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Clare Foges says that online gambling is becoming as big a problem as drug addiction once was; new figures show that almost one in every 20 prescriptions written by a GP is to treat diabetes; five high-speed theme park rides are shut across Britain after a death on a similar attraction in the US; the latest on the turmoil inside the White House; and we look back at the life and career of Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor.
Plus, David Smith asks whether the Bank of England missed its best opportunity to raise interest rates; Matthew Syed on the improvements in the standard of women’s football; and Anna Murphy on how the Port Eliot festival taught her the art of dressing stylishly amid biblical weather conditions.