Ireland 27-22 England: Double defending champions pull away in the second half to kick-start pursuit of historic third straight title

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The professional dancer, 35, who is currently on tour with the BBC show, is said to be 'devastated' by the way her dance partner Wynne Evans has been dropped.

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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...

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Marcus Smith electric again in frustrating Six Nations opening loss as new captain Maro Itoje also impresses

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Brits could be struck down with crippling 'storm migraines' over the next three months due the extreme changes of weather. Experts have commented on the matter and predict that millions could be off work sick

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Prostate cancer is now the most common in England, new research has found.

Science

Improvement workjs along a section of nthe A85, east of Lochawe will now start four days later than scheduled as drivers face overnight road closures.

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

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Arsenal and Man City may have produced one of the season's best games in September but Theo Walcott thinks goals will be at a premium when Mikel Arteta hosts Pep Guardiola

Society

Reality star Katie Price has faced accusations about her her dramatic weight loss but the former glamour model has now hit back at concerns over her changed appearance

Economics

Can Ireland get revenge on the side that denied them a grand slam a year ago?

Sport

Saints claimed a first Premier League win in four months but remain bottom of the table.

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Residents near Tokyo question slow pace of effort to rescue 74-year-old as workers race to build 30-metre rampFears are growing for a truck driver who has spent three days trapped inside a sinkhole in Japan, as rescue workers started building a ramp in a desperate attempt to reach him.The 74-year-old, who has not been named, became trapped when the sinkhole opened up in a road near Tokyo on Tuesday, swallowing him and his two-tonne truck. Continue reading...

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

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Formation of Hague Group comes amid challenges to ICJ and ICC rulingsSouth Africa and Malaysia will launch a campaign to protect and uphold the rulings of the international court of justice (ICJ) and the international criminal court (ICC) in the face of what they describe as defiance of ICJ orders and attempts by US Congress to hit the ICC through the use of sanctions.The aim of the nine-nation Hague Group – which includes Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Senegal and Namibia - is to defend the institutions and rulings of the international legal order. Continue reading...

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A payday system crash has left customers unable to pay for things like their shopping

Economics

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

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The TV personality, 33, who shares two children, son Kairo, four, and daughter Kinara, 19 months, with the England defender, 34.

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Former darts world champion Michael Smith has opened up on his arthritis agony after admitting he is seeking medical help following his World Masters exit

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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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Man United forward Alejandro Garnacho has been linked with Tottenham and Chelsea in Janaury as he faces an uncertain future at Old Trafford

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Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October

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Can Ireland get revenge on the side that denied them a grand slam a year ago?

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EXCLUSIVE: Katie Price has just been under the knife for more surgery on her face, and a source claims she's got a 'shopping list' of more work planned to 'reinvent' herself

Economics

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

Sport

As Pep Guardiola's Manchester City prepare to head down and face Arsenal at the Emirates, Mikel Arteta has sent a message to the man he used to work under

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Referee Darren England drew an angry response from Bournemouth fans for his decision to award Liverpool a penalty in the Premier League clash between the two sides

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The Western Gateway Partnership's Rail Deal, which would be partly funded by central government, would also see half a dozen stations upgraded across the south west of England and south Wales

Economics

Tottenham hoped to sign Fikayo Tomori from AC Milan but the five-time England international is understood to have turned Spurs down, just as Bayern Munich striker Mathys Tel did on Friday

Sport

Six arrested as Tommy Robinson supporters march in London to demand his freedom  The TelegraphPolice brace as Tommy Robinson supporters and counter-protesters face off  Evening StandardHundreds protest in London as jailed climate activists’ appeals are heard  The Guardian

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Much like her brothers, Charlotte will get an important royal title one day - and the one in question has only been used seven times before

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

Economics

Patrick Dorgu will arrive in the UK on Saturday ahead of finalising his move to Man United from Lecce.

Sport

The charges against a couple in Indiana who 'burned their child's bodies and made necklaces of the ashes' have been dropped as they are released from custody.

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The Loose Women star's first husband Shane Richie , second husband Ray Fensome, and ex-boyfriend Michael Jones all paid their respects at St Paul's Church in Blackpool.

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They tend to do the weekly food shop so notice rising prices sooner, it showed. A lack of understanding of monetary policy and lower financial confidence also dented women's trust in the Bank.

Economics

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

Sport

A nightlife expert has slammed Labour's bid to reduce pint prices by an average of 1p as an 'empty gesture', fearing the nation's boozers face a barrage of other rising costs

Events

The ITV Good Morning Britain host is counting down to her big birthday but fans have been left questioning the real age of the GMB star

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Jennifer Meyer, 23, was excited to see what her invites looked like but was left disappointed after opening the box.

Economics

‘The Assassin’ faces toughest test to date in London tonight

Sport

The reserve in Geltsdale in the north Pennines has been expanded by a third after RSPB buys land for £4mIt covers more than 50 square kilometres of blanket bog, heath, meadows and woodland and rises from a valley floor to the 640m summit of Cold Fell in the north Pennines. This is RSPB Geltsdale, and it will now be the organisation’s largest English bird sanctuary when the society announces this week that it has bought land that expands the existing reserve by a third.“This is going to be a reserve on a different scale from many of our other sites in England,” said Beccy Speight, the RSPB’s chief executive. Continue reading...

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Can Ireland get revenge on the side that denied them a grand slam a year ago?

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Winning bid for 49% stake values London Spirit at £295mWelsh Fire stake sold for reported £35m to tech entrepreneurThe Hundred is set to deliver an eye-watering windfall for English cricket that exceeds all projections after a Silicon Valley consortium featuring the chief executives of Microsoft and Google claimed a 49% share in London Spirit for £144m.It was the first of two sales to take place on Friday afternoon, with a 49% stake in Cardiff-based Welsh Fire later sold for a reported £35m. The England and Wales Cricket Board has now raised around £279m after similar stakes in Oval Invincibles (£60m) and Birmingham Phoenix (£40m) were claimed 24 hours earlier. Continue reading...

Economics

Daunting start to campaign for Steve Borthwick’s side

Sport

Bill Maher offered rare praise for President Trump over his controversial 'swimming' response to the Washington DC plane crash.

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Jamie Carragher has taken issue with Micah Richards' response to the controversy surrounding Michael Oliver and the red card he showed to Arsenal star Myles Lewis-Skelly

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The Duke of York has been told his 30-room Royal Lodge home is in "desperate" need of repair and is in grave danger of "irrevocable decay" if he does not carry out maintenance work

Economics

Adam Azim is looking to take the next step as he faces former world champion Sergey Lipinets on Saturday in what is the biggest fight of his career so far

Sport

Ireland v England is missing both Owen and Andy Farrell for the first time in years

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The TV star underwent brain surgery late last year and Michael has been a 'pillar of support' to her.

Politics

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...

Economics

After a winless 2024, Wales face a tall task of the opening night of the tournament as they take on favourites France in Paris

Sport

The TV personality, 33, who shares two children, son Kairo, four, and daughter Kinara, 19 months, with the England defender, 34.

Events

The Antarctic 'alien' was spotted by a social media user looking at satellite imagery of the area, with some speculating it could be related to as similar mysterious 'face' on Mars

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Samina Ashraf tried to sue David Marsto for sex, racial and religious harassment after he made a speech wishing her well before she went on maternity leave.

Economics

After a winless 2024, Wales face a tall task of the opening night of the tournament as they take on favourites France in Paris

Sport

Australia completed an historic clean sweep with an innings and 122-run victory in the day/night Test in Melbourne.

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Kate is a royal patron of the Rugby Football Union while her husband, the Prince of Wales, is patron of the Welsh Rugby Union.

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The amount the local authority thought it would have to save between 2025 and 2028 has risen by £4million.

Economics

Brighton winger Benicio Baker-Boaitey is in advanced talks over a permanent switch to Millwall, who want to make the England Under-20 star their fifth January signing

Sport

Jamie Fraser’s ghost continues to be shrouded in mystery

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Actor was questioned over his role on the Australian soap ‘Neighbours’

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Local authorities in England have been distributing £200 'hardship' payments to help households with living costs - and more areas are expected to roll out the scheme

Economics

Manchester City face Real Madrid in the Champions League play-offs next month

Sport

A new book reveals the jazz musician’s mother and sister were arrested several times for prostitution in New OrleansHe was one of the most influential figures in jazz history, famous for hits such as What a Wonderful World, appearing in Hollywood movies and working with stars from Bing Crosby to Ella Fitzgerald.Louis Armstrong’s childhood, however, was a world away from his later life – he grew up in serious poverty in a neighbourhood plagued by crime and violence. New evidence has now shed fresh light on the musician’s early life, including revelations that both his mother and sister faced arrests for prostitution. Continue reading...

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Magnificent, irreplaceable 20th-century architecture made with craft and imagination was destroyed in the Palisades wildfiresPacific Palisades and its surrounding neighbourhoods, which have burned so ferociously over the past three weeks, happen to be the location of some beautiful and magnificent 20th-century architecture. Or were, as the fire has taken a terrible toll.Houses by the émigré Austrian modernist Richard Neutra have gone, as have most of the Park Planned Homes of 1948, an idealistic experiment in affordable modern living by the architect Gregory Ain. Stone chimney stacks are all that remain of the scaled-up cabin that was Will Rogers’ ranch house. His 30-horse stables, in their centre a rotonda like an equine chapter house, are ashes. Continue reading...

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Multimillionaire socialite Vanessa Wurm, 41, believes she was 'intentionally targeted' on social media by meditating businessman Kash Amini, 35, with whom she had a three-year relationship

Economics

Brendan Rodgers' men face a huge task against the German giants in the play-off round

Sport

Visitors collapse with thorough review required

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Despite climbing back up to fourth in the Premier League, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City are still struggling this season, and Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has explained the issue he faces

Politics

It was confirmed this week that households in England and Wales will see an average £123 or 26% increase to their yearly water bill from April

Economics

Michael Smith was beaten 3-1 by Danny Noppert in the first round of the Winmau World Masters on Thursday, and the former world champion has since opened up on his injury struggles

Sport

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. 

Events

The Masked Singer UK fans are convinced that Samantha Barks is the famous face behind Pufferfish. Here's everything you need to know about the West End star.

Politics

The figure matches an earlier investment announced in December for England and Wales to put 13,000 more police officers on the streets by 2029.

Economics

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...

Sport

Marcus Rashford has been pushing to leave Manchester United for much of the January transfer window and the England star is now finally closing in on an exit from Old Trafford

Events

Gunners secure loan for England winger to follow move for USA defender Jenna Nighswonger

Economics

The two British clubs must go through Real Madrid or Bayern Munich to reach the last 16

Sport

Ceasefire reached fifteen months after Israel vowed to wipe Hamas ‘off the face of the earth’ following 7 October attack

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TV chef Rick Stein has admitted to feeling 'a bit sorry' for Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace after he stepped back from his presenting duties due to a deluge of misconduct complaints.

Politics

The eight Champions League play-offs have been revealed, with a place in the last-16 in the tournament up for grabs

Sport

Elizabete Zvirgzdina and Lucy Houghton had the smiles wiped off their faces after posing with looted Crocs and bath bombs from Lush in the riots in Hull city centre last summer

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