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Met Office warns of floods as heatwave ends with heavy thunderstorms

After months of scorching temperatures, Britain’s baked earth will be unable to absorb rainfall effectively, say experts

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Great Britain unable to add to cycling medal haul in Munich

Jack Carlin has withdrawn from the keirin.

The Independent UK

Imagine there’s been a nuclear attack. Here’s how Britain should respond

According to weapons experts and risk strategists, nuclear war is no longer a threat beyond our wildest imaginations. But, thinking rationally, what exactly would we do if an attack became imminent? And, asks Tom Ough, is there anything we should be doing right now?

The Independent UK

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Britain's energy price cap was never designed to keep your gas and electricity affordable

The price of gas and electricity is soaring in Britain and many millions of people are likely to be pushed into fuel poverty. And this is even with an “energy price cap”. Perhaps weirdly to many, nothing has actually gone wrong in terms of what the price cap was designed…

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European Athletics Championships 2022: Leading British medal hopes include Dina Asher-Smith and Jake Wightman

The European Athletics Championships get underway in Munich on Monday, with Britain’s athletes continuing what has been a mammoth summer off the back of the World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

Evening Standard

What is India’s Independence Day? Here is everything you need to know

India celebrates its 75th year of independence from Britain on Monday

Evening Standard

UK weather: Roads underwater as floods lash Britain after scorching heatwave

It comes as the 'extreme heat' weather warning is replaced by a three-day warning for thunderstorms with almost three inches of rainfall possible in parts

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Britain says monkeypox outbreak "shows signs of slowing"

British health officials say the monkeypox outbreak across the country “shows signs of slowing” but that it’s still too soon to know if the decline will be maintained

The Independent UK

Andy Murray’s Davis Cup presence ‘huge’ for Great Britain

The 35-year-old will play in the tournament for the first time since 2019

The Independent UK

A year on, Afghanistan is as bad as it ever was

THIS is an anniversary of a humiliating debacle: the chaotic withdrawal by the US and its allies, including Britain, from Afghanistan. As Robert Fox points out on this page, the withdrawal itself was an unedifying scramble and this was in keeping with the way the war in and occupation of…

Evening Standard

‘A reinvention of Bond’: The list of potential 007s to play the iconic role has taken a dramatic turn

As the worldwide search continues for the next James Bond, there are strict new mandates for who qualifies to play Britain's top spy.

The New Daily

Last man living on ‘Britain’s loneliest street’ refuses to move despite council’s £35,000 offer

Nick Wisniewski, 66, is the sole occupant of Stanhope Place flats, after the last of around 200 residents moved out in December

The Independent UK

UK first to approve Omicron COVID shot with Moderna nod

Britain, the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine in late 2020, has now also given the first green light to a variant-adapted shot that targets both the original and Omicron version of the virus.

Reuters

Drought: why some UK trees are losing their leaves in August

Britain is suffering its worst drought since the 1970s, with dry weather expected until October. Many parks and lawns are now more straw than grass, but some trees and other plants have responded in a more surprising way: by losing their leaves.

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Immigration has increased since Brexit, admits Tory MP

A Brexiteer Tory MP on Monday admitted immigration has increased since Britain voted to leave the EU.

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire village named one of Britain's 'poshest'

It's the only village in Nottinghamshire to have made the list

Daily Mirror

UK weather: Exact time thunderstorms due to strike UK ending heatwave with heavy downpour

After days of scorching heat, Britain now faces heavy downpours and thunderstorms across the next few days with some areas predicted to get as much as 32mm of rain in a single hour

Asharq Al-Awsat

Prince Harry and Meghan to Visit Britain Next Month

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will visit Britain and Germany in the first week of September as part of their work with charities, a spokesperson for the couple said on Monday. The couple joined the royal family at a thanksgiving service in London in June as part of Queen…

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Prince Harry and Meghan to visit Britain next month

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will visit Britain and Germany in the first week of September as part of their work with charities, a spokesperson for the couple said on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain’s Opposition Labor Party Demand Energy Price Cap Freeze

Britain's main opposition Labor Party called on Monday for the energy price cap to be frozen this autumn to help the public deal with another expected surge in fuel bills during the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. Labor leader Keir Starmer said his party, if in power, would cap energy…

The Independent UK

Andy Murray included in Great Britain Davis Cup team as Jack Draper misses out

Murray joins Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans and world doubles number one Joe Salisbury in the line-up

Daily Mirror

Britain's 'grumpiest pub landlord' who called cat Hitler has new moggy - named Osama

Steve Cotten saved The Poltimore Arms but originally told no one it had reopened, instead enjoying drinking alone by the fire, but his unique approach to running a pub soon brought the crowds flocking back

Reuters

New Zealand to deploy 120 troops to Britain to train Ukrainian troops

New Zealand is sending 120 military personnel to Britain to help train Ukrainians in front-line combat, the government said on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Wind, hydrogen, no demolitions: how next PM can put UK on net zero path

Boris Johnson’s plans are behind schedule and the CBI says Britain is falling behind Europe and the US

The Independent UK

How UK’s broken promises have left Afghans living in terror for a year and counting

When Kabul fell a year ago, Britain pledged to take in those who would face reprisals for working with UK forces. Instead, thousands are still waiting to find out if they will be able to escape the Taliban’s clutches. They tell May Bulman they feel like they’re simply waiting for…

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