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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsBritain’s water industry regulator is now investigating all of England and Wales’ water companies over sewage spills.Ofwat announced on Tuesday that it has served enforcement notices on Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Hafren Dyfrdwy, Severn Trent and United Utilities companies.The regulator has already taken out enforcement cases against Anglian Water, Northumbrian Water, South West Water, Thames Water, Wessex Water and Yorkshire Water, with extensive investigations ongoing.Southern Water remains subject to enforcement monitoring following a previous enforcement…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsWatch as the European Parliament met to elect its president and vice-presidents at a plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 16 July.Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola, who was been predicted to secure a second term unchallenged, was re-elected to the role.Though Spain’s Irene Montero also stood, her bid for election was symbolic and unlikely to disrupt Ms Metsola’s position.Ms Metsola is the youngest person to have been elected to the position at 43 years old; she…

Southgate says England injuries took ‘physical toll’ against Spain in Euros finalGareth Southgate has decided to step down as England manager following defeat to Spain in a tightly contested Euro 2024 final in Berlin.He announced his decision to quit in a statement issued by the Football Association on Tuesday morning.“As a proud Englishman, it has been the honour of my life to play for England and to manage England. It has meant everything to me, and I have given it my all,” he said. “But it’s time for change, and for a new chapter. Sunday’s final in Berlin against Spain…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailSeth Meyers has called Donald Trump’s running JD Vance and other “opportunistic purveyors of paranoia, suspicion and fear” for spreading “conspiracy theories and lies” about the assassination attempt on the former president.“What we don’t need are the opportunistic purveyors of paranoia, suspicion and fear, who have already rushed to fill the void with incendiary conspiracy theories and lies,” the late-night host said on his show on Monday night.MAGA Republicans including Ohio Senator Vance, Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene and…

(REUTERS)Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Kylian Mbappe is set to be unveiled as a new Real Madrid player this morning since completing his free transfer to the Spanish giants after his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expired. Madrid president Florentino Perez has long been an admirer of Mbappe, trying for years to tempt him away from Paris in order to join up with the La Liga champions. Perez will show off the former Monaco star to the club’s supporters at 11am BST on…

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailDonald Trump’s choice for vice president described the UK as an “Islamist country” with nuclear weapons during a speech at a right-wing conference last week.JD Vance, the Ohio senator, was announced as Mr Trump’s running mate on Monday after the former president was shot in the ear during a rally in Pennsylvania at the weekend.Recounting a conversation he was having with a friend, the 39-year-old said he had been wondering which “truly Islamist country” would be the first to gain…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag admits there is plenty of hard work still to do after his side opened their pre-season preparations with a 1-0 defeat away to Rosenborg.The majority of the first-team squad were not involved in Trondheim, and Jadon Sancho – who has returned to training after resolving his differences with Ten Hag – was also not part of the travelling group which was mostly made up of youth players.Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount, Casemiro…

Donald Trump appeared to be emotional as he entered the Republican National Convention’s opening night with a bandage over his right ear on Monday, 15 July, two days after surviving an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania.The former president was shot in the ear as he spoke on stage in Butler, with blood seen on the side of his head.Mr Trump did not address the hall on Monday, but smiled and occasionally waved as musician Lee Greenwood sang “God Bless the USA.” He eventually joined his newly-announced running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, to listen to speeches. Source link

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter An unprecedented era of dominance, the greatest men’s international side of the modern age. Back-to-back-to-back winners of major tournaments. The Spain side of 2008-2012 gave football a new way of looking at the uppermost elite reaches of the game, and gave all sides to come after them a lot to live up to.The fall that followed, though, was swift, dramatic and prolonged: Spain won just one match at each of their next three World Cups following victory…

Ukraine getting ‘closer and closer’ to becoming Nato member, says secretary generalFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsUkraine says Vladimir Putin has withdrawn the last Russian naval patrol ship from its base in Crimea, a victory for Kyiv’s sustained campaign against Moscow’s naval infrastructure on the occupied peninsula.Ukraine has deployed aerial and naval drones as well as missiles in a concerted effort to push Russian naval forces out of Sevastopol, and much of Putin’s Black Sea Fleet has now been pulled…