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Jemma Reekie was pipped to bronze by American Raevyn Rogers in Tokyo

Event was able to go ahead after being cancelled due to the pandemic last year

Sweaty Betty has been sold to a US-based company, in a $410 million deal for the London-founded ‘bum sculpting’ leggings firm.

Keely Hodgkinson broke the British record to win Team GB’s first athletics medal of the Tokyo Olympics with silver, behind America’s Athing Mu in the 800metres final.

Boris Johnson said the UK would help the Belarusian people in a meeting with opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Dr Fauci and the Biden administration don’t want to order further lockdowns or mandates because it’s politically inconvenient. But as someone with a breakthrough case of the delta variant, I couldn’t disagree more

Next week, teenagers around the UK will find out their A-Level results.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are believed to have travelled there for a staycation with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, according to Hello!.

The Government has launched a consultation on making naloxone more widely available to staff who have regular contact with drugs users.

‘I lost to a very, very good fighter... I’m ready for the pro ranks now’

Jemma Reekie narrowly missed out on bronze.

If the wet weather has been disrupting your summer plans then you will relate to gorgeous puppy Riley

Almost 700,000 people were ‘pinged’ by the app last week

De Grasse – bronze medalist in the men’s 100m – was the quickest of the semi-finalists with a Personal Best time of 19.73 seconds

The chihuahua's owner, Jane, thinks meeting Harry inspired the prime minister to rescue his own dog Dilyn

Kyle DeFreytag, who was deployed to protect Capitol after police cleared building of rioters, died earlier in July

A fourth police officer who defended the US Capitol during the 6 January insurrection by extremist supporters of Donald Trump is now confirmed to have taken his own life.

Washington DC’s Metropolitan police department (MPD) confirmed late Monday that another of their officers, Kyle DeFreytag, died by suicide earlier in July, just hours after declaring that MPD officer Gunther Hashida killed himself on 29 July.

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‘It is baffling to me that such a large, iconic and charismatic African species has been understudied for so long’

Ian Driver, 64, gave a lengthy self-defence at court in Margate, Kent, in which he insisted he was driven to his actions after researching 'institutionally racist' local authorities.

Police were warned Streatham terrorist Sudesh Amman had radicalised Manchester Arena bombing mass-murderer Hashem Abedi behind bars - but was still freed from jail.

Today is day 12 of the Tokyo Summer Games. The AP plans coverage from all events. All times bellow are U.S. Eastern.