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Something stinks: Water firms dump sewage into rivers and seas for 1.5m hours already this year

Swimmers and beachgoers feel ‘powerless’ in the face of increasing filthy overflows, in some coastal areas already topping the whole of 2025, investigates @JonUngoedThomas
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Sweet dreams are made of hits for investors snapping up back catalogues

Streaming data shows artists like Eurythmics, Beyoncé and Mariah Carey make sure-fire streaming investments, reports @EmmaHaslett
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Farage, Lowe and the fight for the right to be the nastiest party

@andrewrawnsley writes: As Reform and Restore feud, the plea of grieving family of Henry Nowak is drowned out by a competition in outrage and division
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Hinge offers ‘purple hearts’ to men brave enough to share

The dating app @hinge has introduced a reward system to encourage more meaningful interactions and combat dating app fatigue, reports @MarineSaint02
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Alzheimer’s researchers desperate for more drug trial participants

Uk charities are calling the government to change how the disease is diagnosed so testing and access to treatment can be expanded, reports James Tapper
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West Ham co-owner exits and vows to sue BBC in wake of allegations

Former pornography baron David Sullivan quits football and releases furious statement ahead of Panorama investigation due to be aired on Monday, report @JonUngoedThomas and @GeorgeRSimms
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Home listening: Bohuslav Martinu’s Symphonies https://t.co/dit0QowUxm

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‘Safe’ in their rooms, children are being caught in a global grooming pandemic

Tech firms are to be forced to install software that makes it impossible for children to take or share nude images. @RSylvester1 reports on how that vital protection comes too late for the families of those who have already been groomed
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‘He’ll have to learn to use his hands again’: alarm grows over ebike fires

Experts warn cyclists that lithium-ion batteries can be like small bombs as blazes claim more lives across the UK, investigates @Ffranciscodgf
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Putin’s Russia will not be defeated from outside. Revolutionary change must come from within

@AndreiSoldatov writes: Western sanctions and weapons have failed to end the war in Ukraine, but offering incentives to powerful figures could tip the balance
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Labour voters in Makerfield ‘terrified’ of a Reform deluge

Devastating floods have hit the constituency twice in 10 years, leaving fertile ground for Farage’s party. Now Labour voters fear that Andy Burnham could be swept away in this month’s byelection, reports @CeriThomas01
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The longest journey: EM Forster’s stolen nameplate comes home to King’s after 56 years

@DonnaLFerguson uncovers how the culprit, who unscrewed the doorplate to the celebrated author’s rooms at Cambridge University, returns stolen item at college reunion
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Two-tier truth https://t.co/xpU5TBXEJe

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Elon Musk is “a threat to democracy” - I interviewed @wesstreeting for @ObserverUK https://t.co/DnorGURiBZ

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‘I don’t want Nigel Farage walking into Downing Street on my conscience’: @wesstreeting

The ex-health secretary and leadership hopeful tells @RSylvester1 that Labour must heed voters’ warning on Reform’s surge
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Ollie Robinson takes seven wickets as England lay Ashes despair to rest

For this week's Sports cover, @_PaulHayward writes that the 32-year-old has proved an unlikely hero after ending a 27-month international exile in style
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Here’s a World Cup score to cheer: Citizens United 1 - Ethno-nationalist Racists 0

@BloomfieldSJ writes: The tournament is not just a battle involving 48 teams, but between the conflicting ideas of inclusive citizenship and exclusive national identity
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A cage fight at the White House puts the Trumpian world-view on show, writes @RorySmith

The brutal scenes set to unfold on the South Lawn to celebrate his birthday (and 250 years of US independence) sum up the president better than anything
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‘Are we doing a story? My God I’m alive again!’ Despite his Alzheimer’s, I was still Jon’s editor https://t.co/0KF4RYgzhI

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Everest guide discovered close to death after ‘bonkers’ climb leaves him alone on mountain

@PoppyBullard writes: Tour that left Dawa Sherpa on world’s highest summit for six days slammed by climbing expert for pushing the boundaries of safety
https://t.co/rF0VI2nEXB