90 minutes ago Mexico and Canada announce retaliation over Trump trade tariffs as China says it will file WTO lawsuit – US politics live

Goods from China are to face an extra 10% levy from Tuesday alongside additional 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports into USAfter Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Volkswagen, Germany’s largest carmaker, said that tariffs would have a “harmful economic impact” on American consumers, as well as the international automotive industry.German automakers say the tariffs will cause inflation for consumers. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Mohamed Salah says Liverpool’s title challenge ‘feels different’ this season

The Reds moved nine points clear at the summit with Saturday’s 2-0 win at Bournemouth.

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8 hours ago 'Showering with Coldplay and Taylor Swift' could slash £100 off water bills

Their songs might be great to listen to - but some have claimed that they could serve a money-saving purpose too

Economics

2 hours ago Arsenal want Mathys Tel on loan but Manchester United also in the frame

Versatile attacker keen to leave Bayern MunichTel rejected permanent move to Tottenham last weekArsenal are exploring a loan deal for Mathys Tel but face competition from Manchester United for the Bayern Munich forward.Tel, who rejected a permanent move to Tottenham after they had agreed a £50m fee with Bayern last week, has expressed his desire to leave in this window having played only 252 minutes in the Bundesliga this season. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Manchester United XI vs Crystal Palace: Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest

Ruben Amorim handed major injury boost ahead of clash at Old Trafford

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4 hours ago Dancing on Ice 2025: what time is it on ITV and which channel is it on?

Don’t get caught out by the TV schedule this weekend! ⛸

Culture

13 hours ago Doctors said Trey, 11, just had a stomach bug. Now the schoolboy is in a coma fighting for his life and a heart transplant is his only hope...

It was the type of upsetting yet commonplace problem most parents face from time to time. Early last month, the Taylor family were on their way home from a meal out when Trey, 11, began feeling sick.

Science

34 hours ago Tiny UK airport flying to Spanish island and 5 other destinations in 2025

Originally designed as an RAF base in the Second World War, Humberside Airport has added a popular Spanish island to its offerings this year - along with its regular routes

Transport

99 minutes ago Luis Rubiales to go on trial in Spain over Jenni Hermoso kiss at World Cup

Spanish football federation’s former president is accused of sexual assault and coercion over incident in 2023Spain’s former football chief Luis Rubiales will go on trial in Madrid on Monday over the unsolicited kiss he planted on the World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso, a gesture that stunned millions of TV viewers and unleashed a backlash against sexism in sport.Rubiales, 47, is accused of sexual assault as well as coercion after allegations that he tried to force Hermoso, 34, into publicly declaring that the kiss, which occurred as she celebrated her team’s victory in the 2023 World Cup in Australia, was consensual. Continue reading...

Politics

16 hours ago AI tools used for child sexual abuse images targeted in Home Office crackdown

UK will be first country to bring in tough new laws to tackle the technology behind the creation of abusive material Britain is to become the first country to introduce laws tackling the use of AI tools to produce child sexual abuse images, amid warnings from law enforcement agencies of an ­alarming proliferation in such use of the technology.In an attempt to close a legal ­loophole that has been a major ­concern for police and online safety campaigners, it will become illegal to possess, create or distribute AI tools designed to generate child sexual abuse material. Continue reading...

Society

23 hours ago Support letter for RFK Jr’s confirmation includes signatures of doctors with suspended or revoked licenses

Meant to lend credibility to his nomination to head HHS, the letter is signed by some doctors disciplined for not following Covid guidelinesA letter submitted to the US Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination as secretary of health and human services includes the names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked or suspended, or who have faced other disciplinary actions, the Associated Press has found.The letter was meant to lend credibility to Kennedy’s nomination, which has faced strenuous opposition from medical experts due to his two decades of anti-vaccine activism. Republican senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a medical doctor who boasts on his official website of an effort he created to vaccinate 36,000 children against hepatitis B, expressed hesitancy about Kennedy’s nomination and is seen as a key vote. Continue reading...

Economics

15 hours ago Olympic champions reunite to seal Australia’s Davis Cup win over Sweden

Australia defeat Sweden 3-1 to seal home tie in next roundPeers-Ebden beat Bergevi-Goransson 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 6-2Olympic champions John Peers and Matt Ebden have reunited to seal an emphatic Davis Cup triumph in Sweden and celebrate their Australian team earning a rare tie back on home soil.With Lleyton Hewitt’s outfit 2-0 overnight in the first-round qualifying tie after the first-day singles in Stockholm, the golden veterans teamed up on Saturday for the first time since their Paris triumph to win the tie-clinching doubles rubber. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Exonerated environmental defenders to face murder retrial in El Salvador

Critics decry ‘politically motivated’ decision to revisit civil war-era charges against leaders of anti-mining campaignFive Salvadorian environmental defenders who were exonerated of bogus civil war charges will face retrial this week amid growing evidence of political interference.Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, Pedro Antonio Rivas Laínez, Antonio Pacheco and Saúl Agustín Rivas Ortega, were acquitted in October over the alleged killing of an army informant in 1989. The court in Cabañas in northern El Salvador ruled that the state had failed to prove a crime had taken place, or that the defendants, former leftwing guerrilla fighters, were linked to any wrongdoing. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Who has left Dancing on Ice so far? 2025 departures and who is still in ITV show

All of the stars who have skated away from Dancing on Ice this season ⛸

Culture

17 hours ago Marcus Rashford due for Aston Villa medical to seal Manchester United loan

Unai Emery driving move for out-of-favour forwardVilla discussing including option to buy RashfordAston Villa are close to agreeing a deal to take Marcus Rashford on loan for the rest of the season, with Unai Emery driving the move to sign the out-of-favour Manchester United forward.Villa have been exploring the market in that position after the departure of Jhon Durán, with Matheus Cunha, João Félix, Marco Asensio and Mathys Tel among the options considered. The club regard Rashford as a low-risk signing given they are unlikely to pay a fee. The England international is due to have a medical on Sunday. Continue reading...

Science

1 hour ago ‘Very retaliatory’: the federal workers caught up in Trump’s DEI purge

Employees condemn ‘unprecedented and scary’ effort to push out those who had worked on diversity programsJeremy Wood thought he was safe from the shuttering of federal government diversity initiatives that he expected to start as soon as Donald Trump was sworn in.A Raleigh, North Carolina-based career civil servant in the US agriculture department, Wood had been among those tasked with implementing policies ordered by Joe Biden to curtail discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation and gender identity in the federal government. Continue reading...

Politics

17 hours ago WWE Royal Rumble 2025 LIVE: Huge star spotted backstage as event airs on Netflix for first time

The 2025 edition of WWE's Royal Rumble will air on Netflix for the first time ever, live from Indianapolis, as stars including John Cena, CM Punk and Roman Reigns do battle in the annual spectacular

Society

24 hours ago Aston Villa close on deal to loan Marcus Rashford from Manchester United

Unai Emery driving more for out-of-favour forwardVilla discussing including option to buy RashfordAston Villa are close to agreeing a deal to sign Marcus Rashford on loan for the rest of the season, with Unai Emery driving the move to sign the out-of-favour Manchester United forward.Villa have been exploring the market in that position after the departure of Jhon Durán, with Matheus Cunha, João Félix, Marco Asensio and Mathys Tel among the options considered. Villa regard Rashford as a low-risk signing given they are unlikely to pay a fee. Continue reading...

Economics

17 hours ago WWE Royal Rumble 2025 LIVE: Wrestling stream, latest updates and undercard results

John Cena, Roman Reigns, Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair are among the names to have declared for the Royal Rumble matches

Sport

2 hours ago ECB to carry out ‘thorough and honest’ review after Women’s Ashes whitewash

England were ‘outperformed in every facet’ by AustraliaDirector refuses to comment on Knight and Lewis futuresClare Connor, the managing director of women’s cricket at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has admitted that England are way behind Australia in terms of fitness and ability to perform under pressure.Connor also revealed she is considering bringing in voices from outside the current ECB setup to ensure a “thorough and honest” review in the wake of England’s embarrassing 16-0 Ashes whitewash. Continue reading...

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23 hours ago Saturday Night review – frenetic if safe comedy dramatisation of the US TV show’s first episode

Reliving the chaotic 90 minutes running up to launch of Saturday Night Live in 1975, Jason Reitman’s film delivers infectious energy minus the requisite edgeThe behind-the-scenes drama, the high-stakes potential for disaster, the tussling egos, the promise of cultural impact or risk of ignominy: it’s not surprising that live television holds an enduring fascination for film-makers. For the most part, however, it has been news events and weighty current affairs programmes that get the big screen treatment, in films such as Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon, George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck, and the excellent forthcoming September 5, by Tim Fehlbaum.Jason Reitman’s latest picture, Saturday Night, argues that comedy can make history too, particularly if, as in the case of the very first edition of Saturday Night Live, the cast are fighting, the green room is awash with cocaine, the studio heads are threatening to pull the plug, and there’s a llama backstage and nobody can remember why...

Culture

1 hour ago Pressure rises on Bank of England and the Fed as the interest rate debate gets political

The UK is likely to make a cut this week; Trump has made it very clear he wants his central bank to follow suitThe Bank of England is preparing to announce a cut in UK interest rates on Thursday, with central banks around the world facing increased scrutiny as Donald Trump ramps up his attacks on the US Federal Reserve.Trump wants lower borrowing costs to boost the economy, even though the US has maintained the highest rate of growth in the G7 richest nations for several years and has every prospect of topping the G7 poll in 2025. Continue reading...

Politics

17 hours ago WWE Royal Rumble 2025 LIVE: Charlotte Flair wins as Nikki Bella and Alexa Bliss make comebacks

The 2025 edition of WWE's Royal Rumble will air on Netflix for the first time ever, live from Indianapolis, as stars including John Cena, CM Punk and Roman Reigns do battle in the annual spectacular

Society

28 hours ago Barclays IT glitch locks customers out of accounts for almost 24 hours

Outage comes on HMRC’s deadline day for settling self-assessment tax returns and a pay day for many workersA serious IT glitch has left some Barclays customers locked out of their accounts throughout the night and almost 24 hours on from the bank’s initial outage.Barclays has apologised to customers and said it was “currently facing intermittent errors” with its payment system. “We’re working to fix this as quickly as possible,” it said. Continue reading...

Economics

17 hours ago Arsenal icon tells fans to show Mikel Arteta more love if they want to win Prem

EXCLUSIVE Arsenal icon Bacary Sagna has pleaded with Gunners fans to show their side more love as they look to square of with Manchester City

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3 hours ago Fighting for justice doesn’t have to be a big dramatic act. It can be small | Rebecca Solnit

But it’s important to not limit our sense of what resistance looks likeAll those lists and instructions and editorials on how to resist authoritarianism and stand up for human rights, the rule of law and climate are good, and I both wholly support them and want to veer off from their recommendations here. Yes, everyone with any capacity to do so should join things, call politicians, support the groups and campaigns protecting the above. But it’s important to not limit our sense of what resistance looks like to these versions of doing something. In addition to these formal, structured ways of defending what you believe in, there are ways of doing so woven into everyday life and our conversations and communications.Each of us needs to stand on principle, loudly, whenever, wherever we can. Used strategically, our voices can do a lot to preserve anti-authoritarian worldviews about facts, science, history, rights, justice and inclusion. In this moment, it matters to just be a person who,...

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28 hours ago ‘The image is a call to honour our roots’: Reginald Kofi Boateng’s best phone photo

Exploring themes of identity, heritage and individuality, the Ghanaian photographer used surreal colours to add a dreamlike qualityReginald Kofi Boateng had spent his morning scouting the perfect location and gathering props. “The day was steeped with intention,” says Boateng, who comes from Koforidua, in eastern Ghana and now lives in Dansoman, in the capital, Accra.“Dansoman is a sprawling estate and a place of contrasts,” he says. “Stories are waiting to be uncovered in its bustling streets and quiet corners. This setting became the perfect backdrop to explore themes of identity, heritage and individuality.” Continue reading...

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2 hours ago I had emotional Michael van Gerwen conversation before defeating him and here is exactly what I said

Belgian star Dimitri Van den Bergh has opened up after his stunning win and DIY pledge

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26 hours ago A man stalked a professor for six years. Then he used AI chatbots to lure strangers to her home

James Florence, 36, agreed to plead guilty after using victim’s information to guide chatbots in impersonationA man from Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to a seven-year cyberstalking campaign that included using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to impersonate a university professor and invite men online to her home address for sex.James Florence, 36, used platforms such as Crushon.ai and JanitorAI, which allow users to design their own chatbots and direct them how to respond to other users during chats, including in sexually suggestive and explicit ways, according to court documents seen by the Guardian. The victim’s identity has been kept confidential by law enforcement officials. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago ‘Dark and dingy’ or ‘a real loss’? Shoppers react to possible loss of WH Smith

Stevenage is one of 500 UK towns where threatened closures will affect local retailers and the publishing tradeWH Smith sale could turn high street into ‘book desert’, authors sayJust two shop floor staff are on duty and shoppers are mostly serving themselves at shouty automated tills in WH Smith’s Stevenage branch, where there are boxes of goods on the floor, some empty shelves and missing signage.Set in a faded shopping centre that was cutting-edge when it heralded Great Britain’s first new town in 1965 but is now gap-toothed with empty stores, WH Smith in Stevenage is a clear example of what is at stake for 500 communities across Britain whose local store is now at risk. Continue reading...

Economics

21 hours ago Ireland vs England LIVE: Six Nations 2025 latest score and rugby updates

Huge showdown in Dublin headlines round one as defending champions eye statement

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4 hours ago Ukraine and Russia blame each other as missile kills at least four in Kursk school

Ukraine armed forces say 84 people were rescued or had medical help after strike in Russian territory that Kyiv holdsUkraine and Russia have traded blame for a deadly missile strike that killed at least four people in the dormitory of a boarding school situated in a part of Russia’s Kursk region held by Ukrainian forces.Some of the war’s fiercest battles in recent months have been taking place in the Kursk region that borders Ukraine, where Kyiv forces have held swathes of the land since staging a major cross-border incursion last August. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago As a surgeon in Gaza, I witnessed hell visited on children. It shames me that Britain played a part in it | Nizam Mamode

I saw them killed by sniper fire and drones. Why doesn’t Labour condemn it? Why do arms keep flowing in Israel’s direction?I had never imagined, when working as a professor of transplant surgery at a large teaching hospital in London, that one day I would find myself operating on an eight-year-old child who was bleeding to death, only to be told by the scrub nurse that there were no more gauze swabs available. But I found myself in that situation last August while operating at Nasser hospital in Gaza as a volunteer with Medical Aid for Palestinians (Map). Reduced to scooping out the blood with my hands, I felt an overwhelming wave of nausea – I was anxious that the child would not survive. Luckily she did, although many others did not.Having retired from the NHS, I decided to go to Gaza because it had become clear that there was a desperate need for surgical help, and I had the skills to contribute. Life as a transplant surgeon in London had been tough but hugely rewarding, and as a...

Politics

26 hours ago Dim the lights, add a flat sheet and turn down the heat : Hoteliers reveal how to get the best night’s sleep at home

Hospitality experts, sleep consultants and interior designers share their tips for creating dream conditions in your bedroomHave you ever slept better in a hotel than at home, but are not sure why? Perhaps it’s the sheer fact of not being at home, surrounded by to-do lists – but according to these sleep, design and health experts, there’s a science behind a good night’s sleep.From the size of your bed to the cotton of your sheets, to the clutter in your bedroom to the lighting in your bathroom, they share their tips and best buys for a great sleep, wherever you are. Continue reading...

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31 hours ago Car tax hikes coming in April that 75% of Britons are unaware of: Some drivers pummelled by £2,745 increase

We detail the three main updates to car tax that will hammer the wallets of the nation's drivers from 1 April 2025.

Economics

22 hours ago Why Ronda Rousey is so hated by wrestling fans as WWE return looks unlikely

Ronda Rousey made a sensational switch from UFC to WWE in 2018, but has been unable to win over fans during her two stints in the wrestling world due to a number of reasons

Sport

4 hours ago Here’s a shocking finding, gen Z: democracy isn’t perfect | David Mitchell

According to a new poll, half of our 13- to 27-year-olds can’t see the point of all those time-wasting elections and parliaments. Why do they not know that authoritarianism is worse?The phrase “shocking findings” is hugely overused in the media, which is strange because it’s so clumsy. The word endings nearly rhyme, but not quite, and there’s something infantile about the word “finding” for something you’ve found. Is your lunch your eatings? Did you do any pooings this morning? Always go for a weeing before leaving the house – or building.Most “shocking findings” don’t turn out to be that shocking. The phrase gets deployed to dupe you into reading on and then it’s just some study that’s come out with something predictably depressing. Not this time. Last week, there were some genuinely shocking findings. I’d go so far as simply to call them shockings. Never mind that they were found – that’s not their key characteristic at all. They’re shockings, infuriatings and frankly frightenings...

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2 hours ago ‘The best screen Thatcher yet?’: the art (and craft) of playing the former PM

Harriet Walter’s acclaimed portrayal is the latest of many screen versions. So how do you create the Thatcher persona?Harriet Walter has become the ­latest in a line of actors, from Meryl Streep and Gillian Anderson to Fenella Woolgar and Jennifer Saunders, to accept the challenge of becoming Margaret Thatcher on screen. How do you play a woman who, 45 years on from her ascension, exists almost as a national caricature?Walter plays the part in Brian and Maggie, Channel 4’s two-part drama tracing Thatcher’s relationship with Labour MP turned journalist Brian Walden, which culminated in a fraught TV interview in October 1989, as Thatcher’s fortune began to fail. The series, written by Sherwood creator James Graham, directed by Stephen Frears and co-starring Steve Coogan, digs into the former prime minister’s private persona. Continue reading...

Politics

27 hours ago ‘No one but Jews lost their apartments’: how homes taken by Nazis in wartime Paris were never given back

New book reveals tens of thousands of Jews who survived WW2 were not allowed to return to homes in French capitalThe 1935 photograph shows Israël and Hélène Malowanczyk standing on the balcony of their second-floor apartment at 118 Avenue Parmentier in Paris’s 11th arrondissement.The couple – he a hatmaker from Poland, she a French dressmaker – are smiling. Like almost all Parisians at the time, they rented their home, a two-room flat where they lived with their two young daughters. Continue reading...

Society

24 hours ago Ireland vs England LIVE: Six Nations 2025 latest score and rugby updates today

Huge showdown in Dublin headlines round one as defending champions eye statement

Sport

5 hours ago Ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson: ‘There’s a saying that dancers die twice, the first time when they stop dancing’

The Royal Ballet principal on her late career debut, taking her daughters to work, and playing goodies and baddiesBorn in Devon in 1984, Lauren Cuthbertson joined the Royal Ballet School aged 11 and the Royal Ballet in 2002, becoming a principal six years later. She has danced leading roles in all the great classical ballets including Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, has performed in works by Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton, and created many new ballets, particularly those by Christopher Wheeldon, who cast her as Alice in his three-act Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and as Hermione in The Winter’s Tale. She has recently become principal guest artist at the Royal Ballet and is taking a teaching diploma. She lives in west London with her boyfriend and their two daughters, aged four and two.You’re about to make your debut as Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin, based on Pushkin’s classic verse-novel. How are you feeling?It’s a funny sensation making such a significant debut so ...

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2 hours ago You’re Cordially Invited review – Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon are the draw in wildly uneven wedding comedy

Two weddings, one double booking and a series of cliches are the order of the day in Nicholas Stoller’s Bride Wars-lite comedyAny film combining the comedy talents of Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon is unlikely to be entirely terrible. That said, the wildly uneven wedding clash comedy You’re Cordially Invited is certainly in the vicinity of terrible on numerous occasions. Ferrell plays Jim, the smothering, widowed dad of Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan); Witherspoon is Margot, the overprotective older sister of Neve, played by Meredith Hagner. When, due to an administrative snafu, Jenni’s and Neve’s weddings are double booked at the same venue, Jim and Margot are determined that their loved ones will still get their day to remember, no matter the cost to the rival party or to personal dignity. Wedding catastrophe cliches abound (cakes, hair and frocks take the brunt of the physical comedy). Ferrell’s crocodile wrestling scene notwithstanding, this just feels like a Bride Wars rip-of...

Politics

27 hours ago Taylor Swift sets new fashion trend with bold red tights at NFL football game

Taylor Swift was on hand to support her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, as she watched him play ahead of the Super Bowl, and she sparked a playful trend with her bold accessory choice

Sport

6 hours ago Grammy Awards live: How to watch, red carpet times and who’s nominated

Ceremony is taking place in Los Angeles this Sunday, with Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Charli XCX among the nominees

Events

2 hours ago Virgil van Dijk sends Liverpool dressing room message after Bournemouth win

Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk has warned his side cannot let up in the Premier League title run-in despite a comfortable lead at the summit

Politics

27 hours ago Taylor Swift sparks coloured tights trend during NFL football game appearance

Red tights have been a celebrity go-to over the past few months, and now Taylor Swift is the latest person to try out the fun trend - shop our favourite coloured tights from £5

Sport

6 hours ago Manchester United XI vs Crystal Palace: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest

Ruben Amorim handed major injury boost ahead of clash at Old Trafford

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3 hours ago Patrick Dorgu: Manchester United confirm first new major signing of Ruben Amorim era

Red Devils welcome first new face under Portuguese manager

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30 hours ago ‘I don’t like corporate boxes’: Jeremy and Ben Corbyn on Arsenal, coaching and Starmer

The former Labour leader and his son reveal how football changed their family, and discuss the pleasure and pain that comes from loving such a voraciously capitalist sportLast Saturday morning, with the biting cold and bright sunshine providing a perfect day for football, Jeremy Corbyn climbed off his bicycle at Tufnell Park playing fields. I joked about a red bike being appropriate for his politics and his beloved Arsenal but Corbyn just smiled and gazed at the teeming pitches.His eldest son, Ben, is a scout for the Arsenal academy and runs the London Football School which coaches around a thousand young footballers. They range in age from three to 18 and there are 42 LFS teams. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Why Warren Gatland must shift the tone if Wales are to end their Six Nations woe

Despite a solid enough start, Wales wilted to a 13th consecutive defeat against France in Paris to set up a must-win clash with Italy in Rome

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3 hours ago Will Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce get engaged at Super Bowl? A timeline of the couple's relationship as rumors swirl

A full timeline of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship, as Kansas City Chiefs head to the 2025 Super Bowl

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31 hours ago How to watch Scotland vs Italy FOR FREE: TV channel and live stream for Six Nations rugby today

Hosts rocked by huge injury blow as 2025 campaign begins

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6 hours ago Eberechi Eze injury blow offers chance for Eddie Nketiah to make Crystal Palace statement

Oliver Glasner has selection dilemma for trip to Old Trafford

Events

3 hours ago Bournemouth star ends all debate with reaction to Cody Gakpo penalty incident

Lewis Cook was pinged for a foul on Cody Gakpo during Liverpool's win at Bournemouth and the midfielder, amid all the debate, appeared to own up to his mistake

Politics

6 hours ago Mikel Arteta must take bold attacking approach as Arsenal look to exploit Man City weakness

Latest chapter of growing Premier League rivalry is must win if Gunners want to stay alive in the title race

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3 hours ago China to file lawsuit at WTO over Trump’s trade tariffs – US politics live

Goods from country are to face an extra 10% levy from Tuesday alongside additional 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian importsOver in the UK, the home secretary Yvette Cooper said that Trump’s tariff plans could have a “really damaging impact” on the global economy and growth.The Labour cabinet minister said the UK wanted to break down trade barriers, not put them up. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Beyonce announces huge Cowboy Carter tour ahead of Taylor Swift Grammys battle

Beyonce has announced her hotly-anticipated Cowboy Carter tour after weeks of delay, just as she prepares to go head to head with Taylor Swift at the Grammy Awards

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3 hours ago Gary Lineker and Michael Owen at loggerheads over controversial Liverpool incident

Liverpool were awarded a controversial penalty in their Premier League win over Bournemouth, with Michael Owen among the pundits to defend the decision

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8 hours ago We’re closing the loopholes that allow paedophiles to use AI to sexually abuse children | Peter Kyle

Technology has changed how predators operate. Now a raft of new offences will stop those who create heinous content escaping punishment Technology moves fast. Legislation can be slow. For decades, that has felt like a fundamental fact of public life. But the gap between our laws and the world they are supposed to govern feels wider than ever. While the internet has transformed every element of our society, the state has not kept up.Most of the laws that prohibit the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse imagery have been in place since the 1990s. Back then, Photoshop was in its infancy. The physical photographs that paedophiles shared were no less vile, but they were easier for the police to seize and destroy.Peter Kyle is secretary of state for science, innovation and technology Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Wrecking ball: Trump’s war on ‘woke’ marks US society’s plunge into ‘dark times’

President’s ‘culture war’ crusade targets DEI and LGBTQ+ rights in bid to spread rightwing agenda, experts sayDonald Trump didn’t need to wait for the black box flight recorder. He knew what caused the mid-air collision of a passenger plane and army helicopter that killed 67 people. Or he thought he did.“They actually came out with a directive – ‘too white’,” the US president told reporters on Thursday, seeking to blame former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden for including Black and Latino people in the federal workforce. “We want the people that are competent.” Continue reading...

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8 hours ago New MOT rules in 2025 set to target 340,000 drivers of one type of car

If you're the proud owner of a classic car, you may be subject to new rules in 2025 after a survey which sees two in five in favour of making older vehicles go through additional safety checks

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3 hours ago ‘I remember the exhilaration of the crowd and chanting’: artist Steve McQueen on his experience of resistance and protest

For the artist and film director acts of protest were as much a part of growing up as playing in the local park. Here he recalls his first encounters with activismMy first encounter with resistance was unbeknownst to me, and I was annoyed by it. At nine years old, I found myself attending Saturday school, missing Football Focus and not being with my friends playing in the local park. First my sister and I went to the Marcus Garvey Saturday school in Hammersmith. Later we went to the Saturday school in Acton, organised by Mr Carter. He was a light-skinned Black man with slightly ginger hair and freckles, bearing a strange resemblance to Jimmy Carter, who was the president of the United States.The sole purpose of the Saturday school was to help Black children who were underachieving or being failed by the education system. At that time, I didn’t know that these facilities were organised throughout the United Kingdom by Black parents, teachers and academics. In 1971, a London schooltea...

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8 hours ago Airdrie boss: Lewis Strapp injury 'doesn't look good' after throw backfired

The Diamonds' recent signing had to come off early during the win over Queen's Park

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4 hours ago Watch live: Groundhog Day 2025 as Punxsutawney Phil gives end of winter prediction

Watch Groundhog Day 2025 live today (2 February) as Punxsutawney Phil gives his end of winter prediction.

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10 hours ago WWE Royal Rumble 2025: Jey Uso eliminates John Cena to shock the world as Charlotte Flair returns in style

A big surprise in the main event of WWE’s first Premium Live Event of the year

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4 hours ago Nigel Slater’s recipes for celery soup with thyme and parsley, and potato pancakes

It’s time to celebrate celery with a soothing soup, and a nice potato pancake to go with itMost of the soup I make is in an effort to deal with my over-enthusiasm at the shops, a need to tidy up a vegetable rack overflowing with beetroot or leeks. A case of waste not, want not rather than to spotlight a vegetable in season. The results can be good or less so, depending on just how many turnips and swedes I am also trying to get rid of. This week, I made soup simply to celebrate a particularly fine head of celery.I carried it home with my shopping, the celery’s plume of leaves poking pertly from my bag. The soup was good, using the entire head, or at least those stalks I hadn’t torn away and munched raw the moment I arrived home. The like-it-or-loathe-it vegetable was mellowed and sweetened by sour cream and potato. Continue reading...

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13 hours ago Sydney is facing a wave of antisemitic attacks – but what is behind them?

Police say incidents may have been ‘orchestrated in some manner’ and are ‘chasing every rabbit down every hole’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn a sleepy road on the outskirts of Sydney sat a caravan that would make international headlines.Inside, New South Wales police discovered enough explosives to cause a “potential mass causality event”, but no detonator. There was a list of Jewish sites and a note that included the words: “Fuck the Jews.” Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Lewis Ferguson sees AC Milan ramp up transfer bid as Bologna 'name' massive price tag for skipper

Ferguson has plenty of admirers in Serie A but Milan hope to win the race to land him in the summer

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15 hours ago WWE Royal Rumble star Lyra Valkyria hit with embarassing 'wardrobe malfunction'

WWE star Lyra Valkyria almost lost her modesty early in the 2025 Royal Rumble match as her top came undone in a mortifying 'wardrobe malfunction' which was so obvious it was mentioned on commentary

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5 hours ago ‘Heartbreaking’: Iceland’s pioneering female fishing guides fear for wild salmon

First women working as fishing guides on Laxá River, featured in new film, call for action after farmed fish escapeFor seven generations, Andrea Ósk Hermóðsdóttir’s family have been fishing on the Laxá River in Aðaldalur. Iceland has a reputation as a world leader on feminism, but until recently women have not been able to work as guides to wild salmon fishing for visiting anglers – a job that has traditionally been the preserve of men.The 21-year-old engineering student, her sister Alexandra Ósk, 16, and their friends Arndís Inga Árnadóttir, 18, and her sister Áslaug Anna, 15, are now the first generation of female guides on their river in northern Iceland, and among the very first female fishing guides in the country. Continue reading...

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