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Compassion can produce better performance – just look at the Lionesses The Guardian says If you want to see a high‑performance team with compassion at its heart, there are regular 90-minute(-plus) masterclasses from the Lionesses free on UK screens at the moment. We’ve seen a few individual athletes start to role‑model self-compassion publicly over recent times, ranging from Simone Biles to Ben Stokes. Now we are seeing the power of compassion in team performance. Compassion has not been a traditional hallmark of sport. With its UK roots in 19th-century British public schools and universities, modern sport developed as way of…

The Lionesses will need to beat an entire nation in the grip of World Cup fever The Independent says It was the moment Australia stopped. In Sydney, thousands gathered outside the Olympic Stadium and huddled together in the crisp winter air. In Melbourne, the Saturday night crowds at the MCG forgot about the Aussie rules match they had paid tickets for and rushed to find a TV or phone screen to see the drama unfold. Even several miles in the air, rows of passengers on a commercial flight were all gripped by the same tension that was uniting a country…

‘Bring on Australia!’ – Alessia Russo and Lauren Hemp relishing England’s World Cup semi-final The Metro says England’s goal-scorers in the win over Colombia on Saturday – Alessia Russo and Lauren Hemp – are relishing the challenge of taking on hosts Australia in the Women’s World Cup semi-final. Russo and Hemp scored the goals which saw Sarina Wiegman’s side come from behind to beat the South Americans 2-1 in Sydney, pushing them through to the final four. The victory sets up a blockbuster semi-final against the Matildas after the home side dramatically beat France in an epic penalty shoot out…

England vs Australia – Women’s World Cup: Lionesses look to shatter Aussie dreams in huge semi-final The Sun says ENGLAND are two Women’s World Cup wins away from creating history – but hosts Australia stand in their way. Alessia Russo’s superb second-half strike sent giant killers Colombia crashing out at the quarter-final stage. And many labelled England’s performance as heroic having had to fight from 1-0 down after Santos’ incredible effort. However, Sarina Wiegman’s women are set to enter a cauldron for the semi-final as they take on Australia in their own backyard. The Aussies got the better of England…

UK wages grow at record rate Regular pay grew by 7.8% – a record annual pace – between April and June, according to new ONS data. It marks the highest annual growth rate since comparable records began in 2001. Inflation has eased but still remains relatively high at 7.9%. Darren Morgan from the ONS said Tuesday’s figures suggested “people’s real pay is recovering”. He said that basic pay “is growing at its fastest since current records began”. “Coupled with lower inflation, this means the position on people’s real pay is recovering and now looks a bit better than a few…

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Price of milk and sunflower oil starting to fall Food prices are finally “edging down” even though shopping bills remain high, new data suggests. Research firm Kantar said shoppers paid on average £1.50 for four pints of milk in July, down from £1.69 in March.  Other food staples also dropped, including the average cost of a litre of sunflower oil, which is 22p less than in the spring. It comes as grocery inflation – the rate at which overall food prices rise – remains high but is starting to ease. Prices increased by 12.7% on an annual basis in the…