Live updates from the final day before closing ceremony Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Get in touch! Email Jonathan, tweet or comment below 3.46am BST Women’s omnium – Valente (USA) continues her superb omnium with her third strong result of the event, coming in fourth. […]
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British-Iranian labour rights activist’s sentencing coincides with deteriorating relations between western allies and Iran The UK government has hit out at reports that a British-Iranian labour rights activist has been given a sentence of 10 years in Tehran for participating in an outlawed group. A Foreign Office spokesperson said in […]
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Protracted heatwave continues as flames threaten populated areas, electricity installations and historic sites Thousands of people have fled wildfires that are burning out of control in Greece and Turkey, including a large blaze just north of Athens that left one person dead, as a protracted heatwave turned forests into tinderboxes […]
Exclusive: PM continued tour of Scotland despite at times being ‘side-by-side’ with official, source says Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson is facing mounting anger after it emerged he continued with a tour of Scotland and decided not to isolate despite a member of his […]
Purchases have increased across departments, revealing embrace of the flag under Boris Johnson Robert Jenrick criticised BBC presenters for daring to gently mock the size of his, Grant Shapps has a little plastic replica one on his bookshelf, while Matt Hancock paired his with a Damien Hirst picture of the […]
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Meet the 46-year-old skateboarder who fended off a jaguar Tokyo 2020: the best images from day 13 at the Olympics Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.53am BST Women’s beach volleyball: Team USA’s April Ross and Alix Klineman […]
A shutdown would have devastating global impacts and must not be allowed to happen, researchers say Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points. The research found “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century” […]