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Jude Bellingham was England’s talismanic hero – again |
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Oliver Brown Chief Sports Writer, at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami |
“Hey Jude” was the only refrain you could hear as exhausted, elated England fans streamed out into the Miami night. And with good reason, after another astonishing display by Jude Bellingham broke Norway’s resistance and launched his team into only a fourth semi-final in the nation’s World Cup history.
In a match of agonising tension, Bellingham emerged once more as the talisman, scoring two nerveless goals, despite the broiling Florida humidity, to leave his country just one match from a first World Cup final since 1966. To reach it, they will need to overcome Lionel Messi’s Argentina, the defending champions, in Atlanta on Wednesday. You could scarcely ask for a duel more tantalising.
Tuchel was not happy with England’s performance |
It is already a huge achievement by England to come this far, with Thomas Tuchel remorseless in his ambition to put a second star on the shirt. The more the manager galvanises these players, the more you wonder whether he might just satisfy a yearning that has been building for 60 years. For while he was euphoric at the result, Tuchel was far from thrilled with the performance, claiming that it lacked speed or discipline or technical quality. Brutal? Perhaps. But how refreshing that standards are being set so high, and that platitudes are giving way to brutal honesty.
Bellingham seemed peeved by Tuchel’s verdict. “Whatever,” he shrugged, when the remarks were put to him afterwards. But regardless of the strains in their relationship, both men have shown themselves at this tournament to be truly world-class. England will need to improve again if they are to find a way past a streetwise Argentina and the luminous brilliance of Messi. It will be, in every sense, the game of their lives.
Tuchel hits out at ‘lucky’ England ➤
Bellingham the magician sends England to another World Cup semi-final ➤
Watch: Norway fury as ball ‘hits Spidercam’ before England goal ➤
. . . and it’s Argentina next after Alvarez’s stunning winner ➤ |
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Benedict J Smith Money Writer |
When Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, announced a “mansion tax” on £2m homes in her November Budget, many predicted that, sooner or later, the goalposts would move.
Now Andy Burnham, who has previously described property as an undertaxed asset, is reportedly preparing to take a bigger slice of Britain’s £7tn housing wealth.
Analysis by The Telegraph reveals that reducing the threshold for the surcharge on high-value homes to £1.5m would bring an estimated 271,000 properties in England into scope.
This would mean a levy originally aimed at the super-wealthy would increasingly hit owners of relatively modest homes, without ostensibly breaking Labour’s manifesto pledge not to increase taxes on working people.
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Daniel Hannan The novelty candidate is a symptom of a much deeper malaise: we don’t want to live within our means Continue reading ➤
Janet Daley Britain’s mad lockdown experiment has damaged a generation of young people Continue reading ➤
Michael Deacon Here’s the real reason why Labour’s never had a female leader – but no one wants to admit it Continue reading ➤ |
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The King and Queen seemed to take delight in the animals they encountered at London Zoo on Thursday |
While the Duke of Sussex kicked off his trip to Britain in a flurry of headlines, the Royal family had a conspicuously busy week, writes Hannah Furness, our Royal Editor.
The King literally put on a helmet and Prince William went to Hastings (where Harold, lest we forget, took one in the eye in 1066). The Princess of Wales got a new penpal, Queen Camilla watched water flow under a bridge, and Princess Anne kept calm and carried on.
It was a typical royal week in most senses, although there was some good news about the King’s health if you looked closely. On Friday evening came the news, confirmed calmly by Buckingham Palace, that the King and Queen had hosted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their children at Highgrove. Here is how the real royal week unfolded and how, on the King’s terms, it finally came to pass.
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Meanwhile, Victoria Ward, our Deputy Royal Editor, has been with Prince Harry as he hits the road to promote next year’s Invictus Games.
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Anne Robinson with her dog, Martha, at her home in Gloucestershire |
Anne Robinson, the journalist and television presenter, is best known for hosting the BBC game show The Weakest Link. Here, the 81-year-old charts the eras of Cotswolds inhabitants from the Thatcher years to the tech bros and explains why she’s ready to move to the capital. Continue reading ➤ |
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Gadi Eisenkot is Benjamin Netanyahu’s main challenger for the premiership |
Gadi Eisenkot is uncharismatic, stocky and gruff, but he’s coming for Benjamin Netanyahu. Carrying with him the agony of losing a son in Gaza, this former general is now ahead of the veteran prime minister in some opinion polls. Analysts believe it’s his perceived authenticity and lack of showmanship that makes him such a threat. Continue reading ➤ |
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Nick Ross, 79, has personal experience of police inadequacies |
When Nick Ross, the former Crimewatch presenter, was violently assaulted last summer, he expected justice. Instead, the veteran broadcaster was left entirely in the dark by the police and the Crown Prosecution Service. Britain’s criminal justice system has, he says, become a “conveyor belt by lawyers for lawyers”, which completely excludes the victims of crime. Continue reading ➤ |
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Whenever the sun makes an appearance, our summer health instincts should kick into gear. Whether it’s always using a high SPF or waiting 30 minutes after a meal before going for a swim, there is a lot we can do to protect ourselves. However, despite our best intentions, some well-meaning habits can end up doing more harm than good. Here are seven common mistakes to watch out for this summer. Continue reading ➤
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The narcissistic cult of exercise has gone too far
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David Alexander Deputy Head of Newsletters |
Once upon a time, exercise was something to avoid. It meant labour: ploughing the fields, toiling in a factory, struggling down a mine. Liberation and happiness were to be found in a sedentary life.
This was the right approach. Exercise was an incidental aspect of a nobler aim – namely, providing for yourself and your family.
Now that we aren’t compelled to exercise, we fetishise it. Sets, and reps, and active recovery. Compound movements and progressive overloads. This is vanity’s modern vocabulary.
It is not enough to live in moderation nowadays. To exert ourselves usefully in the course of normal life: cycling to work occasionally; carrying heavy shopping; going for the odd ruminative wander.
To live like this is now considered pathetic. Rather, you should always have one eye trained on your body’s metrics, making a constant effort to burn fat and shred your poor, embattled muscles until they man up and become beefier.
“I don’t exercise just to look good!” I hear some readers protest, barely audible as their voices travel across their immense, protruding pectorals and into earshot. “I exercise because it makes me feel good.” Yeah, well, loads of physical activities may feel good, even when performed excessively. I’m thinking of overeating, the sister habit of heavy exercise.
Both are manifestations of the same misguided urge. A hyper-toned musculature represents over-indulgence just as much as a pot belly. They’re equally signs of obsessive self-absorption. We’re highly developed beings and we shouldn’t blindly pursue the sweet treat of an endorphin rush.
I’m not being a snob. I don’t think that gym bros should drop the dumbbells and pick up War and Peace, although that, done enough, would have the same effect on your biceps.
Books and culture retrieve you from your own self-absorption, though. So does going to the pub. Or visiting a cafe. We’re social beings who lived happily without mirrors for millennia. So stop gazing into them, get out of the gym and get off that Peloton.
Find a generous shirt that hides your drooping stomach, or wear one that’s too tight and let the world know that you have the correct priorities. In doing so, you will have forgotten how to exercise and remembered how to live.
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Patricia Greene with her MBE at Buckingham Palace in 1997 |
Patricia Greene, who has died aged 95, was the voice of farmer’s wife Jill in The Archers for 68 years, writes Jake Kerridge, Chief Obituary Writer.
She earned a place in the Guinness World Records as the world’s longest-serving actor in a soap opera, though when she joined the show in 1957 on a six-week contract she did not expect to stay long.
She was so inexperienced as a radio actress that when the script called for Jill to throw a glass of water over Phil Archer, she did it for real and drenched her co-star in the studio.
Greene remained with the programme for nearly 70 years, with Jill Archer evolving from a vivacious “sexy blonde” into the upright, sometimes meddlesome matriarch of a large and rather neurotic family.
Patricia Greene, second left, as Jill Archer, with Gwen Berryman, Norman Painting and Harry Oakes, admiring new-born twins in 1957 |
Jill became the radio serial’s most prolific baker, and her 60th anniversary on The Archers was marked with a storyline in which she was arrested for throwing a home-made flapjack at a celebrity chef while taking part in a protest against food waste.
Patricia Greene worked on The Archers until last year, latterly recording her lines from a care home.
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1985 | Doctors discover a cancerous growth in President Ronald Reagan’s colon
1998 | France beat Brazil 3-0 in the World Cup final
2018 | Donald Trump arrives in Britain for a four-day visit amid protests (and our front-page coverage from the following day can be found below)
Birthdays: Malala Yousafzai (29), Annabel Croft (60), Sir Gareth Edwards (79)
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Thank you for reading. Allister Heath, Sunday Telegraph Editor
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