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Analysts at Panmure Liberum believe the UK will outperform other major economies in the coming months, thanks to stronger domestic demand.

Recent PMI data shows the UK saw growth in output and new orders in August, unlike the US and other major European economies.

Keir Starmer offers apology ‘on behalf of British state’ to victims of Grenfell Tower fire – live Prime minister says the country failed its most fundamental duty to protect those affected by the fire as he apologises to families affected. Sir Martin Moore-Bick will be giving a statement as the final inquiry report is published at 11 am. You can watch the inquiry’s chair give the address here …We will bring you the key lines that emerge. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2024/sep/04/grenfell-tower-inquiry-report-published-survivors-victims-government-latest-updates

The Paris 2024 Paralympics are in full swing with the finest Paralympians from across the globe eyeing glory in the French capital. Team GB are looking for a repeat of their showing three years ago in Tokyo, where they finished second in the table with 124 medals – with a huge 41 of those being gold. And Great Britain are firmly on the way to repeating their Japanese heroics, having scooped 29 golds in their first five days of competition. But exactly how many sports and events are there in the Paralympics and how many medals are being handed out…

The Paralympic Games are continuing a summer of sporting excellence. Thousand of athletes from all over the world are competing in the 2024 Games, which are taking place just over two weeks since the Olympics drew to a close. Though it celebrates multiple disciplines of sport like the Olympics, the event has some significantly different traditions and practices, particularly when it comes to the medals the athletes receive in their respective sports. For blind athletes taking part in the Games, how are they able to tell which medal they have won? How do blind Paralympians know which medal they’ve won?…

Paris was a whirlwind but what a privilege it was to be a part of it. I’m very much enjoying being home again but my the last few weeks are finally starting to sink in and I’m realising that I’m officially an Olympian. An Olympic Games is a pretty special event. With most of the world’s attention set on one place for two weeks, everything feels a lot more intense and exaggerated. Suddenly it’s not just the climbing community watching us compete! It was a hard thing to process while I was out in France but it feels as if…

British wheelchair tennis sensation Alfie Hewett will be looking to claim the only major honour missing from his bulging trophy cabinet at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Having claimed the Wimbledon singles title for the first time in his career earlier this summer, Hewett is gunning for gold on the clay courts of Roland-Garros. Hewett is also in action in the French capital alongside long-term tennis partner Gordon Reid, as they look to go one better than the silver they claimed in Tokyo three years ago. Hewett’s story is one of determination, with his life-long disability not stopping him from fulfilling…

Luis Diaz has encouraged Mohamed Salah to stay at Liverpool beyond the end of the season, admitting it would be ‘very hard’ for the club should the forward decide to move on. Salah has cemented his status as an all-time Liverpool great since swapping Roma for Anfield back in 2017, with the Egyptian playing an instrumental role across Jurgen Klopp’s trophy-laden tenure on Merseyside. But Salah has entered into the final 12 months of his contract at Liverpool and the attacker appeared to confirmed that it would be his ‘last year’ with the Reds following the side’s 3-0 win at…

Dame Sarah Storey has hit out at Paralympics organisers after winning gold in the women’s C5 time trial. The 46-year-old won the 18th Paralympic gold medal of her career on Wednesday after finishing first in the event for the fifth Games in a row. But Storey, who is Britain’s most successful Paralympian of all time, was furious with the decision to shorten the women’s course around Clichy-sous-Bois in the eastern suburbs of France’s capital to 14.1 kilometres. In contrast, the men’s C5 race, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday afternoon, is two laps of the same course which…

It wasn’t long ago that embarrassed Detroit Lions fans protected their identity by wearing paper bags over their heads while watching games at Ford Field. Their team was the butt of all jokes after a long line of abysmal seasons which included the wretched 2008 campaign when they failed to register a single win, going 0-16. Performances barely improved the following year when the toothless Lions celebrated just two victories and they won just three, five and three times again as 2019, 2020 and 2021 flops. The Lions haven’t played for the Vince Lombardi Trophy since the Super Bowl era…

Liverpool’s £12.5million signing of Federico Chiesa will prove to be the ‘signing of the transfer window’, Micah Richards believes. Arne Slot had a quiet first summer at Anfield, only signing two new players: goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili who was immediately loaned back to Valencia and Chiesa. The versatile attacker arrives from Juventus in a deal worth £10m, plus £2.5m in add-ons, with a great reputation, having scored 34 goals and made 26 assists for the Italian giants over the last four years. He was also pivotal for Italy in their Euro 2020 triumph and was once valued at £100m. But given…