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Ben Carter to head home after suffering concussion in Wales’ Test opener

https://www.times-series.co.uk/resources/images/128x89/1x/19675788.jpgWales’ first Test meeting with Japan was paused after just 27 seconds in Kitakyushu after Carter…

Tottenham sign Japan defender Kota Takai from Kawasaki Frontale

https://www.times-series.co.uk/resources/images/128x89/1x/19676332.jpg The 20-year-old has agreed a five-year deal and will compete in central defence with Micky…

Owen Farrell in line for Lions return after first full training session

https://www.times-series.co.uk/resources/images/128x89/1x/19675718.jpgFarrell arrived Down Under on Friday as a replacement for broken arm victim Elliot Daly and…

UK conservative politician Norman Tebbit, an icon of the Thatcher era, dies at 94

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/10/Britain_Obit_Tebbit_33968.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Conservative politician Norman Tebbit, a key ally of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in her free-market…

UK public finances in ‘vulnerable position’ after Starmer’s U-turns, OBR warns

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/03/14/14/SEI257723075.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=80%2C336%2C382%2C354 Britain’s public finances are in a “relatively vulnerable position”, the official spending watchdog has warned,…

Putin will attack Nato country to keep Europe distracted while Xi invades Taiwan, warns Rutte

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/05/23/14/03/GettyImages-1243271340.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Russian president Vladimir Putin will help China invade Taiwan by attacking a nation in the…

Minister tells airline passengers to ‘work on the basis’ that 100ml remains

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/10/08093101-7d5a1047-10bf-4cee-a02f-df7ee749e1e9.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Passengers preparing to fly from UK airports should assume the 100ml liquids rule remains in…

Sats results rise on last year but stay below pre-pandemic levels

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/10/f843b53ad95e51d0cc31fcdaa264d77fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMDQ5NDUx-2.80887345.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The proportion of Year 6 pupils in England who met the expected standard in this…

Southport inquiry begins with families of injured children to give evidence

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/8/35/FILE-PHOTO-Southport-stabbing-floral-tributes-67vva6tu.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The public inquiry into the murders of three young girls in Southport last summer will…

Trump compares himself to Truman after Iran attack

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/4/04/GettyImages-2223419975.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C2%2C0%2C1 Donald Trump has compared himself to Harry Truman following the United States’ bombing of three…