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July 20, 2025
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Snoop Dogg has become a co-owner and investor of Swansea, with the US rapper hailing the Welsh football club as "an underdog that bites back, just like me".
A huge fire has destroyed the main stage of a major festival in Belgium - two days before it was due to begin.
Huge steel fences have been erected to prevent ticketless fans from watching the Oasis reunion tour in Manchester.
An American Idol TV executive and her husband have been found dead in their LA home.
MasterChef presenter John Torode will no longer work on the show after an allegation he used an "extremely offensive racist term" was upheld, the BBC has said.
The 2025 Emmy nominations have been revealed - with British crime drama Adolescence up for 13 awards.
Gary Lineker has topped the list of the BBC's highest-earning stars for the eighth year running.
Former Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan has said he "fell through the gaps" with his prostate cancer diagnosis, calling it a "massive wake-up call".
An X account for the Sesame Street character Elmo has been targeted by an unknown hacker who posted antisemitic and racist messages.
The environment secretary has pledged to halve sewage pollution from water companies by 2030.
An independent review of the water industry is to recommend sweeping changes to the way the sector is managed, including the potential replacement of Ofwat with a strengthened body combining economic and environmental regulation.
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to address a postcode lottery for the only drug approved for a debilitating pregnancy sickness condition.
Antarctica's oldest ice has arrived in the UK for analysis which scientists hope will reveal more about Earth's climate shifts.
The chief executive of tech firm Astronomer has resigned after a video appearing to show two of its senior members of staff embracing at a Coldplay concert went viral.
Eight babies have been born in the UK with DNA from three people following a procedure to eliminate an incurable inherited disease.
Whether or not the UK will have a Royal Family in the future is something that often comes up in debate.
A scan which forms part of a routine eye test could help predict a person's risk of having a heart attack or stroke within the next 10 years, a study has suggested.
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A jury will decide whether Tesla is partly to blame for the death of a young woman who was hit by an electric car on autopilot.