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'ITV's last Tour will be a moment of great sadness'

Four decades of free-to-air Tour de France coverage in the UK coming to an end was a shocker, Ned Boulting, the voice of ITV's long-running broadcasts, tells Lawrence Ostlere

Back to Blacks: game's top brand in search of its sheen

For New Zealand, these have been weeks of a sort of national nirvana.

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Van Nistelrooy keen to give new man a welcoming gift

There is no doubting when Ruud Van Nistelrooy accepted the offer to become one of Erik ten Hag's assistants at Manchester United, he had his eyes on the big job.

Amorim enters the theatre of dangerous assumptions

In February, newly furnished with a 27.7 per cent stake in Manchester United but some £1.3bn poorer, Sir Jim Ratcliffe outlined the ethos that he hoped would end 11 years of “complete misery” and take his club to back “where it should be”.

Reeves hasn't supplied the material to build up Britain

Potholes and schools have their place, says Chris Blackhurst. But where were the big ideas to shake off our national gloom?

Relax, chancellor... lettuce is definitely off the menu

Borrowing rates have risen in the aftermath of Rachel Reeves's Budget, hitting a one-year high in the bond market and prompting strained comparisons with the mini-Budget in September two years ago which ended former prime minister Liz Truss's political career.

Teenager being shot in head sparks mass brawl in France

A 15-year-old boy has been left in critical condition after being shot in the head during a drive-by attack allegedly linked to drug trafficking in western France, local officials and media have reported, with hundreds of people caught in a subsequent latenight brawl.

'Ultimate swing county' in dire need of vote counters

Almost 1 million mail-in ballots received in historic surge

'I've never felt so concerned about the state of the world'

Security experts warn Rhian Lubin of a 'new world disorder' if Donald Trump re-enters the White House one that may threaten crucial Western alliances like Five Eyes and Aukus

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Not to be, that is the answer

Study explains why, contrary to popular opinion, monkeys will never be able to type the complete works of Shakespeare

Teenager jailed for life for murdering ex-girlfriend, 15

An obsessed ex-boyfriend who stabbed a 15-year-old girl 36 times in an alleyway after school has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 17 years in prison.

Hammer-wielding public schoolboy named by judge

A public schoolboy handed a life sentence for attacking two sleeping students and a teacher with claw hammers, while they slept at a Devon boarding school, has been named.

BBC accused of pro-Israel bias by 100 of its own staff

More than 100 BBC employees are accusing the corporation of providing favourable coverage toward Israel and are calling on the broadcaster to \"recommit to fairness, accuracy, and impartiality\" over its reporting on Gaza.

Badenoch has a fatal flaw...

If she becomes Tory leader, she'll be well advised to abandon her unwinnable war with the media, says Andrew Grice

Farmers say they have been lied to over new 'tractor tax'

Environment secretary Steve Reed has hit back following a storm of criticism over the government's plans to extend inheritance tax to family farms, claiming the \"vast majority of farmers will not be affected at all\".

Is the reaction to national insurance hikes justified?

It should probably come as no surprise that what the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, once described as “a tax on jobs” has turned out to be... a tax on jobs.

Reeves hit by backlash from health and care sectors over national insurance increase

Rachel Reeves is facing a growing backlash over her national insurance hike as GPs, care homes, dentists and hospices have called for an exemption from the charge.

'Everyone in town knows someone who has died'

Residents in flood-stricken Paiporta just outside Valencia fear the death toll will excede 400 as the clean-up gets underway

Valencia Declared A 'Disaster Zone' As Spanish Flash Floods Leave More Than 150 Dead

Weather warnings are in force across swathes of Spain as further storms approach on the heels of devastating flooding, which has claimed at least 158 lives – making it the country’s worst natural disaster in living memory.

Patients Sent By NHS To A Hospital Facing Abuse Claims

Vulnerable adult patients have been sent by the NHS to a private hospital after it closed its children’s service just weeks ago following abuse allegations, The Independent can reveal.

Instagram And Facebook See Uplift From Increased AI Use

Facebook and Instagram users have significantly increased their screen time since a new AI-driven algorithm was introduced, according to the apps' parent company Meta.

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Has The Chancellor Made An Enemy Of Britain's Farmers?

Although farming only accounts for about 2 per cent of UK GDP, the role of farmers as custodians of the countryside and providers of food means agriculture assumes a disproportionate place in the national discourse.

'There's nothing nice about me, I'm not a nice person'

Mike Tyson, once known as 'the baddest man on the planet', talks to The Independent ahead of his fight with Jake Paul

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Fifa accused of contributing to 'serious' rights abuses

Fifa’s flawed structure has contributed to “a wide range of social harms, not least very serious and systematic human rights abuses”, a major new report by activist group FairSquare has concluded.

Fernandes can recover his spark under Amorim's wing

It seems somewhat foolish to suggest there is more to come from the player who has created more chances than anyone else in the Premier League since he arrived on our shores.