WeekDay AM: 10 Things you need to know this morning
Ukraine advances, Southport mourns, and stars bring down curtain on Paris Olympics

 
today's international story

Ukrainian forces push deeper inside Russia

 
 
today's uk news story

Parents' moving plea at funeral for Southport victim

 
 
Today's sport story

Stars bring down curtain on Paris Olympics

 
 

It's not all bad

 
 
under the radar

The global spread of deadly 'brain-eating' amoebas

 
 
on this day

12 August 1865

 
 
Today's newspapers
 
 
tall tale

Heating the Red Planet

 
 
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