65 minutes ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing winner 'sad' to confirm split from wife of nine years

Ore Oduba has confirmed his split from wife Portia after nine years in a social media statement

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90 minutes ago Strictly Come Dancing star Ore Oduba announces shock split from wife after nine years of marriage

Strictly Come Dancing star Ore Oduba took to social media to confirm he and his wife Portia had parted ways

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1 hour ago Ranj Begley appointed chief revenue officer and managing director of PA Media

Ms Begley will start the dual role at the beginning of next year.

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1 hour ago Liam Payne's last photo of son Bear, 7, and heartbreaking comments about being a dad before death at 31

Liam Payne's son Bear, who he shared with ex Cheryl, was kept out of the public eye but made a rare appearance on the singer's social media back in May this year

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2 hours ago Liam Payne's last photo of son Bear and touching tweet about his future resurfaces

The heartbreaking social media post spoke Liam's young son's hopes for the future.

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2 hours ago Liam Payne's final Snapchat post revealed: One Direction star shared photo with girlfriend minutes before death aged 31 after balcony fall

Liam Payne shared a haunting final social media post with his girlfriend - just minutes before he died aged 31 after falling off a balcony.

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3 hours ago Why is Germany shooting its own stagnating economy in the foot? | Simon Nixon

A proposed Italian-German bank merger makes sense for Europe, but Berlin is opting for domestic protectionismA potential merger between a German bank and an Italian rival would not normally elicit much interest beyond the business pages. But these are not normal times. The Italian bank UniCredit recently provoked a political backlash in Germany by acquiring a 21% stake in the German lender Commerzbank. Even chancellor Olaf Scholz weighed in, calling the Italian move “an unfriendly attack”. The significance of this row runs far beyond the worlds of Italian and German finance.News of the acquisition came just weeks after the publication of a report by Mario Draghi, the former president of the European Central Bank, on how to address the EU’s declining competitiveness against the US and Ch...

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3 hours ago Borthwick struggles to cast off shadow of uncertainty after coaching exits | Robert Kitson

Coach could have done with drawing a line under staffing reshuffle but his backroom team still remains up in the airAt first glance it was a low-key sort of day at the stadium formerly known as Twickenham. The weather was unseasonably warm for mid-October and a sleepy fox was snoozing on the porch of a temporary building in the north car park. Inside England duly announced a wholly predictable squad, almost as if Steve Borthwick was doing his best to avoid stealing any of Thomas Tuchel’s thunder.Borthwick also politely knocked back the invitation to pass on any tips to the incoming German – “he has plenty of experience in English sport already” – beyond matter-of-factly quoting the well-known stat about international teams with homegrown coaches doing better in major tournaments. He pre...

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3 hours ago Premier League injury check after international break as Arsenal & Man Utd hit hard

The Premier League roars back into action this weekend after the second international break of the season and a number of clubs have been hit by a number of injury issues

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3 hours ago A German in charge of England? Nationality matters less than it used to in international soccer

England’s national team will have a foreign coach for the third time after hiring German Thomas Tuchel

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