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Serious pollution by water companies rose by 60 per cent last year

Regulators found three companies were responsible for most of the events, affecting swimming spots and protected areas that are crucial for wildlife

Environment
50 minutes ago

Sweden v England - UEFA Women's Euro 2025 - Quarter Final - Stadion Letzigrund
Bloodied Hampton the hero in ridiculous penalty shoot-out of nine misses

After England miss four penalties and Sweden squander two chances to win it, Sarina Wiegman’s side somehow set up semi-final with Italy


Doctors could have student loans written off to avert strikes

Wes Streeting met British Medical Association leaders to negotiate incentives to stop union members from walking out on July 25



Photo of Donald Trump, Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump ‘sent Epstein crude letter for 50th birthday’

The president’s missive included a drawing of a naked woman and a wish that ‘every day be another wonderful secret’, according to allegations in report



Emergency crews rescuing passengers from a bus after a crash.
One child dead in Somerset school trip crash

Diane Abbott speaking at a protest against welfare cuts.
Suspended Abbott says Labour leadership ‘wants me out’
Politics
55 minutes ago

Emergency crews rescuing passengers from a bus after a crash.


British soldiers taking cover from dust as a helicopter lands.
UK special forces, MI6 spies and military officers named in Afghan data leak

Eurostar train traveling through Ashford, Kent.
Direct trains from London to Berlin could run within a decade

British soldiers taking cover from dust as a helicopter lands.
UK special forces, MI6 spies and military officers named in Afghan data leak






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Couple at a Coldplay concert.
CEO and HR chief ‘caught in affair on big screen at Coldplay concert’

Andy Byron, a married executive, and Kristin Cabot, his chief people officer, were filmed cuddling before ducking the camera in viral footage






Chelsea Pensioners planting flowers in their gold-medal-winning garden.
Chelsea Pensioners’ show garden — and other news in pictures


Home Office boss paid over £455,000 despite record boat migrants


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Alice Cooper with Johnny Depp and a solo portrait of Alice Cooper.
Alice Cooper at 77: ‘So many rock star friends didn’t make it’

The former hellraiser Alice Cooper now has a nap before going onstage and gives Johnny Depp relationship advice. What happened?


Jamie Oliver with a group of children in his cookery school, celebrating a Guinness World Record.
Jamie’s cooking for kids: the recipes and skills they really need



Collage of movie stills: The Great Escape, The Terminator, and The Wizard of Oz.
I have a thousand DVDs — it’s better than relying on Netflix


Portrait of Claire Cohen sitting on a couch.
My son is thriving at nursery — I’m the one with the problem



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Three nights of violence in the farming town of Torre Pacheco in southern Spain have exposed divisions over migration


Huang Yang Tian Tian wearing a light green dress and expensive earrings.
What a pair of emerald earrings tell us about China’s war on corruption


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Starmer doesn’t yet have whip hand over his MPs

A tough autumn awaits when the prime minister will need new powers of persuasion to sell the vision he’s beginning to articulate



Illustration of a politician at a podium announcing the extension of voting rights, surrounded by mess and debris.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



Portrait of Gerry Baker.
Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is less than it seems






Portrait of Gerry Baker.
Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is less than it seems






Models walking the runway at a Burberry fashion show.
Burberry turnaround ‘taking hold’ thanks to scarves and outerwear
Companies & Markets
24 minutes ago


Waitress carrying plates of food in a restaurant.
Hospitality and retail jobs plummet since Reeves’s budget

a man in a suit and tie is wearing glasses
Alistair OsborneEU tolerance of French air traffic control strikes is unacceptable



Netflix raises forecast on promise of Stranger Things finale




‘If you want growth, stop complaining and create something’
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Sweden v England - UEFA Women's Euro 2025 - Quarter Final - Stadion Letzigrund

After England miss four penalties and Sweden squander two chances to win it, Sarina Wiegman’s side somehow set up semi-final with Italy





Matt Fitzpatrick playing a golf shot.
Round two of the Open under way at Portrush after intriguing first day
Golf
2 minutes ago




Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne in a still from the film *Four Letters of Love*.

Gabriel Byrne and Helena Bonham Carter also star in this wearisome romance set in 1970s Oireland, a mythical place where all women are ginger




Robert Millar leading Ronan Pensec in the 1990 Tour de France.
Becoming Pippa York: a tale of transition, triumph and the Tour de France
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