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For most of England and Wales the third heatwave of the year ended last weekend when cooler air arrived, dropping maximum temperatures widely to 20-24C.However, two locations – Usk and Exeter – have continued to just reach their heatwave criteria since then and have now reached 20 consecutive days – the longest run so far this year.As temperatures drop further over the weekend, and parts of the UK see a little rain, even these local heatwaves are likely to come to an end.However, it may only be a temporary break.Next week, high pressure is set to build close to the…

A sickening injury to England’s Gabriel Langton overshadowed his team’s silver medal in the men’s team gymnastics final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.The 19-year-old, from the City of Birmingham Gymnastics Club, needed lengthy treatment on the mat after a horrible fall in the final rotation of the evening at The Arena.Langton fell head first to the floor after missing his catch on the horizontal metal bar, three metres in the air, leading to a lengthy delay to the action as he was tended to by up to a dozen medical staff.He was eventually led away on a trolley after…

David Gerrard, 47, lives with his wife and three children bordering the site and said he has not been able to open windows in the recent heat due to the noise. They moved into a rent-to-buy home in 2019 and put “all their money into a dream house”, he said.But their home is now directly opposite the warehouse site and the “noise from the wagons is incredible”, he said. “It’s always there, you can’t get away from it. You wake up, open your windows and it’s there. I come home and it’s looming over my house.”It’s now worth less than…

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Nilly Dahlia, a content creator and mum of three, says she prints out a six-week calendar with a range of activities for her kids during the holidays. As part of their “summer bucket list”, they are planning to check out all the parks in the local area and she is prioritising low-cost activities throughout the summer. “I feel like there’s this intense pressure to have Instagram-worthy holidays now,” she says.”What’s wrong with just staying in the UK, staying out till sunset, riding your bike, just going to the river, like I did? I really want the kids to experience a…

Gerwyn Price produced a clinical display to beat Ross Smith 16-12 in the World Matchplay quarter-finals, setting up a meeting with Gian van Veen in the last four.The Welshman looked to be in control of the last-eight tie at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens before Smith fought back from 12-8 down to draw level.However, Price was able to raise his game again to seal victory with a 102.78 average as he bids to reach the final of the tournament for the first time.”Ross played a decent game as well, so it’s nice to play well when someone is playing well. It gives…

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Carl Jones said he and his partner of 20 years haven’t wed because even the simplest weddings are too expensive.”We want to get married but won’t, as it costs too much. It’s cheaper if we just have two witnesses, but why should our [12-year-old] daughter not be allowed to attend… It’s wrong.”But sceptics say this will do little to lower the cost of weddings, which according to wedding planner app Hitched has jumped to £21,990 on average.Reverend Tom Kennar said it isn’t marriage that is expensive, it’s the extras most modern couples like to add.”[It] is the costs of the…

Adam Ramsay-Peaty becomes the latest to face the latter situation on Saturday – in the 100m breaststroke final at Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games, shortly after 21:00 BST.The greatest breaststroker the world has seen is on his own journey – one which he hopes ends with a third individual gold at the Los Angeles Olympics in two years’ time.Manoeuvring into his slipstream is 18-year-old Filip Nowacki.Master meet apprentice.Not only has Nowacki started to pick off Ramsay-Peaty’s age-group records, he is part of the 31-year-old’s AP Race stable – the programme set up to develop the next generation.Ramsay-Peaty has spoken of wanting to…