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Glastonbury organisers warn of traffic delays leaving site amid 30C temperatures

Queues also expected for shuttle buses to railway station as 200,000 music fans depart festival on Monday

The tents are drooping, the heads are throbbing, the ears buzzing; Glastonbury festival is over for another year.

Most of the 200,000-plus ticket holders at the performing arts and music bonanza in Somerset will be leaving the site on Monday in gruelling 30C heat.

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UK government agency not accepting eVisas as ID from job applicants

Home Office says system changes needed at SIA to allow eVisas, prompting fears of another Windrush-type scandal

The Home Office-sponsored agency that licenses hundreds of thousands of security guards has become the latest to confirm that it will not accept newly introduced eVisas from job applicants, the Guardian has learned.

eVisas are designed to replace physical biometric residence permits that show proof of the right to reside, rent, work and claim benefits. However, the rollout has been beset with difficulties.

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Man criticises Home Office for keeping visa fee of wife who died before reaching UK

Mohamed Jama says the Home Office should refund the £3,105 immigration health surcharge because his wife never made it to the UK

A grieving husband has criticised the Home Office for holding on to thousands of pounds in visa fees he paid for his wife to come to the UK, despite the fact that she died before she was due to arrive in the country.

Ubah Abdi Mohamed, 25, from Kenya, was granted a spouse visa to join her husband, Mohamed Jama, 47, a British citizen of Somali heritage who lives in north London.

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2025 song of the summer predictions and playlist

2025 song of the summer predictions and playlist
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Canada cancels digital services tax to restart US trade negotiations

On Friday, Donald Trump suddenly called off trade discussions with Canada over the tax on US tech firms.
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Hong Kong’s security net extends beyond arrests as small businesses pressured

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China lifts a nearly 2-year ban on seafood from Japan over Fukushima wastewater

China lifts a nearly 2-year ban on seafood from Japan over Fukushima wastewater [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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What to Stream: Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners,’ a Kesha album, ‘SharkFest’ and John Cena with Idris Elba

What to Stream: Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners,’ a Kesha album, ‘SharkFest’ and John Cena with Idris Elba
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Chilean communist scores surprise win in primary vote as battle with far-right looms

Chilean communist scores surprise win in primary vote as battle with far-right looms
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1936

1936 ‘Gone With the Wind’ published