Tories must win back the centre ground, says leader hopeful

A TORY leadership contender today warned the party must “not forget” the centre ground voters who the party lost to the Liberal Democrats and Labour.

Starmer faces down revolt by unions and his own MPs on winter fuel cut

SIR Keir Starmer pressed ahead today with cuts to winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners in the face of fierce opposition from union chiefs and some Labour MPs.

Versatile Gomes could be the missing piece of England midfield puzzle

OF THE four newcomers in the squad, no player signifies the start of Lee Carsley's new England revolution more so than Angel Gomes.

I'M READY TO GO DISTANCE WITH SINNER'

DRAPER HAS PLENTY LEFT IN THE LOCKER FOR HIS BLOCKBUSTER US OPEN SEMI AGAINST WORLD Not

Pope needs strong finish after good start takes worrying dip

THE OVAL Test so often feels like the end of something, but that is not really the sense as this summer of red-ball renewal draws towards a close.

The manager has exciting new ideas and beliefs - now I want the chance to show him what I can do

IT MUST have been an occasionally frustrating summer for Jarrod Bowen, who initially looked poised to be a key player for England at Euro 2024 before having to watch their strange tournament unfold from the sidelines.

Lloyd's profits hit £4.9bn for half year as prices rise

LLOYD’S of London, one of the City’s most significant financial institutions, reported a sharp rise in half-year profits today in a boost for the Square Mile.

What Londoners really want in bed (it's not what you think)

GEN Z are having the same amount of sex as baby boomers, BDSM is on the rise and a whopping number of millennials are open to polyamory, according to a new report into sex habits by the Kinsey Institute, in partnership with dating app Feeld.

Seven years on, the scandal of cladding still shames us

A S Britain absorbs the second phase of the report into the Grenfell Tower inferno, with its accumulation of horrors, an event last week serves as warning and a rebuke to the pace with which we have got here.

Is Gen Z to blame for the horror show of carbonara in a can? Oh, do give over

THERE won’t be historians in the future — only conspiracy theorists — but if there were, you might expect them to pinpoint the downfall of civilisation to last week, when Heinz announced it had put spaghetti carbonara in a can (spoiler: it’s a disaster). Heinz says this is all Gen Z’s fault, because the lazy sods can’t be bothered to cook.

Our glorious Paralympics is no fluke at all

IT’S been an incredible Paralympic Games and I’ve loved watching all of the action whether it be on the track, on the court, in the water or the arena.

Bowie in Berlin: how the German city changed him

Anew radio show explores how David Bowie disappeared into the city to reinvent himself. Dylan Jones has a first listen

Woman dies and man missing in Majorca floods

RESCUERS today resumed the search for a British hiker missing in Majorca after a couple were “swept away” in flash floods.

TfL apologises after suggesting woman caused her own death in fatal bus crash

TRANSPORT for London has issued a humbling apology to the family of a woman it wrongly suggested may have been at fault for her death in a fatal bus crash at Victoria bus station.

More children walk or cycling to school in city since Ülez introduced

THE launch of the ultra-low emission zone in central London has been linked with an increase in the number of inner-city children walking or cycling to school.

We'll force owners to fix buildings Grenfell will be a catalyst for change

LONDONERS will never forget the 72 innocent lives that were lost in the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago.

Families call for manslaughter charges over fire

Those found culpable for Grenfell must face serious prison time’

Draper set to net millions after following in Murray's footsteps to reach US Open semis

JACK DRAPER was today predicted to make millions after becoming the first British man since Andy Murray in 2012 to reach the US Open semi-finals.

Kidman's drama is not-so-perfect

ON PAPER, everything about Netflix’s new and much-hyped mystery drama, The Perfect Couple, screams hit show. Much like Big Little Lies, it’s a hit book- turned-high-production-series.

STOREY'S FURY AS SHE WINS GOLD No18

DAME SARAH SLAMS APPALLING’ SHORTENED PARAS COURSE IN PARIS

McCullum's quest to top white-ball world again with England

BRENDON McCULLUM has vowed to use England’s “immense” talent to revive the struggling men’s white-bal l s ides , af ter being appointed as the new head coach yesterday.

Draper on cruise control so far, but faces greatest test yet on biggest stage

OF THE men left in the US Open singles draw, no player is less fancied in the eyes of the bookmakers than Jack Draper.

Attacking tactics can put Carsley in box seat

Host of U-21 winners promoted as interim boss makes his case to succeed Southgate

Live music worth a record £6.1bn to the UK economy

THE value of the UK's powerhouse live music sector smashed through the £6 billion barrier for the first time last year, according to new analysis today.

No phones No jewellery No joke

Landing a table at Endo Kazutoshi's restaurant means following the rules. Is this London's most serious chef? asks Josh Barrie

Liverpool's Salah question isn't as simple as it seems

IF Mohamed Salah's intention was to pile the pressure on Liverpool with his post-match comments at Old Trafford at the weekend, he could scarcely have been more effective.

London is at its best in September, which should count as a season by itself

JUST like that summer is over. Or is it? I’m not about to go Carrie Bradshaw on our readers, don’t worry.

Inside the capital's shameful cladding crisis

Today’s Grenfell report has called for urgent work on fire safety, but those stuck in London’s 1,300 unsafe buildings say there isn’t time to lose. Katie Strick reports

An utterly irresistible argument for indulgence

AMBASSADORS Clubhouse wants you to party. Never mind the palpable, cuffing season vibe-shift towards boxsets, radiator-warmed pyjamas and cloistered frugality.

Three children among seven killed in Russian air strike on Lviv

AT LEAST seven people including three children were today killed in a Russian air attack on a Ukrainian city close to the Polish border.