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Tories round on Johnson as MPs vote to approve Partygate report

Overwhelming majority of 354 back findings, with just seven against | Former PM faces losing parliamentary pass after fractious debate on his conduct

Southgate backs 'proud' Rashford in return to qualifiers

Forwards Malta cameo was his first outside a tournament finals since 2019 but manager insists he has remained key

Neves nears Saudi move from Wolves in record £47m deal

Al-Hilal have offered Wolves a club record £47m deal to sign their captain, Rúben Neves, with the Portugal midfielder expected to finalise a move to the Saudi Arabian club this week.

Choice of venue rouses US association's critics

Organisers are no stranger to controversy with course and ticketing latest in firing line

Waiting game United fans suffer slow torture while Glazers bide their time over takeover

Purgatory spiced with speculation, hope blunted by stasis. So it goes for Manchester United supporters, for week after interminable week.

EU exports of electric cars to UK 'put at risk by Brexit deal'

EU exports of electric cars to the UK worth €30bn (£26bn) a year will be put at risk unless the Brexit trade deal is tweaked, representatives of the sector in Brussels have said.

'His concerns seem prescient' How Unabomber's dangerous anti-tech manifesto lives on

The bomb was disguised as a tangle of wooden planks and protruding nails, and when he found it in the car park behind his computer repair store, Gary Wright thought nothing of pushing it from his path.

Students among at least 41 killed in attack on Uganda school

Grieving families prepared to bury their dead in western Uganda yesterday while others desperately searched for loved ones still missing after militants killed dozens of students in a school attack on Friday .

Ukraine reported to have retaken first village in almost a week

Ukraine has captured the village of Piatykhatky on the western edge of the Zaporizhzhia front, a Russia appointed official and sources have said . If confirmed, it is the first village recaptured by Kyiv’s forces in nearly a week.

Suspected people smugglers to appear in court over fatal shipwreck off Greek coast

Nine suspected people smugglers are to appear before a Greek court today accused of piloting the fishing trawler that sank off the coast of Greece last week, leaving hundreds missing and presumed dead in one of the Mediterranean’s worst boat disasters.

Out of bounds How a summer of sewage has closed the British seaside

The sun has been shining on Scarborough’s South Bay all week, but Steve Crawford isn’t opening up the surf shop he’s so proud of – “mahogany door, views over to the castle ” – because the water is not safe to swim in.

Sheeran is UK's most played for sixth time in eight years

For the sixth time in eight years, Ed Sheeran has been named the UK’s most-played artist of the year by the music company Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL).

UN warns government it must make changes to strikes bill

The U N’s labour standards body has told the UK government it must make changes to highly controversial new laws on strikes, which critics say threaten the fundamental rights of British workers .

Green MP flagged for criticising ministers over Covid

The Green party MP, Caroline Lucas, has called for an inquiry into a government anti-disinformation unit after it emerged that it had flagged her for criticisms of ministers and government policy on Covid.

Rugby star Burrows completes Father's Day run with daughters

Rob Burrow, the former England rugby league player, completed the Arena Group Leeds Mini and Junior Run with his daughters on Father’s Day yesterday.

Lloyds shuts down bank account of British aid volunteer in Ukraine

A retired social worker who has spent the past year engaged in humanitarian work across Ukraine, frequently dodging missiles and other war attacks, was left with no access to her pension or life savings after Lloyds Banking Group , possibly fearing that she was a sanctions risk, closed down her bank account.

Review Why we (still) just can't get enough

Depeche Mode have been thrilling stadiums for 35 years now . Immortalised in their classic tour movie 101 , their first ever mega-show, at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl, established rules of engagement which endure to this day.

David Warburton Tory resigns claiming 'flawed' investigation

The Conservative MP David Warburton has announced he is resigning his seat.

Diversity Training doubles under Braverman

The number of Home Office staff receiving diversity training has more than doubled under Suella Braverman ’s leadership of the department, despite her assertions that such lessons are a waste of taxpayers’ money and should be banned.

Sturgeon asserts her innocence as Labour races ahead of SNP in poll

Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said “I’ve done nothing wrong” as she returned home for the first time after her arrest last Sunday.

Tory right to show silent support for Johnson by abstaining in vote

Dozens of Tory rightwing MPs are preparing to abstain from voting in the Commons today over the parliamentary investigation that found Boris Johnson had deliberately misled MPs, in a sign of support for the former prime minister.

Nato leadership Lack of consensus over next chief may see Stoltenberg stay on

Political disagreements, vetoes and personal reluctance make it likely that the Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg , will be asked at the summit in Lithuania next month to remain in his post for another year .

'Underdog' Flatley dances back on screen with biopic

The premise may sound familiar: an ageing, little-known athlete from the wrong side of the tracks gets a belated shot at the big time and triumphs, finding fame and redemption, but the price is a broken, battered body.

'My first priority? Install a kettle.Mallorca's first British mayor gets down to work with a cuppa

The new mayor of Sant Joan, a small town of 2,000 people that sits in the centre of Mallorca, likes to joke that his main priority when he begins work today will be ensuring a kettle is installed in his office.

Labour pledges to 'throw everything' at low-carbon future

Keir Starmer will pledge to “throw everything” at net zero and the overhaul of the UK’s energy system and industries, promising new jobs in “the race of our lifetime” to a low-carbon future.

Home Office disbands Windrush reform unit

The Home Office unit that was set up with the responsibility for reforming the department in the wake of the Windrush crisis has been quietly disbanded, after the home secretary, Suella Braverman, let it be known that she believes it is time to “move on” from the issue, the Guardian has learned.

Pressure on Sunak as Met police 'consider' latest Partygate video

Gove issues apology as Tories acknowledge public anger at footage

Greek coastguard denies claims it tried to tow stricken migrant vessel shortly before it sank

The Greek authorities have rejected claims that a fishing boat that sank in the Mediterranean this week with the loss of potentially hundreds of lives capsized after the coastguard attempted to tow it

Battlefront Minister says 'nine times more Russians killed than Ukrainians'

The epicentre of the fighting in Ukraine has switched to Mariupol, where the Ukrainian offensive is slowly pushing back Russian forces with British Challenger tanks ready to join battle, a minister in Kyiv has said

'We are a force for life' How Indigenous skill saved children lost in the Amazon

As they searched the trackless expanse of the Colombian Amazon for four lost Indigenous children, military rescue A teams were well prepared: high resolution satellite technology quickly allowed them to pinpoint the site where the light plane carrying the youngsters had crashed, and years of war with rebel groups meant the soldiers were used to operating in difficult terrain. But technology only gets you so far in the Amazon