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Liam Gallagher of Oasis performing at Cardiff Principality Stadium.
Oasis live review: Still mad for it after all these years

The band kicked off their reunion tour in style, proving that even bad songs can sound good eventually


Weight-loss apps and online therapists to be prescribed on the NHS

The health service will be required to pay for proven digital products under the same rules that are applied to medicines



Emma Raducanu waves to the crowd after a Wimbledon match.
Raducanu beaten by world No1 but proves she can trade blows with the best

Briton critical of ‘disappointing and wrong’ automatic line calling after 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 defeat by world No1 in front of electric Centre Court crowd



Portrait of Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport.
Lisa Nandy: ‘Why has nobody at the BBC been fired over Gaza film errors?’


Portrait of Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport.


Sir Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan in a scene from *The Thursday Murder Club*.
Disappointment as The Thursday Murder Club to be shown in just 30 cinemas

Man in cricket sweater holds cricket ball.
That’s not cricket! Village ban after ball hits man in car park

Sir Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan in a scene from *The Thursday Murder Club*.
Disappointment as The Thursday Murder Club to be shown in just 30 cinemas






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After a terrible anniversary week, is Keir Starmer finished?

While Nigel Farage sipped champagne at the Spectator’s summer party, one cabinet minister said the prime minister’s reign ‘feels like it’s done’



Red London Underground train entering a tunnel.

Protesters at the High Court in London, one wearing a "Death to the IDF" shirt.
‘We will not comply,’ vows Palestine Action as bid to delay ban fails




A cyclist transports her dog in a bike basket through central London.
A dog goes for a ride — and other news in pictures


Oxford University told ‘do better’ on state school entrants


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After five years and £40,000 of IVF I’m having a baby on my own at 49

Against the odds, Lisa Oxenham is finally pregnant with her second child. She explains why she’s happy to go it alone


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Chef Richard Corrigan: My secret cancer diagnosis


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Charlie Bigham is ‘fully behind’ the ten-year health plan



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Rule by bond markets opens the door to populists

Liz Truss was just the beginning. Labour’s rebellion shows the UK doom loop is accelerating — and barely understood



Illustration of Jezza and Sultana's comeback tour.

Cartoon by Peter Brookes



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Reeves’s tears were ours after a year of Keir






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Reeves’s tears were ours after a year of Keir






A father and his two children sitting on a wooden fence by the beach.

When Jamie Doward took up running, he believed it helped him escape his problems. But a family tragedy forced him to face up to his problems




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An A-rated cottage just 2km from the Atlantic coast for €595,000



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Dominic O'ConnellLabour should not fight over lifebelts while sharks are circling


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Emma Raducanu waves to the crowd after a Wimbledon match.

Briton critical of ‘disappointing and wrong’ automatic line calling after 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 defeat by world No1 in front of electric Centre Court crowd



Jonathan Bailey as Dr. Henry Loomis in Jurassic World: Dominion.
How accurate is Jurassic World Rebirth? The palaeontologist’s verdict



Portrait of Benjamin Wood, British novelist.
He’s one of the finest British novelists you’ve never heard of


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How much one year of Labour has cost you


Illustration of a magnifying glass over a last will and testament, a smoking pipe, and a deerstalker hat.
How to be an inheritance hunter

‘My husband is much richer than me but I still wanted a prenup’



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