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Alan Bates: my compensation claim has been cut in half

Campaigner calls for an independent body to administer payouts for public scandals, including Horizon, contaminated blood and Windrush

Politics

Lib Dem MP accused of sexting Ukrainian translator

Cameron Thomas, who was on an official visit to the country at the time, is alleged to have sent a female worker intimate WhatsApp messages


Largest Russian strike since start of war kills 14 across Ukraine

President Zelensky says the ‘silence of America’ is encouraging President Putin



A man joyfully jumps on a re-nationalised train.
All aboard the first Great British Railways trip: a replacement bus

The service was a fitting tribute both to the line’s heritage and to what Labour hopes to be a move ‘away from 30 years of inefficiency and failing passengers’



Portrait of Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason in a red dress.
‘My daughter was told classical music is for white people’


Portrait of Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason in a red dress.


Ursula von der Leyen and Keir Starmer at the EU-UK Summit in London.
Voters endorse Starmer’s EU deal despite divisions over Brexit
Politics
16 minutes ago

Illustration of two women, one falling while holding a calculator and a coffee cup, the other running.
Winter fuel payments for all — is this the beginning of Reeves’ undoing?

Ursula von der Leyen and Keir Starmer at the EU-UK Summit in London.
Voters endorse Starmer’s EU deal despite divisions over Brexit
Politics
16 minutes ago






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GIF of two women exiting a black car.
Memos show Badenoch was warned on car choice

As business secretary, the Tory leader is said to have argued with her official driver and made other arrangements despite security concerns


Collage of Donald Trump with other individuals.
Donald Trump has learnt from his mistakes. Only the most loyal are allowed in

Man jumping into a pool with a flamingo floatie.
Tom Daley: ‘I’ve always had horrible body image issues’


Ita O'Brien, intimacy coach, instructing actors in a scene.


Huw Edwards surrounded by police and press.
Tim Davie ‘fobbed off’ family of teen in Huw Edwards scandal



Friends clinking sparkling wine glasses at sunset.
Sunburn shaming! Rosé rules! What to do — and what to avoid — this summer

The traditional social season has changed — and so have the rules. We ask 14 tastemakers to set the record straight





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World



Photo of people sitting on the floor surrounded by luggage in a large room.

The country generates up to $19bn a year from scams, about 60 per cent of its GDP and a new report claims the state protects the criminals involved

Asia
36 minutes ago




Portrait of Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd.
George Floyd’s legacy: fight against racism in era of woke backlash





Self-flagellating over the British Empire helps no one but our rivals

Spurious guilt over our history leads to decisions such as the Chagos Islands giveaway. Honestly, it wasn’t all bad



Illustration of politicians struggling in a small boat during a storm.

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a man in a suit and blue shirt looks at the camera
Starvation is Russia’s favourite weapon






a man in a suit and blue shirt looks at the camera
Starvation is Russia’s favourite weapon







Illustration of people dining in a restaurant kitchen.
Charlotte IversFifteen Square Metres: ‘A MasterChef finalist with big ideas’


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Hannah PrevettI was fired from my bank job — then I built a £100m beauty empire




Soccer player scoring a goal.

Manchester United 2 Aston Villa 0: Rogers goal controversially ruled out as Diallo and Eriksen secure win after Martínez red card

Football
26 minutes ago





Georgia Tennant in a pink satin suit.
Georgia Tennant: ‘My husband David played my dad — I dine out on that’
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Money

Illustration of a house for sale, with a long bill and people standing outside.
After five years we still can’t sell Mum’s retirement flat — and it’s cost us £43,000

Retirement village homes are hard to shift and charges keep racking up, finds Jack Simpson




Illustration of electric cars driving on a winding road to charging stations.





Sebastiao Salgado standing in front of a large black and white photograph of penguins and seals.
Sebastião Salgado, photographer who captured all shades of humanity


Patrick O’Flynn, Eurosceptic journalist and politician


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