After a standout season with Mallorca, Lauren received a wealth of interest from the likes of Real Madrid and Roma, but he ultimately decided to make the move to Highbury under Arsene Wenger

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"There's a degree of wokery involved"

Society

This week has seen inflation figures drop, changing many economists' outlook on future interest rate changes

Economics

DANNY MURPHY: The tension even filtered its way to Mikel Arteta who has been less excitable on the touchline in general this season but reverted to type as his side lost their way at the Emirates.

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Manchester City will be reunited with another of their academy success stories this weekend - but could Liam Delap ever return to the Etihad and why did he leave in the first place?

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'I had the intention of staying single. I was fully lying to you guys,' she confessed with a playful smirk in a confessional.

Culture

The Independent’s political editor David Maddox and White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg were at the Hay Adams hotel opposite the White House as Brexiteer Brits hosted the biggest inauguration party in town and plotted a populist future with their US allies

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Former Coronation Street star Charlie Lawson has opened up about his financial struggles, saying he can't afford to have the heating on in 'lean times'

Society

The F1 Red Bull president has long been firm in his views over the Dutchman's future

Economics

Midfielder scores fifth goal of season in league

Sport

Big Ange is coming under pressure after a poor run of results that has left Spurs languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League table ahead of Sunday's trip to Everton

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Chiefs see off Texans 23-14 to reach AFC title gameSwift and Clark take to Arrowhead for playoff contestPatrick Mahomes threw for 177 yards and a touchdown, most of it going to best buddy Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Houston Texans 23-14 on Saturday to advance to the AFC championship game for the seventh consecutive season.With girlfriend Taylor Swift watching alongside WNBA star Caitlin Clark from a suite, Kelce had seven catches for 117 yards and a score, helping the Chiefs (16-2) keep alive their dream of winning an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl title. Continue reading...

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The Irish actor, 64, who is best known for playing Jim McDonald on the ITV soap, revealed that 2024 was his worst ever year in the entertainment industry.

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No matter what the weather is like, the retail giant's new Faux leather Collared Short Jacket will see you through all seasons.

Economics

The seventh season of fantasy drama Outlander has ended with a shocking cliffhanger, and heartbreaking scenes that have had viewers begging for updates on the final eighth season

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The seasoning cubes, used to provide food with extra flavour, are bought by millions in the UK.

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The Independent’s political editor David Maddox and White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg were at the Hay Adams hotel opposite the White House as Brexiteer Brits hosted the biggest inauguration party in town and plotted a populist right future with their US allies

Politics

Farmfoods Scottish Challenge could be among events to additional investment

Economics

Popular Netflix show You will return for its fifth and final season this year after their showrunner stepped down from the role – leaving fans conflicted over the news

Sport

Crews make progress but strong winds anticipated in Los Angles basin next week, carrying potential perilAnother round of fire-provoking Santa Ana winds are anticipated to sweep across the Los Angeles basin next week, carrying new peril as the area continues to assess the damage of the wildfires that devastated the Pacific Palisades and Altadena communities 10 days ago.“We’re looking at more Santa Ana winds and high fire danger. It could be a prolonged event next week,” said Alex Tardy, meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in San Diego. “The bottom line: we’re in uncharted territory this deep into the winter, or rainy season,” in having barely any rain, he added. Continue reading...

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The Irish actor who is known for playing Jim McDonald on Coronation Street says it's hard to find work after being 'cancelled'.

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Manchester United have a long-term interest in Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres and the Red Devils have now confirmed where they sit on a deal as Marcus Rashford’s future becomes clearer

Economics

Manager’s refusal to be spooked in the face of more dropped points paved way for leaders’ late surge to victoryThis was a really good game for Arne Slot. On an afternoon when Liverpool had 35 shots in 90 scoreless minutes, then won the game with their last two in added time, and when those goals were scored by Slot’s first substitute and created by his fourth, it was above all a very good game for the idea of process, control and calm intervention.Admittedly these are not generally qualities associated with a late match-winning, mane-tossing, nostril-snorting two-goal Darwin Núñez salvo. But this was how it played out at the Gtech under Slot’s hand. Núñez doubled his league goal tally for the season. He resembled, as ever, and at all moments , a footballer being chased around the pitch by a swarm of invisible bees. He also came away looking on the metrics like a precision stealth weapon deployed at just the right moment. Continue reading...

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Mikel Arteta looked like he had seen a ghost. With his side leading 2-0 against Aston Villa thanks to goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz, the Arsenal manager must have felt they were within touching distance of a cathartic victory that would keep up the pressure on Liverpool.But having seen the Premier League leaders seal a dramatic late victory over Brentford earlier in the afternoon, once again Unai Emery had other plans against his former club. Arteta could only watch on in horror as Youri Tielemens pulled one back before Ollie Watkins volleyed home the equaliser to the delight of the Villa supporters and their manager, who celebrated wildly at the final whistle as he did back in March after a 2-0 victory here that eventually proved terminal to Arsenal’s title challenge last season. Yet even when it seemed they might have won it late on through Mikel Merino, Arsenal’s joy was short-lived as VAR ruled Havertz had diverted the Spaniard’s effort in with his arm to ensure ...

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ITV's The Masked Singer season six is well underway and here is all the clues we know so far about the people under the masks

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Founded five years ago, the Ski Angels spend the winter season volunteering in Meribel, France - picking up skiers and snowboarders who've overindulged.

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The second series of BBC's Gladiators reboot aired tonight

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Following recent news that PlayStation has cancelled a further two live services games internally, there's only one way to get the platform back on track

Events

Manchester United transfer news as Amad confirms his status as the main attacker for Ruben Amorim with Alejandro Garnacho's future uncertain

Politics

Moro had to be stretchered off and a move to Celtic could be in doubt

Events

The season seven finale has finally been released

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Illicit releases of lynx in Scotland may undermine support for future managed programmes by feeding into narratives about ‘arrogant’ conservationists

Events

The Gladiators revival is set for a second series on the BBC this weekend with viewers seeing the likes of Sabre, Legend and Diamond returning to the arena.

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Shaw was put through pre-season by Burgh boss Liam Brown and several players are friends

Events

Adult film star Bonnie Blue, the adult content creator, whose real name is Tia Billinger, has achieved notoriety with her antics across the world - not to mention at one particular Championship match this season

Politics

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national transit hub

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The news of Erling Haaland's new contract has given Manchester City fans a huge boost amid a disappointing season while club staff and players have already been told of new faces joining the squad

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New drama, When Maggie Met Larry, reveals exactly how the world’s most famous actor coached the fledgling Iron LadyIn 1972, a nervous Margaret Thatcher went to Laurence Olivier’s London home for a lesson on presentational skills. The most famous actor of the 20th century told the then education secretary to put a book on her head and walk around to improve her deportment. He also advised her to take long confident strides, and to use her eyes to seduce and flirt.The future prime minister went on to visit Olivier’s house for a further five lessons, details of which are revealed in a new Radio 4 play, When Maggie Met Larry. Starring Derek Jacobi, who joined Olivier’s fledgling National Theatre when only 24, and Frances Barber as Thatcher, the drama tells of the previously unknown advice on style and voice offered to the Tory politician. Continue reading...

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The Meta boss has embraced masculinity and abandoned fact-checking and decorum. Is this the future of the tech industry?Years ago the Economist magazine had a striking cover in which Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, was portrayed as a languid clone of the Roman emperor Augustus. This was inspired by stories that Zuck was fascinated by Gus. On honeymoon in Rome in 2012, for example, he took so many photos of the emperor’s sculptures that his wife joked it was as if there were three people on the holiday. The couple even named their second daughter August.Explaining his fascination for Rome’s first emperor, Zuckerberg told the New Yorker that “basically, through a really harsh approach, he established 200 years of world peace What are the trade-offs in that? On the one hand, world peace is a long-term goal that people talk about today [but] that didn’t come for free, and he had to do certain things.” Continue reading...

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Rasmus Hojlund has struggled in front of goal for Manchester United this season but Ruben Amorim insists it is part of a collective problem rather than individual performances

Politics

As Prince Harry gears up to return to the UK with 'limited police protection' next month, we ask a leading royal expert whether the Duke's change to security will change the prospect of future visits with his family

Politics

The January transfer window is still in full flow and there is plenty to be settled for Liverpool with Arne Slot still having a number of issues to address at Anfield this month

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William Saliba has been a key player for Arsenal this season, helping them to secure the best defensive record in the Premier League, but the Frenchman could now be sidelined through injury

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Lille defender joins for rest of season

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