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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak bid to put brake on Penny Mordaunt

Tory big beats clash over who has key experience to take over as prime minister

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Train drivers announce fresh strike in summer of travel misery

Arriva Rail London, Chiltern Railways, Greater Anglia, Great Western, Hull Trains, LNER, Southeastern and West Midlands Trains will all be hit by the walkout

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Tory leadership rivals awaiting crunch second ballot results

Allies of Liz Truss have called on Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch to abandon leadership bids and help ‘unite the right’

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Tory Leadership Contest: A timeline of the events to come

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Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to sex assault charges

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Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait discovered by National Galleries of Scotland

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PMQs: Speaker Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs to shut up as Boris Johnson is heckled

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Boris Johnson tells PMQs: ‘I’ll leave with head held high’

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The Rise of the Bike Hire Tribes

Bike rental in the city has gone berserk. Before getting in the wrong saddle, let Martin Robinson find the wheels for you

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Kate Moss is the face of the ultimate party girl Zara collection

Ex-Vogue Paris editor Emmanuelle Alt has helped create an ultra-sexy collection for metropolitan It-girls

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Beauty’s most-wanted: the ultra power brow

Rhinestones! Dripping gold! Shaved slits! This summer’s eyebrows are bold and beautiful, says Joe Bromley

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Gallery curator learned of Van Gogh portrait discovery in fish shop

The previously unknown self-portrait of the Dutch artist was found on the back of another painting at the National Galleries of Scotland

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Harrison Ford at 80: best film moments from Star Wars to Blade Runner

59 films later and with no sign of stopping, Ford’s birthday marks over five decades in cinema

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The Gray Man review: Netflix’s most expensive film yet is a hoot

Ryan Gosling’s laconic assassin squares up to Chris Evan’s smug sociopath and it’s just as much fun as you’d expect

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From Rishi to Kemi — your Tory leadership cheatsheet

Tax? Rwanda? The trans debate? Find out where the key candidates, including Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt, stand on the biggest issues. Katie Strick guides you around a bruising contest

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I still want a ‘beach body’ — does that make me a bad feminist?

The gospel of #bodypositivity is powerful - but, wonders Clementine Prendergast, are you a bad feminist if you still dream of having a pert bum and cinched in waist?

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Where to find the finest French food in London

From three-Michelin-starred temples of haute cuisine to neighbourhood bistros, Ben McCormack goes à la française

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The best things to do in London this weekend

From al fresco cocktail spots to block parties, here’s your weekend to-do list

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Speedboat Bar: Luke Farrell to open new Thai restaurant

It’s the latest collaboration with JKS Restaurants after the success of Plaza Khao Gaeng

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Do androids dream of electric cars?

Hollywood sci-fi movies have featured some seriously cool electric vehicles ‒ but could we ever drive something similar? We pit fantasy against reality

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For the love of the leopard

To mark the publication of an important new book about the Arabian leopard, we spoke to the people engaged in preserving this charismatic, endangered big cat

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Killing the roar: electric vehicles can calm us down

Dr Duncan Williams explains how electric cars’ quieter engines can help to reduce the stress of modern life – but only if we want them to

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Here’s where Boris and Carrie may live when they leave Downing Street

The Johnsons will have to decide where to move to when they leave Number 10

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Campaign to turn concrete ex-water depot into new wild swimming oasis

A group of volunteers want to buy a government-owned site in the Lea Valley and turn it into a new park with ‘olympic sized’ swimming ponds

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What does Boris Johnson’s resignation mean for London house prices?

Help with the cost-of-living crisis could be delayed due to the “changing of the guard” slowing the housing market

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NEED TO KNOW: What to do and see in London this week 15th - 21st July

From Lizzos’s new album to Milton Avery and Jean Paul Gaultier’s new show, there is something for everyone

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My London: Malcolm McDowell

The legendary actor makes guitar pilgrimages to the King’s Road, loves chatting with cabbies and knocks back the bubbles with Royal Court lutists

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I’m A Fan: Author Sheena Patel’s stunning debut

Sheena Patel’s skilful book, I’m A Fan, about the toxic seduction of social media has everyone talking. Susannah Butter meets the woman behind the explosive debut

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Best gaming deals for Amazon Prime Day 2022

From consoles to accessories, we’ve got the best bargains covered

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