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Letters: The NHS is not beyond reform – but it needs to be taken out of politics
SIR – Week after week, decade after decade, I read that the NHS needs “radical rethinking".
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Leicester ruin Dean Richards' swansong as Nic Dolly suffers horror injury
Nic Dolly suffered a horrific knee injury which looks certain to have wrecked the hooker’s hopes of touring his native Australia with England this summer.
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Tories poised to torpedo unions after threat to bring country ‘to a standstill’
The Conservatives are threatening to launch a double-pronged attack against trade unions in an effort to break their stranglehold on the public.
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Russia-Ukraine latest news: Ukraine rules out ceasefire as Russia intensifies Donbas offensive
Ukraine has dug deep in Donbas mud but both sides may be stuck Ukraine war pushes hundreds of thousands into famine Boris Johnson faces fresh pressure over Lord Lebedev's peerage Russia destroys major shipment of Western weapons en route to Donbas Listen to the latest episode of our daily Ukraine podcast
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LTN resident forced to pay £300 to bailiffs after council sent penalty notice to wrong address
A resident in a controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhood was forced to pay almost £300 to bailiffs after council officials sent a fixed penalty notice to the wrong address.
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Lyon stun Barcelona with first-half blitz to reclaim Women's Champions League
Off the pitch this was a Women's Champions League final like none before it, as swathes of Barcelona fans flocked to Turin and created a mesmeric atmosphere for what would turn into a classic final.
The TelegraphPublic inquiry into No 10's handling of Covid pandemic set to run into next Parliament
The Government’s public inquiry into Covid-19 is set to run into the next Parliament and is unlikely to be completed until at least the end of 2025, The Telegraph can reveal.
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Brandon Lewis: EU must agree to renegotiate Northern Ireland Protocol or cause indefinite chaos
It is now ten months since Boris Johnson first published proposals to rewrite sections of the Northern Ireland Protocol in order to resolve the problems ministers believe are harming businesses and threatening the Good Friday Agreement.
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Nick Tompkins sparks Saracens fightback against Northampton to seal home semi-final
Wales centre Nick Tompkins provided the spark and Theo McFarland the slam dunk as Saracens survived an attack of the first half jitters to seal a home semi-final with this five-try victory.
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Civil service trying to 'erase women' with gender neutral language in new laws, ministers warn
Ministers have accused civil servants of erasing women from new laws, as Downing Street prepares a crackdown on the spread of "militant wokery" in Whitehall.
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Cotswold villagers up in arms after being ‘misled’ over sale of historic green
Cotswold villagers have been left up in arms after claiming that they were being “misled” over the sale of a historic field at its centre.
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Dina Asher-Smith storms to 100m victory to lay down world title marker
If the winning time did little to send shivers through her main global title rivals, Dina Asher-Smith’s 100 metres victory at the Birmingham Diamond League nonetheless provided plenty of encouragement for her aspirations of making the World Championships podium later this summer.
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Rangers dig deep to win Scottish Cup after back-to-back extra-time ordeals
Rangers staggered out of a wrenching penalty decider defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League final, a two-hour plus ordeal in broiling heat and, less than 72 hours later, found themselves dragged by an obdurate Hearts side into an extra 30 minutes of the Scottish Cup final.
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Russia destroys major shipment of Western weapons en route to Donbas
Moscow has claimed to have destroyed a major Western weapons shipment meant to reinforce Ukraine's defence of the Donbas, as the Russian army intensified its attempts to seize the key eastern region.
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Tory windfall tax row widens as two more Cabinet ministers reject the policy
Cabinet ministers have lined up to warn Rishi Sunak off plans for a windfall tax on energy firms, insisting the move would damage the economy and have unintended consequences.
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Scintillating Orlando Bailey lifts Bath's spirits and leaves Irish sweating over Europe
Orlando Bailey celebrated his latest England call-up with an scintillating performance in front of Eddie Jones as his late penalty lifted Bath spirits but left Irish still waiting to see if they play Champions Cup rugby next season.
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Louis Oosthuizen to become highest-ranked player to join Saudi rebel series
After more than two years of reports, rumours and promises from within, the Saudi rebel circuit will finally announce players who will officially play in their opening LIV Golf Invitational next month in Hertfordshire.
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Bank of England accused of hypocrisy over its pay plans after telling public to shun big increases
The Bank of England has been accused of hypocrisy after launching a pay review scheme for its 4,000 staff as its governor, Andrew Bailey, urged the public not to accept big salary rises.
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Retired Ukrainian tennis star slams 'shameful' Wimbledon ranking points decision
Sergiy Stakhovsky, the former Ukrainian tennis star, has described the professional tours’ decision to strip rankings points from Wimbledon as “a shameful day for tennis”, adding that “To say that I am disappointed in @atptour would be understatement.”
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Prove No 10 was ‘like Ibiza on a Saturday night’, Boris Johnson tells Sue Gray
Boris Johnson wants Sue Gray to publish photographs of illicit gatherings in Downing Street in order to dispel the idea that No10 was “like Ibiza on a Saturday night” during Covid lockdowns, The Telegraph understands.
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Eddie Jones favours 'gas, guts and power' in 'frightening combination' for Australia tour
Eddie Jones will consider the “frightening” prospect of picking Joe Cokanasiga and Henry Arundell on either wing as he aims to assemble an England backline brimming with “gas, guts and power”.
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Smart motorways given green light after bosses turned 'blind eye' to safety fears
Smart motorways were given the go-ahead because National Highways bosses turned a “blind eye” to safety fears, a whistleblower has claimed as he released a dossier of classified documents.
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Chechen troops in Ukraine mocked for focusing on making TikTok videos over fighting
Feared when they invaded Ukraine three months ago, pro-Russia Chechen fighters are now facing mockery for being more interested in uploading TikTok videos than fighting.
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Tiger Woods withdraws from US PGA after 79 but Matt Fitzpatrick eyes history for England
Louis Oosthuizen to become highest-ranked player to join Saudi rebel series Aaron Wise hit on the head by Cameron Smith tee shot
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Joe Marchant stars as Harlequins complete stunning comeback to keep title dream alive
Joe Marchant spurred Harlequins to another stirring comeback at Twickenham as the reigning Premiership champions piled up 21 unanswered second-half points, putting them on course for a mouth-watering semi-final against Saracens and leaving Gloucester’s top-four hopes in peril.
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‘Hatred will never win’: Boris Johnson marks fifth anniversary of Manchester Arena bombing
“Hatred will never win,” was the message given by Boris Johnson on the fifth anniversary of the Manchester Arena terror attack which killed 22 people and seriously injured 264 others.