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King Charles has been awarded a Blue Peter Green badge for the 'amazing work' he does for protecting the environment.The monarch was presented the award yesterday at Dumfries House in East Ayrshire, Scotland, in recognition of his personal commitment to sustainability, especially through his work with The King's Foundation, and his fight against food waste.He helped establish the Coronation Food Project in 2023, which redistributes surplus food that would typically go to waste to people in need in London, Birmingham and…

It is not quite a year since Sam Cook won his lone Test cap, against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge. But as well as being a little older, he is also wiser. Having tried too hard back then, he is more relaxed now. And he wants his England place back.Cook has begun the new season in good nick for Essex, taking 14 wickets at under 19 runs apiece – second only in County Championship Division One to Hampshire’s Kyle Abbott – and in the mood to convince the selectors he is the man to take the new ball against New Zealand at Lord’s on…

In years to come it will be possible to pinpoint the precise moment the Cabinet, Labour MPs and the wider Labour movement finally decided to cut Keir Starmer adrift. On Tuesday, Ed Miliband, a man who knows a thing or two about terminally doomed political leaderships, was being interviewed by GMB's Susanna Reid.Reid was forensically taking apart the Prime Minister's case for appointing Peter Mandelson, and Miliband was gamely playing along, attempting to stick to No10's rigid and increasingly implausible Lines To Take on the…

Ryanair is set to close its check-in desks 20 minutes early as new EU border controls have led to delays for passengers.The airline currently allows passengers to check-in until 40 minutes before their flights.But from November, desks will close an hour before take-off, meaning holidaymakers will have to arrive earlier to avoid missing their flight.The airline has brought in the change after changes to EU security checks have left passengers stuck in lengthy queues ahead of their journeys. The new Entry/Exit System…