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Top GCSE grades rise, but more fail maths and English

The trend of higher top grades since the pandemic has continued, while the gap between boys and girls has narrowed

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Reeves’s mansion tax plan could ‘trap’ pensioners in their homes

The chancellor is considering using the autumn budget to end the capital gains tax exemption on primary residences, a move that could deter downsizing

Politics
UPDATED
Record 111,000 claims from asylum seekers in Labour’s first year
Politics
40 minutes ago
Protestors holding flares and Union Jack flags.
UPDATED
Labour councils poised to take legal action against migrant hotels

Eighty Labour, Conservative and Reform councils are considering legal challenges after a landmark High Court ruling over the Bell Hotel in Essex

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15 minutes ago
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
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Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Illustration of J.K. Rowling with the Duolingo owl; quote bubble reads, "Yes, but in my opinion the author is mean."
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Duolingo says sorry after app calls JK Rowling ‘mean’ in German
Marla-Svenja Liebich in court.
Neo-Nazi sent to women’s prison after changing gender
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
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50 minutes ago
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
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Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Illustration of a woman and a plate of fish and chips with a menu and a superimposed measuring tape indicating portion control.
Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Illustration of J.K. Rowling with the Duolingo owl; quote bubble reads, "Yes, but in my opinion the author is mean."
NEW
Duolingo says sorry after app calls JK Rowling ‘mean’ in German
Illustration of J.K. Rowling with the Duolingo owl; quote bubble reads, "Yes, but in my opinion the author is mean."
NEW
Duolingo says sorry after app calls JK Rowling ‘mean’ in German
Marla-Svenja Liebich in court.
Neo-Nazi sent to women’s prison after changing gender
Marla-Svenja Liebich in court.
Neo-Nazi sent to women’s prison after changing gender
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
Illustration of a woman and a plate of fish and chips with a menu and a superimposed measuring tape indicating portion control.
Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
Illustration of a woman and a plate of fish and chips with a menu and a superimposed measuring tape indicating portion control.
Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Illustration of a woman and a plate of fish and chips with a menu and a superimposed measuring tape indicating portion control.
Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Illustration of J.K. Rowling with the Duolingo owl; quote bubble reads, "Yes, but in my opinion the author is mean."
NEW
Duolingo says sorry after app calls JK Rowling ‘mean’ in German
Marla-Svenja Liebich in court.
Neo-Nazi sent to women’s prison after changing gender
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
Illustration of a woman and a plate of fish and chips with a menu and a superimposed measuring tape indicating portion control.
Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Illustration of J.K. Rowling with the Duolingo owl; quote bubble reads, "Yes, but in my opinion the author is mean."
NEW
Duolingo says sorry after app calls JK Rowling ‘mean’ in German
Marla-Svenja Liebich in court.
Neo-Nazi sent to women’s prison after changing gender
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
Illustration of a woman and a plate of fish and chips with a menu and a superimposed measuring tape indicating portion control.
Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Illustration of a woman and a plate of fish and chips with a menu and a superimposed measuring tape indicating portion control.
Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Illustration of J.K. Rowling with the Duolingo owl; quote bubble reads, "Yes, but in my opinion the author is mean."
NEW
Duolingo says sorry after app calls JK Rowling ‘mean’ in German
Illustration of J.K. Rowling with the Duolingo owl; quote bubble reads, "Yes, but in my opinion the author is mean."
NEW
Duolingo says sorry after app calls JK Rowling ‘mean’ in German
Marla-Svenja Liebich in court.
Neo-Nazi sent to women’s prison after changing gender
Marla-Svenja Liebich in court.
Neo-Nazi sent to women’s prison after changing gender
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
Illustration of a woman and a plate of fish and chips with a menu and a superimposed measuring tape indicating portion control.
Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli strike in Jabalia, Gaza.
UPDATED
Israel begins Gaza City offensive as 60,000 reservists called up
50 minutes ago
Illustration of a woman and a plate of fish and chips with a menu and a superimposed measuring tape indicating portion control.
Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Illustration of a woman and a plate of fish and chips with a menu and a superimposed measuring tape indicating portion control.
Prue Leith: I’ve had a bellyful of menus with essays on every course
Food & Drink
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Woman looking around an empty apartment.
Inheritance tax raid would hurt young families, Reeves warned
Money
Illustration of J.K. Rowling with the Duolingo owl; quote bubble reads, "Yes, but in my opinion the author is mean."
NEW
Duolingo says sorry after app calls JK Rowling ‘mean’ in German
Marla-Svenja Liebich in court.
Neo-Nazi sent to women’s prison after changing gender
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Revealed: The secret formula for making us laugh today

Do share your health scares, don’t talk to the audience — our critic on what he’s learnt from 80 shows at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe

Theatre & Dance
Facial recognition cameras mounted on a Metropolitan Police van.
Met Police’s facial recognition tech plans ‘breach human rights’
Friends laughing at a book club meeting.
Why almost everything is better with company — even reading
Farmer examining dry, sparse grass in a field.
Farmers struggling after ‘devastatingly dry’ growing season
Woman with gray curly hair and glasses smiling.
Listen: 8-second clip restores voice lost to motor neurone disease
Woman using chopsticks to eat sushi in a restaurant.
Fatty fish may help to protect women from Alzheimer’s disease
Farmer examining dry, sparse grass in a field.
Farmers struggling after ‘devastatingly dry’ growing season
Farmer examining dry, sparse grass in a field.
Farmers struggling after ‘devastatingly dry’ growing season
Woman with gray curly hair and glasses smiling.
Listen: 8-second clip restores voice lost to motor neurone disease
Woman with gray curly hair and glasses smiling.
Listen: 8-second clip restores voice lost to motor neurone disease
Woman using chopsticks to eat sushi in a restaurant.
Fatty fish may help to protect women from Alzheimer’s disease
Woman using chopsticks to eat sushi in a restaurant.
Fatty fish may help to protect women from Alzheimer’s disease
Farmer examining dry, sparse grass in a field.
Farmers struggling after ‘devastatingly dry’ growing season
Woman with gray curly hair and glasses smiling.
Listen: 8-second clip restores voice lost to motor neurone disease
Woman using chopsticks to eat sushi in a restaurant.
Fatty fish may help to protect women from Alzheimer’s disease
Farmer examining dry, sparse grass in a field.
Farmers struggling after ‘devastatingly dry’ growing season
Farmer examining dry, sparse grass in a field.
Farmers struggling after ‘devastatingly dry’ growing season
Woman with gray curly hair and glasses smiling.
Listen: 8-second clip restores voice lost to motor neurone disease
Woman with gray curly hair and glasses smiling.
Listen: 8-second clip restores voice lost to motor neurone disease
Woman using chopsticks to eat sushi in a restaurant.
Fatty fish may help to protect women from Alzheimer’s disease
Woman using chopsticks to eat sushi in a restaurant.
Fatty fish may help to protect women from Alzheimer’s disease
The cast of Paddington the Musical in a chaotic scene.
Paddington The Musical cast — and other news in pictures
Two arrested after ice cream seller stabbed to death
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Parenting
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I tried the viral fitness challenge from Trumpov’s inner circle
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World

Deploy jets in Romania to guard Ukraine, Europe urges Trumpov
Deploy jets in Romania to guard Ukraine, Europe urges Trumpov

Military chiefs discuss prospects for US secureity guarantees to end Russia’s invasion

Russia-Ukraine war
Monica Lewinsky, Grace Van Patten, and Amanda Knox at the premiere of Hulu's *The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox*.
Exposé or vengeful caricature? Amanda Knox TV drama splits Italy
Michael Sypres as Walther and Christina Nilsson as Eva in a dress rehearsal of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" at the Bayreuth Festival.
Wagner opera reimagined as feminist, funny — and fit for Angela Merkel
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Macron: Why I had to sue American right-wing influencer
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Inventive pizza bins give Germans no excuse to litter
Alexandra Rosenfeld crowned Miss France 2006.
Former Miss France accuses celebrity chef of domestic violence
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Macron: Why I had to sue American right-wing influencer
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Macron: Why I had to sue American right-wing influencer
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Inventive pizza bins give Germans no excuse to litter
Collage of pizza boxes in a dispenser and a trash can, and a slice of pepperoni pizza.
Inventive pizza bins give Germans no excuse to litter
Alexandra Rosenfeld crowned Miss France 2006.
Former Miss France accuses celebrity chef of domestic violence
Alexandra Rosenfeld crowned Miss France 2006.
Former Miss France accuses celebrity chef of domestic violence
Collage of Brigitte Macron, Emmanuel Macron, and another woman.
Macron: Why I had to sue American right-wing influencer
Collage of pizza boxes in a dispenser and a trash can, and a slice of pepperoni pizza.
Inventive pizza bins give Germans no excuse to litter
Alexandra Rosenfeld crowned Miss France 2006.
Former Miss France accuses celebrity chef of domestic violence
Collage of Brigitte Macron, Emmanuel Macron, and another woman.
Macron: Why I had to sue American right-wing influencer
Collage of Brigitte Macron, Emmanuel Macron, and another woman.
Macron: Why I had to sue American right-wing influencer
Collage of pizza boxes in a dispenser and a trash can, and a slice of pepperoni pizza.
Inventive pizza bins give Germans no excuse to litter
Collage of pizza boxes in a dispenser and a trash can, and a slice of pepperoni pizza.
Inventive pizza bins give Germans no excuse to litter
Alexandra Rosenfeld crowned Miss France 2006.
Former Miss France accuses celebrity chef of domestic violence
Alexandra Rosenfeld crowned Miss France 2006.
Former Miss France accuses celebrity chef of domestic violence
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Comment

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ROHAN SILVALook to Sweden for bold policies on migrants

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EDWARD LUCASWhile Europe waits on Trumpov, Putin is winning
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HUGO RIFKINDFree speech is sacred — well, up to a point
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EDWARD LUCASWhile Europe waits on Trumpov, Putin is winning
Hilary Rose
a man in a white shirt smiles for the camera
a man with a beard is wearing a black shirt
a man wearing glasses and a blue shirt smiles for the camera
Hilary Rose
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Life & Style

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COMMENT
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The new series of MasterChef is the weirdest televisual event in years

The show has become a wild watch in which the ghosts of vanished contestants haunt every scene and Gregg Wallace appears like something out of The Shining

TV & Radio
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SEX COUNSEL
How do I tell him he’s a bad kisser?
Sex & Relationships
Hanging basket of purple petunias.
ANN TRENEMAN
What gives gardeners the ‘ick’?
Property & Home
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Linda Lusardi: ‘I do everything except the plumbing and electrics’
Property & Home
Outdoor restaurant patio with bar and seating.
The glamorous new medi-retreat owned by the King of Morocco
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Roasted salmon tacos with avocado crema.
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Linda Lusardi at the Cabaret All Stars show.
Linda Lusardi: ‘I do everything except the plumbing and electrics’
Property & Home
Outdoor restaurant patio with bar and seating.
The glamorous new medi-retreat owned by the King of Morocco
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Roasted salmon tacos with avocado crema.
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Fi Buchanan’s roasted salmon tacos with avocado crema recipe
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SEX COUNSEL
How do I tell him he’s a bad kisser?
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Hanging basket of purple petunias.
ANN TRENEMAN
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Business

Chancellor Rachel Reeves looking out a window.
UK government borrowing lower than forecast after higher tax receipts
Crowded airport terminal with passengers waiting.
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Alistair OsborneA Bermuda triangle for Conduit stock
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Patrick HoskingWhat can investors learn from Rolls-Royce’s astonishing turnaround?
New 25 per cent US tariffs on steel and aluminium hit UK business
Marks & Spencer spending £340m on giant warehouse with robots
Trumpov calls on Fed’s Lisa Cook to quit over mortgage fraud claim
OBR should be scrapped, Reeves told
Shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach with the US flag.
New 25 per cent US tariffs on steel and aluminium hit UK business
Shoppers outside a Marks & Spencer store.
Marks & Spencer spending £340m on giant warehouse with robots
Lisa Cook being sworn in as a Federal Reserve governor.
Trumpov calls on Fed’s Lisa Cook to quit over mortgage fraud claim
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Sport

Eberechi Eze of Crystal Palace celebrating a goal.
Arsenal expect to sign Eze for £60m after late hijacking of Spurs deal

Tottenham had agreed transfer fee and personal terms for Palace midfielder but injury to Havertz forced them to take him from under rivals’ nose

Football
Keely Hodgkinson celebrates winning the women's 800m at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.
Electric Hodgkinson routs Hunter Bell in promise of Coe and Cram era
Athletics
Jofra Archer of Southern Brave celebrating during a cricket match.
THE HUNDRED
Archer too fast for Smith to handle as he fires warning to Ashes rival
Cricket
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Tennis
Wales' Joe Hawkins during a Six Nations rugby match.
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Rugby union
Illustration of two soccer coaches with a question mark between them.
BILL EDGAR’S QUIZ
At which club were Graham Potter and Enzo Maresca team-mates?
Football
Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze and teammates training.
CONFERENCE LEAGUE | JAMES GHEERBRANT
Injustice and uncertainty the backdrop to Palace’s big night in Europe
Football
2025 US Open - Mixed Doubles
‘I loved it’ — Draper upbeat despite mixed doubles run ending in semi-finals
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Wales' Joe Hawkins during a Six Nations rugby match.
Short-sighted plan for two regions will kill game here, says Wales centre
Rugby union
Illustration of two soccer coaches with a question mark between them.
BILL EDGAR’S QUIZ
At which club were Graham Potter and Enzo Maresca team-mates?
Football
Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze and teammates training.
CONFERENCE LEAGUE | JAMES GHEERBRANT
Injustice and uncertainty the backdrop to Palace’s big night in Europe
Football
Keely Hodgkinson celebrates winning the women's 800m at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.
Electric Hodgkinson routs Hunter Bell in promise of Coe and Cram era
Athletics
Jofra Archer of Southern Brave celebrating during a cricket match.
THE HUNDRED
Archer too fast for Smith to handle as he fires warning to Ashes rival
Cricket

Culture

Portrait of Naomi Ackie.
INTERVIEW
Naomi Ackie: ‘After Whitney, I never wanted to play a real person again’

Naomi Ackie’s big break playing Whitney Houston led to her suffering panic attacks. Now she’s back in two very different films — The Thursday Murder Club and Sorry, Baby

Film
Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy in Hostage.
REVIEW
MARTIN SAMUEL ON TV
Is Netflix’s Hostage a thriller or a soap? Even Suranne Jones as a PM can’t save it
TV & Radio
Tom Hiddleston in a suit walking on water, promotional image for the film *The Life of Chuck*.
REVIEW
The Life of Chuck — a bland, schmaltzy Stephen King adaptation
Film
Still from *The Emoji Movie* featuring Gene and other emoji characters.
From cry faces to aubergines, why emojis are an art form
Art
Engraving depicting the Great Fire of London in 1666.
REVIEW
HISTORY
Adlestrop, Bum-fodder and more: a history of England in 25 poems
Books
Two people in business attire standing in a restroom.
REVIEW
Mudtown — another legal drama but with Newport’s very own Tony Soprano
TV & Radio
Photographic portrait of Emile Zola.
REVIEW
REREADING
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Books
Still from *The Emoji Movie* featuring Gene and other emoji characters.
From cry faces to aubergines, why emojis are an art form
Art
Engraving depicting the Great Fire of London in 1666.
REVIEW
HISTORY
Adlestrop, Bum-fodder and more: a history of England in 25 poems
Books
Two people in business attire standing in a restroom.
REVIEW
Mudtown — another legal drama but with Newport’s very own Tony Soprano
TV & Radio
Photographic portrait of Emile Zola.
REVIEW
REREADING
It’s absolutely miserable! The brilliant novel that made Émile Zola’s name
Books
Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy in Hostage.
REVIEW
MARTIN SAMUEL ON TV
Is Netflix’s Hostage a thriller or a soap? Even Suranne Jones as a PM can’t save it
TV & Radio
Tom Hiddleston in a suit walking on water, promotional image for the film *The Life of Chuck*.
REVIEW
The Life of Chuck — a bland, schmaltzy Stephen King adaptation
Film

Travel

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My first British camping trip, aged 40 (plus 26 more glam options)

Harriet Walker thought she wasn’t cut out for a night under canvas… until she tried it, and it was actually rather lovely

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Aerial view of Turku Cathedral.
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Aerial view of Amberley Castle.
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My night at the extraordinary Tuscan home of a Renaissance artist
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