34 minutes ago Bills v Ravens was supposed to be about two stars. It was settled by a brutal drop

All the talk coming into Sunday was about Josh Allen v Lamar Jackson. But it’s often errors rather than brilliance that decide big gamesJosh Allen v Lamar Jackson was set to be an epic. The idea of this season’s MVP favorites sharing a field was chill inducing. Because whichever quarterback punctuated a brilliant individual season with a conference championship berth would do so because he outplayed his counterpart.Then the actual game was played in snowy Buffalo. It turns out there’s so much more to a football game than the two men under center, even men as supremely talented as Allen and Jackson. Many will blame Jackson for Buffalo’s 27-25 win over the Ravens, especially as the weeks and months go on. They’ll credit Allen too. But neither player was the key factor in the outcome. It’s often the easy chances players don’t take rather than flashes of brilliance that decide games. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago BRIT and Oscar nominated pop singer Celeste hit with 'train fine over £500'

Stop This Flame Celeste has been charged over £500 after boarding a train in England without a ticket - but she has argued it was a technical glitch that was to blame

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15 hours ago Ian Wright points the finger of blame as Arsenal transfer issue laid bare

Arsenal's draw with Aston Villa left them six points adrift of Premier League leaders Liverpool, but there's still time to add new players to their squad in January

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6 hours ago Fears over online fat jabs as doctors see 'alarming' rise in people taken to hospital

Some 500,000 Brits are thought to be on the drugs, which can help them lose up to 20% of body weight in a few months - but doctors have expressed concerns over the amount of people buying them online

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95 minutes ago Inside Prince William's big plans for 'secret weapon' Sophie Wessex when he's on throne

As The Duchess of Edinburgh celebrates her landmark 60th birthday, we ask a leading royal expert how her star quality will continue to rise when Prince William is on the throne

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30 hours ago Tiny pieces of plastic that break off from shopping bags and packaging blamed for rise of deadly heart disease, dementia and several cancers

Experts believe the prevalence of microplastics, such as those in plastic bags, can be linked to health conditions as they can cause superbugs to mutate

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10 hours ago Enzo Maresca sends mixed message over Chelsea weakness that piles pressure on Cole Palmer

Lack of goals from Chelsea's wingers has become a clear issue for Enzo Maresca but he insists rotating on the flanks is not to blame for six players finding the net just 11 times

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15 hours ago Ange Postecoglou under serious pressure as strange Spurs decision backfires in Everton nightmare

Postecoglou must take a significant share of the blame after needless system switch contributes to first-half horror show at Goodison Park

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14 hours ago Ange Postecoglou accepts blame for Tottenham collapse at Everton and explains system change

Under-fire Spurs boss’ decision to play a back three amid worsening injury crisis backfired badly in first-half blitz

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20 hours ago Caroline Flack's friends' bitter feud with her family: Accusations fly over 'blame' for her suicide, 'fake' showbiz pals and those siding with boyfriend who moved on 'very quickly'

Caroline was found dead aged 40 in her London flat in February 2020 - a day after she heard the CPS would pursue a trial following a drunken row with her boyfriend Lewis Burton.

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14 hours ago Ange Postecoglou takes blame for early Tottenham collapse in Everton defeat

It was a 12th league loss of the season for Spurs.

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22 hours ago Paul Merson points finger of blame and responds to Arsenal failure with new prediction

Arsenal's title hopes were dealt a huge set-back after blowing their 2-0 lead over Aston Villa, with the Gunners left frustrated by Mikel Merino's late strike being ruled out by VAR

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15 hours ago The Guardian view on development’s paradox: the rich benefit more than the poor | Editorial

The global south needs a fairer deal than this one, in which it funds the lifestyle and wealth of the global northThe World Bank calculated last month that the rich world earned more than $1.4tn (£1.15tn) in loan repayments from the developing world in 2023, with the sums likely to top $2tn a year by 2030. Rich countries have in effect become the world’s bankers, squeezing debtors in the global south. Poorer nations are forced to borrow in rich-world currencies to pay for their energy and food, while their exports consist mainly of low-value goods compared with their imports.Colonial patterns of extraction plainly did not disappear with the withdrawal of troops, flags and bureaucrats. Whether a debt crisis in the developing world occurs depends on decisions beyond its control. The risk increases if US interest rates rise and if poor nations’ exports – often priced by commodity speculators or wealthy-world buyers – fail to generate enough dollar reserves to stabilise their exchange r...

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24 hours ago Despite the eulogies, the postwar order did little for peace – and fuelled the rise of populism | Kenan Malik

Don’t rush to mourn the end of a liberal international order that too often put order before liberalismThe historian Steven Shapin opened his account of The Scientific Revolution with the line: “There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution, and this is a book about it.” It is tempting to say much the same about the “liberal international order” (LIO), that “there is no such thing as the liberal international order and there are hundreds of books about it”. And this column, too.There was a Scientific Revolution. And there has been since the Second World War a global framework that has helped order international relations. But whether that framework can be described as “liberal” or embodies what champions of the LIO claim it does – “an open world connected by the free flow of people, goods, ideas and capital” that was, in the words of Antony Blinken, the outgoing US secretary of state, “America’s greatest contribution to peace and progress” – is questionable. Continue reading...

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16 hours ago Selfish Range Rover mums at Harry Potter private school slammed for causing soaring pollution... but locals say a different road menace is to blame

EXCLUSIVE: Range Rover private school mums have come under fire for massively increasing pollution on their school run but furious locals have pointed the finger elsewhere.

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16 hours ago Brighton’s brilliance and André Onana’s blunder rock sorry Manchester United

On a sombre afternoon graced by a piper’s rendition of Flower of Scotland and a poetic tribute to the great man, Manchester United went down in a first game since Friday’s passing of Denis Law.To blame was the latest dismal display under Ruben Amorim whose 15th match piloting United enters the record books as a seventh defeat. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago I'm A Celeb's GK Barry reveals moment footballer girlfriend Ella Rutherford will 'get down on one knee'

GK Barry is set to reunite with her I'm A Celebrity pal Rev Richard following her stint in the jungle, with the former TikToker still shocked at her overnight rise to fame

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30 hours ago Denis Law was everything us Scots like to think of ourselves as, writes GARY KEOWN

The story of Law's rise from poor beginnings, born in 1940 as the youngest of seven to trawlerman father George and mother Robina at 6 Printfield Terrace, has formed the basis of the rich eulogies.

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31 hours ago Huge rise in pupils given extra time for exams to help soaring numbers of children with special educational needs

Around 420,000 pupils are being given additional time to finish exam papers, four times as many as a decade ago, according to Ofqual, the exam regulator.

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32 hours ago Scotland ‘being punished for bigger public sector’ due to NI rise, says Robison

The Scottish Government is expected to get between £290 million and £350 million to cover the costs.

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