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87th over: New Zealand 370-4 (Mitchell 8, O’Rourke 0) Archer’s looking sharp, starting the over with an 87mph inswinger. Though he follows that up with a loose, wide one. The England quick sends down a couple of bumpers and has his first maiden of the innings.
86th over: New Zealand 370-4 (Mitchell 8, O’Rourke 0) It’s Josh Tongue to have a go from the other end … and he immediately looks the part. Mitchell decides late to leave the ball – an inside-edge travels for four. There’s a leg slip in position, with Tongue – like Archer – tailing the ball into the right-hander.
Continue reading...Economist Prof Mariana Mazzucato says governments must ‘get back their mojo’ and believe they can change the world
Good governments have a vision. They know what they want to achieve, can articulate why, and work out in public how to get there. They don’t just spout slogans about economic growth – because growth is meaningless unless we know what it is for. They understand that there is no trade-off between solving social problems and boosting the economy, and aim to do both, while avoiding rigid fiscal rules that defeat their own purpose by strangling public investment.
If this sounds like a critique of what went wrong with Keir Starmer’s government, it is also a lot more. Mariana Mazzucato, a professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College London, is a world-renowned economist, adviser to governments, chair of international commissions, prolific author and PhD supervisor to at least one poet. She was the thinker who inspired Starmer to fashion his political project around five key “missions”, now largely forgotten in the mire of scandals, U-turns and infighting that beset his premiership.
Continue reading...Cape Verdeans in Britain feeling ‘incredibly proud’ after team’s hard-fought draws against Spain and Uruguay
For as long as she can remember, 13-year-old Lauryn struggled to find a map that included Cape Verde. Now, to her great delight, the tiny African island nation is finally centre stage.
“Seeing our country shown across the world at the World Cup makes me feel incredibly proud,” Lauryn says. “After the first match, everyone was talking about Cape Verde. People saw the talent and the skill of our players.”
Continue reading...With a champagne cordial base, this is the perfect drink for long, hot nights
This is our take on a refreshing highball or spritz for those warm summer evenings.
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Continue reading...The late production genius’s chaotic reputation has always preceded him. But could two new books, a posthumous album and a flurry of classic reissues change all that – and put the focus back on his music?
David Katz’s introduction to the world of Lee “Scratch” Perry was bewildering. The Jamaican producer had been living in London for several years, and Katz, a Jewish reggae historian who had fallen in love with the music as a teenager in San Francisco, had moved to the UK capital in 1987 and wanted to interview the notoriously evasive artist.
Katz tracked him down to a recording studio in Rotherhithe, just over the river in south London. Perry welcomed him before insisting he present him with “13 stones from your country” with no further explanation. When Katz informed him he could hardly just pop back to the west coast, Perry told him to “go down to the River Thames and get me 13 stones!”.
Continue reading...Reese Witherspoon’s 00s movie is a beloved cult classic – and now she’s using a spinoff to battle these dark times. The creators of Elle talk miniskirts, car phones and why people need to take teenage girls more seriously
If there’s a young adult romance on TV, we millennial women will watch it. Throw in a love triangle or an emotionally available hockey player having an open conversation about consent, and you’ve got yourself a recipe for a cultural phenomenon. Cover it in girlhood nostalgia and serve it to us every summer for our inner teenager to swoon over.
Teen girl-centric dramas have taken streamers by storm in 2026, with love stories reminiscent of a Taylor Swift song that leave viewers smitten for boys half their age. The likes of hockey romance Off Campus or poetically charming drama Every Year After take a sensational soundtrack and add some coming-of-age pains, friendship dramas and relationship dilemmas.
Continue reading...Spanning a six-lane highway and located in a public park, this crossing is part of a larger restoration of endangered Texas prairie land
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Exclusive: Labour peer who fled Nazis as a child says Andy Burnham has chance to ‘correct mistakes’ on refugees
Shabana Mahmood should be moved out of the Home Office and her asylum policies of “performative cruelty” ripped up by Andy Burnham’s administration, Alf Dubs has said.
The veteran Labour peer, who came to the UK aged six in 1939 fleeing the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, said the home secretary’s talents “would be better used elsewhere in the cabinet”.
Continue reading...De 43-jarige Guido heeft behoorlijk spijt van zijn rookpauze op werk. De normaliter goedlachse accountant kwam na zeven minuten roken namelijk terug met huidkanker.
Collega’s van Guido zagen meteen dat het foute boel was toen hij weer achter zijn laptop kroop. “Iedereen kwam meteen naar m’n bureau lopen met bedrukte gezichten”, vertelt Guido. “Ik vermoedde eerst dat ze hun medeleven wilde betuigen voor mijn stand in de WK-poule, maar het bleek te gaan om kersverse huidkanker.” Guido is nog volop aan het bijkomen van de schrik. “Kan eigenlijk wel een peuk gebruiken momenteel.”
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Ondanks een door de oorlog getekende afkomst had Richard Bergman geen jeugdtrauma’s, vond hij zelf. Hij combineerde sociaal werk met activisme en hippiecultuur. En was de ‘politieke muze’ van zijn dochter Sunny.
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ZTE showcased its end-to-end capabilities in project delivery, technology innovation and intelligent energy at The Smarter E Europe 2026, to support Europe’s accelerating energy transition. As Europe continues to expand renewable energy deployment, energy storage is evolving from a standalone asset into a strategic platform for flexibility, resilience and value creation. At the same time, the rapid growth of artificial intelligence is creating a new category of energy demand, driving closer convergence between energy infrastructure and digital infrastructure. New requirements are emerging for how energy systems are designed and operated, from compute-power coordination to intelligent grid regulation and backup power solutions for AI data centers. Leveraging its unique strengths in connectivity, computing and energy, ZTE is helping customers address these challenges through intelligent energy solutions that span the entire generation, transmission, distribution and storage ecosystem. At the exhibition, ZTE showcased a 261 kWh high-density commercial and industrial (C&I) energy storage cabinet that enables peak shaving, valley filling and intelligent demand management to reduce electricity costs and avoid expensive transformer upgrades. The company also demonstrated utility-scale energy storage systems capable of millisecond-level frequency regulation to enhance grid stability and maximize renewable energy integration, alongside its self-developed Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform, which aggregates distributed photovoltaic and storage resources and utilizes AI-driven forecasting and dispatch to participate in wholesale electricity markets and ancillary services. These solutions are supported by ZTE's full-stack research and development capabilities spanning battery cells, Power Conversion Systems (PCS), Battery Management Systems (BMS), Energy Management Systems (EMS) and cloud-based management platforms. Through AI-driven optimization, cloud-edge coordinated dispatch and predictive maintenance, the solutions help customers improve operational efficiency, reduce lifecycle costs and maximize energy asset value. With operations in over 160 countries and regions and serving one-third of the world’s population, ZTE brings more than three decades of carrier-grade expertise in connectivity, cloud and intelligent operations to the energy sector. The company approaches energy storage not merely as a battery business, but as critical infrastructure that requires long-term reliability, compliance and operational excellence. To support customers globally, ZTE has established an integrated framework encompassing technology innovation, compliance, service delivery, financial enablement and sustainability. The company maintains a comprehensive compliance system aligned with European energy regulations and data security requirements, has achieved an overseas project localization rate exceeding 85%, and has been recognized on the CDP Climate A list for its excellence in environmental governance for three consecutive years. Backed by full-suite EPC qualifications, ZTE has delivered more than 140 renewable energy projects worldwide. Recent highlights include a 128 MWp mountain photovoltaic plant in Türkiye that generates approximately 200 million kWh of clean electricity annually, as well as customized energy storage deployments in Austria, Italy and Romania supporting compact site storage, hybrid PV-storage integration and energy asset monetization scenarios. Kong Peng, Vice President of ZTE Digital Energy, said: "The energy storage industry is shifting from subsidy-driven to market-revenue-driven models, and Europe is at the forefront of this transformation. Customers increasingly evaluate energy storage as a platform for flexibility, resilience and value creation. At the same time, the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure is creating entirely new requirements for energy systems. By integrating connectivity, computing and energy, ZTE is uniquely positioned to support applications such as computing-electricity coordination, AI data center backup power and intelligent grid regulation." As Europe accelerates its transition towards a more sustainable, digitalized and flexible energy future, ZTE remains committed to helping customers unlock greater value from renewable energy through the convergence of energy, computing and intelligence, supporting the development of a more resilient, efficient and intelligent energy ecosystem. Contributed by ZTE.
DEN HAAG (ANP) - Een kabinetsplan tegen het cellentekort moet ruim 1700 plekken opleveren, meldt staatssecretaris Claudia van Bruggen (Justitie en Veiligheid). Om plekken in meer beveiligde cellen vrij te maken, wil ze vaker werken met sobere regimes. Bovendien wil ze meer gaan werken met enkelbanden om gevangenen te helpen terug te keren in de samenleving.