Country diary: Harvest time has arrived – and it’s three weeks earlier than 20 years ago
Brigg, Lincolnshire: It’ll take six weeks to cut it all, starting with barley and likely ending with beans. Thank goodness the combine has air-conditioning
Europe considering proposals to allow navigational fees in strait of Hormuz
Plans specify tolls must not be compulsory, as US officials urge Iran to make public statement that strait is open and that shipping can safely pass
Bipartisan housing bill becomes law despite Trump’s refusal to sign it
President says he would refuse to sign housing bill without passage of voting legislation, but without veto it will still become law
Rapper Pitbull and fans set ‘bald cap’ Guinness World Record at London show
Crowd of more than 22,000 people – and the musician himself – filled Hyde Park with the ‘largest gathering of people wearing bald caps’
King Charles understood to have met Prince Harry’s children at Highgrove
Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet believed to have had private reunion with king