In this Wednesday’s Mirror Daily Digest, we’ve rounded up the day’s top stories you might have missed – from an opinion piece on the Wimbledon heat to Princess Kate’s first public appearance since she pulled out of Royal Ascot
Welcome to the Mirror’s Daily Digest, where we’ll be pulling together all the best stories of the day from our News, Royal, Sport teams and more. This Wednesday, we’re featuring everything from an opinion piece on Wimbledon’s sweltering temperatures through to the Princess of Wales’ appearance at a cancer wellbeing centre.
We’ve also got the results of the Mirror’s Brexit survey, which came on the ninth anniversary of the day the UK voted to leave the EU, and the ‘leaked’ Oasis setlist ahead of their first live show on Friday.
‘ I’ve covered Wimbledon for 10 years but never experienced anything like this ‘
It’s officially Wimbledon season, and the Mirror’s Matthew Young braved the soaring temperatures to see the action in SW19. It comes as crowds struggle to cope in the swelting conditions, with one person fainting on the famous grounds.
Matthew checked out just how uncomfortable it was to watch a match under the sun, as he wrote: “Walking from the shadows and up the steps into Court Two felt like entering a sauna, as I settled down to attempt to follow Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti and Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili battle it out under the scorching sun.
” Along with the smell of suncream, hundreds of hats, wafting fans and lines of umbrellas were the only repellants as crowds watched the pair somehow run around in the baking sunshine. “
“I have covered Wimbledon for the past 10 years and can barely recall it being this hot. Its hottest day in history was 35.7C on July 1 2015. The Met Office said at 2.10pm that Kew Gardens recorded a temperature of 34.2C degrees,” Matthew added.
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Oasis reunion setlist ‘ leaked ‘ in full as band leave out one major hit
Liam and Noel Gallagher will finally reunite on stage at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on Friday – and the highly-anticipated setlist has reportedly been ‘leaked’. The legendary brothers will take to the stage for the first time in over a decade, marking the start of their sell-out tour.
Oasis have already arrived in Cardiff to put together the finishing touches and fans close by say they have heard the setlist in full. Earlier in the week, those close to the stadium heard Cigarettes and Alcohol blasting out of the stadium.
They were also treated to hits Some Might Say and F****n’ In The Bushes. According to one fan on Reddit, Oasis are set to play a lengthy 24 song setlist.
The user revealed the rehearsal setlist, which can give fans a clue as to what may appear at the live shows. They claimed the setlist kicks off with an intro of F****n ‘ in the Bushes then Hello, Acquiesce, Morning Glory followed by Some Might Say.
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‘ I gambled my student loan on video games – it didn’t turn out how I expected ‘
In other news, a 23-year-old university student has opened up about their harrowing journey with an online gambling addiction, which began with playing video games as a 12-year-old.
Niks Kolosnicins was thousands of pounds in debt, severely isolated and trapped in a vicious addictive cycle of online gambling. He said it started off with something many kids and teens engage in every day. “I got into gambling through playing video games.
“Basically you have things called loot boxes”, he continues, “which are quite integrated within the game. So I opened a few loot boxes, which is very normal for kids who play that game, everybody does it”.
He was then able to use those items that he bought in blind boxes to sell on an online market and gamble on unregulated websites that “don’t have any age verification”. He explains: “Even though it’s not real money, technically, it’s like an in game currency that you’re basically gambling, but it’s very easy to convert those items back into real money”.
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Brexit a ‘ disaster ‘ that ‘ ruined the country ‘ – referendum ‘ should be repeated ‘
Mirror readers have slammed Brexit as a ‘complete disaster’ that ‘ruined most of the country’ in a poll marking nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU. The vote – which signalled the UK’s intention to leave the European Union – ultimately ended a 47-year relationship with the political and economic bloc.
We asked readers to give their opinions on Brexit, with over 25, 000 people voting in the poll. In response to the question ‘ do you think Brexit has failed? ‘, an overwhelming 71% (18, 565) voted yes, slamming the referendum as a ‘ disaster’, while just 29% (7, 520) voted no.
Similarly, in response to the question ‘ do you feel better off since Brexit? ‘, 78% (20, 072) said no, while just 22% (20, 072) said yes. We also asked ‘ should there be a second Brexit referendum? ‘ and ‘ would you like to rejoin the EU? ‘ – responses in both sections backed yes, with 66% (17, 129) and 68% (17, 572) respectively.
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Kate admits ‘ everyone expects you to be better ‘ in brave cancer admission
The Princess of Wales has made her first public appearance since she pulled out of Royal Ascot, where she opened up about finishing cancer treatment. Kate met fellow patients at a cancer wellbeing centre at Colchester Hospital, helping to plant roses in a garden designed to help visitors find peace.
She talked about the expectation that when treatment has finished that patients “crack on, get back to normal”. Speaking to patients and volunteers inside the centre, she said: “There is a whole phase when you finish your treatment, everybody expects you to be better – go! But that’s not the case at all”.
She said: “You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment. Treatment’s done, then it’s like ‘ I can crack on, get back to normal ‘ but actually the phase afterwards is really difficult. You’re not necessarily under the clinical team any longer but you’re not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to”.
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