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The Olympic Games have ended in Paris with a dystopian closing ceremony featuring a "Golden voyager" from outerspace and Tom Cruise abseiling into the stadium."The most difficult thing when you love is to say goodbye," said the president of this year's Olympics organising committee before handing over to a team representing Los Angeles, where the 2028 Olympics will be held. Gymnast Simone Biles joined Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass to […]

The parents of nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar, who was killed during a Taylor Swift dance class in Southport, wrote a letter to their daughter that was read out at her funeral on Sunday.Several hundred members of the public lined a street in the Merseyside town to honour Alice and many stood outside listening to the service. Image: The horse-drawn carriage carrying the coffin of Alice da Silva Aguiar leaves […]

Police have shot a man in a village in Surrey after reports of an altercation, leaving him in a critical condition.The man, in his 20s, is in hospital. Surrey Police received reports of an "altercation" between two people including a man armed with a weapon in the street on Nursery Road, Knaphill, shortly after midnight.One of them was shot and taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical but […]

The impact of the far-right riots seen across the UK could be felt for "months and years to come", the justice secretary has warned.Shabana Mahmood made the remarks in a piece for The Observer as courts have been working extended hours to deal with rioters who were charged by police during the disorder. Far-right violence broke out in towns and cities across the UK in the wake of a stabbing […]

About 500 people attended a funeral service held for British teenager Jay Slater, who died while on holiday in Tenerife.Friends and family of the 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, were pictured following a horse-led hearse as it arrived at the chapel at Accrington Crematorium. At the wishes of the family, most wore the colour blue as a sign of respect to the teenager including his work colleagues from PH Build Group, […]

It is not only Team GB's athletes who are getting their "Olympic moment" at the Paris Games.Team GB boxing doctor Harj Singh and physio Robbie Lillis have emerged as heroes after helping to save the life of the head coach of the Uzbekistan boxing team. Tulkin Kilichev was celebrating Uzbek boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov's gold medal win over France's Billal Bennama in the warm-up area of the Roland Garros on Thursday […]

Great Britain's Olympic gold medal-winning climber Toby Roberts has said winning in Paris was the "proudest moment" of his life. The 19-year-old took the Olympic title in the men's boulder and lead after beating Japan's Sorato Anraku - who was the favourite going into the event. The win came as a tremendous surprise to Roberts, who said he was "incredibly happy" to bag the silver when Anraku fell off the […]

Police officers remain on high alert amid concerns unrest will continue this weekend.The start of the football season has sparked fears of further unrest, with some newspapers reporting police are considering football banning orders after investigations suggested a link between rioters and football hooligan groups. Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated that police should remain on "high alert" going into the weekend.UK riots latest: Protests bring Belfast to 'complete standstill' Image: […]

Several people have been injured after a crowd surge at a music festival in Newquay, the police have said.Devon and Cornwall Police said it had been notified of a crowd surge at Boardmasters music festival, which it said "left a small number of attendees injured". The force said the injured people were either being treated on-site by medical staff or had been taken to hospital to be checked over.It said […]