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Far-right protesters clash with police across the UK

Anti-Islamic chants heard as violence sweeps the country

Let's get ready to tumble! Pair take bronze to set new diving record for Team GB

Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding continued Britain's perfect start in the diving pool, with four events entered and four medals now won.

Redemption for Craig and Grant after Tokyo heartache

In Emily Craig’s house, there is a picture of the agonising photo finish that shows her and Imogen Grant missing an Olympic medal by just 0.01 seconds. But in the city of Monet, Degas, and Chagall, they created their own masterpiece with a sensational gold medal in the “grand finale” of a three-year revenge tour.

Page bounces back in style to claim trampolining gold

No one does bouncing back quite like Great Britain’s first-ever Olympic trampolining champion.

Lin wins first boxing bout as gender controversy rages

Lin Yu-ting raised a hand at the bell after three rounds, the lights of the North Paris Arena bouncing off her shiny red glove as relief washed over her. An act of defiance amid all the noise with her Olympic dream still alive.

Russian roulette... security concerns are just one issue facing Royal Mail buyout

Czech billionaire must undergo ministerial scrutiny as he bids on Britain's ailing postal service, writes Chris Blackhurst

First-time buys fuel demand.for mortgages as rates drop

Building society Skipton has ramped up the amount it has on loan to first-time homebuyers, who it said are driving demand for mortgages, despite facing currently high borrowing costs. It also said more savers were shopping around for better rates and locking away their money into ISAs.

Starmer shows he's tough on crime - and cosy caricature

The Conservative attack on Keir Starmer for being a typical north London human rights lawyer never really took hold, and now we can see why. It was Boris Johnson who started it, calling Starmer a “lefty Islington lawyer” as if he, Johnson, had not lived there for decades, and Rishi Sunak continued it, although it never seemed to come so naturally to him.

Musk's misinformation made the Southport horrors worse

It’s unlikely that Elon Musk has ever heard of Southport, far less visited it. He has five or six companies to run, after all, and has been busy this week sounding off about Venezuela, Kamala Harris, puberty blockers, and why the legacy media lie to you.

'I told the Russians, I'll be back sooner than you think'

Freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza says his removal from Russia was illegal and that he will return to his motherland

Israeli assassinations push Middle East to brink of war

'People are not understanding the gravity of what this is,' one analyst tells Bel Trew, while Gaza ceasefire talks are derailed

Trump's attacks on Harris revive 'birther' conspiracy

Donald Trump's false claims that Kamala Harris \"happened to turn Black\" and only recently \"became a Black person\" have inflamed racist conspiracy theories surrounding his Democratic rival.

NHS cuts mean thousands of new nurses without jobs

Newly qualified nurses have been left struggling to find entry-level jobs, as budget cuts have forced the NHS to cut vacancies by a quarter, The Independent has learnt.

How XY chromosomes are key to gender controversy

Differences in sex development being put under microscope

Carini wants to apologise to Khelif for boxing bout row

Italian boxer Angela Carini says she “wants to apologise” to Imane Khelif for how she handled the moments after their controversial bout at the Olympics and “would embrace her” if she saw her again.

Celebrity posts about Khelif cause an anti-trans pile-on

Anti-trans rhetoric is being spread by high-profile figures including JK Rowling and Liz Truss after a dispute erupted at the Olympic Games when a boxer abandoned her fight against her opponent after 46 seconds.

Make way, older people, for Starmer's quiet revolution

During their 14 years in power, the Conservatives prioritised older people over younger adults to appeal to their core vote. The average pensioner household is now better off after housing costs than the average working one across most income levels.

Who might actually win the Tory leadership contest?

Lost among the tumultuous events of the past week, former immigration minister Robert Jenrick formally launched his campaign bid to lead the mainstream right. Jenrick is up against shadow communities secretary Kemi Badenoch (still the bookies’ favourite), shadow work and pensions secretary Mel Stride, shadow security minister Tom Tugendhat, shadow home secretary James Cleverly, and former home secretary Priti Patel.

Reeves holds talks on 'reset' with the EU economy chief

Rachel Reeves has held talks with the European Union’s economy chief, as part of Labour’s plan to reset its relationship with Europe.

Housing boss: Levies will thwart Rayner's revolution

Berkeley Group CEO warns Labour of £75k costs on flats

Police station set on fire as riots erupt in Sunderland

A police station was set on fire as far-right demonstrators took to the streets of Sunderland for another night of riots following the Southport stabbings earlier this week.

Nation braces for weekend of far-right street violence

Far-right rioters have been told they will face the full force of the law as police brace for a weekend of violence, with 35 protests planned in the wake of the killing of three children in Southport.

Trailblazer Glover denied at the last in bid for third gold

Coxless four pipped on line as Team GB claim three medals

Murray 'genuinely happy' as he ends unrivalled career

Andy Murray calls time on pro tennis after he and Dan Evans lose to Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul at Olympics

Rate cut welcome but don't bank on any more this year

The BoE has reduced interest rate to 5% but with inflation likely to edge up, more cuts are unlikely, says James Moore

Lynch and partner conjure up a synth-wrapped enigma

David Lynch and Chrystabell deliver a baffling and beguiling set of songs on 'Cellophane Memories', writes Helen Brown

Subtle coming-of-ager with some early internet humour

Set in 2008, Sean Wang’s sweet semi-autobiographical debut Didi’ takes place at a time in digital history that has become dated enough to feel like an artefact, says Clarisse Loughrey

STILL MAKING WAVES

Peter Weir's take on English novelist Patrick O'Brian's 'Master and Commander' didn't set the box office afire in 2003, writes Geoffrey Macnab, but it's got emotional heft

It's money in the bank

People in their forties and fifties aren’t saving enough for retirement. So the following generation, worst hit by the cost of living crisis, need to act now, says Katie Rosseinsky

How dare Trump think he gets to decide if Harris can call herself Black or Indian

\"Yet again, shots have been fired at Donald Trump – this time, over his comments about Kamala Harris’s racial heritage. On Wednesday, Trump bewildered an audience of Black journalists in Chicago by telling them that the Kamala Harris he claims to have known for several years was “Indian all the way” before, “all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went… she became a Black person”.