News diary 13-19 July: World Cup final, Labour expected to confirm Burnham as PM, BBC Proms

Leading the week Monday (July 13): Andy Burnham questioned by Labour MPs at PLP leadership hustings; Keir Starmer expected to co-chair Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris; MPs debate immigration measures as Shabana Mahmood expected to set out plans to close loophole preventing deportation of Rochdale grooming gang leader. Tuesday (July 14): Rachel Reeves delivers Mansion House speech; Yvette Cooper gives evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee; First World Cup semifinal: France v Spain/Belgium. Wednesday (July 15): Second World Cup semifinal: England/Norway v Argentina/Switzerland; Keir Starmer’s final PMQs; OECD publishes Economic Survey of the UK. Thursday (July 16): UK GDP monthly estimate; CPAC UK begins, with Nigel Farage, Liz Truss, Suella Braverman and Matt Goodwin among speakers; Sentencing concludes for two guilty of Transport for London cyberattack. Friday (July 17): Labour Party leadership special conference expected to confirm Andy Burnham as the UK’s next prime minister; Mother of Vickrum Diwga sentenced for assisting an offender; Deadline for candidate nominations in Clacton by-election. Saturday (July 18): Diamond League London; World Cup third place playoff. Sunday (July 19): World Cup final; Final round of The Open Championship. Also look out for… July 13 Grantham Institute (Imperial), The Met Office and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine report on estimated deaths from spring heatwave Patrick Spencer MP goes on trial over alleged Groucho Club sex assault EU foreign ministers meet to discuss Ukraine and the Middle East Two years ago: Trump assassination attempt June 14 Andrew Bailey gives evidence to MPs on the BoE’s Financial Stability Report Ed Davey speaks at the Institute for Government Woman in court over Wimbledon school crash deaths $30m T-Rex skeleton goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s July 15 UK-India Free Trade Agreement takes effect Asylum-seekers sentenced over Brighton Beach rape Matt Brittin questioned by Lords committee 20 years ago: Twitter launched July 16 Delayed SATs results published Public Accounts Committee session on affordability of the Defence Investment Plan Annual figures on gambling in Great Britain The Open Championship begins July 17 Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron lead delegations at Franco-German Ministerial Council BBC Proms begins Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey released Queen Camilla turns 79 July 18 Pulp and Scritti Politti play Rough Trade 50th anniversary celebration gigs Vitality Blast finals day World Matchplay Darts July 19 F1: Belgian Grand Prix Sao Tome and Principe election Key statistics, reports and results July 13 Report on child safety online presented to Ursula von der Leyen NAO report on construction skills package OPEC monthly oil markets report June 14 EPI annual report on the state of education in England BRC retail sales monitor US inflation China monthly trade data Results from: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Ericsson July 15 Water companies’ deadline for annual report and accounts WHO/UNICEF estimates on child immunisation coverage China GDP Results from: BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, ASML, Burberry, Barratt Redrow, United Airlines July 16 UK trade and indices of services and production UCAS figures on applications for 2026 entry Local authority exit payments (2025/26) Results from: Ocado, Netflix, Frasers Group, TSMC, SSE, Alcoa July 17 European Commission annual report on the rule of law EU inflation The news diary is provided in association with Foresight News. Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blog