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US supreme court deals blow to rights of LGBTQ+ people

The US supreme court dealt a major blow to LGBTQ+ rights yesterday by ruling that a Colorado civil rights law which compels businesses and organisations to treat same-sex couples equally is in violation of the right to free speech.

Pressure group boss faces being expelled by Labour party

Keir Starmer has been accused of presiding over a Labour party obsessed with \"petty tyranny\", as the head of the centre-left pressure group Compass claimed he faced expulsion as a member after 44 years.

Goldsmith quits over Sunak's climate 'apathy'

Extraordinary row after minister uses his resignation letter for personal attack on PM | Environmental groups and charities urge Sunak to listen to criticisms of 'paralysis'

Sturgeon: Scotland Had 'No Set Plan' To Deal With Covid

There was "no set plan" in Scotland for dealing with a pandemic of the nature of Covid-19, Nicola Sturgeon told the UK Covid inquiry yesterday.

Hamilton: F1 must be firm over abuse

Lewis Hamilton has warned there is no room for complacency in dealing with the harassment of fans after plans were put in place to avoid a repeat of the abuse that marred last year's Austrian Grand Prix.

Black sheep Duckett doing it his own way on road to redemption

England opener's busy 98 adds to stirring comeback story to reinforce a Test career which appeared to be over

'Wimbledon is so special: it made me and then saved me'

Marion Bartoli, champion in 2013, reflects on the highs of her playing career and the lows of battling anorexia

Wellens tells Saints to cut out the complacency

Paul Wellens has told his stuttering St Helens team he will not tolerate any more complacency as they prepare to host struggling Castleford in the Super League tonight.

Havertz is a risk but he gives Arsenal endless possibilities

As a false 9 he fell victim to Chelsea's dysfunction dropping deeper could help him flourish in a creative side

Bargain hunters boost sales at B&M and H&M stores

Shoppers searching for ways to trim their budgets have boosted sales at the discounter B&M and the fashion chain H&M in the latest sign of resilient trading on Britain's high streets.

First lithium mine to open in Cornwall as demand rises for car batteries

The UK is to gain its first lithium mine in Cornwall after a British startup agreed a deal with a French mining company that could supply much of the country's demand for the crucial electric car battery mineral.

White House warns US firms interested in acquiring Israeli spyware company

The Biden administration has warned that any attempted takeover by an American company of Israel's NSO Group, the maker of one of the world's most sophisticated cyber weapons, could prompt a review of whether the acquisition posed a counterintelligence threat to the US government.

Tsipras quits as Syriza leader after Greek election defeat

Alexis Tsipras, the leftwing student activist who rose to power as prime minister of Greece, has resigned as leader of Syriza four days after the party's defeat in general elections.

Fears grow for endangered orcas as skin lesions suggest immune system damage

Scientists studying an endangered population of orcas resident off the Pacific north-west coast of Canada and the US have recorded a \"strong increase\" in skin lesions on their bodies, which they believe is linked to the decreasing ability of their immune systems to deal with disease.

Kremlin silent on whereabouts of Russian general with links to boss of Wagner group

The Kremlin has declined to answer questions about the whereabouts of the Russian army general Sergei Surovikin amid unconfirmed reports that he was being questioned by the security services.

Footballer said 'I've had sex with 10,000 women', jury in rape trial told

The Manchester City and France footballer Benjamin Mendy raped a woman at his home and told her \"it's fine, I've had sex with 10,000 women\", a jury was told yesterday.

'Incredible' Bristol chapel sold off by Henry VIII opens to public

A medieval chapel in the centre of Bristol that was sold off at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII has been taken back into the care of the city's cathedral and will open to the public today.

Impact of crumbling schools revealed

700,000 The estimated number of children in England being taught in unsafe or ageing school buildings

'Spy cops' operations against leftwing groups unjustified, public inquiry finds

Undercover police operations to infiltrate leftwing groups in the 1970s and early 1980s were not justified and should have been rapidly closed down, a retired judge leading a public inquiry has concluded.

Virgin Galactic takes customers on space flight

Sir Richard Branson officially entered the billionaire space tourism race yesterday when his Virgin Galactic rocket plane, Unity, reached an altitude of about 53 miles.

British army head 'could resign' in row over cuts

The head of the British army could resign, allies say, amid a fierce row over further proposed cuts to land forces in the run-up to a special defence review responding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Swimmers aim to create UK's highest outdoor lido

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to create the UK's highest-altitude lido from a natural pool in the Yorkshire moors.

WHO review to label popular sweetener as 'possibly carcinogenic'

A popular artificial sweetener used in thousands of products worldwide including Diet Coke, ice cream and chewing gum is to be declared a possible cancer risk to humans, according to reports.

Protests - 'Young people consider themselves at war'

Amid the twisted and smouldering carcasses of burnt-out cars, the stench of melted tarmac and smoke-blackened buildings, France's housing estates were bracing for more nights of rioting, as well as soul-searching over fractured race relations and a deep distrust of the police.

Clouds on the horizon as cost of package holidays to Med soars

Package holidays to popular Mediterranean destinations such as Mallorca and Crete have soared in price by as much as a quarter compared with last year amid high demand and rising costs for providers.

'Coming home with a Renoir was normal': Ustinov family art collection goes up for sale

The Oscar-winning actor, writer and director Peter Ustinov was the renaissance man of his time - a renowned wit and raconteur in the six languages he spoke fluently plus the two he could get by in.

More doctors and nurses to be trained to plug NHS gaps

Thousands of extra doctors and nurses will be trained in England every year as part of a major government push to plug the huge workforce gaps that plague almost all NHS services.

Ex-ministers lobbied to undermine Johnson Partygate inquiry - report

Rishi Sunak faces a big split among Tory MPs over plans to censure Boris Johnson's allies for undermining and intimidating the committee that investigated the former prime minister's Partygate denials.

Race-based US college admissions struck out

US supreme court rules against race-conscious university admissions

Tories risk bitter legal feud after Rwanda policy is ruled unlawful

Labour says Sunak's 'stop the boats' pledge is unravelling after verdict