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Better tracks give us hope for success in next stage, says Topley

WHEN naming a squad for this T20 World Cup in the spring, England made no secret of how heavily their thinking had been influenced by their high-scoring tour to the Caribbean before Christmas.

SPURS FEAR THEY FACE FIGHT FOR GALLAGHER

IN-DEMAND STAR USING EUROS TO SHOW WORTH TO CHELSEA

Gilmour gives Scots better chance of holding onto Euro dream

AFTER suffering opening-night stage fright, it is do-or-die for Scotland.

Southgate still looking for key to unlock City form in Foden

FIVE MINUTES gone at Wembley, and in the sunshine in front of a socially distanced crowd, Phil Foden, hair dyed a la Paul Gascoigne on the same patch at Euro 96, shimmies inside a Croatian defender and curls towards the far corner to launch the summer he intends, even expects, to make his own.

Murray certain to fight to end in long farewell

EARLY exits did not used to be the tournament norm for Andy Murray.

Young's boss says food costs are now falling for pubs

THE boss of Young's today said the pub chain was beginning to see food inflation fall into negative territory in the latest signs that cost-of-living pressures are abating.

I'm angry I've time wasted with the Help to Buy ISA'

Millions of first-time buyers have their savings trapped in deposit schemes that have not kept pace with house price inflation.

It's telling that there's absolutely no debate about Bukavo Saka

THERE was something almost reassuringly familiar about the sight of Serbia's Strahinja Pavlović taking out Bukayo Saka after 22 minutes of England's opening Euro 2024 group game on Sunday.

Festivals are kind of over ...it's all about grassroots, intimate gigs this summer

I'M not being funny but... today I want to talk about the sorry state of festivals this summer.

Unite the Right? Look how that worked out for the Republicans

IF the polls are right, the Conservatives are heading for a historic drubbing.

Sex, power and bust-ups: inside brand Beckham

Tom Bower has skewered everyone from Boris to the royals - now he's turned his lens on Posh and Becks. So how juicy is it really?

The only bar in the world where Taylor Swift isn't a big deal

AT NOTTING HILL'S Casa Cruz, I thought a bulldoggish doorman would be guarding the entrance.

Drink-drive arrest officer 'didn't know who Timberlake was'

THE police officer who arrested singer Justin Timberlake for drink-driving had reportedly never heard of the chart-topping star.

Awkward questions for Labour on tax as Reeves forced onto backfoot

LABOUR came under a tax spotlight today after Sir Keir Starmer appeared to leave the door open to savers being hit in a future budget.

Then there were four: Poll predicts massacre for Tories in London

THE Conservatives face close to wipeout in London at the election, according to a new poll which showed them with just four seats left as they are hit by a Reform and Labour pincer movement.

Mask for Mbappe after suffering broken nose

KYLIAN MBAPPE will see specialists this week to have a mask fitted in a bid to ensure the broken nose he suffered last night does not end his Euros, writes Simon Collings.

Ronaldo has star-studded cast to help him write a perfect end

CRISTIANO RONALDO insists Euro 2024 is \"merely a chapter\" in his glittering career.

England's goal must be to use Kane's creativity as well as strike threat

\"ENGLAND need a No9. Not a nineand-a-half. Not a nine and 10 all rolled into one, but an old-fashioned No9 to prowl the penalty box and snaffle up chances, as limited as they are in international football.\"

McMullen's warns on pub pay 'burden'

LONDON and South-East pub chain McMullen's has warned of the strain of tax and regulatory burdens facing the hospitality industry after it reported a huge surge in labour costs.

Rained off: Weather slows supermarket sales growth

THE miserable spring and early summer weather that has wreaked havoc on the high street has even hit the supermarkets with their sales growing at their slowest rate in two years, according to new figures today.

If Keir Starmer wins a historic majority, will he be able to handle the hope?

A CENTURY ago, in the general election of October 1924, Stanley Baldwin achieved a majority of 210 for the Conservatives; modestly describing the landslide as \"a magnificent opportunity for service\".

As a woman, I would never stand to be an MP because it's just too physically risky

LAST week I was asked why I was not standing in the general election.

I've had enough: fine anyone with a backpack on the Tube

IF YOU wear a backpack on public transport, then I think you ought to pay a penalty.

Putin visits Kim in Pyongyang with weapons on the agenda

VLADIMIR PUTIN was arriving in North Korea today ahead of a meeting with its leader Kim Jong-un as he seeks continued military support for his invasion of Ukraine.

We help them experience growing up like any teenager

Controlling and coercive behaviour is all too common for many schoolgirls with boyfriends today. Talia Kensit tells Anna Davis how she set about tackling it

Look who's back: Boris returns to fight the challenge from Farage

BORIS Johnson stepped up the Tories' general election battle today as they desperately attempted to stop voters deserting them for Nigel Farage's Reform.

Starmer won't rule out council tax increases

AS MINISTER ADMITS LABOUR COULD BE IN POWER FOR 20 YEARS

McKellen's show must go on after fall

Sir Ian 'in good spirits' and could return to stage in matinee tomorrow

Leaders of the pack! Comer and Stone rev up for motorbike film

JODIE COMER and Austin Butler were back in black at the premiere of The Bikeriders in Los Angeles.

The scandal of London's vanishing police stations

15 years ago, the capital had 156 police stations, but that has been cut sharply to just 36. A new study argues the changes have had a worrying effect on violent crime