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Top police chief calls for major shake-up in England and Wales

Police are \"wasting valuable time and money by doing things in 43 different ways\", with huge and urgent changes needed to end a postcode lottery for victims, the leader of Britain's police chiefs has said.

UK upheld arms exports to Israel to reassure US, court told

The UK government did not fully suspend export licences to Israel as it would undermine US confidence in the UK and Nato and have a \"profound impact\" on international peace and security, court documents reveal.

Hopes of keeping global temperature rise to 1.5C are 'deader than a doornail'

The internationally agreed goal to keep the world's temperature rise below 1.5C is now \"deader than a doornail\", with 2024 almost certain to be the first individual year above this threshold, climate scientists have gloomily concluded - even as world leaders gather for climate talks on how to remain within this boundary.

'The stuff of nightmares': England star's statue unveiled after five years in storage

After only f1ve years in storage and despite claims it does not quite capture its subject, a shiny metal statue of Harry Kane has been unveiled much to the delight of Harry Kane.

Composer of N0n, Je ne Regrette Rien, Charles Dumont, dies at 95

Charles Dumont composed melodies for French and international stars ranging from Dalida to Jacques Brel, Juliette Greco and Barbra Streisand

Xi praises Starmer for 'fixing' UK economy in meeting at G20 in Rio

The Chinese president has heaped praise on Keir Starmer's economic policy, as the prime minister used their first meeting to raise concerns about sanctions on MPs and the treatment of the pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai.

'More than one in three children in poverty'

More than one in three children and a quarter of adults are in poverty in the UK after deprivation levels have risen to their highest in the 21st century, according to a report.

C of E may rethink top role, says senior cleric

The Church of England may need to rethink the role of archbishop of Canterbury in response to its \"unprecedented crisis\" over an abuse cover-up, Justin Welby's second-in-command has said.

UK expected to follow US in letting Kyiv use missiles to attack Russia

Kremlin spokesman accuses Washington of 'reckless' escalation

Climate Crisis To Blame For Formerly 'Impossible' Heat, Studies Reveal

At least 24 previously impossible heatwaves have struck communities across the planet, a new assessment has shown, providing stark evidence of how severely human-caused global heating is supercharging extreme weather.

Borthwick claims players were unfit for start of series

Steve Borthwick has claimed his England players were not fit enough for Test rugby when they began their autumn internationals after Saturday's defeat by South Africa extended their dismal losing run.

Exciting times ahead' Carsley hails new generation as he hands over to Tuchel

Lee Carsley predicted that competition for places in Thomas Tuchel's first squad will be fiercer than ever, after his stint as England's interim head coach ended with a 5-0 thrashing of the Republic of Ireland in the Nations League.

Kane has been the defining player of a successful era, but this thing has run its course

Below the hum of the crowd every time Kane took the ball, he was rearranging his legs like a pantomime horse

Harwood-Bellis starts party as Carsley signs off with promotion

It was an England salvo of devastating power, three goals in five minutes early in the second half and it did more than reframe an occasion that had been flat and forgettable until then.

'I saw my name on the Euros list. There was shock then happiness'

Ayoze Pérez hopes to make history for Spain in Tenerife tonight after goal rush since leaving England for La Liga

Direct Doak convinces Clarke he is the present and future

Scotland's teenage forward set to keep his spot against Poland after terrorising Gvardiol in win over Croatia

Beard vents over penalty error as Everton edge derby

An exasperated Matt Beard claimed the match officials had cost his Liverpool team the Merseyside derby, after a controversial penalty enabled Everton to claim their first win of the Women's Super League season and move off the bottom of the table.

Clever Slegers impresses but Arsenal cannot rush appointment

Watching Arsenal coast to victory at Tottenham on Saturday, you could have been forgiven for forgetting that they are without a permanent manager.

Beaten, bruised England are not in crisis mode yet

Defeat by South Africa was to be expected but the Six Nations looms as kill or cure for Borthwick's project

Wright treble condemns Wales to record 11th straight defeat

Never go back. Warren Gatland must wonder if he should have heeded that apparently universal truth. After this defeat the New Zealander has overseen the longest ever run of Wales losses: 11 and counting.

Three horses die in sad day at Cheltenham

Abuffalosoldier among those lost after winning Holland Cooper Chase live on ITV

Codes unite to honour trio and raise funds for MND

Organisers hope hybrid match of league and union will become an annual event

Boulter and Raducanu stun Canada to seal last-four spot

Katie Boulter strode to the baseline last night for one of the most important matches of her career with a considerable amount of pressure on her shoulders.

Sinner caps golden year with glory on home turf

Jannik Sinner added another big title to his tremendous year, beating the US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 for the ATP Finals trophy in front of his home fans in Turin—and before a final verdict is reached in his doping case.

McIlroy wins in Dubai to end year on a high

World No 3 tops European order of merit and equals Ballesteros's achievement

Class divide Taylor shows the grace and ringcraft blatantly lacking in Paul-Tyson charade

Jake Paul and Katie Taylor provide a study in contrast that would be amusing if it did not contain such stark truths about the different strands of boxing they represent.

UK territories must back plans to stop 'dirty money', say politicians

The UK's offshore financial centres must fall in behind plans to stop \"dirty money\" by publishing registers of corporate ownership, political campaigners have said, as Labour vowed not to cave in to lobbying designed to weaken the proposals.

Hargreaves Lansdown sued by 5,000 investors

More than 5,000 people who invested in Neil Woodford's collapsed equity fund are suing Hargreaves Lansdown, claiming that the investment platform was still promoting the fund even when it was aware of its problems.

Companies to be forced to end subscription traps - minister

Companies are to be forced to make it \"simple and straightforward\" for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions or get their money back under new rules to stamp out the so-called subscription traps that are costing Britons £1.6bn a year.

Don't waver on electric car targets, energy firms urge

Major UK businesses including Ovo, SSE and BT Openreach are urging the government to stick to current electric car targets, as struggling carmakers pile pressure on ministers to relax the rules before industry talks.