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Harry Brook Smashes 114 From 49 Balls — Sri Lanka’s Evening Ends In Several Nearby Gardens
Harry Brook hit an unbeaten 114 from 49 balls as England posted 254 for four and beat Sri Lanka by 119 runs in the opening T20 at Southampton.
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Leeds Batter Newcastle 4–1 — Elland Road Discovers A Very Efficient Monday
Leeds scored three times before half-time and beat Newcastle 4–1, climbing to third in the Premier League after a ruthless Elland Road performance.
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Ten-Man City Win The Derby — Then VAR Turns One Goal Into A National Inquiry
Erling Haaland gave ten-man Manchester City a 1–0 win at Old Trafford after a long VAR review, while Phil Foden’s early red card supplied the chaos.
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Antonelli Wins Madrid’s First F1 Race — Norris Loses To A Perfectly Timed Yellow Light
Kimi Antonelli won the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix at Madrid’s Madring after a virtual safety car erased Lando Norris’s commanding lead.
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Zverev Finally Wins The US Open — Then Needs The Umpire To Tell Him
Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton in four sets to win his first US Open, six years after surrendering a two-set lead in the same final.
UKNews
The Bayeux Tapestry Is Back In Britain — And 1066 Has Sold Out
The Bayeux Tapestry has opened to the public at the British Museum, returning to England for the first time in almost a thousand years. Tickets are already history too.
EntertainmentNews
Jimmy Kimmel Moves Senate Interview To YouTube After FCC Pressure
Jimmy Kimmel says an interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico will appear on YouTube rather than ABC because of FCC equal-time pressure. The legal dispute is bigger than one booking.
SportNews
Sabalenka Beats Pegula And Moves One Win From A US Open Three-Peat
Aryna Sabalenka beat Jessica Pegula 7-5 6-2 to reach a fourth consecutive US Open final. One more win would make her the first woman since Serena Williams to claim three in a row.
TechnologyNews
Apple Unveils Its First Foldable iPhone As A New CEO Takes Centre Stage
Apple has introduced the book-style iPhone Duo at John Ternus’s first major product event as chief executive. The launch is both a new phone and a test of whether Apple can make foldables feel mainstream.
WorldNews
Five Baby Orangutans Found Abandoned In India Spark Trafficking Probe
Five young orangutans have been rescued from a forest in Odisha, thousands of miles from their natural range. Indian investigators are examining whether the animals were abandoned during an international trafficking operation.
EntertainmentNews
Brad Pitt Gets Bossed Around By 16 Dogs In A Spike Jonze Coffee Ad
Spike Jonze has directed Brad Pitt in a nearly two-minute De’Longhi advert where 16 real dogs criticise his coffee choices, his attitude and his general usefulness. It is considerably stranger than the average appliance commercial.
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Mike Dean Says Referees Played Secret “Minigames” During Premier League Matches
Former referee Mike Dean says officials once challenged themselves to delay the first whistle or stay near the centre circle. His comments prompted a backlash — and a clarification.
UKNews
A Dog Ban Has Left A Tiny Hebridean Café Facing A £10,000 Legal Fight
A disputed café visit on Great Bernera has become a £10,000 court claim. Here is the timeline, what each side says and what has not been decided.
EntertainmentCommentary
The Grand Tour Has New Hosts — And The Old Guard Have Handed Over The Keys
Francis Bourgeois, James Engelsman and Thomas Holland take charge of The Grand Tour on 4 September. Clarkson, Hammond and May’s advice was refreshingly simple.
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CONSTRUCTION CREW RESCUES KITTEN FROM EXCAVATOR — SHE IS NOW THE SITE MANAGER
Sue was found trapped inside an Ohio excavator, freed after workers removed a heavy skid plate and then issued a tiny hard hat — an induction process still more rigorous than many corporate appointments.
EntertainmentCommentary
Best TikTok Videos About Moving On: Five Clips to Start With
Five TikTok videos about moving on, from Dr Julie Smith’s breakup clips to personal reflections, plus why we would choose each.
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WOODY AND BUZZ SPOTTED CLINGING TO LORRIES — PIXAR’S MOT HAS EXPIRED
Motorists have filmed cowboy and space-ranger toys dangling from moving trucks in a real-life recreation of Toy Story. Childhood nostalgia has entered the outside lane.
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Erling Haaland Shaves Off His Viking Hair — Premier League Defenders Lose the Only Part of Him They Could Catch
Erling Haaland has removed the flowing blond hair that helped turn him into football's resident Viking. Zlatan says he's lost his strength, Jack Grealish says he looks 10 and Pep Guardiola would simply like some hair to participate with.
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Kit Harington Replaces Nicholas Hoult as Gilderoy Lockhart — Jon Snow Finally Gets a Character Who Loves Attention
Nicholas Hoult's reign as Hogwarts' most irritatingly handsome professor has ended after just 12 days. HBO has replaced him with Kit Harington, meaning Jon Snow is about to discover hair products, self-promotion and the terrifying concept of smiling for photographs.
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Zendaya Became One of Hollywood’s Biggest Stars — Internet Waited 15 Years to Turn Her Teenage Face Into a Meme
The original Zendaya meme video came from Justin Bieber’s 2011 Never Say Never premiere. She was 14—not 15—and the appearance also began her partnership with Law Roach.
EntertainmentNews
Bette Midler Declares War on AI Singer With 23 Million Streams — Unfortunately the Robot Can't Read Her Comments
Bette Midler says AI music is cultural genocide. Tyrese Gibson says human musicians need to get better. Meanwhile, the woman they're arguing about isn't technically a woman.
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Summer Shaw Wins Commonwealth Medal, Then Goes Back to McDonald’s Because Apparently Medals Don’t Pay the Rent
Summer Shaw won bronze for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. Days later she was back in her McDonald’s uniform, providing a fairly brutal illustration of what being an elite athlete looks like when your sport isn't football.
EntertainmentNews
Kacey Musgraves’ Giant Rhinestone Balls: The Viral Tour Prop Explained
Kacey Musgraves brought a giant rhinestone stage prop to her Chicago tour opener. Here are the song, concert details and footage behind the viral moment.
TechnologyNews
ROBOTS HAVE BEATEN USAIN BOLT’S TIME. THEY STILL CAN’T FOLD A SHIRT
A humanoid completed 100 metres in 9.39 seconds at Beijing’s robot games. The machines are now faster than humanity, although stopping safely and completing the laundry remain difficult.
WorldNews
Shirtless Stranger Watching Wedding: The Viral Balcony Video Explained
A shirtless stranger watching a California wedding became the clip’s unexpected star. Watch the video and get the location, original post and verified facts.
EntertainmentNews
Tommy Lee Plays Private Gig for Rescue Chimp — Who Immediately Starts Dancing
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee has played stadiums, arenas and probably several venues nobody involved can remember. Now he can add one extremely enthusiastic chimpanzee in Florida to the tour history.
UKCommentary
Harry and Meghan are coming back — Britain’s poshest family row gets a second series
Six years after escaping the Firm, Harry and Meghan are returning to Britain as private citizens. No royal duties, no palace and no half-in, half-out — just the world’s most expensive family disagreement moving back within shouting distance.
MoneyNews
Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan receives a life sentence
A Chinese court sentenced Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life imprisonment for fraud, bribery and embezzlement, closing one chapter of a property collapse whose debts were larger than several national economies.
MoneyCommentary
YOUR BILL IS RISING AGAIN. ENERGY GIANTS ARE MAKING BILLIONS. APPARENTLY THIS IS THE SYSTEM WORKING.
Ofgem has raised the price cap by 13%, another increase is forecast for October and household energy debt has reached £4.79 billion. Meanwhile, Shell, BP and TotalEnergies have reported quarterly adjusted profits totalling $21.5 billion.
WorldSatire
Florida Neighbor Row Over Dog Shit Escalates Into Flying Dog Shit and a Child's Scooter
A Florida dispute over uncollected dog mess allegedly ended with faeces being thrown, punches exchanged and a child's metal scooter raised as a weapon. Neighbourhood Watch has requested a transfer.
WorldSatire
Bear Breaks Into Kentucky Home, Eats KFC and Leaves Without Even Doing the Washing Up
A Kentucky woman slept through a bear wandering into her house, smashing a glass table and demolishing her leftover KFC. Somewhere, Colonel Sanders is demanding tighter border controls.
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WHY THUNDERSTORMS CAN FLOOD YOUR STREET WITHOUT ENDING THE DROUGHT
After months of heat, one storm can turn roads into rivers while reservoirs remain low. Here is why violent rain is often better at causing floods than repairing a drought.
WorldNews
30 BIG CATS FINALLY LEAVE ARGENTINA’S CONCRETE CAGE DISGRACE
For years, lions and tigers survived inside cramped enclosures at a shuttered Argentine zoo. Now 30 are beginning journeys to proper sanctuaries in South Africa and the United States.
UNIVERSITIES OFFER INFLUENCER DEGREES — STUDENT DEBT GETS A RING LIGHT
Arizona State University has launched a content-creation degree, proving there is no human activity too online for a university to wrap it in a prospectus and charge tuition.
Just DaftSatire
150 CORGIS ENTER A RACE — SEVERAL FORGET THE RACING PART
Vilnius declared itself Europe’s corgi capital and staged an international showdown involving short legs, loud barks and several athletes who considered running backwards a legitimate strategy.
WorldCommentary
ONE CHILD, ONE SEATBELT — AND AN ENTIRE FLIGHT GOES NOWHERE
A Toronto-bound plane returned to the gate after a frightened child could not be strapped in. Minutes later, the runway closed and everyone’s travel plans folded faster than an economy tray table.
UKCommentary
SIX HOMES BURN — ONE MAN RUNS OUT OF POLITE WORDS
After his mum lost her home, treasured possessions and generations of family photographs, Andrew Reynolds delivered Britain’s shortest emergency briefing: “Sort it the hell out.”