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Long-delayed defence spending plan with £5bn for drones to be published
Earlier this month, the Treasury and No 10 agreed a £13.5bn increase in defence funding, well short of the £28bn the Ministry of Defence wanted.
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Chris Mason: Burnham revels on public stage but has little time to hammer ideas into shape
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Angry Venezuelans accuse government of negligence and apathy
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Latin America
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Maternity commissioner needed to drive change for women and babies in England, report says
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Health
Germany beaten on penalties as Paraguay reach last 16 of World Cup
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Morocco come from behind to knock out Netherlands in thriller
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Pupil put in isolation booth for more than half a school year, BBC learns
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Family & Education
Refugees will be told to repay around £10,000 under new asylum rules
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South African leader warns anti-migrant protesters ahead of unofficial deadline
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Africa

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Morocco underline African hopes by beating Netherlands on penalties
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World Cup
The end for Nagelsmann? Germany suffer their 'next football nightmare'
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45 minutes from Brazil 'humiliation' - but 'Crafty Carlo' does it again
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Emotional Gakpo scores days after loss of unborn son
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Netherlands crumble in penalty shootout as Morocco reach last 16. Video, 00:08:37
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Football

World Cup catch-up

Highlights: Germany v Paraguay. Video, 12 minutes
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Paraguay stun Germany on penalties to reach last 16 of World Cup
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Highlights: Brazil v Japan. Video, 9 minutes
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Last-gasp Martinelli strike edges Brazil past Japan
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Knockouts are here - what is England's path to the final?
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England Men

Scores & Fixtures

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Netherlands
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Morocco
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Norway
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France
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Sweden
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Mexico
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Ecuador
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England
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Belgium
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Senegal
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United States
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Spain
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Entertainment and TV

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How formidable sitcom star Penelope Keith won the nation's hearts
The life of the much-loved comedy actress best known as Margo Leadbeatter in The Good Life.
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Culture
Alan Carr doesn't want them, do you? Contents of comedian's castle to be sold
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UK
Metallica donates £20,000 to city foodbank with 'empty shelves' after sell-out gig
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Wales
Lilo & Stitch star Daveigh Chase's cause of death was Aids
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US & Canada
Norman Cook: Paul McCartney would just stroll into my kitchen wearing Speedos
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Desert Island Discs
Love Island USA contestant apologises after being removed for using racial slur
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Culture
Why Jon Snow's wife allowed documentary crew into their lives. Video, 00:01:04
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Woman's Hour

Food and recipes

Meal ideas, cooking tips and more, updated daily to keep you inspired

Fridge-raid recipes, for when going to the shop is a hard no
These recipes are perfect when you are trying to use up odds and ends or leftovers.
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Food
Sort your lunches for the week and you'll feel like you're winning
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Food
Dot cakes, tequila spritz and milk bread - are this summer's food trends worth trying?
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Food
Why do we love smoky flavours so much? Audio, 26 minutes
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India's 'blue gold' starts a new drinks industry
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Asia

Health and wellbeing

I'm in therapy for my 14-hour-a-day phone addiction
A growing number of people are seeking expert help to beat their digital dependency.
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The secret to feeling happier at work might be simpler than you think
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Health
'I'm 98 but I still do my 40 press-ups every day'
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Suffolk
Kinship, respect, belonging: What it's like being LGBTQIA+ foster carers
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CBeebies Parenting
How can we help our fathers live longer?
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Cambridgeshire

Money

How much should we be prepared to pay for our food?
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Scotland Business
Tech firms are blaming AI for mega device and console price rises
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Technology
Martin Lewis: If you don’t have a lifetime ISA get a pound in one now. Video, 00:01:25
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The Martin Lewis Podcast
Which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime?
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Family & Education
Car parking scam nearly cost day-tripper £1,300
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Lancashire

Sporting legends and underdogs

When five Wimbledon titles in one weekend changed British tennis
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Tennis
Banned swimmer's daughters to realise family's Commonwealth Games dream
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Scotland
Oleksandra Oliynykova, the only pro tennis player still training in Ukraine. Audio, 50 minutes
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Sounds
Mullin's Wrexham journey ends - timeline of a cult hero
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1997: 12-year-old Lewis Hamilton's F1 childhood dream. Video, 00:04:25
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Archive

Uplifting stories

'Magic and madness': The last of the old-school Glastonbury Festivals
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Somerset
'He was part of a community': Paul O'Grady's former home gets rainbow plaque
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London
Paw-fect solution: How dogs are saving threatened ecosystems. Audio, 00:04:12
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Jobs at Wimbledon: 'I didn't realise a role like this existed'
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Insight and analysis

A closer look at the week's stories

Why you might see a Russian warship when you are sailing in the Channel
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Kim Jong Un never talks about his mother - or her controversial bloodline
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Asia
Full Strawberry Moon to light up the night sky tonight
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Weather
27 flights, 24 matches: The carbon cost of Fifa president's World Cup tour
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World Cup
How life off the court made Roger Federer a game-changing billionaire. Audio, 37 minutes
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Rata de dos patas: The story behind Mexico's famous insult song
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The epic six-year renovation journey of a former barn in Kent
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When a woman is found frozen in icy water, can she come back from the dead?
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The top stories from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

'We can't continue like this': Inquiry demands NHS maternity overhaul
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Tunnel transformation: Shetland set to back undersea plan to replace ferries
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Drinks could go up in price by 50p under new return scheme, industry says
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A prolific abuser, a deathbed promise, and the boys who fought back
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