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Starmer demands answers from BBC over Glastonbury ‘death to IDF’ chants

Festival organisers say the band Bob Vylan ‘crossed a line’ during the performance, which was broadcast live

Politics

Peter Paddy McInnes in a car.
Briton sued over £330m ‘crypto Ponzi scheme’

A former pub landlord who bragged of Banksy and supercar collections told investors he had a heart attack days before a deadline to repay their cash


Starmer’s plan to win back ‘authoritarian-leaning’ voters

Labour wants to restore trust among those who see politicians as a ‘force for bad’



Rod Stewart performing at Glastonbury Festival.
Rod Stewart at Glastonbury — roguish charm with a touch of the cruise ship

Nobody expects the legendary singer to be edgy and the cheesiness slipped into the sublime



Robert Crampton with his wife and daughter outside The Ivy in Wimbledon Village.
Even the plastic strawberries exude class — Wimbledon Village’s unique charms

Glastonbury Festival 2025 - Day Five
Noah Kahan hits the Pyramid Stage before Olivia Rodrigo headlines Glastonbury
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Robert Crampton with his wife and daughter outside The Ivy in Wimbledon Village.


Merope Mills hugging her daughter, Martha.
Martha’s Rule saving lives as families use right to second opinion

Wes Streeting giving a media interview outside BBC Broadcasting House.
Streeting defends PM and won’t be drawn on leadership ambitions

Merope Mills hugging her daughter, Martha.
Martha’s Rule saving lives as families use right to second opinion






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Keir Starmer on a staircase.
‘It’s not an excuse but I was distracted’: Starmer on the benefits U-turn and his toughest week yet

Can the prime minister convince an impatient electorate to stick with his steady approach to fixing Britain? Josh Glancy meets him to find out







Portrait of Alma Maria Rose, violinist.
How Gustav Mahler’s niece saved 45 women in Auschwitz

Alma Rosé led an orchestra in the death camp, recruiting women and girls who would otherwise have been sent to the gas chambers


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Tom CalverAfter a year of Labour, is life in Britain really becoming worse?



Cafe celebrating the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's daughter with balloons and cardboard cutouts.
Cafe loved by Diana could lose licence over illegal workers


Person using dating app on smartphone.


Astral Systems table-top nuclear reactor; multi-state fusion.
The British mini nuclear fusion reactor that actually works


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Cartoon by Morten Morland



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Even socialists don’t like paying inheritance tax






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Even socialists don’t like paying inheritance tax




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Portrait of Lena Dunham.

The actress and writer was 25 when Girls was an overnight success. Now 39, she’s back with a new show


White chalk cliffs and turquoise water in Sarakiniko, Milos Island, Greece.
How to see seven Greek islands in a week — in serious style




Keir Starmer, UK Prime Minister, with executives from Rolls-Royce and Airbus at the Farnborough International Airshow.

The taxpayer will help to support new gas turbines to power short-haul flights


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Irwin StelzerCracks emerge in the three main pillars of the American economy




F1 Grand Prix of Austria

Revitalised Briton at peak of his powers as he narrows title gap to team-mate Oscar Piastri after Verstappen crashes out on first lap


Nigel Sears coaching Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon.
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Why boomers face the biggest tax grab in history

They have generous pensions, property wealth and successful investments — now the taxman is coming for a share of the spoils


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I thought I was investing with a top-notch expert — I lost £4,000

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Two men admiring Dame Elizabeth Frink's bronze sculpture, "Walking Man."
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