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Make it snappy: point-and-shoot cameras back in fashion as analogue trumps digital

A new range of Google smartphones capable of AI image generation was launched this week.

Bye bye brat Why everyone is jumping on the demure’ bandwagon

Unless you have been living under a rock, you will have heard by now that we are living through a \"brat summer\".

Girl died froma sip of Costa Coffee drink after failure to follow allergies processes’

A 13-year-old girl with a severe dairy allergy died after drinking a Costa Coffee hot chocolate following a \"failure to follow the processes in place to discuss allergies\", an inquest has concluded.

Matthew Perry had multiple ketamine shots on day he died, assistant says

The Friends actor Matthew Perry ordered his live-in personal assistant to give him regular intravenous doses of ketamine on the day of his death last year, according to a statement by the assistant to investigators.

Rise in snakes and rats turns Rome into aproper jungle’

A zoologist in Rome said yesterday that the Italian capital had become \"a proper jungle\" amid a surge in the number of snakes, oriental hornets, seagulls and rats owing to high temperatures and the city's persistent problem with rubbish.

'I want audiences to be seduced': series on rise of Mussolini aims to touch a nerve

He built up violent paramilitary gangs and terrorised political opponents, suspended democracy in favour of a dictatorship that would inspire nazism, and plunged his country into a bloody war.

Train drivers to stage 22 days of strikes on east coast mainline

Passengers travelling between London and Edinburgh face months of disruption after LNER drivers announced 22 days of strike action from the start of September to early November.

Home Office unit to curb teenage violent crime

Teenagers have it \"much, much harder\" than previous generations because of knives, mental health pressures and social media, Yvette Cooper has said, announcing plans to set a new unit to prevent violent crime among young people

Gaza toll of 40,000 hides true scale of loss

Dalia Hawas was 24 when an Israeli airstrike flattened the apartment building where she lived in February, burying the young mother with her 10-month-old daughter, Mona.

Bompastor calls for WSL to help clubs in Europe

New Chelsea manager wants to avoid big games before Champions League matches

United's 'belief' Emboldened Ten Hag sets his sights on dethroning City

Erik ten Hag says Manchester United's ambition is to win the Premier League, claiming they have only been second best to rivals Manchester City since his arrival in 2022.

Bissouma to miss opener after laughing gas incident

Ange Postecoglou has said Yves Bissouma must earn back his trust after confirming the Mali midfielder has been suspended by Tottenham for their opening game of the season against Leicester on Monday after he was seen inhaling laughing gas.

Breakdancer Gunn hits back at 'devastating' online attacks

The Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn said the backlash she has received since competing at the Paris Olympics has been \"devastating\" and pleaded for privacy for her family and friends.

Vollering plunges to ninth after Amnéville horror

Demi Vollering's hopes of back-to-back victories in the Tour de France Femmes took a painful blow after the defending champion crashed in the final moments of stage five from Bastogne to Amnéville, in the Moselle.

Town in Kenya mocked for lousy’ statues of top athletes

Authorities in a Kenyan town known for its athletics success have rushed to remove statues of runners that some people had deemed shoddy, on the eve of an event to confer city status on the municipality.

Harris strives to win over Latino voters to clinch swing states

The abrupt substitution of Kamala Harris for Joe Biden as the Democratic party's presidential nominee has energised two of the party's bedrock bases of support-pro-choice women and African Americans along with millions of young voters who felt dismay at the Hobson's choice posed by two old white guys in the presidential contest.

Ukrainian troops now in full control of key Russian town, says Zelenskiv

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, yesterday said Kyiv's troops have full control over the Russian town of Sudzha, the biggest of 80 settlements the country claims to have taken in the 10 days since its surprise incursion into Russia began.

British MPs urge Azerbaijan to free State critic and LSE academic

A group of British MPs have called on Azerbaijan's government to free an LSE academic who was detained after writing articles critical of the country's environmental policies.

Hot cities Seville's ancient fix to tackle worsening problem

Beneath the streets of Seville - where summer temperatures regularly top 40C -a €5m (about £4m) cooling strategy is taking the city back in time.

Apology for student therapist expelled for his gender views

A student psychotherapist expelled from his master's course after expressing gender-critical views has received an apology from the training institute where he was studying.

Boat on which at least 8 people died in Channel was wholly unsuitable’

An investigation into the sinking of a migrant boat in the Channel that claimed at least eight lives in December 2022 has found that the dinghy was \"wholly unsuitable and illequipped\" for its hazardous journey and even more poorly constructed than other similar vessels making the crossing.

Crown actor struggled to lose Diana's mannerisms

The Crown actor Elizabeth Debicki took a long time to shake off the mannerisms of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, whom she portrayed in the award-winning Netflix series.

Gena Rowlands, star of Gloria and Opening Night, dies at 94

Gena Rowlands, the Oscar-nominated actor best known for the string of films she collaborated on with her husband, the director John Cassavetes, has died aged 94.

Government drops appeal over activist who held sign outside court

The government has dropped an appeal against a judge's decision to throw out a contempt case against a woman who stood outside a climate activist trial holding a placard about jury rights.

Cyanide spill in Walsall canal condemned as unacceptable’

The Environment Agency described a cyanide spill into a West Midlands canal as \"unacceptable\" and promised robust action yesterday if any wrongdoing was found to have occurred.

Caterer in legal Case over mice in school kitchen returns to profit

A catering company owned by the billionaire Coates family has reported a return to profit, after it emerged that the company had served food from a mouse-infested kitchen to primary school children and failed to pay staff the minimum wage.

Analysis Highest grades are up this year but worrying regional disparities remain

Many students in England who received their A-level grades yesterday will have been happy after overall results showed an increase in the number of As and A*s, exceeding not only last year's results, but those recorded before the disruption caused by the pandemic.

'Unbelievably proud' Nerves, then joy, at UK's oldest sixth-form college

When Yasser Imlahi Iallouchen arrived to collect his BTec results yesterday morning, he said he was so nervous he could barely breathe.

Taylor Swift fans shake off security fears as they flock to Wembley show

Thousands of fans flooded Wembley Stadium last night to see Taylor Swift perform for the first time since her shows in Vienna were cancelled after a foiled terrorist attack.

Five people arrested and charged over death of Friends actor Matthew Perry

Five people have been arrested and charged over the death of Friends actor Matthew Perry, US prosecutors said last night, including the actor's personal assistant and two doctors.