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Emma Raducanu has been knocked out of Wimbledon by qualifier Lulu Sun today (Sunday 9 July), losing her chance to move to the quater-finals for the first time. The 21-year-old was beaten 6-2 5-7 6-2 by her New Zealand opponant, who is ranked the 123rd tennis player in the world.The last British player in the singles, she also pulled out of the mixed-doubles with Andrew Murray on Saturday, bringing the two-time World Champion’s career to a sudden end.She pulled out on account of “stiffness” in her wrist, following last summer when she had surgery to removed growths of bone from her hands that were causing the star pain. More

The UK’s youngest MP was praised by BBC Breakfast hosts for “batting back” their questions on life experience during an interview on Sunday morning (7 July).Sam Carling, who has been elected Labour MP for North West Cambridgeshire, narrowly won the seat with Conservative candidate Shailesh Vara just 39 votes behind.He is just 22 years old.During an appearance on the BBC, Mr Carling was asked how he will offer “real-world experience” to the House of Commons.“I always get a little bit frustrated when people mention life experience, because no one has yet to explain to me why being older makes you better at the job,” he responded.After a quick back and forth with presenter Roger Johnson, Mr Carling suggested they were “going round in circles” and was praised for “batting back”. More

Jeremy Corbyn claimed Labour lost votes in the general election over the war in Gaza.The independent MP for Islington North attended a pro-Palestinian march in central London on Saturday (6 July).The former Labour leader told protesters on stage: “Palestine was on the ballot in this election – and I promise to stay true to my word to stand up for the Palestinian people.”Mr Corbyn also suggested the pro-Palestinian marches had directly influenced the results of the general election.He said: “The Labour vote was lower on Thursday than it was in 2019 and 2017, and Labour lost seats to independents – five independents were elected.“The common thread running through their campaigns was Gaza.” More

Labour MP Paul Waugh MP took a jibe at George Galloway after taking the Rochdale seat from him in the general election.The leader of the Workers Party held his set for just 54 days after Mr Waugh was elected in the election on Thursday (4 July).Appearing on BBC Breakfast on Saturday (6 July), Mr Waugh said he was delighted to have ridded Rochdale of “toxicity”.He said: “These populists ride a wave of anger, but they provide no solutions.“Galloway lost because he didn’t deliver. I was in the Chamber as a journalist, more often than he was for the debates on Gaza.” More

Labour’s new prisons minister said “a lot of prisoners should not be in there” in a resurfaced interview.James Timpson said the UK is “addicted to sentencing and punishment” in an interview earlier this year with Channel 4.In the clip, Mr Timpson said: “A lot of people in prison in my view shouldn’t be there, and they are there for far too long. It’s getting worse.“I meet people in prison regulary, who are serving sentences longer than they’ve ever been alive for already, and I just think this is common sense being ignored and evidence being ignored, because there is this sentiment around punish and punish.” More

Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson shared a hug as they reflected on Reform UK’s election result, in a new video posted to social media.“I’ve got no drinking partners left!”, Anderson, who won a seat for the party in Ashfield, joked.Farage, who also won a seat in Clacton, responded: “Well done mate.”Reform UK have secured four seats in the General Election, including Great Yarmouth and Boston and Skegness, both taken from the Tories.Their policies include stopping all unnecessary migration, and banning transgender ideology. More

Sir Keir Starmer got straight to work assembling his Cabinet Office after promising to rebuild trust in politics and restore hope to the nation after a landslide Labour victory in the general election.Rachel Reeves has been confirmed as Britain’s first woman chancellor of the Exchequer, Angela Rayner is Sir Keir’sdeputy prime minister and retained the levelling up, housing and communities brief, and Yvette Cooper is home secretary.David Lammy takes the roll of foreign secretary.The Independent takes a closer look at the team at the top More