thatcherite Eurosceptic right, have come to feel that what is true is what they believe. Their beliefs may not correspond to reality but that does not matter. Others may think they shamelessly lie or deceive, but what matters is an intent to be truthful to their
  
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• ‘Daft’ insurance rules cloud UK’s sunny staycation trend

  08-07-2018 07:00
  As the heatwave continues, bookings for foreign holidays are in decline. Yet the industry fears new rules will punish Britain’s hotelsAfter two weeks of scorching sunshine, Britain’s B&Bs should be celebrating a staycation bonanza. Yet as millions head to the coast and countryside in the heatwave, hoteliers are cursing new government regulations they say will stop them showing guests a good time.The Package Travel Regulations – designed to protect travellers who book flight
  
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• Cats can make you laugh, cry, lose sleep – and then break your heart

  08-07-2018 07:00
  She reads to them, watches TV and sleeps with them. Britt Collins on her enduring passion for catsAfter my marriage ended three years ago, my husband’s parting words were: “You always loved the cats more than me, anyway.” It would’ve been funny if it weren’t true. Not that he didn’t share my passion for our feline family. And not that I didn’t love him. I did, deeply, though never with the ferocious intensity of the strays I’d rescued. Even as I le
  
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• Bite it, squeeze it, suck it… The right way to eat mango | Nikesh Shukla

  08-07-2018 07:00
  In the midst of a particularly good mango season, Nikesh tackles his favourite fruit on a busy Paddington concourseI am waiting for a train home in Paddington station and I’ve got an Alphonso mango burning a hole in my bag. Knowing the best way to eat it isn’t exactly pleasant for my fellow hot and sticky commuters, I find a quiet corner of the station and take it out of my bag.I squeeze the mango, watching the board, waiting for my train platform to be announced. I know I have a goo
  
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• Beauty tips: the edgy new ombré lips

  08-07-2018 07:00
  At Helmut Lang they flipped the lookThis is not your natural look. While Instagram has been showcasing the ombré lip trend for some time (it’s a soft blend from the middle of the lips outwards to a darker shade that makes lips appear fuller), at Helmut Lang they flipped it. The horizontal ombré lip is edgy and odd, creating an extreme pout with the corners of the mouth almost black. The red lip just got rebellious. Continue reading...
  
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• Balloon Trump is the perfect British protest. An international tour awaits

  08-07-2018 07:00
  We can’t control the president but we can show him exactly what we think of himThe huge baby Trump protest balloon, allowed by London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, to float above Westminster during Donald Trump’s visit next week is childish, pointless… and absolutely brilliant.There’s an argument that all the protests planned around Trump’s visit, including the wailing, nappy-clad baby, are going to achieve precisely nothing, zip, zero, zilch. But is that true? One he
  
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• A quick note to say… thank you to my grandfather, for his love of history

  08-07-2018 07:00
  Student Inguild Zaar Henriksen says she devoured history books her grandfather gave her as a child, sparking an interest that has hugely enriched her lifeI was only eight years old when my grandfather gave me a set of books about history. They covered lots of different moments in ancient times. I remember one was all about Egypt, another concentrated on Greece, another focused on the Incas and the final one was all about America.I devoured them. I was totally captivated by the stories of people
  
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• The Observer view on why we shouldn’t waste a drop of water when it’s so vital and valuable | Observer editorial

  08-07-2018 06:59
  Britain’s water politics are benign compared with much of the world. All the more reason to protect our supplyIt’s hot. Very hot. And as ever in the UK when the sun comes out for more than a few, fleeting summer afternoons, there is talk of water shortages, rationing and hosepipe bans. It is a pity the millionaire bosses of privatised water companies do not spend more time lining leaking pipes and less time lining their pockets. Yet despite this and other controversies over charges,
  
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• ‘Sauchie’ means too much to Scots for it to suffer this terrible decline | Kevin McKenna

  08-07-2018 06:59
  One of Glasgow’s best-loved streets faces an uncertain future after shop closures and the Mackintosh fireThree streets that have become emblematic of Glasgow also came to define a multitude of city childhoods. A walk along these streets was once called “up Sauchie, doon Buckie and alang Argyle”. The phrase describes a stroll that links Glasgow’s three main shopping streets in an almost perfect Z-shape: Sauchiehall Street, Buchanan Street and Argyle Street.If you were bein
  
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• Meet the creatures that thrive in the dark

  08-07-2018 06:59
  An exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum looks at how animals move, hunt and feed in places where no light ever shinesThe pale-throated sloth, from the northern Amazon forests, has evolved in an unusual way to survive the dangers of swinging through trees in total darkness. The nocturnal bear-like creature has developed a sense of smell so sensitive it can tell whether branches nearby are emitting whiffs of sap or not.“That allows them to swing only on to branches that are he
  
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• Labour invites members to help shape drugs policy for the 21st century

  08-07-2018 06:59
  Politicians must catch up with public opinion and move towards decriminalisation and harm-reduction, the party arguesLabour members will be asked to help draft the party’s drugs policies in a move that has been welcomed by groups pushing for reform.The campaign for drugs policy reform will be launched by two whips, Jeff Smith and Thangam Debbonaire, “to provide a forum for discussion for Labour members to debate and shape Labour’s drug policy of the future”. Continue read
  
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• Jimmy Doherty: ‘It’s really important having a few key friends who can make you laugh’

  08-07-2018 06:59
  The farmer on the joys of living for today, having a passion for something and dealing with stressMy happiest day would be simple, one where it was totally free, no meetings or a plumber coming over, it wouldn’t be filled with a lot of stuff. I’d get up early and my four kids would be asleep. I’d make a crispy bacon sandwich and sit outside in the sun and watch the birds. At lunchtime I’d walk to the pub with the children and later have a barbecue with friends. It’s
  
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• Fears of future strain on NHS as councils slash health programmes

  08-07-2018 06:59
  Anti-drug and stop-smoking programmes are being cut despite May’s promise of £20bn extra on healthHospitals will bear the brunt of “incredibly shortsighted” cuts to public health initiatives that will lead to more people having a heart attack or getting cancer, experts are warning.New research reveals that, by next year, spending per head in England on programmes to tackle smoking, poor diet and alcohol abuse will have fallen by 23.5% over five years. Continue reading...
  
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• Baby born with half a heart starts nursery

  08-07-2018 06:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRAVE little Myla Curtis looks and plays like any other two-year-old – but she survives with just half a heart.
  
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• ‘NHS is falling apart’

  08-07-2018 06:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SENIOR nurse on the Channel 4 series 24 Hours In A&E feels “saturated” by his workload and fears the NHS is “falling apart”.
  
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• Unluckiest school is boycotted

  08-07-2018 06:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  PARENTS have withdrawn their children from a new £7million school after it was rebuilt – amid fears it is still too dangerous. Dartington primary, dubbed Britain’s unluckiest school, was billed as “zero carbon” and “visionary” when it originally opened in 2010.
  
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• Record deaths spark inquiry – EXCLUSIVE

  08-07-2018 06:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  AN INQUIRY has been ordered into an alarming rise in premature deaths. It follows research showing tens of thousands more people dying every year compared with the previous five-year average.
  
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• Flight of the century

  08-07-2018 06:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  IT TOOK nearly a year of late nights and negotiations to organise, but last night Wing Commander Kev Gaitland said the stage is set for “the largest and most powerful display of airpower” Britain has seen.
  
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• North Korea accuses US of 'gangster-like' behaviour after Pompeo talks

  08-07-2018 06:03
  Pompeo responds that if US is a gangster, so is the whole world, as it also wants North Korea to dismantle nuclear weapons
  North Korea has said that high-level talks with a US delegation led by Mike Pompeo were regrettable and accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressurise the country into abandoning its nuclear weapons.The North’s statement came on Saturday, hours after the US secretary of state wrapped up two days of talks with senior North Korean officials without meeting Kim J
  
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• New alert: Wiltshire police officer is tested in hospital for Russian nerve agent Novichok

  08-07-2018 05:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  A POLICE officer was in hospital last night amid fears he has been exposed to the deadly nerve agent Novichok.
  
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• Japan: death toll from record rain increases as PM warns of 'race against time'

  08-07-2018 05:12
  At least 76 people have reportedly been killed, with 92 missing and the number of fatalities expected to rise More than 70 people have died and dozens are missing as torrential rain hammered parts of Japan for a third day on Sunday, with the prime minister, Shinzo Abe warning that rescue workers faced a “race against time”.Continued rainfall prompted disaster warnings on the south-western main islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, as local media reported the death toll had risen overnight t
  
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• £1 jab for mothers-to-be slashes cerebral palsy

  08-07-2018 04:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  A ONE-OFF £1 magnesium injection given to mothers-to-be in early labour reduces cerebral palsy cases by up to 40 per cent.
  
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• Footie fault! ’66 hero misses big win

  08-07-2018 03:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  FOOTBALL legend Sir Bobby Charlton missed England’s World Cup quarter-final victory yesterday – but still looked delighted to be watching the action on Wimbledon’s Centre Court.
  
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• Sizzling hot...with a flood

  08-07-2018 03:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITAIN is basking in one of the hottest weekends of the year as the heatwave continues.
  
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• ‘A fair deal for our FISHERIES!’ Hammond and Grayling PRAISE Chequers Brexit blueprint

  08-07-2018 03:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  PHILIP Hammond and Chris Grayling have said Theresa May’s Brexit blueprint will bring a much fairer deal for Britain’s Fisheries and “shape the country’s future as we forge a new relationship with Europe” after the Prime Minister vowed to accelerate the drive to quit the European Union.
  
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• Mother's moving tribute to Bradley, England mascot

  08-07-2018 02:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE MOTHER of football mascot Bradley Lowery called on his spirit to “help our boys in Russia” on the first anniversary of his death yesterday. Gemma Lowery said it was “so fitting that England are playing today” as she shared a picture of her son with manager Gareth Southgate, above.
  
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• Fans just wild for fantastic England

  08-07-2018 02:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  MILLIONS of fans celebrated England reaching their first World Cup semi-final for 28 years yesterday as the nation started to believe that football could really be “coming home."
  
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