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• Solar eclipse weather forecast: What are chances of clear skies in London? - London Evening Standard30 July 2026, 6:05 am
  Solar eclipse weather forecast: What are chances of clear skies in London?  London Evening StandardHow to watch the solar eclipse safely this summer  GOV.UK blogsWhere To Get Safe Eclipse Glasses For The Aug. 12 Solar Eclipse  ForbesBest places in London to watch next month's spectacular solar eclipse  London Evening StandardRare Total Solar Eclipse-Perseid Meteor Shower Double-Header August 12th  Sky & Telescope
  
• Polls open in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection overshadowed by new PM and Farage’s antics - The Guardian30 July 2026, 6:00 am
  Polls open in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection overshadowed by new PM and Farage’s antics  The GuardianGreater Manchester mayoral election polling stations open  BBCWho will be Manchester’s next King – or Queen – in the North?  New StatesmanWhat’s at stake in the biggest by-election in British history  UK in a changing EuropeManchester Mayoral By-Election Poll  moreincommon.org.uk
  
• Iraola: Liverpool still not showing my identity - Sky Sports30 July 2026, 5:55 am
  Iraola: Liverpool still not showing my identity  Sky SportsExperimental Liverpool down Wrexham thanks to Rio Ngumoha’s deflected strike  The GuardianWrexham Association Football Club  Wrexham AFCLiverpool news: Reds beat Wrexham in New York  BBCAndoni Iraola on win over Wrexham, pre-season progress, Trey Nyoni and more  Liverpool FC
  
• Uefa to hold emergency meeting over Fifa World Cup plans - BBC30 July 2026, 5:20 am
  Uefa to hold emergency meeting over Fifa World Cup plans  BBCIn a sport obsessed by money, is Gianni Infantino’s indecent proposal really such a surprise?  The New York TimesUefa calls emergency meeting as opposition to Fifa plan hardens  The GuardianEngland must boycott World Cup and fight Infantino, former FA chiefs demand  The TelegraphUEFA to hold emergency meeting today over FIFA plan to sell bn stake - with World Cup boycott being considered  Sky News
  
• Merseyside lung cancer patient first in world to get new vaccine - BBC30 July 2026, 5:05 am
  Merseyside lung cancer patient first in world to get new vaccine  BBC
  
• The extraordinary fake grooming scandal - and the evidence that points to some truth beneath the deceit - Sky News30 July 2026, 5:01 am
  The extraordinary fake grooming scandal - and the evidence that points to some truth beneath the deceit  Sky NewsNew Ellie Williams documentary: How to watch and what to expect  NW MailWe've been working on a documentary about grooming and sexual abuse in Barrow-in-Furness for 4 years - and this is the lesson we need to learn  Radio TimesThe extraordinary fake grooming scandal - and evidence pointing to some truth beneath the deceit  Inbox.eu
  
• UK government reviews why police ceding criminal cases to US military - The Guardian30 July 2026, 5:00 am
  UK government reviews why police ceding criminal cases to US military  The GuardianWhy US military prosecutes alleged rapes of women in UK as ‘sexual assaults’  The GuardianThursday briefing: ​The UK’s special relationship with the US allows their servicemen to avoid our justice system  The GuardianUS airman accused of ‘spree’ of rapes on sleeping women avoided UK courts  The GuardianUS military personnel attacks on women show why bases must close now  Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
  
• Man City confirm transfer exit as defender departs - and five more could follow - Manchester Evening News30 July 2026, 4:00 am
  Man City confirm transfer exit as defender departs - and five more could follow  Manchester Evening NewsLeicester sign Man City defender McFarlane on loan  BBCLeicester City complete third summer signing with Premier League loan  Leicester MercuryThis Leicester player's role in jeopardy amid Man City loanee arrival  Yahoo SportsCity loan out academy defender for first-team experience  Read Man City
  
• US launches fresh strikes on Iran after days-long pause, amid fears the war is widening - The Guardian30 July 2026, 3:29 am
  US launches fresh strikes on Iran after days-long pause, amid fears the war is widening  The GuardianUS launches 'heavy' strikes on Iran after attempted attack on American troops  BBCMiddle East crisis live: Jordan says it foiled Iranian missile attack as US launches ‘heavy’ strikes on Iran after pause  The GuardianIran war live: US attack kills Iranian couple, toddler on Qeshm Island  Al JazeeraIran war live: US strikes Iran again as war widens with attack on Egypt port  Reuters
  
• Deadly strikes on Ukrainian cities after Zelenskyy warns of ‘massive’ Russian attack - The Guardian30 July 2026, 2:37 am
  Deadly strikes on Ukrainian cities after Zelenskyy warns of ‘massive’ Russian attack  The GuardianExplosion in Poland after Russian missile attack on western Ukraine  The TelegraphUnidentified projectile lands deep inside Poland causing explosion as Russia launches deadly, Ukraine-wide attack  CNNPoland probes mystery 10-meter crater after Russia pounds Ukraine in overnight attack  TVP World'Scared the Hell Out of Me': British Tourist Records Early Morning Sirens Ringing in Lublin  Yahoo News Canada
  
• Cooler conditions on way for parts of UK - but still no rain for drought-hit areas - BBC30 July 2026, 1:40 am
  Cooler conditions on way for parts of UK - but still no rain for drought-hit areas  BBCPictures show scale of drought across England as rivers dry up  BBCHalf of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ drought  The GuardianWildfire alert as UK on brink of breaking 50-year drought record  The TimesHalf of England in drought, says Environment Agency  The Telegraph
  
• Revealed: George Cottrell transferred [223]m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK - The Guardian30 July 2026, 1:30 am
  Revealed: George Cottrell transferred [223]m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK  The GuardianGeorge Cottrell ‘gave mother [223]m days before Reform donations’  The TelegraphGeorge Cottrell ‘transferred [223]m to mother before Reform UK donations’  The TimesPolice investigate donations by Tice company to Reform UK  BBCParliamentary watchdog decides against inquiry into £80,000 loan to Reform’s deputy leader  The Guardian
  
• BMW to cut ‘as many as 8,000 jobs’ under pressure from Chinese rivals - The Guardian30 July 2026, 1:30 am
  BMW to cut ‘as many as 8,000 jobs’ under pressure from Chinese rivals  The GuardianBMW to cut several thousand jobs under voluntary severance packages  Automotive NewsBMW to cut several thousand jobs in latest blow to German auto sector  ReutersBMW to cut up to 8,000 jobs  DW.comBMW plans to cut around 8,000 jobs in major cost-saving drive  Euronews.com
  
• Major incident declared after large wildfire breaks out - as UK warned of 'new normal' after drought declared - Sky News30 July 2026, 1:22 am
  Major incident declared after large wildfire breaks out - as UK warned of 'new normal' after drought declared  Sky NewsCrews tackle large fire on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk  BBCMajor incident declared as firefighters battle large Suffolk heathland blaze  The IndependentFire crews battle undergrowth blaze  suffolknews.co.ukPeople evacuated as heath fire burns 12 hours on  East Anglian Daily Times
  
• Burnham says nuclear sub investment will protect UK and boost jobs - BBC30 July 2026, 12:52 am
  Burnham says nuclear sub investment will protect UK and boost jobs  BBCTrident renewal central to defence spending, says Andy Burnham  The GuardianBAE Systems wins £5.9 billion UK submarine contract  ReutersBurnham drives defence to deliver security and growth in every postcode with £8.4bn nuclear submarine investment supporting 22,000 apprenticeships  GOV.UKDas reboot  politico.eu