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1. England World Cup 2026 guide: Fixtures, prediction, key player and odds

   Three Lions have the ‘winning’ manager - now they must deliver this summer

2. Transfers news LIVE: Arsenal plot Rogers bid; Chelsea want Wharton; Man Utd done deal; Leao latest

   All the latest summer window news, rumours and gossip

3. Meet the ‘soonicorns’: The London start-ups on the brink of unicorn status

   Amid doom-laden warnings about the state of the City, these rapidly growing tech start-ups are bucking the trend and heading for $1 billion valuations

4. Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Monday, June 1, 2026

   Read what the stars mean for you today, from Taurus to Aries

5. First day of June to feel ‘more like spring or autumn’ after heatwave

   Met Office forecasters said temperatures will return to more normal levels for this time of year.

6. Delivery driver who quit job after lottery win spreads joy at former workplace

   Gary MacDonald, 61, delivered parcels to stores across Lakeside Shopping Centre in Thurrock, Essex, for more than 30 years before his win last year.

7. Doddie Weir’s wife to join Lewis Moody’s 500-mile ride to fund MND research

   The 500-mile, seven-day cycling challenge will raise money for research into motor neurone disease.

8. Fishermen recall mystery of ‘yellow submarine’ hauled ashore on Islay in 2005

   John Baker’s surprising discovery brought international attention to the island.

9. Second tranche of Mandelson papers expected to be published

   MPs voted in February to demand ministers publish a wide range of documents relating to the peer’s appointment as ambassador to the US.

10. Great-grandmother gets UK-first cancer treatment on tumour deemed untreatable

    Brenda Iveson, 92, was diagnosed with liver cancer in late 2025.