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Ministers consider cancer warnings on bottles of alcohol

Proposals form part of wider NHS strategy to reduce the £27.4 billion annual cost of alcohol harm to the economy and public services

Healthcare
18 minutes ago

French police deflating a migrant boat on a beach.
French police use knives to puncture migrant dinghies in the sea

The tactic, used for the first time, is a ‘precursor’ to a change of French maritime law that will allow officers greater powers to intercept crossings


Weight-loss apps and online therapists to be prescribed on the NHS

The health service will be required to pay for digital products under the same rules currently applied to medicines



Red London Underground train entering a tunnel.
7/7, the day that changed London for ever

Twenty years on from the bombings that killed 52 and injured more than 700, we tell the stories of victims, survivors and witnesses across 24 hours



Carlos Alcaraz playing tennis at Wimbledon.
Raducanu taking on world No1 Sabalenka as Alcaraz gets job done
Tennis
6 minutes ago


Carlos Alcaraz playing tennis at Wimbledon.


Protesters at the High Court in London, one wearing a "Death to the IDF" shirt.
Palestine Action to be proscribed as 11th-hour bid to delay ban fails

Thomas Partey of Arsenal celebrating a goal.
Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey charged with rape

Protesters at the High Court in London, one wearing a "Death to the IDF" shirt.
Palestine Action to be proscribed as 11th-hour bid to delay ban fails






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Woman in a kitchen holding a plate of pasta.
Can you make Michelin-starred food at home? Our writer finds out

Lucy Tobin tries Ottolenghi’s and Gymkhana’s supermarket sauces range to see if she can recreate the luxury dining experience at home

Food & Drink
18 minutes ago





Two vergers displaying a textile artwork depicting the Virgin Mary and child in Ripon Cathedral.
Ripon Cathedral’s colourful addition — and other news in pictures


Scorecard of Labour’s first year: are they keeping their promises?


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Couple performing partner exercises in a gym.
Just married. Now we’re competing at wife-carrying world championship

My wife always says carrying things is my strength — so seven months into marriage we are taking part in Finland’s annual festival of wife-carrying


Stevie Wonder performing at a music festival.
Stevie Wonder, 75, is back in the UK — and we love him just the way he is



Charlie Bigham in his Somerset test kitchen, surrounded by various vegetables and two pies.
Charlie Bigham is ‘fully behind’ the ten-year health plan
Food & Drink
13 minutes ago


Sir Bob Geldof sitting in a chair.
Bob Geldof on Live Aid at 40: ‘White saviour? That’s nonsense’



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We’re all crazy for sleep tips, so try mine

Hacks on how to get a better night are everywhere, but can you tell which are real (if bonkers) and which I made up?



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Cartoon by Morten Morland



Portrait of Tom Whipple.
Stop mowing your lawn. It’s good for wildlife and your soul






Portrait of Tom Whipple.
Stop mowing your lawn. It’s good for wildlife and your soul







Woman sifting flour into a bowl.
No, you don’t need to sift flour! The 15 biggest kitchen myths


Caspar Lee at the Universal Music BRIT Awards after-party.
Caspar Lee: ‘I was 21 when I made my first million from YouTube’



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Dominic O'ConnellLabour should not fight over lifebelts while sharks are circling


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Harry Brook of England playing a ramp shot during a cricket match.

Centurion takes back seat to Jamie Smith on day but joins front rank of batsmen, with only Herbert Sutcliffe above him in England’s roster

Cricket
53 minutes ago


Mark Gatiss as Gabriel Book in Bookish.

The Sherlock writer has created his own new series about a bookseller/sleuth trapped in a lavender marriage. He talks about the state of the TV, Doctor Who and working with Tom Cruise


A young girl shakes hands with an American soldier during a WWI parade in London.
What’s on TV and radio tonight — America’s Great War 1917-1918


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