The latest spell of hot weather might leave some craving an ice cream, and it turns out that Abergavenny is the place to be as one ice cream shop in the town is officially one of the best in the UK.

And where better to go during the sweltering heat than the rugged coastline just across the border in Co Donegal. The main strand has a car park and a well-maintained children's play park built into the sand dunes. There's the main strand known simply as Buncrana beach, there's Lisfannon strand which is the first one you'll spot on the road, there's Dunree Bay, Porthaw beach near Ned's Point and there's Stragill. ‌KinnagoeKinnagoe Bay, Co Donegal (Image: Tourism Ireland / Failte Ireland )Kinnagoe Bay in Co Donegal, is found on the western coast of the Inishowen peninsula, is a stunning beach sheltered by steep, tree lined hills. Marble Hill, DunfanaghyMarble Hill beach, Dunfanaghy (Image: Tristan Hutchinson/ Failte Ireland )Marble Hill in Dunfanaghy features miles of clean, golden sand and spectacular Atlantic views.

Two absorbing days of Test cricket have seen both teams trading blows. There was plenty of talk on the opening day about the pitch being on the slower side and the edges not carrying. But come the morning of Day 2, the surface had noticeably quickened up. As for England, after a good night’s rest, their pacers will be raring to go and will look to exploit the morning conditions. Saturday, 12th July will be Day 3 of this Lord's Test, with the first ball to be bowled at 3.30 pm IST (10 am GMT).

The police are investigating the burning of an effigy depicting Black migrants on a boat as a “hate incident” after it was set alight as part of annual loyalist celebrations in Northern Ireland. A boat containing life-size mannequins wearing life jackets was set on top of a tower of wooden pallets in Moygashel, County Tyrone, above banners reading “stop the boats” and “veterans before refugees.”The bonfire was set alight in front of a large crowd on Thursday night as part of wider events marking the start of Twelfth of July, which commemorates the 1690 victory by a Protestant king, William III, over a Catholic king, James II. For more than a century, members of the Protestant community have taken part in annual marches and parades around July 12. During the Troubles, the sectarian conflict between Catholic and Protestant communities, “marching season” was a source of tension and, at times, violence. While the marches have become less fraught in recent years, the bonfires remain a source of concern to police, some of whom fear they can stoke lawlessness.

Lord Winston, 84, has been a member of the BMA since 1964. I think that the country is really struggling in all sorts of ways, people are struggling in all sorts of ways," he told The Times. But the BMA says wages are still around 20% lower in real terms than in 2008. Lord Winston's comments come after doctors and patient groups warned that the NHS in England was struggling to reduce wait times - a top priority for the NHS. "Doctors need to be reminded that every time they have a patient in front of them they have someone who is frightened and in pain.

Chilling CCTV footage revealed the moment the victim was targetedKNIFE ATTACK Man stabs best friend 20 times over £20 debt in horror attack… but victim says ‘betrayal cuts deeper than wounds’A MAN stabbed his best friend 20 times in a frenzied attack over a £20 debt. Qusai Abdalla knifed his victim, a man in his 40s, in the head, chest and arm during the horror on September 29, last year. The callous 26-year-old later told the same associate he carried out the stabbing over an unpaid £20 debt, said Lancashire Police. Appearing at Preston Crown Court today, the victim said the "betrayal has cut even deeper than the physical wounds" because he thought Abdalla was a friend. Det Con Emily Armitage said: "This was a cowardly attack which could have easily resulted in a man losing his life... all over a £20 debt.

Netanyahu ignored this and other warnings, and his government went ahead with the overhaul, passing a law hours later that limited the judiciary’s power, setting off more unrest. Minutes after the attack began in October 2023, at the nadir of his political career, Netanyahu was already planting the seeds for his personal survival act. “I don’t see anything in the intelligence,” Netanyahu said in one of his first phone calls that day. As fighting still flared in southern Israel, Netanyahu’s team then briefed sympathetic influencers, telling them that it was the generals who were at fault for Israel’s worst-ever defense failure. Later in the war, Netanyahu’s team ordered archivists to alter the official records of his earliest phone calls on Oct. 7.

WorldSBK: Blue skies and high temperatures have greeted the WorldSBK paddock at the UK Round. I felt quite good overall and I think we can do a good job tomorrow.”P5 – Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)“The bike wasn’t working well. Alex Lowes (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) +0.202s4. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +0.250s6. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) +0.282sFor more info checkout our dedicated WorldSBK (World Superbike) News page superbike-news.co.uk/category/world-superbikes/Or visit the official World Superbike website worldsbk.com©Words/Images are from official press release posted courtesy of WorldSBK.com

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeThe FBI has reportedly stepped up its use of polygraph lie-detector tests on bureau staff, as Director Kash Patel allegedly hunts for agents who have criticized his leadership or leaked to the news media. Sources told The New York Times that dozens of FBI personnel had been questioned. The lie detector tests, the sources said, marked a break from precedent at the FBI, where such tests were more commonly used against those thought to have betrayed the country or to have committed major offenses. The FBI has also reportedly launched a criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey after a referral from current CIA chief John Ratcliffe, thought to be tied to the Obama-and Trump-era officials’ involvement in investigations into the president.

At least 13 postal workers in Britain died by suicide amid a post office scandal in which about 1,000 postal workers were wrongfully prosecuted for theft and other crimes, according to a report released this week as part of an inquiry into the scandal. Wyn Williams, the retired high court judge who is leading the inquiry, wrote in the report, published on Tuesday, that by his estimation, more than 10,000 people were eligible for some kind of redress and that he expected that number to grow. The victims range from postal workers held liable for tens or hundreds of pounds in financial discrepancies to those who were wrongly tried, convicted, imprisoned and made to pay back tens of thousands of pounds. They were all blamed for apparent shortfalls at their postal branches across Britain that, it turned out, had actually been caused by a flawed information technology system. More than 1,000 people were prosecuted from 2000 to at least 2013, but thousands of others were blamed and held responsible, according to the report.

Just off the seafront, the Nici’s 30m outdoor swimming pool is lined with candy-striped parasols, plus cabanas and firepits. However, Moat Island lives up to its watery promise with an eight-metre “natural” swimming pool that’s fringed with reeds and other plants. Beaverbrook, Leatherhead, SurreyBeaverbrook’s chequerboard poolTucked into the Surrey Hills is Britain’s most beautiful outdoor swimming pool. Details B&B doubles from £120 (sawdays.co.uk)• 100 Best Places to Stay in the UK for 2025Advertisement20. Details B&B doubles from £200 (glendyecabinsandcottages.com)Where are you planning on cooling off during the heatwave?

“With overheating, it’s a simple heat balance problem,” Dr Roberts explains. The last thing you want to do is bring in hot air. But it’s exactly what we need to do – ideally paired with an open upstairs window to create a ‘stack effect’ where cool air flows in and warm air rises out. “Heat can cause short-term issues like dehydration or heatstroke, but also long-term health problems,” warns Dr Roberts. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utXEby2-jac The worst thing you can do to your home on a hot day (are you guilty of this?

THE Church Commissioners risk attracting “widespread public contempt” if they proceed with Project Spire, a group of historians and General Synod members has warned (News,13 January 2023). The project is a £100-million fund set up to benefit communities affected by the historic transatlantic slave trade. The paper contains a detailed response to the points made in a document published by the Commissioners in May, Independent Responses to Claims Criticising the Historical Basis of the Church Commissioners’ Research (News, 6 June). The proposal addresses present and future: the Church Commissioners are creating the Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice, committing under one per cent of its assets to the work of repairing that racialised injustice in the world today which derived from Transatlantic Chattel Enslavement. It is understood that five written questions about the project have been submitted by General Synod members.

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Following a protest at News UK’s offices in London and Glasgow and at its print site in Merseyside, Fed national president Hetal Patel was invited to talks. Discussions have commenced following protests over retail marginsNews UK has entered into talks with The Federation of Independent Retailers, following its national protests this week at the publishers offices. During the 45-minute meeting, the Fed explained the impact that the move would have on members’ viability and the knock-on effect on local communities. Throughout the meeting, we appealed to News UK to think again and to reverse its decision to cut our percentage retail margin. However, the new retail margin paid for each copy sold will not take effect until January 2026 and, even then, will drop 1 per cent.