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More water-bombing planes sent to combat wildfires

FRANCE has scrambled more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that have forced the evacuation of more than 16,000 people.

Rishi and Liz in new tax clash as candidates make pitch to capital

RISHI SUNAK and Liz Truss stepped up their battle over taxes today as the five contenders to be the next Prime Minister unveiled their vision for London.

LONDON SIZZLES

HEATWAVE BUILDS AS UK TEMPERATURE RECORD 'SET TO FALL'. COMMUTERS' MISERY ON SWELTERING JOURNEY TO WORK. SOME SCHOOLS CLOSE AND NHS BRACES FOR INFLUX OF PATIENTS

Fever-Tree shares tumble on hit from glass and labour shortages and sea freight

SHARES in high-flying tonic water brand Fever-Tree slumped today as it revealed it has been hit by glass and labour shortages and soaring sea freight rates.

Kounde back on shopping list after Ake's return to Bridge is blocked

CHELSEA will revive their interest in Sevilla centre-back Jules Kounde after being frustrated in their attempts to sign Nathan Ake from Manchester City.

OUR FANS WILL GIVE STERLING WARM WELCOME

TUCHEL CONFIDENT CHELSEA SUPPORTERS ARE FULLY BEHIND NEW SIGNING DESPITE ABUSE IN THE PAST

Asher-Smith and her sport are in a fight to be at centre of the conversation again

LIBERTY MEDIA'S main goal when it bought Formula One was to crack the United States. Viewing figures in the US for Drive to Survive and race attendances there for the past year suggest it has done just that.

US rate hopes counteract Chinese GDP fears

MARKET ROUND-UP

Aston Martin raises £653m for electric drive

"This is a game-changing event for Aston Martin," said Lawrence Stroll, executive chairman.

August train strikes 'a kick in the teeth' for rail commuters

A STRING of planned summer train strikes are a "kick in the teeth" for commuters, the Government said today.

Bans and £100 fines on the Tube after surge in fare dodgers

CHRONIC fare dodgers are to be banned from the Tube under a new crackdown, amid concerns that evasion is costing Transport for London "significantly" more than £100 million a year.

BIG GUNS TURN FIRE ON PENNY AHEAD OF TV CLASH

FINAL FIVE STEP UP CAMPAIGNS ON KEY WEEKEND

AS LONDON FACES 40C RED ALERT

Rower Teresa Dayrit on the Thames today as the Met Office issued its first "red" warning for heat - with temperatures predicted to hit 40C

The Insider

I was addicted to people’s validation

Billionaire Boehly starts revolution at Stamford Bridge

In contrast to the secretive Roman Abramovich, Chelsea’s new co-owner is taking centre stage in everything from

Mo Farah had no option but to hide truth about his trafficking ordeal, says ex-teacher

Proud: Sir Mo Farah’s family in his Instagram post. Below, the flat he escaped featured in BBC documentary

Rail union boss accused of creating ‘misery’ but says public support strike

Strike back: RMT general secretary Mick Lynch rejected a “paltry” pay offer

LIZ AND RISHI BID TO PUT BRAKE ON PENNY

TORY BIG BEASTS CLASH OVER WHO HAS KEY EXPERIENCE TO TAKE OVER AS PM

Hammers' Scamacca and Broja talks

Wanted man: Gianluca Scamacca is a top target for West Ham, although they would want to pay less than the asking price

Fashion app Lyst promotes new CEO

She will take up her new post in September and will be joined on the board by former Hotels.com chief financial officer Liz Kistruck as the company's new finance head.

Watchdog probes broadcasters over sport freelance pay

The Competition and Markets Authority opened a probe into how companies set the rates they offer technical staff.

The Tories have left Labour in the dust on diversity

WILL posterity see Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister that paved the way for the first ever ethnic minority leader of this country?

Beabadoobee: I wanted role model like me

"Now, I look into the crowd and it's all girls who look like me, which is the coolest thing."

Mordaunt spells out her 'small-state and low-tax' vision as she woos Tories

PENNY MORDAUNT today laid out her Tory leadership campaign by outlining her small-state, low-tax vision for Britain.

Hollander thrills in this timely tale of man who created Putin

IN this witty, thrilling battle of political wills, Peter Morgan tells the story of Boris Berezovsky, the oligarch who arguably created Vladimir Putin and was then destroyed by him.

Gatwick 'worst for cancelled flights' as holiday crisis deepens

FLIGHTS from Gatwick are more likely to have been cancelled this year than at any other major UK airport, an analysis of flight data revealed today.

NOW TORY HOPEFULS FIGHT TO BE 'HEIR TO THATCHER'

BIG GUNS TRADE BLOWS ON DAY OF FIRST CRUNCH VOTE

IOAN'S TOXIC TUG OF LOVE FOR HIS CHILDREN

British actor loan Gruffudd, pictured with girlfriend Bianca Wallace, claims his estranged wife told his daughters he had abandoned them

Wilshere: I couldn't turn down job

JACK WILSHERE never planned to retire from football at the age of 30, but the lure of a coaching job at Arsenal proved just too hard to turn down.

Rainford-Brent's diversity programme comes a long way fast to take top billing

CATCH a bit of England and India's star-studded ODI here today, and you will likely come across ACE: on the broadcast, billboards and the boundary cushions.