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£235m expected to be withdrawn from ATMs as voters go to polls on Thursday

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The predicted ATM withdrawal total is expected to be lower than it was on December 12 2019, when the last general election was held.

Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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Read what the stars mean for you today, from Cancer to Gemini

'I have eccentric taste': How Real Housewives of Toronto's Ann Kaplan restored her £5.5m castle

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The multi-millionaire businesswoman and her husband came to London to buy in Belgravia, but ended up with a fixer-upper castle on the Kentish coast

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Scientists pinpoint strategies to stop cats from scratching your furniture

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You children at home, personality traits of cats, and their activity levels impact the extent of scratching behaviour, researchers suggest.

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Queen to become member of Order of the Thistle

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Camilla is patron or president of a number of charities based in Scotland, including Crathie Opportunity Holidays.

Aer Lingus and pilots to meet at Labour Court in latest effort at resolution

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If these rounds of talks fail, the pilots union said it would return to consider an escalation of its industrial action.

Donaldson to attend court for committal hearing in historical sex charges case

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The number of charges the former DUP leader will face has grown from 11 to 18.

General election records and historical benchmarks

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The record for the largest majority won by a single party at a general election is 210 in 1924.

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Wimbledon 2024: Echoes of Andy Murray as Jack Draper comes through marathon opener

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All-British showdown against Cameron Norrie now looms at SW19 after gruelling five-set opener against Elias Ymer

Sir Geoffrey Boycott: Former England captain to undergo surgery after second cancer diagnosis

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Former Yorkshire stalwart, 83, to have operation in second battle with throat cancer

Boris Johnson returns to the trail as General Election campaigns come to an end

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Sunak hailed the ‘Conservative family united’ after an appearance by his predecessor.

Jeff Whitefoot: Former Manchester United star and original 'Busby Babe' dies aged 90

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Former England Under-23 international was also the last-surviving member of the Nottingham Forest team that won the 1959 FA Cup

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What the papers say – July 3

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Here are the stories making headlines this Wednesday.

Netherlands vs Turkey: Euro 2024 prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds

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Winners to face England or Switzerland for a place in the European Championship final in Berlin

Jay Slater's mum speaks of 'agony' over missing son as police search Tenerife flat he visited before vanishing

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Family of the missing British teenager say ‘he is our beautiful boy with his whole life ahead of him and we just want to find him’

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F review – Eddie Murphy's star power can't save cheap-looking retread

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Murphy returns to Beverly Hills for the first time in 30 years in this expensive but lacklustre legacy sequel

Barbie at the Design Museum review: are we really still bothered about Barbie after last summer's blitz?

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For fanatics there are 180 dolls, including the mechanical inside of 1968’s ‘talking Barbie’ and 1975’s ‘growing up Skipper’ whose boobs grew by rotating her arm

New government must fully back push for 100% renewables, say Greens

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Climate change will be the ‘most urgent and severe’ issue to face whoever is Prime Minister after July 4, the party’s co-leader said.

Small number of Reform votes will hand seats to SNP, Tories claim

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The Conservatives have in recent days focused on shoring up their vote.

Greens to end campaign with focus on ‘marginals’ including Bristol and Brighton

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The Green Party has named four seats which it will target on Wednesday.

Signs by polling booth near Grenfell Tower warn voters of ‘slippery politicians’

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Campaigners have called for ‘real change and real commitments’ seven years on from the deadly fire.

Average asking rent outside London ‘hits new high of £1,316 per month’

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The pace of growth in rental prices remains significantly higher than before the coronavirus pandemic, Rightmove said.

Scots can ‘end Tory nightmare’ on Thursday by voting Labour, says Sarwar

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The Scottish Labour leader was speaking on the eve of the General Election.

Swinney to urge Scots to make their vote count amid tight races

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The SNP leader is expected to describe the campaign in Scotland as a ‘real contest of ideas and values’.

Austria captain Marcel Sabitzer hit in face by object thrown from crowd during ugly scenes in Turkey clash

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Missile seemingly hurled from the stands floors Borussia Dortmund midfielder and leaves him writhing in pain during last-16 match

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Starmer and Sunak gear up for final day of campaign as Boris makes surprise appearance at Tory rally

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Party leaders will make a last push for votes after Boris enters campaign to warn of ‘Starmergeddon’

Boris Johnson makes surprise appearance at Tory rally as he urges voters not to abandon party for Reform UK

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The ex Prime Minister was greeted with chants of "Boris, Boris, Boris" as he joined Rishi Sunak at the British Army Museum in Chelsea

'Gordon Banks-esque!' Watch Turkey goalkeeper Mert Gunok's last-gasp wonder save at Euro 2024

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Besiktas star breaks Austrian hearts with a sublime late stop to ensure Vincenzo Montella’s side book quarter-final place