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Drivers to be given up to £3,750 to switch to electric cars

New EVs with a list price of under £37,000 will be eligible for the discount, which will be tiered to give greater subsidies to ‘green’ models

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Who is the real Constance Marten? A life that led to tragedy

As she and her partner are convicted, her aristocratic background and history of abandonment, cults and living off-grid are revealed


The 53-day manhunt and the desperate search for a newborn

How the socialite and her partner, Mark Gordon, outwitted a massive police operation for weeks



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Constance Marten’s life in jail: killer friends and magazine covers

The 38-year-old has befriended fellow inmates at HMP Bronzefield, while boyfriend Mark Gordon lives in fear of other prisoners at HMP Belmarsh



Trump announces Patriots for Ukraine and threatens Putin with 100% tariffs
Trump announces Patriots for Ukraine and threatens Putin with 100% tariffs


Trump announces Patriots for Ukraine and threatens Putin with 100% tariffs


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MasterChef’s John Torode alleged to have used racist language

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Billionaires are fleeing the UK — and wealth tax could make more quit

John Torode and Gregg Wallace, MasterChef presenters.
MasterChef’s John Torode alleged to have used racist language






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‘World’s oldest marathon runner’ dies at 114 after being hit by car

The record breaker Fauja Singh, who was known as the ‘Turbaned Tornado’, was born in British-ruled Punjab


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FTSE 100 hits 9,000 for first time
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York Minster’s four-decade repair job — and other news in pictures


Labour scraps Tory plan to ban sex education for pupils under nine


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A secret meeting, a photo, next a reunion for King Charles and Harry?

That the King’s communications secretary was in talks with the Duke of Sussex’s team signals a truce could be on — if a leaked photo doesn’t scupper it


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Persecuted by the state? No, Constance Marten was in thrall to conspiracy culture



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How to attract talent and keep the wealthy

Rachel Reeves’s ‘concierge service’ is a good idea but jars with other Treasury measures that have sent the rich packing



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Cartoon by Morten Morland



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The NHS model is on its last legs — time to replace it






Headshot of Melanie Phillips.
The NHS model is on its last legs — time to replace it






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Thames Water reports £1.65bn loss as debts and spills rise


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City watchdog cuts fundraising red tape before Mansion House speech

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Alistair OsborneHeathrow’s investment plan punctures the third runway myth



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Ben Stokes of England celebrates taking a wicket.

Lord’s (final day of five): All-rounder shows his world-class qualities to guide England to 22-run victory in breathless finale to third India Test



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The historian and broadcaster on what she learned from Fleabag, a family connection to Andrew Lloyd Webber — and why she won’t read the Lord of the Rings




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