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  1. Royal Marine commandos boarded a sanctioned oil tanker during a six-hour operation in the early hours of Sunday

  2. Find the best World Cup betting offers, latest match odds and tips for the upcoming games at the tournament

  3. Everything you need to know about this year’s event when hundreds of naked cyclists will hit London’s streets

  4. Tote have boosted their welcome offer to include £40 in free bets, alongside a range of other World Cup promotions

  5. Harry, 41, was spotted in the crowd at game five of the finals series between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks.

  6. From the Golders Green classics to competing shops in Brick Lane, here's where to find London's best bagels

  7. Duke of Sussex popped up in the eighth row for game five of the finals series

  8. It’s 10pm on a Friday and I’m deliberately avoiding the main road on my walk home from the Tube. Instead, I’m following the edge of Richmond Green, taking a slightly longer route down a cobbled pavement lined with CCTV cameras. It feels counterintuitive: I’ve spent years being told to avoid parks and green spaces after dark. But according to Safest Way — a new route-planning app designed around personal safety — this is technically the safer route back to my flat. Or as much as you can call any route safe, I guess. Will extra CCTV cameras deter an attacker — or simply help police identify my body afterwards?

  9. Three-time finalists take on tournament’s dark horses

  10. Livia Giuggiolo said: ‘We just cancelled her because what she did is completely unacceptable’