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1. How to choose the right builder and avoid renovation nightmares

   From home improvements to full-scale renovations, this expert checklist provides practical guidelines

2. Five important reasons why people earning high salaries still feel financially squeezed

   Bigger salaries don’t lead to financial security if the result is increased personal spending and higher taxes

3. Scientists left stunned by strange phenomenon on distant planets

   This groundbreaking finding, derived from observations of wind patterns on seven large, hot gas exoplanets, significantly deepens our understanding of these distant worlds

4. French Open LIVE: Andreeva through before Svitolina v Kostyuk; Jodar, Fonseca bid for semi-finals

   The quarter-finals begin at Roland Garros with Rafael Jodar facing Alexander Zverev before Joao Fonseca takes on Jakub Mensik

5. Scientists left stunned by strange phenomenon on distant planets

   This groundbreaking finding, derived from observations of wind patterns on seven large, hot gas exoplanets, significantly deepens our understanding of these distant worlds

6. Five tips for picking the right builder to avoid a difficult renovation

7. Relief for Indian football fans as Zee signs last-minute deal to broadcast World Cup

   Deal between Zee and Fifa ends months-long standoff over World Cup rights in one of last major unsold markets

8. Twin Peaks actor Owain Rhys Davies dies aged 44

9. After escaping the Taliban and years in exile, the Afghan women's soccer team rises again

   Fatima Yousufi and Mona Amini escaped the Taliban and found refuge in Australia with dreams of playing international soccer

10. ‘I work full time and still use a food bank – it’s normal now’

    At a community centre in south London, users tell Nicole Wootton-Cane how using food banks and tackling food waste at the same time has become ‘normal’