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August 14, 2024

Revealed: how poor paid the price of 'cheapflation'

Cost of living crisis hit prices of budget food hardest, figures show

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Bringing sexy back Pirelli photographer vows to take classic calendar pinups into post #MeToo era

The photographer behind the next Pirelli calendar has vowed to make it sexy again after a period when #MeToo \"forced everyone to take a pause\" and the company began capturing fully clothed models.

3 mins

When Musk met Trump So dull, technical glitch seemed blissful

Oscar Wilde once described the English country gentleman galloping after a fox as \"the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable\".

3 mins

Man charged with attempted murder of girl, 11, in street attack

A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of an 11-year-old girl who was stabbed eight times while visiting Leicester Square, London, with her mother Ioan Pintaru, 32, appeared before Westminster magistrates yesterday.

1 min

In court Girl, 13, admits charge of violent disorder after hotel attack

A 13-year-old girl has admitted punching and kicking the entrance to a hotel housing asylum seekers.

2 mins

Campaigners warn of 'extreme anger' if water regulator isn't reformed

Anti-sewage campaigners have warned of \"extreme anger\" if the government does not radically reform the water regulator Ofwat.

2 mins

Homes built for Commonwealth Games to be sold by council at a loss of £320m

Hundreds of empty homes in Birmingham, originally designed as an athletes' village for the Commonwealth Games, will be sold by the council at a loss of more than £300m to the taxpayer.

2 mins

Banksy's rhino mural defaced as new artwork unveiled at zoo

One of the nine murals put up by the artist Banksy across London in as many days has been defaced.

1 min

Nottingham killings preventable if NHS 'did its job' - Streeting

The health secretary has said \"three innocent people might still be alive\" if the NHS had \"done its job\" in treating Valdo Calocane in the years running up to the Nottingham attacks.

2 mins

Extreme Heatwaves Putting Millions Of Children's Lives At Risk, UN Warns

Almost half a billion children are growing up in parts of the world where there are at least twice the number of extremely hot days every year compared with six decades ago, a UN analysis has found.

3 mins

'Superhuman effort' Greece counts the cost after wildfires around Athens are put out

Greek authorities are continuing to battle fires outside Athens as officials take stock of the damage wreaked by a disaster that forced mass evacuations and killed at least one person.

2 mins

Urban birds are riddled with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds

Urban ducks and crows might offer us a connection to nature, but scientists have found wild birds that live near humans are more likely to harbour bacteria resistant to antibiotics.

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'It's too dangerous' Tensions mount in borderlands

The journey from the Ukrainian city of Sumy to the Russian border is deceptively short. In about three quarters of an hour it is possible to arrive at a smashed-up Ukrainian border post and stare over two simple lines of fencing into Russian fields to the right. Except the territory beyond is no longer under Kremlin control.

3 mins

Iran rejects 'excessive' calls from west to resist retaliation against Israel

Iran has rejected western calls not to retaliate against Israel for the killing in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, late last month.

2 mins

Alleged plan to sell €1.3m fake Leonardo thwarted by customs

Spanish police have arrested a man whose alleged plan to sell a fake Leonardo da Vinci painting for €1.3m was thwarted when the work caught the eye of French customs officers.

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'It comes in waves' The tourist hotspots fed up with drunks and rocketing rents

In July, protesters took to the streets of Palma, the Mallorcan capital, carrying placards with slogans such as \"no to mass tourism\" and \"tourism, but not like this\".

3 mins

How To Revive Super League? Make The Table Unpredictable

Ambitious chasing pack threaten to upset established order, which can only help to widen the sport's appeal

4 mins

Vollering throws down gauntlet with ominous message to her rivals

Demi Vollering of the Netherlands staked her claim to take back-to back Tour de France Femmes titles with an emphatic time-trial win in front of home crowds in Rotterdam, which took her into the race leader's yellow jersey.

2 mins

Blades cut down Wrexham with stirring comeback

Sheffield United booked their place in the next round of the Carabao Cup with a deserved victory against Wrexham, on a night when the promotion aspirations of both sides were made abundantly clear.

3 mins

United grant Ten Hag's wishes in £60m swoop for Bayern pair

Manchester United have laid down an early marker for the season by completing the £60m double transfer deal of Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich.

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