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Interviews of Farage aide and his mother believed to be part of investigation into donations to Reform UK before 2024 election ...

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Wildfire comes as Spain suffers a heatwave, with scorching temperatures triggering orange weather warnings ...

The FA is preparing to pay £15m to England’s players and £4m to coaching staff, including £3m for Thomas Tuchel, if the squad wins the World Cup next week ...

Airline’s board minded to recommend deal – after accepting rival one from Castlelake earlier this week ...

England will need to be wary of a united Ståle Solbakken side who know their strengths before Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final ...

Didier Deschamps’ decision to give the inspirational forward the captaincy has paid off with no complacency on their run to the semi-finals ...

Former Conservative minister, who later joined Reform UK and became an unlikely celebrity, was found dead at her Devon home ...

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Sophie Ecclestone took three wickets on the opening day of the Women’s Test at Lord’s as England bowled India out for 285 but then lost an early wicket in reply ...

In a new Audible podcast, Charlie Webster revisits the extraordinary scam of a 27-year-old man who passed himself off as Steven Spielberg’s teenage nephew to enrol at an exclusive US high school. Here ...