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Daniel Wiffen has made history by becoming the fist athlete from Northern Ireland to win an Olympic gold medal since 1988.

GOLD MEDAL - Wiffen makes history in Paris

Temperatures are soaring in Paris - so we've been asking athletes how they keep performing in the heat.

Be at your best in the heat: Olympians' five tips

New York Post

Day 4 of the 2024 Olympics is packed with action.

The U.S. women’s basketball 3-on-3 team, featuring Rhyne Howard, Dearica Hamby and Hailey Van Lith, begins its quest for second straight Olympic gold medal when it clashes with Germany at 11:30 a.m. ET. 

For more 3-on-3 basketball excitement, tune into NBC at 4:35 p.m. ET to watch the U.S. men’s team in action against Serbia. 



The five-member women’s USA gymnastics squad, captained by the one and only Simone Biles, could clinch its 10th team all-around gold medal, with the women’s team all-around finals kicking off at 12:15 p.m. ET. 

The USMNT...

The events to watch at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, July 30

Daniel Wiffen is the first Northern Irish athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in 36 years.

Congratulations for NI's new Olympic gold medalist

Team GB dressage rider Carl Hester says the video of Charlotte Dujardin repeatedly whipping a horse was a "huge shock" and his long-time team-mate has "paid very heavily" for it. Dujardin pulled out of the Olympic Games on 23 July after a video emerged of her "excessively" whipping a horse...

Dujardin paying 'heavily' for 'shock' video - Hester

An inquest into the deaths of Carol Hunt and her daughters Hannah and Louise opens in Hatfield.

Daughter texted for help before crossbow deaths

Police say two rival gangs co-ordinated to kill the rapper as he celebrated his 26th birthday in June.

Three arrested for murder of Florida rapper Julio Foolio

The fire is at the Mildenhall Stadium in Suffolk, a venue used for stock car and banger racing.

Firefighters at scene of large barn fire at stadium

The 38-year-old is in hospital after being knocked unconscious outside The Deck.

Man suffers head injury outside nightclub

Missouri State

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CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

The parents of Conor Dowers say staff at a mental health trust failed to keep him safe.

Dancer who took his own life 'badly let down'

A woman who was seriously injured after being attacked while out walking her dog has died in hospital, police said. Anita Rose, 57, was found unconscious on a track in Brantham, Suffolk, on Wednesday. She died in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on Sunday morning. Police said a 45-year-old man from...

Woman dies after attack while walking dog

A woman is being treated for skin cancer after her 11-year-old daughter spotted a mole on her back as she stepped out of the shower. Natasha, of Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, was getting ready for her daughter Maisy's football game when the youngster pointed out the mole. The 43-year-old teaching assistant...

Mum's cancer diagnosis after daughter spots mole

Amid reports of a large police presence in Southend-on-Sea, an MP has warned residents to avoid the city centre.

Six arrested as city MP warns of 'ongoing incident'

Eight buildings once used to generate power at a nuclear plant are due to be demolished. Sellafield has been given permission by Cumberland Council to knock down the Calder Hall Blower Houses at its Seascale site. They consist of two sets of four identical buildings built in the 1950s, that...

Nuclear plant's buildings to be demolished

Jake McIntyre hit Andrew Peart with a metal wheel brace after an argument last August.

Man jailed for 14 years over road rage killing

Amateur jockey Alice Procter leaves intensive care after undergoing successful surgery on a fractured spine, says the Injured Jockeys' Fund (IJF).

Jockey Procter out of intensive care after surgery

Three women describe years of abuse and controlling behaviour at the hands of police officer Paul Whitehurst.

'I felt a prisoner at hands of my police abuser'

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Sam Westreich, PhD

It’s not humans. How a survivor of a super-extinction repopulated our planet. There are more than 8 billion humans alive at this moment on Earth (unless something has gone horribly wrong). But humans aren’t the only dominant mammals.

For Millions of Years, Earth Was Dominated by a Single Vertebrate Genus

Jade Watson says she cannot save for a house deposit despite not eating out and going on holiday.

'I've put off starting a family due to cost of living'

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Wiffen goes for gold in Paris - all you need to know

Daniel Wiffen and Jack McMillan, from Northern Ireland, are both in medal contention on day four at the Paris...

Wiffen goes for gold in Paris - all you need to know

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