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• Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85 - The Guardian27 July 2026, 9:26 am
  Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85  The GuardianBill Oddie: TV presenter dies at 85  BBCWildlife presenter and comedian Bill Oddie has died aged 85, his agent said.  Sky NewsBill Oddie, wildlife presenter and Goodies star, dies aged 85  ITVXBill Oddie: Wildlife presenter and comedian dies aged 85  The Independent
  
• World Matchplay Darts: Luke Littler thrashes Gerwyn Price 18-9 to defend title with record-breaking display in Blackpool - Sky Sports27 July 2026, 9:04 am
  World Matchplay Darts: Luke Littler thrashes Gerwyn Price 18-9 to defend title with record-breaking display in Blackpool  Sky SportsLuke Littler retains World Matchplay title after crushing win against Gerwyn Price  The GuardianLuke Littler dazzles in Blackpool as frightening World Matchplay Darts form continues: 'Good luck to Dirk...'  Sky SportsRelive Luke Little beating Gerwyn Price to defend World Matchplay title  BBCLuke Littler reaches new heights with World Matchplay run to remember: 'What can other players cling onto now?'  Sky Sports
  
• France and Spain wildfires: Bordeaux threatened as lightning storm created - BBC27 July 2026, 8:55 am
  France and Spain wildfires: Bordeaux threatened as lightning storm created  BBCMacron calls crisis meeting of French cabinet as blaze approaches Bordeaux  Al JazeeraFrench firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time  France 24Ella Baron on the wildfires in France and Spain – cartoon  The GuardianFrance wildfires: Bordeaux faces evacuation over ‘apocalypse’ blaze  The Telegraph
  
• Man and woman found dead after being pulled from water at Cornwall beach - Sky News27 July 2026, 8:40 am
  Man and woman found dead after being pulled from water at Cornwall beach  Sky NewsMan and woman pulled from Cornish sea  The TelegraphMan and woman die after being pulled from sea | ITV News  ITVXMajor emergency at Fistral Beach - updates  Cornwall LiveTwo people die after large emergency response on Newquay beach  BBC
  
• The woman on a mission to promote Stoke-on-Trent and the Potteries to Japan - BBC27 July 2026, 8:21 am
  The woman on a mission to promote Stoke-on-Trent and the Potteries to Japan  BBC
  
• Birmingham Tyburn Road serious collision LIVE as major route shut for hours - Birmingham Live27 July 2026, 8:17 am
  Birmingham Tyburn Road serious collision LIVE as major route shut for hours  Birmingham LiveOne man fatally injured and two others to hospital in Erdington RTC  West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation TrustTyburn Road in Birmingham shuts for hours after serious crash as drivers issued warning  Yahoo News UKMan, 33, dies with two others hurt after car hits tree and overturns  BirminghamWorldMan dies in Tyburn Road Birmingham crash as two others rushed to hospital  Yahoo News UK
  
• Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify avians - BBC27 July 2026, 7:53 am
  Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify avians  BBC
  
• Yung Filly: British rapper and YouTuber testifies in own rape trial in Australia - BBC27 July 2026, 7:37 am
  Yung Filly: British rapper and YouTuber testifies in own rape trial in Australia  BBCBritish YouTuber Yung Filly describes night he met fan in Perth nightclub before allegedly raping her  The GuardianRapper denies sexually assaulting fan on tour  News.com.auGraphic injury photos shown at Yung Filly rape trial  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation'Love bite': rape-accused rapper denies violent sex  The Canberra Times
  
• Burnham unveils £1bn pension fund to ‘reindustrialise Britain’ - The Telegraph27 July 2026, 7:00 am
  Burnham unveils £1bn pension fund to ‘reindustrialise Britain’  The TelegraphBig pension funds unite to unlock £1bn for promising UK companies  The TimesUK Pension Providers Plan £1 Billion Tech-Focused Scale-Up Fund  Bloomberg.comUK Pension Funds Launch £1 Billion Initiative to Boost Local Tec  GuruFocusUK pension providers in talks for £1bn fund  UKTN
  
• Tom Holland admits promoting some of his past films was difficult because they were ‘s**t’ - The Independent27 July 2026, 6:58 am
  Tom Holland admits promoting some of his past films was difficult because they were ‘s**t’  The IndependentTom Holland Admits Some Of His Movies Were Hard To Promote “Because It’s Sh*t”  DeadlineTom Holland Says Some of His Movies Are “Sh**,” Making Them Hard to Promote  The Hollywood ReporterTom Holland: Some of My Movies Are ‘S—‘ and You ‘Shouldn’t’ Watch Them  VarietyTom Holland Says Some Of His Movies Were 'Sh*t'  HuffPost UK
  
• Three dead in shooting at Seattle festival - The Telegraph27 July 2026, 6:47 am
  Three dead in shooting at Seattle festival  The TelegraphThree dead and several injured in shooting at food festival near Seattle's Space Needle  BBCSeattle shooting latest: Manhunt in Seattle after three killed at food festival  Sky NewsTwo dead in shootings at Bite of Seattle food festival, say authorities  The GuardianMass shooting at Seattle Center leaves 3 dead, toddler wounded  The Seattle Times
  
• Families pay tribute to four young men killed in crash | ITV News - ITVX27 July 2026, 6:44 am
  Families pay tribute to four young men killed in crash | ITV News  ITVXFamily tributes to four men who died in crash  BBC'It feels like a terrible dream' as tribute paid to man killed in Huyton crash  Liverpool EchoFour men in their 20s die in early-morning collision after car hits lamppost in Huyton  Sky NewsHuyton crash: Tributes to four young men killed after car hit lamppost  The Independent
  
• Oil price slides as US and Iran pause fire; cancer treatments help AstraZeneca beat profit forecasts – business live - The Guardian27 July 2026, 6:32 am
  Oil price slides as US and Iran pause fire; cancer treatments help AstraZeneca beat profit forecasts – business live  The GuardianOil prices fall as US pauses strikes on Iran over strait of Hormuz  The GuardianWhich countries are most exposed to Hormuz crisis fuel price swings?  Euronews.comOil markets are on edge again  The EconomistShares, bonds bounce in Asia as oil skids  Reuters
  
• Iran warns Ukraine of retaliation after deadly Caspian Sea strike - Al Jazeera27 July 2026, 6:23 am
  Iran warns Ukraine of retaliation after deadly Caspian Sea strike  Al JazeeraLive updates: US-Iran war news; US signals pause in Iran strikes will allow talks to progress  CNNUkraine war briefing: Iran accuses Kyiv of deadly attack on Iranian vessel in Caspian Sea  The GuardianZelensky confirms strikes on facility in Kirov, an oil refinery in Tyumen, and ships in Caspian Sea  UkrinformIran’s FM claims Ukraine struck Iranian vessel ‘at Israel’s behest,’ vows retaliation  The Times of Israel
  
• 'This is just the start': India's Gen Z protesters force out a minister, but what next? - BBC27 July 2026, 5:59 am
  'This is just the start': India's Gen Z protesters force out a minister, but what next?  BBCIndia’s Cockroach Janta party protest victory signals trouble ahead for Modi  The GuardianWho is India’s new education minister Pralhad Joshi?  Al JazeeraBJP MPs Welcome Dharmendra Pradhan To Parliament, Congress Fumes  NDTVResignation of India’s education minister is a reckoning for Modi  The Times