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Tories question donor's appointment to Treasury

The prime minister’s ethics adviser is being urged to investigate the chancellor over the appointment of a party donor to a civil service job, as the cronyism row engulfing the Labour Party continues to escalate.

Reeves is warned of 8.6bn annual bill to fix social care

Labour has been warned £1.1bn savings from the cancellation of a planned cap on social care costs is “small change” compared to an estimated £8.6bn needed to fix the crumbling sector.

Hopes for a Gaza ceasefire have never felt more distant

In Lebanon, the sky flashed red above the blasted southern neighbourhoods.

Fears of wider war as Israel warns exchange of fire with Hezbollah 'is not the end'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that “this is not the end” after Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah exchanged heavy fire in southern Lebanon in an escalation of the Middle Eastern conflict.

Root guides England home with unbeaten half century

Sri Lanka 236 and 326; England 358 and 205-5

Ipswich suffer cruel twist after leading against City

There was a moment that capped Ipswich Town’s rise. Two years ago, their first away game of the campaign was at Forest Green Rovers. Now it was at Manchester City. They walked past the Premier League trophy that Pep Guardiola’s side have won for four consecutive seasons. They dared to take the lead.

Brighton win exposes Red Devils' glaring weaknesses

The same old for a frustrated Manchester United, but an exhilarating new hope at Brighton. After a summer when so much of the talk was of what might be possible at Old Trafford, a more interesting question for the Premier League might be just how high Fabian Hurzeler’s side can now go.

Arsenal weather Villa storm to secure crucial late win

Two games are no barometer of a team’s title chances but the early psychological signs are on point for Arsenal as they ended their Aston Villa hoodoo with a result the Gunners of a few years ago could not have hoped to claim.

We shouldn't judge J-Lo just for being a hopeless romantic

And just like that, another love story for the ages has been destroyed.

Slipknot star suffers serious.burns after bonfire explodes

The heavy metal musician and DJ Sid Wilson is being treated in hospital for \"serious burns\" after he was caught in a bonfire explosion on his farm in Iowa. Wilson, 47, announced the news by sharing an Instagram video from his hospital bed, as he assured fans that he would be \"OK\".

Russia and Ukraine swap dozens of prisoners of war

Russia and Ukraine have each exchanged more than 100 prisoners of war as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow's full-scale invasion.

German police arrest man suspected of knife rampage

As Isis claim responsibility for stabbing spree at city festival

Two more held over deaths of family in Bradford blaze

Two more men have been arrested on suspicion of murder over a house fire that killed a mother and her three children aged nine, five and 22 months. Bryonie Gawith, 29, died at her home in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and her three children, Denisty, nine, Oscar, five, and Aubree Birtle, 22 months, died from their injuries in hospital.

Women enduring torrent of assaults and abuse on Tube

The harrowing experiences of women facing daily harassment public transport have been laid bare by a damning report.

Vorderman blames arrogant industry for decline of TV

Carol Vorderman has criticised what she deemed to be “controversial decisions by BBC management” following the Huw Edwards scandal. The outspoken former Countdown star, who claimed she was “sacked” with “no conversation to be had” by the broadcaster in November last year, received a standing ovation after delivering the Alternative MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival on Friday.

Jenas says wife 'raging' and dog 'disappointed' with him

Jermaine Jenas has said his wife of 13 years, model Ellie Penfold, is \"raging\" after he told her he had been dismissed by the BBC for sending inappropriate messages to two female colleagues.

Pensioners pushed into fuel poverty with price cap hike

Pensioners across the country are facing a bleak winter, as Ofgem increased its price cap meaning average household bills could rise by £149 from October. For the older generation, this financial blow follows Rachel Reeves' decision to means test the winter fuel payment for pensioners in order to tackle a £22bn “black hole” in this year’s budget.

Prestigious school is struck by three high-profile deaths

Entrepreneur Mike Lynch and attack victims Daniel Anjorin and Grace O'Malley-Kumar all attended London's Bancroft's

Superyacht teenager had 'vowed to save her parents'

The daughter of tech tycoon Mike Lynch has been described as a \"diamond in a sea of stars\" by a survivor from the tragedy.

Manslaughter inquiry starts over superyacht's sinking

A manslaughter investigation has been opened into the deaths of seven people in the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily, an Italian prosecutor said yesterday.

'Things will get worse', PM to warn in keynote speech

Sir Keir Starmer will warn the British public that things will get worse before they get better in his first keynote speech since walking into Downing Street.

Hero Afghan pilot reunited with his wife and daughter

The air force lieutenant welcomed his young family to the UK earlier this month, after a long-running Independent campaign. Holly Bancroft met them as they try to rebuild their lives after fleeing the Taliban and years of separation

'I'm 31 but feel like I'm in the best shape of my life'

With a British & Irish Lions tour on the horizon, Bath and Scotland fly-half Finn Russell is refreshed and ready to star for club and country again, hears Harry Latham-Coyle

Fist pumps aren't my style, says Slot as Anfield awaits

Arne Slot was hired by Liverpool as a kind of continuity candidate, capable of managing Jurgen Klopp's squad, believing in a similar style of play. Yet should Anfield witness a home win over Brentford tomorrow, there will be a very different sight after the final whistle. The celebrations will be more subdued. Or his will be, anyway.

Gunners face early test in a title fight of tiny margins

Both of these managers have done very good jobs, both of these clubs have made sizeable strides. One of them is nonetheless likely about to get criticised and told they need to do more in the next week or risk missing out on their objectives. And it almost doesn't matter which coach it's aimed at.

Households cut food spend 7.5% as cost of living bites.

Households in the UK cut their real-terms spending on food and non-alcoholic drinks in the year to March 2023, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.

Court judges trans woman's exclusion from app unlawful

The exclusion of a transgender woman from a female-only social media app was unlawful, according to an Australian court’s landmark ruling that is likely to have far wider ramifications in the space of trans rights.

Type 2 polio virus paralyses 10-month-old baby in Gaza

WHO says it's the first such case in the territory in 25 years

Three killed after stabbing attack at German festival

Three people were killed and four others are fighting for their lives after a knife attack at a festival in Germany last night. Witnesses alerted police after a man stabbed several passers-by at random in the western German city of Solingen yesterday, the newspaper Bild reported.

Modi urges Zelensky to hold peace talks with Russia

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has urged Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky to sit down for talks with Russia to end Moscow's invasion, during a visit to Kyiv a month after hugging Vladimir Putin.