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ECB pushing for more free-to-air coverage with ITV open to showing Test cricket

By Exclusive by Matt Hughes

Sky could share content with ITV in next rights cycle Tests in England have been behind paywall since 2006 The England and Wales Cricket Board is planning to offer more rights packages to free-to-air broadcasters in the next set of TV contracts that begin in 2029. The aim is to broaden the sport’s appeal. While the ECB will not follow Cricket Australia by offering a bespoke free-to-air package for domestic Test match

‘It’s sad to lose a really nice person’: mourners flock to Dollywood after death of Dolly Parton

By Becca Andrews in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

A memorial at the park’s entrance held bouquets, and a child asked his mothers why so many people were crying Becky Bullard was en route home to Austin, Texas, when she heard the news. “As soon as I heard about Dolly, I thought of you,” read a text from a close friend while she waited for her flight home from Albany, New York. Continue reading...

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City firms race to prepare for FCA crackdown on bullying and harassment

By Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Rules will require hedge funds, insurers and pension firms to report all non-financial wrongdoing The City’s largest hedge funds, insurers and pension funds are racing to prepare for sweeping rules that will stop nearly 40,000 companies from hiding bullying and harassment cases from the financial watchdog. From the start of next month, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will expand a crackdown on bad behaviour in

The big transfer stories to follow in the final week of the summer window

By Harry Paterson

Bradley Barcola, Julián Alvarez, Enzo Fernández and Cody Gakpo could be on the move in the next few days By WhoScored Every transfer window has at least one saga that dominates the headlines. Barcola’s potential move to Liverpool has been that story this summer. Given that Liverpool are crying out for a right winger to replace Mohamed Salah, one of their greatest ever players, it might seem surprising that their atte

Plight of Pogba, Sancho and others is cautionary tale for any Carrick rebuild

By Dominic Booth

Bruno Fernandes is the only surviving attacker from Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s attempt to bridge gap to rivals in 2021 Five years is a long time in football. Manchester United’s summer of 2021 is now remembered as the turning point in Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s reign; the sentimental decision to sign Cristiano Ronaldo the headline act as United set off on the wrong course after a few years of building steadily. But back then,

‘The technique was revolutionary’: Ha Chong-Hyun, the 91-year-old South Korean artist who turned painting inside out

By Gabrielle Schwarz

In his trailblazing work, paint is pushed through the back of hemp to create spare, striking paintings. Abstraction is a form of rebellion, he says – and he has no intention of slowing down In the early 1970s, the Korean artist Ha Chong-Hyun had a simple but novel idea: why not apply oil paint to the back of a surface rather than the front? Instead of canvas, he stretched pieces of hemp, a coarse and loosely woven fa

ICG looks at adjourning egm as CEO takeover bid currently set to be rejected

By Joe Brennan

Ferries operator says it is aware of at least one instance where a shareholder has changed their mind and now intends to back the deal

Nearly 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 165

By Kate Lamb with Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi, and agencies

Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims Nepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates What we know so far Have you been affected by the flash floods? Nearly 1,500 people are missing, the majority of them tourists, authorities have said, after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet, roaring down valleys and wiping out entire villages,

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Apple set to launch next iPhone on 9 September

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Apple is set to host its next launch event on September 9, where the company is expected to unveil its newest iPhone series and potentially its long-awaited foldable phone.

Water company issues first hosepipe ban in decades

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Half of the UK's water companies - including Wessex Water and Thames Water - have now announced bans.

For Washington insiders, White House aide Natalie Harp is an alarming figure

By Bernice Harrison

In the News podcast: A work-hard White House aide or someone more sinister?

Colony review – zombies return to the mall with a fresh and frenzied range of scares

By Laurence Phelan

This time the ranks of the undead have acquired a hive mind, making them even more formidable adversaries. Can a maverick academic save the day? Here is another frenzied K-zombie action-horror from Yeon Sang-ho, the director of Train to Busan and Peninsula. Colony is frontloaded with 10 minutes of sciencey exposition and setup during which a biotech CEO mentions maze-solving slime mould and the pioneering work of the

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Architourism in France: the retro futurist seaside town near Montpellier that’s out of this world

By Mark C O’Flaherty

Built in the 60s and 70s to curb a holiday exodus to Spain, with apartments inspired by Mayan pyramids and featuring ‘intergalactic curves’, La Grande-Motte is having another moment in the sun with fans of modern architecture My dream holiday is a trip back in time. Not to see the results of seismic Pompeii or 15th-century Machu Picchu – although I love both – but somewhere created specifically between the mid 1950s

‘I am so tired’: Jillian Edelstein’s devastating portraits of apartheid and more – in pictures

By Guardian Staff

The South African photographer documented her country’s harrowing Truth and Reconciliation Commission. These pictures form part of a new exhibition – alongside intimate images of actors, artists and friends Continue reading...

Kolkhoz by Emmanuel Carrère review – intricate portrait of an elite French family

By Blake Morrison

The author of The Adversary and Yoga unearths a history that includes the Nazis, Russia, and the Académie Française When Emmanuel Carrère’s mother, Hélène, died in 2023, at the age of 94, President Macron spoke at her memorial. She had been “perpetual secretary” of the Académie Française, in effect its head, and 200 people gathered at Les Invalides in Paris to pay tribute. Emmanuel’s father, Louis, was there too, in

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A 16-year-old girl has died from suspected sexual choking. How do we come to terms with this? | Lucy Clark

By Lucy Clark

We can no longer deny that many children get their sex education from online pornography. But the normalisation of violence can lead to tragedy How can we possibly come to terms with reports a 16-year-old girl child may have died as a result of consensual sexual strangulation with her 16-year-old boyfriend? Police are still investigating this case. Meanwhile what do we do, as a society, to contend with children getti

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Dublin Mean Time: When Ireland was 25 minutes and 21 seconds behind Britain

By Cian Morgan

In humanity’s pursuit of the right time, our modern technologies have achieved a level of accuracy far beyond what can be perceived in everyday life

Foster carers praise Dolly Parton's book scheme

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The singer's Imagination Library provides books for children up to age five across the world.

Public pressure forced fuel excise duty shift - Sinn Féin

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Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty has said the Government's move to delay the phasing out of cuts to excise duty on petrol and diesel was the result of public pressure.

Govt in 'doom spiral' over energy crisis, Soc Dems say

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The Government is caught in a "doom spiral" where it is "lurching" from crisis to crisis in its attempt to drive down energy costs, the Social Democrats have said.

Meta’s huge settlement and how useful is an open plan office?

By Peter Flanagan

Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Two Irish among hundreds of tourists missing after deadly flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border

By Jack White

Deadly Nepal flood may have been caused by ice snapping off glacier, scientists say

Man 'written off' by doctors publishes first book

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Jack Marshall shares his story in the book The Boy Who Can't Smile, about his experience growing up.

Bluetongue fears 'on par with foot and mouth'

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650 cases have been confirmed across the UK, with a further 2,460 under investigation

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'Grass fire devastated our business community'

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The blaze which destroyed units at the Locking Farm Industrial Estate is being investigated.