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Dry weather damages farmers' potato crops https://t.co/5UIPrI0KPW

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Long-standing heat records have been toppling throughout the summer.
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Children at English primary schools with more pupils on free school meals are less likely to leave able to swim 25m, BBC research has found.
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The whole of the UK will see its most dramatic partial solar eclipse in nearly three decades on Wednesday.
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💥 "At my 50th birthday party, we blew a car up"

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How to see the solar eclipse in the West Midlands https://t.co/o7Y2jjFJkI

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🔫 He only needed an extra 15 minutes to make the weapon fully functional.

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Olympian says swimming lessons gap disappointing https://t.co/1Mo4Se8bMC

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Data breach hits hospital charity supporters https://t.co/tQvjkiufkJ

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Concerns over plan for 3,400 homes https://t.co/gH2yYlHTBV

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Allscott Heath in Shropshire is a flourishing village cricket club with 18 teams and matches played seven days a week.
But the summer of 2026 has been a real struggle for head groundsman Jason Allen as he battles drought conditions to prepare wickets to play on.

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Swimming lessons 'vital' as schools gap revealed https://t.co/GGiztVVzlV

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Former NHS nurse opens dementia-friendly cafe https://t.co/pbmnvDm1zm

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👩‍❤️‍👨 "Be careful who you meet at festivals... they might end up family!"

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🏃‍♂️ Arlo is set to run 62.1 miles throughout August.

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'Gun obsessed' man jailed for printing 3D gun https://t.co/G9780Z8lOt

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🍻 "Things are progressing really, really nicely."

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🚔 Thousands of viewers have been gripped by the BBC series.

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🪵 Rangers and volunteers at Attingham Park have been building dams, restoring ponds and planting trees, in a bid to use their land as a sponge for the River Severn and River Tern.

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🌀 This is pretty clever!