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F1 Academy breaks new ground this weekend as the series makes its racing debut at Silverstone as part of a bumper British Grand Prix programme.In its fourth season since inception, the all-female series takes its place on the support bill alongside F2 and F3 at the historic track for the first time on Formula 1’s Sprint weekend. For the five British drivers in this year’s F1 Academy field – Megan Bruce, Ella Lloyd, Alisha Palmowski, Rachel Robertson and Ella Stevens – the weekend carries extra significance and excitement in front of what is expected to be a record 565,000 crowd…

Harry Styles is performing for a record-breaking 12 nights at Wembley Stadium, which follows 10 in Amsterdam. He will go on to do four nights in São Paulo, six in Mexico City and a mammoth 30 nights in New York, ending with four in Melbourne and two in Sydney, Australia.“I chose to photograph fans arriving at Harry Styles’s concert at Wembley because I was interested in the sense of community and self-expression that surrounds live music events,” said photographer Gareth Cattermole.“Rather than focusing on the performance itself, I wanted to capture the excitement and anticipation before the show, when fans…

The Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), Dagvin Anderson, has announced that the US has withdrawn most of the troops deployed to support a recent counterterrorism operation in Nigeria, while continuing intelligence sharing and other forms of security cooperation with the country. The deployment of the troops started with what the US described as a “small team” in early February, following a mutual agreement between the United States and the Nigerian government that was reached after the US launched an attack against suspected ISIS fighters, which US President Donald Trump said were targeting Christians. The agreement aimed to…

KEAM 2026 CAP round 1 allotment option entry window is now open. Students can enter their choice of course and college for allotment through the candidate login link available at cee.kerala.gov.in. KEAM 2026 CAP Allotment: CEE Kerala has opened the option entry window for candidates interested in admission to the Engineering programme. The Centralised Allotment Process (CAP) for Engineering courses has commenced on the official website. Candidates who have cleared their KEAM 2026 exams can visit the official website to enter their choices for allotment. As per the official notification issued, candidates who are qualified for KEAM 2026 can register their options…

Olawale Ajimotokan  in Abuja  In a move signifying the country’s commitment to promoting integrity, fairness, and excellence in sports, the Federal Government has inaugurated the Technical Board of the Nigeria Anti-Doping Centre (NADC) headed by Bar. Rasheed Olanrewaju Kazeem and Mainasara Illo, as its Executive Secretary/CEO.  The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, at the ceremony, yesterday, described the event as a defining moment in Nigeria’s sporting history. He noted that the country has transited  from commitment to structure, from policy to action, and from internal management to a fully constituted, independent and law-backed institution. He said…

Temperatures in Europe hit a new high this summer, with hotter early-summer heatwaves triggering illness, deaths and the collapse of infrastructure across the continent.Transport buckled on Sunday as temperatures hit 40C (104F) across Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland. In France, days averaging 29.8C (85.6F) – spiking to 44C (111.2F) in one town – gave way to storms, leaving an estimated 1,000 excess deaths behind.Scenes like this may well be the new normal.Last summer’s heatwave alone caused an estimated 2,300 climate-related deaths in 12 European countries, WWA says.A study by World Weather Attribution (WWA) has found that intense heat on…

Looking for help with today’s Easy, Medium and Hard NYT Pips puzzles? Whether you’re after a nudge in the right direction or just want to compare notes, below you’ll find everything you need to solve each of today’s Pips plus a full walkthrough for today’s Hard Pips. It’s very smoky here in the mountains of Arizona. The Pocket Fire is burning south of here and its plume of smoke is dispersing all across town, creating an unpleasant haze that stings the eyes. It’s not fun, but it’s even less fun for the wildland firefighters trying to contain the blaze. I…

Security researchers have confirmed that a European politician had his phone hacked with the Pegasus spyware while serving on an investigatory committee probing abuses of the notorious surveillance tool. This has reigniting fresh controversy over governments abusing spyware to collect information about their critics. The researchers at the University of Toronto’s digital rights unit The Citizen Lab say the confirmed phone hacking of Greek journalist and former politician Stelios Kouloglou during 2022 and 2023 marks the first time that a member of the European Parliament’s PEGA committee, tasked with investigating phone spyware attacks by European governments, has been publicly identified…

An economy rattled by a global energy shock, jittery bond markets and rising spending demands. As Andy Burnham prepares for government, the pressures on the public finances are in focus.The prospective prime minister pledged a new direction for Britain this week within two constraints: sticking to Labour’s current fiscal rules, and consistency with its 2024 manifesto.Even before his expected arrival in Downing Street, Burnham will have a tough starting position.In committing to the fiscal rules drawn up by Rachel Reeves, the most recent reference point for how much wiggle room Burnham could have as prime minister was spelled out in…

RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 01 July 2026 Nanodiamonds can host atom-sized light emitters for quantum sensing and imaging, but making nanodiamonds that are small, crystalline and uniform has been difficult. A single-step process for making nanodiamonds only 3–4 nanometres in size uses planar carbon ‘nanographene’ molecules with hydrogen atoms on the edges, and can be adapted to generate fluorescent nanodiamonds.