43 minutes ago For FOX sake! PETA animal rights activists demand the historic Sly Old Fox pub in Birmingham needs to change its 'derogatory' name

PETA has suggested the pub, which dates back to 1891 and has hosted a number of famous faces including Charlie Chaplin, becomes 'The Clever Old Fox' instead.

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57 minutes ago ‘We are fragile defensively’: Pep Guardiola admits title hopes are fading

City manager says players are ‘angry’ about loss to SpursAnge Postecoglou ‘so pleased’ after his team’s away winPep Guardiola has conceded that defeat at Anfield next Sunday could end Manchester City’s hopes of retaining their title.If Liverpool win at Southampton this Sunday they will pull eight points ahead of the champions, which will create the chance to lead City by 11 with victory at home a week later. Continue reading...

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92 minutes ago Pep Guardiola makes Liverpool Premier League title admission after Man City lose again

Manchester City have now been beaten in their last five games and will travel to Merseyside trailing leaders Liverpool by eight points if Arne Slot’s men win at Southampton

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2 hours ago Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia

Anxious Finns are learning how to survive in the wild in preparation for an invasion by their hostile neighbour It is Friday night on a forested military base in western Finland. A group of women dressed in camouflage with matching purple beanie hats are sat in a dark tent discussing how their perspectives have changed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.“I didn’t think it was a real threat that Russia would attack us,” says Sari, 42, who works in sales and lives in a nearby town. But then, she adds: “They attacked Ukraine. I saw that it is possible that we are next.” Continue reading...

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3 hours ago The moment I knew: a huge water balloon hurtled towards me – and he jumped in front of it

In her first year of university Chantelle Van Niekerk didn’t want a relationship. But then she met Rico, her intellectual and emotional equalFind more stories from The moment I knew series hereIt was January 2003 and I was about to start my studies at the University of Johannesburg – and had officially sworn off relationships. I’d had two serious relationships in high school, both with older boys, where I felt I needed to change who I was in order to be with them. I was done trying to please others and saw university as my fresh start to be truly me.The university had a start-of-the-year tradition – the campus residences would create and parade their floats for charity. My group was tasked with folding blommetjies vou (polystyrene-filled cellophane flowers) for our float, which was base...

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3 hours ago Phillip Hughes: depth of loss even 10 years on speaks to the cricketer he was | Jonathan Horn

The young batter’s death stirred the public in ways we’d never before seen and remains a reminder that sport is ultimately a shared experienceThat day, that week, that helpless, hopeless fortnight comes at you 10 years later in a blur of images – the bowler cradling Phillip Hughes’ head, the teammate removing his pads, the orderly assembly of cricket bats on front porches, the detached explanation of the neurosurgeon, the mourners fanning themselves in the high school gymnasium.It was a basal subarachnoid haemorrhage – a sick fluke. We’re largely inured to such tragedies now but occasionally they get in your marrow. A child is struck by a car crashing into a playground. A family is blown to bits by a missile. A young girl is murdered and dumped in a tip. A cricketer is killed at the cre...

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3 hours ago Mikel Arteta believes Martin Odegaard’s return was key to win over Forest

Stunning strikes from Bukayo Saka, Thomas Partey and a first Premier League goal for Ethan Nwaneri sank Nottingham Forest 3-0.

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4 hours ago Arsenal player ratings vs Nottingham Forest: Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard offer title hope

Gunners captain lights up the Emirates Stadium on his first home appearance since August following injury

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4 hours ago Matheus Cunha bags brilliant brace as Wolves produce comeback to thrash Fulham

Cunha’s strike after 31 minutes cancelled out Alex Iwobi’s opener, before the Wolves forward set up Joao Gomes after the break.

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