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Scouts boss charged over missing Canada trip funds

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The Scouts' trip to Canada is no longer going ahead after money was taken from a charity account.

Are you struggling to find student accommodation for the new college year?

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Third-level students have been warned of tightening accommodation options as CAO offers come in

Bill Gates calls for ‘human-reserved’ jobs in face of AI takeover

By Mark Sweney

In 6,000-word essay Microsoft co-founder also expresses concern governments not prepared for technology’s impact Business live – latest updates Bill Gates has called for “human-reserved” jobs in certain sectors to prevent AI replacing them, and expressed concern that governments are not prepared for the impact the technology will have. In a 6,000 word essay titled The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make are

Man City complete £86m Bouaddi signing from Lille

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Manchester City complete the signing of Morocco midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille in a £85.6m deal on a five-year contract.

Manchester City confirm Bouaddi signing as Marmoush and González head out

By Jamie Jackson and David Hytner

Spurs to take Marmoush on loan with obligation to buy City agree £52m Nico González sale to Newcastle Manchester City have confirmed the signing of Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille for €95m (£81.4m) plus €5m, with the 18-year-old midfielder agreeing a five-year contract. Bouaddi’s arrival comes after City struck deals to loan Omar Marmoush to Tottenham for the season, with an obligation to buy for an initial £50m, and sell

UEFA set to drop boycott threat of FIFA tournaments

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UEFA is set to drop its ‌threat to boycott FIFA tournaments after receiving assurances that plans to sell stakes in the World Cup and other major competitions will not be revived, sources aware of the discussions told Reuters on Wednesday, as pressure mounts on Gianni Infantino.

Praise for Dolly Parton’s work bringing love of books to children in Ireland

By Vivienne Clarke

Parton’s Imagination Library has gifted more than 270m books to young children since it was founded in 1995

How Mark Carney’s speeches have become political earthquakes | Ted Widmer

By Ted Widmer

The quiet-spoken Canadian prime minister has spoken unutterable truths Is it perhaps a sign of the times that Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, has become a thrilling orator? A sober banker, he speaks calmly, without many vocal inflections. We expect Canadians to be somewhat flat; even a little boring, and yet Carney has already delivered two remarkable speeches in 2026, and the year is far from over. The fi

Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada

By Lauren Aratani in New York

Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated Are you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from you Using the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the US and Canada enter a full-fledged trade war that threatens to flush away decades of peaceful trading between the two nations. After trade negotia

Americans say they lose weight in Europe – and I think I know why | Arwa Mahdawi

By Arwa Mahdawi

Is it because of differences in the flour that’s being consumed? Or something to do with the European approach to getting around? It’s not just the mass shootings you have to watch out for in the US, it’s also the lettuce – a dodgy bit of iceberg could leave you sick with cyclosporiasis. And then there are the frozen blueberries, recently recalled because of a “reasonable probability” they could “cause serious advers

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‘132F’: meet the man calling out NYC’s infernally hot subway stations

By Oliver Milman in New York, with photos and video by Thalia Juarez

Jack Klein takes heat readings, gives fans to overheated passengers and lugs big jugs of water into the stations On a recent August day in the subterranean furnace of New York City’s subway, one bearded, curly haired man was studying his phone for different reasons than the other wilting passengers – to track the soaring temperatures and ponder how underground train stations can cool down in an era of climate crisis.

De Gaulle: Résistance review – a galloping bromance for Churchill and France’s wartime hero

By Peter Bradshaw

This biopic of the great Gallic general – which culminates at Bir Hakeim, in advance of a second film – is a fine, quietly amusing romp with a touch of classic 60s war films Perhaps because it is based on a biography by an Englishman – Julian Jackson’s A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle – this very enjoyable and gallopingly eventful biopic, directed by Antonin Baudry, has an element of amused det

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Two Irish among missing as Nepal floods leave 157 dead

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Two Irish people are among hundreds missing after a flash flood struck the Himalayan border region of ‌Nepal and China's ⁠Tibet, which has left at least 157 dead.

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Delivery robots removed from streets as pilot ends

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Operator Starship Technologies says the end of the trial is not due to vandalism of the machines.

Harvey Nichols to shut Dundrum store after Frasers fails to reach deal on rescue

By Killian Woods

Liquidators were appointed earlier this month after troubled UK parent group was acquired by Mike Ashley

The Spin | England’s troubles with spinners is leaving a generation behind

By Daniel Gallan

Dom Bess is one of many in a long line of England spinners to struggle for a sustained run in Test cricket. Why is there no lasting solution? It is the eighth over of South Africa’s first innings in Gqeberha in January 2020 when Joe Root tosses the ball to 22-year-old Dom Bess. Three overs later, the decision pays off. With the final ball before drinks, Bess takes a return catch to dismiss Pieter Malan. In the final

Raygun opens up on her infamous Olympics breakdancing debut: ‘Not as bad as I thought!’

By Jack Larkin

The Olympic breakdancer became a viral sensation after her performance at Paris 2024, where she failed to receive a single point

Residents fear parking 'nightmare' after beauty spot reopens

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Dove Stone reservoir has reopened after firefighters spent more than three weeks tackling a wildfire.

Max Olesker: Making the Cut review – up close and personal account of comic’s religious conversion

By Brian Logan

Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh This show about Olesker’s lengthy journey to becoming an Orthodox Jew in order to marry his partner is both elegant and nuanced ‘I would do anything for love,” Meat Loaf sang, “but I won’t do that.” Max Olesker would, if his solo show Making the Cut – based on his memoir – is any guide. It recounts the comic and writer’s conversion from liberal to Orthodox Judaism, a process required so he c

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Cian O’Connell LC live story

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Sky Sports agrees US Open contract extension after boost in female audience figures

By Exclusive by Matt Hughes

Raducanu’s 2021 win played role in Sky interest Sky’s tennis audience in 2025 was 60% female Sky Sports has agreed a new deal to extend its live coverage of the US Open. The three-year contract extension, which is expected to be announced when the singles draw from Flushing Meadows begins next week, will keep the tournament live on Sky until 2030. Under the terms of the new deal, Sky will broadcast more than 12 hours

Tributes pour in after country music legend Dolly Parton dies – latest updates

By Mabel Banfield-Nwachi (now) and Fran Singh,Kate Lamb, Lucy Campbell and Fran Lawther (earlier)

Legendary country singer died surrounded by loved ones after being diagnosed with cancer, her team says; Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Dionne Warwick lead tributes Dolly Parton dies aged 80 Celebrity tributes A life in pictures Parton’s peerless career turned country music cliches inside out Share your tributes and memories of Dolly Parton Our picture editors have collated Dolly Parton ’s life in pictures: In the UK, top

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‘Those players were hiding’ – Former stars react to Celtic’s Champions League exit

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Celtic lose to Lask in qualifier from 4-0 up on aggregate: ‘That’s my team and that’s my responsibility’

Umyla Hanley was working as a builder two years ago. Now he hopes to play for England at a World Cup

By Gavin Willacy

It looked as if his rugby league career was going nowhere but Ellery Hanley’s son timed his rise to the top perfectly By No Helmets Required Among the unlikeliest visitors to Leigh Leopards’ recent win at Leeds Rhinos was a tortoise. The animal stall was part of a family night at Headingley; presumably unleashing a rhino on the crowded concourse was considered unwise. The Leigh centre Umyla Hanley’s journey to the to

Darline Graham wins senate primary in boost to Trump

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President Donald Trump scored a pair of badly needed victories as his preferred candidates won Republican runoffs in South Carolina and Oklahoma, US media projected, bolstering his claim that he retains a powerful hold over the party's voters.

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