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Sweden v England: Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-final – live

Hello and welcome to the Euro 2025 quarter-final between Sweden and defending champions England.

The Lionesses had a bumpy start to their campaign but finished the group stage strongly to reach the last eight, while Sweden have recorded three wins from three so far.

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© Photograph: Harriet Lander/The FA/Getty Images

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What happens when 16-year-olds get the vote? Other countries are already seeing the benefits | Christine Huebner

They turn out at high rates and are engaged, but don’t expect electoral shocks – they’re as politically diverse as anyone

The government has announced it will lower the voting age to 16 for all UK elections in time for the next general election. In 1969, the UK became the first major democracy in the world to lower the voting age from 21 to 18. Few people knew what to expect from this change.

Things are different now. In places such as Austria, Argentina and Brazil, as well as parts of Germany and, in the UK, Wales and Scotland, 16- and 17-year-olds are already allowed to vote in some or all elections.

Christine Huebner is a lecturer in quantitative social sciences at the University of Sheffield

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© Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

© Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

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David Boyle obituary

Political economist and author who promoted ideas such as time banks and community sharing

In his 1989 book Building Futures, David Boyle, who has died aged 67 from complications linked to Parkinson’s, argued that mainstream economics was failing cities and a new localism could save them. This emphasis on communities rather than large-scale centralised development tied in with the broad theme that David saw as running through his work: “The importance of human-scale institutions over centralised ones, human imagination over dull rationalism, and the human spirit over technocratic reduction.”

Funny Money: In Search of Alternative Cash (1999) explored local economic systems found mainly on a journey through the US. Exchanging services within community systems run by volunteers can be facilitated through “time banks”. The idea of the “time dollar”, representing one hour of help, whether grocery shopping or preparing a tax return, was popularised by the Washington law professor Edgar Cahn.

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© Photograph: Sarah Burns

© Photograph: Sarah Burns

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Carney pitches major project powers to skeptical First Nations as advancing ‘Indigenous economic growth’

GATINEAU, Que. — Prime Minister Mark Carney entered a high-stakes meeting with First Nations leaders Thursday, touting his government's new law to fast-track major infrastructure projects as having "Indigenous economic growth" at its heart, saying he believes consensus can be reached on how to move forward. Read More
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Daniel Dubois shrugs off Canelo Álvarez’s $500,000 bet against him

  • Mexican is convinced Oleksandr Usyk will beat Dubois

  • ‘It don’t mean nothing. He’s going to lose his money’

Daniel Dubois has warned Canelo Álvarez that he will lose $500,000 on Saturday night after the Mexican superstar placed a sizeable bet against him. Álvarez, the richest and most celebrated fighter in contemporary boxing, is convinced that Oleksandr Usyk will beat Dubois at Wembley Stadium for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world.

“It don’t mean nothing me,” Dubois said at Thursday’s press conference when he was asked about Álvarez’s expensive prediction. “It don’t mean shit to me. He’s going to lose his money. From now on I’m just focused.”

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© Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

© Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

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