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No points for Intermarché-Wanty rider as Philipsen threatens points lead

Tour de France green jersey Biniam Girmay crashes in hectic stage 16 finale

The Guardian

Jasper Philipsen made it a hat-trick while Mark Cavendish missed out on his final chance of a Tour stage win

Tour de France 2024: Jasper Philipsen wins stage 16 after Girmay crash – as it happened

The Tour de France intensifies with tough final stages as Mathieu van der Poel believes Remco Evenepoel can challenge Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard. Van der Poel emphasizes the difficulty but expresses confidence in Evenepoel's potential to narrow the gap. Stage 16 winner: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in 4:11:27. Pogačar...

Pogačar Dominates: Van der Poel’s Insights and Tour de France Updates!

Jasper Philipsen completed a hat trick of stage wins at this year’s Tour de France after Biniam Girmay — his main rival for the best sprinter’s green jersey — crashed near the finish on Tuesday. There was no major change in the general classification with two-time...

Belgian sprinter Philipsen completes hat trick of stage wins at Tour, Girmay falls near finish

Cycling Weekly

Belgian earns maiden Tour victory at 32 years old

Victor Campenaerts wins Tour de France stage 18 from breakaway trio

Country singer Ingrid Andress has apologised and admitted being drunk while performing a much-derided rendition of the US national anthem, at a baseball stadium. Andress's erratic performance of The Star-Spangled Banner was widely shared after Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby, in Texas, on Monday. "I was drunk last night,"...

Country star sorry for singing US anthem drunk

The daughter of Dubai's ruler appears to have announced her divorce on social media. A post from the verified Instagram account of Sheikha Mahra bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said she was ending her marriage, and reads: "I hereby declare our divorce." The BBC has reached out to officials...

Instagram account of Dubai princess announces divorce

More than 120 people died in the crush which occurred at an event led by the self-styled godman.

'No-one can change fate': India preacher on deadly crush

The widow of a man who was killed with a broken bottle 12 years ago has renewed efforts to have glass banned from late night venues. Jane Sherriff's husband Philip Sherriff, from Preston, was stabbed in the neck in a London nightclub in 2012. Her campaign for a ban had...

Renewed glass ban call after husband's club murder

A man who was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer has urged people to not be afraid to talk about poo. Dave Jones, 35 and from Great Barr, Birmingham, was diagnosed with cancer in December 2022 which came as a massive shock as he had always been fit and healthy.

Bowel cancer survivor urges talks about poo

A "damning" inquiry into claims of mistreatment of women and girls by Greater Manchester Police has uncovered further evidence of people being "humiliated" in custody. A report by Dame Vera Baird KC heard from 12 women and two men, some of whom were victims of domestic abuse but were themselves arrested after making complaints about their partners.

Women and girls 'humiliated' in police custody

Jack Black has said he’s cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked an outcry with a comment about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The comedy rock group were on stage in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday when Gass was asked to...

Jack Black axes tour over bandmate's Trump comment

Draining the lake can harm wildlife and injure those involved, Redcar and Cleveland Council says.

Park lake drained after sluice gates removed

A nine-year-old girl injured when a motorcyclist fired a number of shots towards a restaurant in east London seven weeks ago remains "stable" but may not "speak or move properly again", her parents have said. The shooting occurred on Kingsland High Street, Dalston, at about 21:20 BST on 29 May.

Girl, 9, shot by motorcyclist remains critically hurt

A drug commonly prescribed to thin blood can be repurposed as a cheap antidote to cobra venom, a team of scientists based in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the UK has discovered. Snakebites kill about 138,000 people a year, mostly in poorer rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in...

Common blood-thinning drug neutralises cobra venom

Sniffer dogs in Ecuador have found 6.23 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment, police say. The dogs alerted their handlers, who seized 5,630 parcels filled with a white substance that later tested positive for cocaine. The shipment was destined for Germany, officials said, and would have been worth...

Six tonnes of cocaine found in banana shipment

The Yemeni Houthi rebels has released a video of an attack it claims to have carried out on an oil tanker in the Red Sea. The footage shows a small vessel approach, then collide with the left side of the ship, resulting in a large explosion. BBC Verify has confirmed...

Watch: Yemeni Houthi rebels attack oil tanker

Tiger Woods says he turned up at Royal Troon jaded after watching news of the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on his flight.

Woods missed sleep over Trump assassination attempt

Yostin Mosquera appears at the Old Bailey charged with murdering Paul Longworth and Albert Alfonso.

Man at Old Bailey after men's remains found in cases

Police are investigating whether the six Vietnamese nationals died of poisoning inside the luxury hotel.

Mystery surrounds deaths at Grand Hyatt hotel in Bangkok

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Tour de France 2024: Campenaerts claims breakaway win on stage 18

That's all for today's stage then, which saw a thrilling breakaway win for Victor Campenaerts. It was an emotional victory for the Belgian - his first...

Tour de France 2024: Campenaerts claims breakaway win on stage 18

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