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29 July 2024

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News imageA swimmer emerging from the Seine in Paris wearing a wetsuit and a lavender swimming cap, with goggles over the top of it

What's the problem with swimming in the Seine?

Parisians and visitors tell the BBC whether they would take a dip in the River Seine.

News imageA composite image of the front pages of the Guardian and the i from Tuesday 30 July 2024.

'Holiday club carnage' and fuel payments scrapped

Tuesday's papers focus on the attack in Southport and Labour cutting the winter fuel allowance for 10 million people.

News imageDuncan Scott

Unfamiliar feeling leaves Scott dazed and distraught

Duncan Scott wanted Olympic 200m freestyle gold. But he was left dazed and distraught in Paris.

News imageSecurity experts examine the charred remains of the vehicle thought to have contained the bomb which exploded in Omagh's shopping area in Northern Ireland, August 16, 1998.

Omagh bomb inquiry first hearing begins

The inquiry will examine if steps could have been taken to prevent the 1998 bombing.

News imageFront pages of the Flintshire Leader and the Western Mail

Wales' papers: Country 'in slow lane' as 20mph criticism persists

A review of the front page stories from the daily and weekly newspapers in Wales.

News imageTrent Rockets' Jordan Thompson

Big sixes and great catches - The Hundred plays of the day

Watch the best plays from Monday's action as Manchester Originals take on Trent Rockets at Old Trafford on day seven of the Hundred.

News imageRachel Reeves at the House of Commons despatch box on Monday 29 Juloy 2024 as she unveils her spending audit

'Bean counters' get their revenge, as Reeves unveils spending audit

Experts and officials look like they will get more of a hearing than under the last government.

News imageThe Grade II-listed Palace Theatre

Theatre from 1800s that hosted Chaplin to reopen

Since opening in 1888, the Palace Theatre has been used as a music hall, bingo hall and nightclub.

News imageBethan as a small baby being held by her mother in a living room

Mums want answers over pregnancy drug they say harmed kids

Primodos contained synthetic hormones and was used between the 1950s and 70s as a pregnancy test.

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