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Sovereign grant
Royal raise
Funding for the royals has tripled despite the family attending half as many events as they used to, Richard Palmer reports. The discrepancy has come to light as the King’s taxes are under scrutiny
Venezuela
Race against time
Thousands are feared dead and missing after two devastating earthquakes as the regime is criticised for leaving the country unprepared for disaster, Thomas Graham reports
World Cup
A fighting chance
Although we still don’t know exactly what this England squad is capable of, the team’s success against Panama will hopefully provide a clear path to the final, George Simms writes
For today
Climate
Jeevan Vasagar
Heat inequality extends to where we live and work. Access to cooling should be a right for all
Reform
Catherine Neilan
Clacton could be up for grabs after investigation into Farage’s £5m ‘unconditional gift’
Youth justice
Rachel Sylvester
Age of criminal responsibility should be raised to 14, says Bar Council
Tennis
Jessica Hayden
Serena Williams’s return to Wimbledon at 44 is part of growing trend
America turns 250
Politics
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Tom Baldwin
Keir Starmer vowed to be an ‘ordinary’ PM, but it is not an ordinary job. Burnham should take heed
Rachel Sylvester
David Lammy: ‘I’ve been loyal to every Labour PM – I’ll be loyal to the next
Catherine Neilan
Burnham planning ‘serious structural changes’ to UK economy to spur growth in regions
Wes Streeting
‘The hardest thing to change in the NHS is its culture’
National
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Maternity crisis
James Tapper
Ockenden: Culture of fear must be tackled before maternity care crisis can be resolved, warn charities
Al Fayed
Megan Clement
Exclusive: Fayed abuse survivors complain to police watchdog about their treatment by the Met
Environment
Jonathan Lewis
Criminal gangs turn rural havens into waste dumps
Fiesta
Lily Isaacs
Latin Americans party hard as rap king Bad Bunny hops into town
Ideas
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Politics
Andrew Rawnsley
Burnham is heady on hope but already short of time. He needs quick wins and clear priorities
Rochdale
Kenan Malik
From anti-racists to racists, the grooming gangs debate has betrayed the victims
Maternity crisis
Theo Clarke
We must appoint a maternity commissioner, or risk the deaths of hundreds more mothers and babies
Bowing out
Frank Skinner
Keir Starmer’s speech cried out for a couple of gags – or perhaps a scream into the void
Business
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FTSE
Barney Macintyre
Easyjet adds to UK equities flight fears
Nationalisation
Ben Zaranko
Mopping up the Thames Water mess will be an early test for Burnham
GLP-1s
Emma Haslett
Weight-loss jabs force supermarkets to meet the needs of shrinking shoppers
OpenAI
Stephen Armstrong
Will AI take over advertising? Not quite yet
Sport
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Tennis
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner seeks to keep his cool – and his title
F1
Ben Coles
Don’t stop believing: Lewis Hamilton is still holding on to that winning feeling
Cricket
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Rainford-Brent optimistic about England learning T20 World Cup lessons
World Cup 2026
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Football is ill-equipped to deal with players facing criminal charges
Books
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Poetry
Anthony Joseph
The Sunday Poem: Caura
Online safety
Rachel Sylvester
Beeban Kidron’s Users calls out the tech bros making billions selling porn to children
Nature
Killian Fox
In Togetherness, Rowan Hooper celebrates nature’s brilliant double acts
Art
Lara Feigel
Whatever became of Renoir’s Pink and Blue girls?
In Real Life
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Observations and scenes from beyond your phone screen
The Sensemaker
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Climate
Fred Harter
Extreme heat has made air-con a political hot topic
Maternity
Xavier Greenwood
‘Systemic’ failures at Nottingham hospitals led to maternity deaths
Labour
Catherine Neilan
Andy Burnham’s messaging could be as important as his policies
European Union
Giles Whittell
A decade after Brexit, British voters want more Europe, not less
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Tortoise Investigates
Deep Water
In the high-stakes sport of freediving, athletes descend as deep as they can on a single breath. They are used to putting their lives at risk. Through her diving instructor, Lydia Gard discovered a new threat that could tear their community apart: drug use
Sweet Bobby
Kirat is a successful radio presenter. On Facebook she meets Bobby, a handsome cardiologist. He’s a catch. Soon, they get tangled up in a love affair full of lies and manipulation. Then… Kirat discovers a deception of almost unimaginable proportions. Alexi Mostrous investigates a very modern love story
Lucky Boy
Gareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom. But when she walked out of his life, everything started to unravel. Chloe Hadjimatheou asks: who gets to be a perpetrator, and who gets to be a victim?
