Thunderstorms disrupt Gatwick and Heathrow as hundreds of flights delayed or cancelled
Posted on Saturday June 27, 2026

Passengers report being stuck on grounded planes in sweltering conditions as severe weather causes travel disruption across Europe

• Europe heatwave: latest updates

Thunderstorms have caused severe delays to hundreds of flights at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, leaving passengers stuck on grounded planes for hours in the scorching heat.

Overnight, downpours and thunderstorms lit up the skies of London after back-to-back days of 30C-plus weather as the UK and much of Europe experienced a record-breaking heatwave.

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Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax
Posted on Saturday June 27, 2026

US president says levy would be imposed immediately and supersede pre-existing trade deals with the country

Donald Trump has threatened to place a 100% import tariff on any European country that imposes a tax on digital services from US companies.

Writing on Truth Social on Friday, the US president said that “numerous European countries” had been discussing putting a digital services tax on American companies and that “some of these countries are close to actually doing this”.

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Two tickets for Wimbledon Centre Court? That’ll be £586,000 please
Posted on Saturday June 27, 2026

A pair of debenture tickets changed hands this week for a sum far beyond the means of ordinary tennis fans

Like many of us, Marcos Ortega enters the Wimbledon public ticket ballot every year in the hope of seeing some championship tennis. In seven straight years of trying, however, he has never got lucky. So he was delighted – initially, at least – to learn there was a way to secure a ticket for every game played on Centre Court.

But Ortega’s hopeful delight quickly turned to anger when he discovered that it would cost him £293,000.

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Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown
Posted on Saturday June 27, 2026

As a host of countries move to rein in social media use by children, could this be technology’s big tobacco moment?

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Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests
Posted on Saturday June 27, 2026

Exclusive: Researchers call for urgent investigation of risks to babies of tablets, smartphones and other digital devices

Screen time for babies and toddlers under the age of two has been linked with long-term negative effects on health and quality of life and should be avoided, according to a landmark study.

It warns that using screens during that period may lead to wide-ranging developmental concerns and calls for further urgent investigation of the risks smartphones, tablets and other digital devices pose to infants.

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Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown
Posted on Saturday June 27, 2026

As a host of countries move to rein in social media use by children, could this be technology’s big tobacco moment?

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England v New Zealand: third men’s cricket Test, day three – live
Posted on Saturday June 27, 2026

Follow all the action from the third day at Trent Bridge
Second-day report | Read the Spin | Mail James

49th over: England 228-4 (Brook 2, Smith 1) Nathan Smith started with a wicket maiden, using the crease, swinging the ball and deploying wobble seam. After dismissing Root, he has Brook in his sights, with Blundell still standing up as he did for both these superstars at the Oval. Smith beats Brook outside off with the ball that doesn’t jag back in, and Brook may well be relieved to get down the other end with a dab to third man.

48th over: England 226-4 (Brook 1, Smith 1) In a shock development, we have a scoring shot! Jamie Smith, facing O’Rourke, gets a thick inside edge on his first delivery and takes a single to square leg. Harry Brook wants two, which might have turned a drama into a crisis. O’Rourke then produces a sharp yorker which Brook does well to keep out with a late jab, and a little calm descends as Brook gets off the mark with a push into the covers.

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Emma Raducanu cuts short training session to deepen fears of Wimbledon withdrawal
Posted on Saturday June 27, 2026

• British No 1 struggling with ankle injury

• Left practice early and cancelled scheduled media duties

Emma Raducanu’s presence at Wimbledon remains shrouded in doubt after the British No 1 was forced to cut short her training session at the All England Club two days before her opening match.

Raducanu, who had been managing a right foot injury since her run to the final at Queen’s Club, had not trained for the past two days after being spotted leaving the venue wearing a medical boot on her right foot.

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