54 minutes ago Virgil van Dijk gives contract discussion update but still unsure on his Liverpool future

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk reveals that contract talks are well underway with the club but he admits that there is still no real indicator of where his future lies beyond this season

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84 minutes ago Blinken heads to Mideast for 11th time since Gaza war; prospects for a truce remain uncertain

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed again to the Middle East, making his 11th trip to the region since the Gaza war erupted last year and as Israel steps up attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon

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92 minutes ago Hollywood Bowl records bumper sales and plans to open four new UK bowling centres

The ten-pin bowling operator said growing and refurbishing its bowling alleys has resulted in people spending more time at centres, and spending more money per game

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1 hour ago Middle East crisis live: Iran warns UN about Israel’s threats against its nuclear sites; Israel launches strikes across Lebanon

Israel launches attacks on buildings belonging to al-Qard al-Hassan; Israeli military making life ‘impossible’ for Palestinians, UN’s human rights office saysSee all our Middle East coverageIsraeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Alan Titchmarsh says 'I begin to worry' and shares two plants he would 'ban' from garden

Alan Titchmarsh has been a gardener for decades and has a good eye for plants, but there are two flowers he'd happily never see again

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3 hours ago Readers' Letters: We should get behind Streeting's controversial obesity plan

The state of the NHS continues to occupy readers

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3 hours ago Middle East latest: Israel apologizes for strike that killed 3 Lebanese soldiers

The Israeli military apologized for a strike that killed three Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon, saying it is not battling the country’s military and its soldiers believed they were targeting a vehicle belonging to the Hezbollah militant group

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3 hours ago Starmer and Streeting invite ‘entire nation’ to contribute to consultation on reforming NHS – UK politics live

Labour invite the public to share their experiences, views and ideas on fixing the NHS in a nation-wide consultationGood morning. When the Labour government came into power, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, declared on his first day in office “the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken”. The government is going to published a 10-year health plan to fix it, and it is due to be published next spring.Streeting has said the plan will involve three main elements: moving from analogue to digital; more focus on primary care, not hospital care; and more focus on prevention. Keir Starmer explained them in a speech on the NHS in September.Members of the public, as well as NHS staff and experts will be invited to share their experiences views and ideas for fixing the NHS via the o...

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3 hours ago Curtis Jones 'scraps Liverpool transfer plan' after revealing what's changed under Arne Slot

Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones was so influential in their big win over Chelsea on Sunday that Jamie Carragher has suggested Arne Slot could change his transfer plans

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