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Hottest UK day ever predicted as London bakes in heatwave

Temperatures could hit 41C on Tuesday after third hottest day on record on Monday

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Sunak still frontrunner in Tory leader race as Tugendhat eliminated

Penny Mordaunt clung on to second place as the contest intensifies ahead of next poll on Tuesday

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Boy believed drowned after entering Thames in heatwave

It comes as four other people have died while swimming in open water during the recent hot weather

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Thousands of people evacuated as wildfires continue to burn across Europe

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Thousands of people evacuated as wildfires continue to burn across Europe

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Is the UK heatwave a cause for concern?

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Tory Leadership Contest: A timeline of the events to come

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Seal tries to hide from pod of killer whales using mussel farm

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Cultural Capital: In the Black Fantastic exhibition + The Railway Children Return review

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Anya Hindmarch’s answer to the heatwave? Baked Bean ice cream

Ketchup! Coco Pops! Salad Cream! The designer’s Pont Street pop-up gelato shop is serving up unlikely scoops this summer

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s Las Vegas wedding — all the details

Two dresses, a tiny guestlist and a pink Cadillac, introducing Mr and Mrs Affleck

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Your ultimate men’s style guide: heatwave edition

Bowling shirts, Birkenstocks and some very loud trousers. Joe Bromley on how to stay cool in the heat

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Better Call Saul had to split scene in two after Odenkirk heart attack

The upcoming episode 9 will show the scene during which Odenkirk was taken ill

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Trailer for The Weeknd’s HBO series The Idol teases sex and debauchery

The show is produced by The Weeknd, Euphoria’s Sam Levinson and HBO

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Roger Waters claims he is more popular than Drake and The Weeknd

‘I have no idea what or who The Weeknd is,’ the Pink Floyd bassist and singer said over the weekend

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‘Terrifying’, ‘desperate’ and getting worse — London’s rental crisis

As average rents skyrocket, tenants are being asked to pay huge sums in advance. Moya Crockett investigates a system on the brink

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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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Nick Jones: ‘Soho House? We’re the inclusive members club’

As he opens new branches of his private members empire in Balham and Brighton — and even celebrates the launch of a new skincare line, Nick Jones talks global expansion, the dilemma of diluting the brand and why the devil is always in the detail. By David Ellis

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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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How can we stop electric vehicles being just ‘middle-class cars’?

We caught up with Connected Kerb CEO Chris Pateman-Jones to find out how his start-up is looking to solve London’s charge inequality problem

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The Arabian leopard roars into town

It was an evening of big cats and conservation at Maison Assouline as a new book about the endangered animal was launched to a VIP crowd

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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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Which is the hottest Tube line?

From the Baking-loo line to Sweat Central, we all know which Tube lines we’d rather avoid

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The Leader podcast: Can London cope in the heat?

Plus, are water restrictions on the horizon?

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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 current political uncertainty 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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Is it really time to say goodbye to hangovers?

A much-hyped (natural, vegan) pill, Myrkl, has been 30 years in the making and claims to eradicate the morning after blues entirely. Five members of team ES see if it’s too good to be true

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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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Beabadoobee: ‘A role model shouldn’t be a Disney princess’

Step forward Beabadoobee, the mushroom-taking, imaginary world-creating indie pop sensation doing things her way. Lisa Wright heads round to her home (that TikTok infamy built)

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Nissan Ariya: new EV crossover hits the right notes

It’s been a long time coming but Nissan’s second fully electric car was worth the wait

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Nissan’s Qashqai e-POWER bridges the gap for EV waverers

You want to switch to an electric vehicle but you are not quite ready. Here’s a new model which might be the answer

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