67 minutes ago Bournemouth vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League updates, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Reds out to make title statement against in-form Cherries

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20 hours ago Blake Lively objects to being deposed by Justin Baldoni's attorney Bryan Freedman in his $400M defamation suit

Blake Lively's defiant demand is revealed in a new letter from Justin Baldoni's team to the New York judge overseeing the It Ends with Us co-stars' $400million defamation suit.

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3 hours ago Wealthy families face crackdown on inheritance tax payments this year amid claims they may have underpaid by millions

HMRC believes families could owe as much as £325m, which it is currently investigating, according to accountancy group UHY Hacker Young.

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5 hours ago The unseen France v Wales moments as Welsh player overcome in tunnel and team

John Jones was in Paris to keep an eye on things away from the cameras as Wales faced France

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47 minutes ago 'Deplorable' France v Wales incident casts shadow as Warburton accuses star of 'revenge mission'

The France outside-half marred his team's win against Warren Gatland's side with a shocking tackle in the 70th minute of the Six Nations opener in Paris on Friday night

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18 hours ago A fashion designer, Italian singer and Icelandic illustrator team up on Vatican exhibition

The Vatican Apostolic Library has tapped Dior's creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, Italian singer Jovanotti and Icelandic illustrator Kristjana S Williams for an exhibition exploring world tours of the late 19th Century

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1 hour ago Girma and Walsh can be Chelsea’s key cogs in pursuit of European glory

Elusive European title closer with the arrival of stars and enough talent for two formidable starting XIsHave Chelsea built a team capable of winning the Champions League? The short answer is yes. The longer context is that their burning desire for European glory is no secret. It was the only trophy missing from their cabinet under Emma Hayes. The 2020-21 finalists have spent years focusing on what they believed it would take to bridge a gap to Lyon caused primarily by the gap in investment. Now, with the French club hunted down by Barcelona, who have won the Champions League three times in the past four years, the focus has expanded.How to do it, though? In the 2020-21 final Chelsea were swept aside, conceding four times in 36 minutes to a Barcelona team fuelled by the pain of a not dissimilar defeat by Lyon two seasons before in their first final. Hayes’s team did not follow a similar path, though. After their first final the gap seemed to get bigger, an anomaly season when they f...

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27 hours ago I run the Unruly Pig, the UK's best gastropub — this is the secret to our success

What makes a truly great gastropub? The team, says Brendan Padfield

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3 hours ago Man Utd step up transfer talks after Cristiano Ronaldo approved January deal

Casemiro hasn't started a game for Manchester United since December 30, when the team suffered a dismal 2-0 home defeat to Newcastle. He was hooked after 64 minutes in that game, with his future now looking bleak

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21 hours ago Tierney Celtic return could be on THIS week, what next for Gerrard and will Rangers win the Europa League – watch Game On

Join our team every Friday for a mix of serious debate and a lighter look at the major sporting events

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58 minutes ago Maghull town hall fire: Major blaze as building up in flames with smoke seen for miles

A major fire has broken out at Maghull Town Hall in Merseyside where witnesses have reported seeing flames coming from its roof as smoke billows into the sky

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1 hour ago Rangers ace says team had 'no doubts' over key teammate as he reveals his dream Europa League draw

Raskin calls on Rangers to repeat their Europa League performance against Ross County

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36 hours ago Investigators recover black boxes from doomed American Airlines Flight 5342 as they hunt for answers: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Sixty passengers, four crew, and three US Army personnel are believed to be dead after the collision 400ft over the Potomac River in Washington DC.

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12 hours ago Wealthy families could face a crackdown on inheritance tax payments this year amid claims they may have underpaid by millions

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) believes families could owe as much as £325million, which it is currently investigating, according to accountancy group UHY Hacker Young.

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25 hours ago Manchester City to face Real Madrid in Champions League playoff; transfer news: football – live

Champions League playoffs: Bayern to face CelticTen things to look out for this weekend | Mail SimonUefa are still preambling. I have learned that one side of the draw will be silver and the other side will be blue.Uefa are going big on the preambles here, so I’ve got time to remind you of the basic rules. There are eight seeded teams and eight unseeded teams. The two seeded teams with the highest league finish will be drawn against the two unseeded teams with the lowest league finish and so on, until everyone’s paired up. So Atalanta will play Sporting or Brugge, and Borussia Dortmund will play the other one, while PSG will play Monaco or Brest and Benfica will get the other one. You can play teams from your own country, and teams you played in the group. Got it? Great. Continue reading...

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70 minutes ago Family pay final respects to Belfast father, 37, who was shot and stabbed in Alicante as Spanish police continue murder investigation

John George, 37, also known as John Hardy, had been on holiday in Alicante when he was reported missing on December 18 after failing to board his flight back home to Northern Ireland.

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2 hours ago Man Utd raid Arsenal for wonderkid Ayden Heaven as star bids emotional Gunners farewell

Manchester United have completed the signing of Arsenal wonderkid Ayden Heaven, with the 18-year-old having been heavily involved with the Gunners' first-team last summer

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21 hours ago Manchester City to face Real Madrid in playoff, Brighton reject £75m Mitoma bid: football – live

Champions League playoffs: Bayern to face CelticTen things to look out for this weekend | Mail SimonUefa are still preambling. I have learned that one side of the draw will be silver and the other side will be blue.Uefa are going big on the preambles here, so I’ve got time to remind you of the basic rules. There are eight seeded teams and eight unseeded teams. The two seeded teams with the highest league finish will be drawn against the two unseeded teams with the lowest league finish and so on, until everyone’s paired up. So Atalanta will play Sporting or Brugge, and Borussia Dortmund will play the other one, while PSG will play Monaco or Brest and Benfica will get the other one. You can play teams from your own country, and teams you played in the group. Got it? Great. Continue reading...

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27 hours ago Champions League and Europa League playoff draws, transfer news: football – live

European playoff draws due to begin at 11am (GMT)Ten things to look out for this weekend | Mail SimonChelsea have joined the race to sign the Brighton & Hove Albion striker Evan Ferguson. Brighton are willing to sell or loan the Republic of Ireland international, who has been the subject of interest from Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Bournemouth, Everton Tottenham and West Ham.Champions League and Europa League draws will be happening over the next couple of hours: the Champions League goes first, at 12pm CET/11am GMT, with the Europa League an hour later. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago CCTV image of man police want to speak to released after woman sexually assaulted in Salford

'Our investigation is at a stage now where we can ask the public for assistance'

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3 hours ago Moment bungling burglars try to smash open EMPTY cash registers outside the restaurant they'd stolen them from

Police rushed to the scene after being alerted of a break-in at the restaurant in Camden High Street, London on January 25 around 6am.

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27 hours ago Beleaguered Scottish university orders probe by 'external agent' into £30m financial crisis

Recovery plan will look at ‘size, shape, structure and balance’ of the crisis-hit institution

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28 hours ago France v Wales exact scoreline predicted as Gatland's team to show fight but things could turn ugly

Wales head to Paris to face France at the Stade de France in the opening game of the 2025 Six Nations

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1 hour ago Sign up for free Man City WhatsApp updates to get transfer latest as deadline day approaches

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4 hours ago Britain face Davis Cup relegation playoff after defeat to Japan in deciding match

Jacob Fearnley and Billy Harris lose final-day singlesJapan’s 3-2 win means GB face September playoff tieGreat Britain face a relegation playoff in the Davis Cup after a makeshift team were beaten 3-2 by Japan.Debutant Jacob Fearnley’s impressive singles win on Friday had given Leon Smith’s side hope of victory despite being without grand slam semi-finalists Jack Draper and Cameron Norrie. Continue reading...

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27 hours ago Primark's new £13 Twilight range asks fans to pick Team Edward or Team Jacob

Vampire and werewolf movie lovers can stock up on Edward Cullen and Jacob Black merchandise thanks to Primark's new range

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35 hours ago Evan Ferguson transfer hint dropped by Brighton boss as Arsenal ponder late move

Evan Ferguson, who has been hampered by a series of niggling injuries since bursting on to the scene as a teenager, has been linked with moves to Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen and West Ham during the January transfer window

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1 hour ago Watch live scene of Philadelphia plane crash as six feared dead after air ambulance crashes into homes

Warning: This livestream may include some distressing scenes of footage.

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5 hours ago Liverpool XI vs Bournemouth: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Premier League today

Arne Slot expected to restore big hitters as Reds face difficult trip to south coast

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32 hours ago What to know about the NTSB and the investigation into the DC plane cash

A deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near the nation's capital is bringing renewed focus on the federal agency charged with investigating aviation disasters

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1 hour ago Neighbours Mbeumo and Wissa strike up special relationship at Brentford

Forwards, who live next to each other, make for an effective partnership but will potential suitors pull them apart?Maybe it was a distraction technique or just because he couldn’t believe Bryan Mbeumo would miss again. The sight of Yoane Wissa raising his arms in celebration and running towards the away supporters before his strike partner – and nextdoor neighbour – had even started his run-up for the retaken penalty against Crystal Palace on Saturday was one of the more comical moments of the season.But it said everything about the relationship between the two forwards, whose goals have made Brentford the fifth-highest scoring team in the Premier League before their meeting with Tottenham on Sunday, with both reaching double figures before the halfway mark. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago 'Celtic star was best I ever played with before I went on to win title with Liverpool'

Virgil van Dijk made a name for himself at Celtic before moving to Southampton and Liverpool, and has previously showered one of his ex-Hoops team-mates with praise for his capabilities

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3 hours ago Washington DC plane crash: How series of horrific mistakes led to disaster that killed 67

The Federal Aviation Administration is continuing to investigate the crash on Washington DC between an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter, as some details emerge

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7 hours ago Celtic face big transfer test as there's 2 things they cannot do in second half of the season

The former Hoops hero identifies the key areas where the Parkhead recruitment team must strengthen before Monday

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3 hours ago Prince Andrew could face FBI investigation over Jeffrey Epstein as new boss promises to 'do everything' to expose links to paedophile

Prince Andrew could face an FBI investigation as Kash Patell, who set to be head of the intelligence agency promises 'to do everything' to uncover those linked to the Royal's friend Jeffrey Epstein. 

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14 hours ago Lucy Letby's legal team to announce 'new medical evidence' in panel chaired by Sir David Davis

The legal team of child serial killer Lucy Letby is set to announce 'new medical evidence' from a panel of international experts that they hope could pave the way for a retrial.

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3 hours ago Jay Slater investigator posts cryptic update as he hints at 'huge development' in case

Mark Williams-Thomas has issued a cryptic update on the Jay Slater case - the teenage apprentice bricklayer who went missing on a lads' holiday in Tenerife - and has hinted at a major development

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15 hours ago Marcus Smith needs more to work with from England than his own magic moments | Ugo Monye

If England can tighten up and not rely on individual brilliance, they’ll have a chance in their Six Nations clash with IrelandNot long ago you wouldn’t have thought of England as a team who produce many magic moments. Their approach at the 2023 World Cup was certainly different but, as we saw in the autumn, England can produce something from nothing. My worry is that they can be too reliant on those moments. Marcus Smith is a magician, capable of some spellbinding stuff, but there are only so many rabbits he can pull out of a hat.Put simply, England have some room for improvement in terms of precision from their launch plays. To win in Dublin for the first time since 2019 they need to show better shape and patterns, which in turn give Marcus more opportunities to do his stuff. In the autumn most of what Marcus showcased wasn’t as a result of shape or patterns, it was instinct – darting down the blindside, leading counterattacks or picking off an intercept against New Zealand. Contin...

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22 hours ago Tottenham XI vs Brentford: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League

Spurs set for boost as players set to return following Europa League victory

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4 hours ago Jay Slater investigator posts cryptic message about missing teen case and hints at major development

Investigator Mark Williams-Thomas has given an update on his social media pages on the investigation into Jay Slater's death, after the teenager's disapearance and death last year

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22 hours ago Arsenal XI vs Man City: Raya injury latest, predicted lineup and confirmed team news for Premier League

Gunners face nervous wait over first-choice goalkeeper

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5 hours ago Some games are bigger than others so pressure is on Ireland and England

Visitors can forge a winning new identity under Maro Itoje but the experienced Irish remain marginal favouritesEvery Six Nations fixture is a grand occasion but some games are bigger than others. Ireland and England both know how crucial today’s Dublin eliminator will be in terms of establishing early championship momentum. Listening to the upbeat pre-match tone of the visitors’ new captain, Maro Itoje – “I think we have a team that’s ready to write our own stories” – this also feels like a pivotal moment for Steve Borthwick’s whole England project.A lot has already been said and written since last March’s corresponding match when Marcus Smith drilled a last-gasp drop-goal through the sticks amid ecstatic Twickenham scenes reminiscent of Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally. England have subsequently played eight Test matches and lost six, beating only Japan twice. The majority of those losses have been tight but close doesn’t win any cigars at the elite level. Continue reading...

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23 hours ago What channel is Scotland vs Italy? Free live stream, TV, ref and team news for opening Six Nations clash

The start of February can only mean one thing to rugby fans, with Gregor Townsend's Scotland looking to finally secure a first Six Nations win

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7 hours ago Investigators hopeful of answers after Army helicopter’s ‘black box’ found following deadly DC collision

Both black boxes from the American Airlines aircraft were previously found, and all three devices will now be taken for analysis

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23 hours ago 11 picks at M&S, River Island, Next and more our fashion and beauty team is lusting after

Stepping into the season of love, our writers have spotted many fashion and beauty newness - from trending The Traitors-inspired looks to beauty products that give you a spa-like treatment

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7 hours ago Horrific Glasgow paedophile ring shows how Scotland fails vulnerable children

Scotland needs whistleblowing office so that concerns about possible child abuse, sexual and physical, can be reported and investigated more quickly

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24 hours ago Ruben Amorim aims subtle dig at Marcus Rashford in Alejandro Garnacho comparison

Unlike Marcus Rashford, who has remained exiled ever since and has been told by Ruben Amorim he must change to get back into the team, Alejandro Garnacho has flourished in recent weeks

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8 hours ago A passenger jet had to abort a landing at Reagan National Airport just 24 hours before fatal crash due to a helicopter

Investigators have recovered black box data recorders from plane and helicopter involved in crash

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24 hours ago Tory Chris Philp accused of ‘brass neck’ after saying UK needs better work ethic

Shadow home secretary says fact 9 million people are out of work shows Britain must ‘up our game’UK politics live – latest updatesOne of Kemi Badenoch’s senior team has been accused of “real brass neck” after saying Britain needed a better work ethic.Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said there were 9 million working-age people not in work and Britain needed to “lift our game and to up our game”. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago A passenger jet had to abort a landing at Reagan National Airport just 24 hours before fatal crash due to helicopter dangers

Investigators have recovered black box data recorders from plane and helicopter involved in crash

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24 hours ago Chelsea XI vs West Ham: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League

Enzo Maresca could be forced into decision in key area

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9 hours ago Alba MSP hopes Operation Branchform police probe into SNP finances will be resolved 'shortly'

Ash Regan, who is standing for the Alba leadership, said the investigation into SNP finances was "taking a long time".

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26 hours ago What channel is Scotland v Italy on? TV, live stream and highlights details plus Six Nations team news

Full details ahead of Six Nations clash at Murrayfield

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9 hours ago Arsenal transfer news: Ollie Watkins makes decision on future as Alexander Isak sent warning

There are a handful of deals that are in the pipeline for Arsenal but time is running out to get a transfer completed that would give the team a huge boost in the Premier League title race

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26 hours ago Graham Price: Two major absentees from this Wales team and WRU must make this appointment

Warren Gatland remains under severe pressure after a winless 2024

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12 hours ago How the police investigation into the Wimbledon Prep school crash became a distressing farce: As Land Rover driver Claire Freemantle is re

Nestling on the edge of south-west London, Wimbledon Common has long been a haven for those seeking respite from the stresses and strains of life in the city.

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