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<p>Getty photographer Shaun Botterill at the Azteca Stadium in 1986, his first World Cup for work</p>

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In The Room | Has Nigel Farage lost his Midas touch?

<p>Will Robson-Scott photographed football fans from all over the world for his book</p>

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⁠Burnham wants more power in the North – move the House of Lords there

For generations, governments have promised to redistribute power from London while ensuring that almost every important institution remains in the capital. That can change now by packing the Lords off up north, writes Alan Rusbridger

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Millie Bobby Brown: ‘I don’t underestimate myself any more’

<p>Emotional rollercoaster: Carrie and Big in ‘Sex and the City’ are widely considered to be a depiction of a toxic relationship</p>

How toxic relationships are affecting your physical health

<p>Lisa Owens’ second novel ‘Natural Disaster’ charts one mum’s final rollercoaster day of maternity leave</p>

The devastatingly relatable novel every new mum needs to read

<p>We tell ourselves it’s the cheap option – the trolley says otherwise</p>

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Health and Wellbeing

Like Lisa Faulkner, I had breast cancer – here’s my advice

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Our bones have never been weaker – but here’s what you can do about it

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<p>Croatia were knocked out of the tournament after late VAR drama</p>

How does VAR ‘Snicko’ work? Why Croatia were denied equaliser against Portugal

<p>Morocco's Azzedine Ounahi celebrates scoring their first goal</p>

Morocco dump co-hosts Canada out to reach World Cup quarter-finals

Inside the French revolution that forged a generational World Cup team

Farewell Luka Modric, the unlikely World Cup miracle man

Europe: The Way Back

<p>Major has urged the government to be ‘honest’ with British people about the devastating damage of leaving the EU</p>

Britain must rejoin the single market within five years, John Major says

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EU flags are waved beside Big Ben during a National 'Rejoin the EU' march in central London on June 20, 2026

Five big Brexit questions that still divide Britain – have your say

‘I think we were misled’: A decade on from the Brexit referendum, how would Britons vote now?

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Meet the millennial fashion titan shaking things up at Chanel

<p>Serve: the British tennis tournament has always been a fashion show, and a switch up is clear to see recently</p>

Farewell Wimbledon whites – here is what A-list guests are wearing now

<p>Kate, in a baby blue outfit by Catherine Walker at Trooping the Colour this month, matched the outfit Diana wore in 1987 to the royal family’s Easter celebration in 1987 – also by Catherine Walker</p>

The Diana theory: Why Kate and Meghan are more similar than they think

Aisha, 17, who survived 12 years as a slave and child bride by Boko Haram is one of millions of Nigerian children out of school

‘I was abducted by Boko Haram aged five – our children still face a deadly threat every day’

<p>Bill and Amy Poon – the chef who changed Chinese food in Britain, and the daughter who refused to let it end there</p>

Bill Poon, the chef who changed how we thought about Chinese food

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Fifa issues statement after Egypt coach waves Palestinian flag

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