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Eight held after ‘truly alarming' machete violence in Southend

EIGHT people have been arrested and weapons seized after a machete fight broke out on the seafront in Southend.

Golden relay boys seek to pool talent again for a 'three-peat' in 2028

BRITAIN’S freestyle relay heroes swam into the record books last night with a superb defence of their 4x200m title, then set their sights on an historic “three-peat” in Los Angeles in four years’ time.

Spendolini-Sirieix and Toulson hold their nerve and stay in sync for final medal spot

AT 16, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix had been the youngest member of the British diving team at the Tokyo Games, and said afterwards that she found so little joy in her first Olympic experience that she was not sure she fancied another.

POTTER'S JOY AT BRONZE IN TRIATHLON

EX-TRACK STAR CAME FOR GOLD BUT IS STILL SMILING

Atletico chiefs hope improved £34m bid will secure Gallagher

ATLETICO MADRID are increasingly confident that they can strike a deal with Chelsea for England midfielder Conor Gallagher.

Murray's fairytale farewell no longer looks a fantasy

FOR the first time, it is not unthinkable that Andy Murray could yet get the perfect send-off, a fourth career Olympic medal in his final tournament.

London Square buys Stratford site to build 350 rental homes

DEVELOPER London Square has snapped up a site at Stratford Cross for a major new build-to-rent scheme.

Building chief hails Labour ‘ambitions'

TAYLOR WIMPEY today backed the government’s push to build 1.5 million homes in the next five years as the FTSE 100 developer revealed a sharp drop in profits.

HSBC names new finance boss to complete shake-up

HSBC chairman Sir Mark Tucker completed the shake-up of his top-level management team today bringing in Jon Bingham as chief financial officer.

The customer is king? Not in our day and age - I'm sick of being treated poorly

ON a scale from one to high street bakery, how poor has the customer service you’ve received lately been? I don’t know what’s going on in London right now but you struggle to find any remotely happy or helpful people in most of the chains these days.

As Trump's problems mount, don't forget he's still favourite

TRUMP fever has broken in small town America, judging by appearances.

Hamas leader assassinated in Tehran

Killing prompts rising fears that Gaza conflict will escalate

Far-Right mob ‘hijacked the killings of little children and must face full force of the law'

FAR-RIGHT thugs who injured nearly 40 police officers in a violent protest sparked by misinformation online about the mass stabbing of children in Southport must be brought to justice, the town’s MP said today.

Triathlete 'super happy to scoop bronze'

Medal winner dug really deep’ in dramatic race as she and Team GB divers celebrate

Edwards could face jail over indecent images of children

FORMER BBC presenter Huw Edwards is facing a possible jail sentence after he today admitted receiving indecent images of children.

Tom won't rule out another bid at 'home' Games

IT HAD taken a dramatic U-turn to lure Tom Daley back to the GB diving programme.

'WE MUST MAKE A FAST START TODAY'

MURRAY DETERMINED NOT TO PUT FANS THROUGH AGONY AGAIN

A fingertip from gold fires up Richards to have final say in relay

MATT RICHARDS has set his sights on spearheading Britain’s swimmers to a first gold of these Games tonight.

Pidcock's king of the mountain but party is on hold

TOM PIDCOCK woke up this morning to his 25th birthday but with little chance to celebrate.

Arteta vows not to take tour risk with Calafiori

MANAGER WARY OF GIVING NEW SIGNING DEBUT TOMORROW

St James's Place rebound steals the limelight

SHARES in wealth manager St James’s Place today rebounded by 21% as the former blue-chip company stole the limelight in a packed results session.

Ofgem under fire over ban on cut-price energy deals

ENERGY regulator Ofgem was accused of stifling competition in the household gas and electricity market today when it ruled out a return of cheap exclusive deals for customers switching to new suppliers until after the winter.

No shorts, no BBQs: this is how to do summer

AT THE end of all our whining about the weather, the jet stream has moved and blessed us with a heatwave and the hottest day of the year today.

Spared jail, EastEnders actor who slashed woman with a knife after she rejected him

AN EastEnders actor who slashed a woman with a knife after she turned down his sexual advances has been spared jail.

Get set for London's hottest day of the year... then thunderstorms

LONDON was today set to enjoy its hottest day of the year — but forecasters warn that the city could then be pelted with thunderstorms.

Trump defends Vance over his 'childless cat ladies' comment

DONALD TRUMP has defended J D Vance’s past comments about “childless cat ladies”, saying that his running mate was simply trying to show how much he values family life.

'These were just little kids': Swift's horror at dance class knife attack

TAYLOR SWIFT today said she was “completely in shock” after the “horror” of the Southport knife attack at a dance class themed on the singer.

Edwards child porn charges: BBC told 'hours' before it became public

BBC bosses only learned Huw Edwards was being charged with child pornography offences a few hours before it was made public, it was claimed today.

'He lied': Reeves and Hunt at war over claims of £22bn black hole

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves clashed furiously with her predecessor Jeremy Hunt after she accused him of “lying” over the state of the public finances before the general election.

Andy vindicates bold call and fuels dream of a 'special' farewell

BEYOND the three Grand Slam titles, the two Olympic gold medals and the Davis Cup heroics, Andy Murray has built a career on making the improbable happen.