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Angelique Kerber and Venus Williams secured contrasting victories before the rain returned in SW19.

The inherent suggestion in the opening episode’s ‘coupling up’ event is that consent is a nice bonus, but by no means essential when it comes to making a move on someone

A rental crisis spurred by the pandemic prompted many states to make bold promises to help renters, but most failed to deliver on them after Congress passed the sweeping CARES Act in March 2020

Here are some of the best examples from June 29.

Suppliers are ambivalent about their basic obligations. Here’s how to play them at their own game

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Butchart is under investigation after comments about Covid-19 testing.

‘We have been short-changed’ on new Office for Environmental Protection, peers tell parliament

West Mercia PC Benjamin Monk convicted of manslaughter after Tasering former Aston Villa striker to the ground and kicking him in the head in August 2016

First lady, who features on August cover, says it’s ‘amazing how much people pay attention to every little detail’

Democratic lawmakers also want to replace bust of Supreme Court justice who defended slavery with statue of Thurgood Marshall

‘This is just copying Dishoom,’ comments user

Mother describes travelling to give evidence as ‘punishing and exhausting’: ‘We would travel to the end of the Earth and back if that is what it takes’

‘They’re early warning systems for the planet, and they all are saying the same thing,’ says lead author of report

Search and rescue teams from Miami-Dade have been described as among the best and most experienced in the world

Pro-democracy activists in Eswatini, the southern African country previously known as Swaziland, have vowed to intensify demonstrations against the monarchy until it makes democratic reforms and unbans all opposition parties

Veteran forester Randy Moore has been named chief of the U.S. Forest Service, the first African American to lead the agency in its 116-year history

A quarter of a century after the lowest moment of Southgate’s career, Mark Critchley finds out what it’s like to play for the man who could lead England to a European Championship quarter-final

How much water did that rainstorm actually drop

Federer will look to bounce back from his knee problems to start his Wimbledon campaign well

Boris Johnson vowed Brexit minister would ‘fix’ problem - but peer insists it’s down to more junior departments

Stage four is another opportunity for the sprinters but will there be more caution after a chaotic start to the tour

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‘The level of disruption is now very high,’ union leader says

The world heptathlon champion suffered a serious Achilles injury last year.