Nothing lasts forever and era of Man City is ending

Jurgen Klopp’s departure means Pep Guardiola stands alone. Only one manager who has won the Premier League still plies his trade in it: Manchester City’s serial champion.

De Ligt buy proves Ten Hag is all-in on Dutch gamble

“Manchester is red,” read the message on a football club’s social-media account; though not from the Manchester club who play in red. It was a cheeky point made by Ajax, surveying Manchester United’s recruitment drive and the addition of two of their alumni, Matthis de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, on the same day. It means that, in the former Ajax manager Erik ten Hag’s reign, United have now spent around a quarter of a billion pounds on his Ajax players.

Premier League prices may bring supporters together

As fans feel the squeeze it could force positive change

Good food, good beer and 160mph on a country lane

During F1’s quiet period, Kieran Jackson heads down to the unorthodox setting of rural Worcestershire for the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, a racing event with some old-school speed

UK economy is the fastest growing in G7, experts say

But economists warn first-half gains are unlikely to continue

THAT TASTES RICH

As a London neighbourhood fights gentrification in the shape of bougie bakery Gail's, Hannah Twiggs looks at the foodie signs that your postcode is on the way up - or down

The Jimmy Lai verdict is a grave and troubling injustice

Jimmy Lai, together with his friends in Hong Kong, ranks alongside the world’s greatest dissidents and champions of freedom. Lai along with Martin Lee, the father of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, lawyers Margaret Ng and Albert Ho, trade unionist Lee Cheuk-yan, social activist Leung Kwok-hung, and pro-democracy politician Cyd Ho and others have been key figures in Hong Kong’s fight for freedom.

Trump lawyers seek to delay hush-money sentencing

Attempt to push decision back to after election in November

Protests held in India over rape and murder of doctor

Tens of thousands of women took to the streets across India on Wednesday night in protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a prominent state-run hospital in West Bengal.

Gaza death toll over 40,000 as fresh ceasefire talks start

Fears of Iran attacking Israel give discussions extra urgency

Harry and Meghan begin four-day tour of Colombia

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were welcomed to Colombia yesterday as they began their four-day tour of the South American nation. Harry and Meghan were met in the capital Bogota by Colombia’s vice-president Francia Marquez and her husband Rafael Yerney Pinillo.

'Ketamine Queen' among five held over Perry death

Five people have been arrested and charged with providing Friends star Matthew Perry with the ketamine that killed him last October, authorities said yesterday. At a press conference, US attorney E Martin Estrada said the suspects include Perry's personal assistant, two doctors, and a North Hollywood woman known as “the Ketamine Queen”.

Extinction Rebellion plans protest at Windsor Castle

Extinction Rebellion (XR) is planning to occupy Windsor Castle for three days of mass protest across the royal grounds, it can be revealed.

'Help...we are in the water'

Desperate SOS sent from doomed migrant boat is revealed

Infected blood payment scheme to start this year

Victims of the infected blood scandal can receive support scheme payments for life, while those who were subjected to unethical research will get up to £15,000 extra under changes to a multibillion-pound compensation plan.

Tens of thousands of train fare convictions are invalid

Judge says he will quash close to 75,000 cases in October

Does the strike deal mean there's light at the end of the tunnel for passengers?

Difficult though it may be to believe, industrial peace is about to descend on Britain’s railways. The government and the leaders of the train drivers’ union, Aslef, have agreed a “no strings” pay rise of 15 per cent, and the union’s members are expected to vote to accept it.

Former nursing watchdog chief said 'whistleblower can go take a running jump'

The former chief executive of the UK’s scandal-hit nursing regulator allegedly said a whistleblower should “take a running jump” after they raised concerns about public safety.

A-level top grades see rise but inequality gap widens

A-level students are celebrating an increase in top grades this year – with almost one in 10 awarded an A* – but inequalities have widened between private and state schools, and boys and girls. Hundreds of thousands of pupils received their A-level results yesterday morning, with more than a quarter (27.8 per cent) awarded an A or A* grade – a rise of 0.6 percentage points on last year.

Judge quits media freedom panel over Hong Kong case

A British judge who was condemned for upholding the conviction of pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong has quit a top media freedom panel.

British tanks deployed in Ukraine's Russia incursion

British tanks have been used to force back Vladimir Putin's troops during Ukraine's audacious incursion into Russia.

Klitschko takes on Russians and Zelensky in new film

Documentary examines ex-champion Vitali's role as wartime mayor of Kyiv and asks if he aims to be president of Ukraine

Arteta must now deliver the prizes that matter the most

After spending £650m on new signings, the Gunners have one FA Cup so can their manager beat Pep over a season?

Premier League braced for outcome of fair play probe

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters says they \"don't want to normalise asterisks on the league table\" as the competition faces up to a potentially critical season over its regulatory future. With the Manchester City case expected to finally have an outcome by April, that potentially seismic decision hangs over the entirety of the new season, which is due to start on Friday. Masters kept his stance of refusing to discuss any element of it, other than to say \"of course we contemplate at its conclusion what might happen and we think about that a lot\".

Low-stakes, sanitised fluff finishing with a Gallic shrug

The titular character of 'Emily in Paris' still comes across like she's been engineered in a lab, writes Katie Rosseinsky, as the chocolate box Netflix hit returns for a fourth season

Mpox outbreak declared global health emergency

The World Health Organisation declared yesterday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.

Scandal-hit Japan PM quits

Fumio Kishida has announced he will step down as Japan's prime minister after three years in office marred by political scandals, saying his exit is \"what is best for the public\".

Here come the girls... and a challenge for Donald Trump

Hailey Guerra had never bothered to attend a presidential campaign rally before now - but Kamala Harris's visit to the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale seemed different.

Fears of new fires as Athens counts cost of climate crisis

Firefighters battled yesterday to extinguish the final pockets of a wildfire near Athens that killed a woman and forced thousands of people to flee their homes. The blaze burned 40 square miles of land northeast of the Greek capital this week, and came within a few miles of reaching a tourist-packed city centre.

Baby twins killed in Gaza as father registered their birth

The mother of the twins described them as a 'miracle' in a Facebook post four days earlier, reports Maroosha Muzaffar