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Britain’s national laboratories — the government-owned sites and expert teams that build and run the country’s big scientific machines — face the deepest squeeze. The money for their scientific work is set to fall by well over half, though the overall budget for national labs and estates drops by less because a growing share is being swallowed by urgent repairs to ageing buildings.Sue Ferns of the Prospect Tade Union which represents scientific and technical staff at the labs facing cuts described the move as a “hammer blow to UK science”.”It is the product of a political choice. Public sector research…

Karolina Muchova saved a match point before coming through an epic deciding-set tie-break to beat Coco Gauff and reach a first Wimbledon final.Muchova started the semi-final the stronger of the pair but Gauff hit back, and they could barely be separated in a high-quality third set.Two-time Grand Slam champion Gauff came back from 4-1 down in the resulting tie-break and had match point on her serve, before sending a simple forehand into the net tape.Muchova also missed her first match point but it was she who stood triumphant at the end after an astonishing 6-2 1-6 7-6 (12-10) win in…

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The leader of Restore Britain has been urged to apologise after describing the Dunblane school shooting as “one murder”.Rupert Lowe was criticising the UK’s ban on handguns during an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. He said the ban came after “there was a murder in Dunblane”.Host Rogan clarified with Lowe that the ban was due to “one murder” and the Restore UK leader repeated that was the case.Sixteen children and their teacher were killed in the 1996 mass shooting at Dunblane Primary School, one of the worst gun atrocities to happen in the UK.Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth,…

Question: What is the maximum size of a tennis racquet? James in Dorset and David in LlanwnogJamie: Most standard tennis racquets are 27 inches in length. Some players play with longer ones, so a quarter or a half-inch more. The most you are allowed is 29 inches, but I don’t know anyone who gets near that!Question: Does the heat affect the tennis balls? Richard in PurleyJamie: I think it does, yes. It makes them travel faster through the air and they probably will be livelier off the bounce, because the surface will be reactive. It definitely helps them to fly…