56 minutes ago Storm Bert: roads and trainlines blocked with reports of lack of warning for communities – live updates

Natural Resources Wales to investigate whether sufficient warnings of Storm Bert and the flooding it caused were given to people in advanceHave you been affected by flooding in the UK? Get in touchNorthamptonshire Police have warned people in the area “while the flooding remains ongoing, please avoid all unnecessary travel and do not drive through floodwater of any depth – it is not worth the risk.”In Yate in the west of England, BBC Bristol reports that about 100 properties were flooded overnight, and residents had to be evacuated. Continue reading...

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75 minutes ago Mo Salah statement in full as he takes aim at Liverpool owners over contract dispute

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is out of contract in the summer and he has spoken out about his future, revealing that the club have still not offered him a new deal yet

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77 minutes ago Liverpool star speaks out on Mohamed Salah situation as he slams FSG over contract stance

Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah was the hero in Sunday's dramatic 3-2 win over Southampton, but it remains to be seen if he will still be at Anfield next season

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82 minutes ago ‘Activates my lizard brain’: why Alita: Battle Angel is my feelgood movie

In a new series of writers revealing their go-to comfort film, an unlikely action flop gets a stirring recommendationWhen I’m in a truly bad mood, about the state of the world or just the state of myself, traditionally uplifting movies (or music, or TV) don’t cut it for me. It’s not the movies’ fault, necessarily; it’s the act of pressing play on even a feel-great movie like His Girl Friday or Toy Story 2 that nags at me as overly self-conscious. It’s hard for the movie to have its desired effect when I’m giving it such a personal, specific mandate to make me feel better – a truly impossible form of video on demand. Instead, I need something that activates my lizard brain, something that goes straight to the pleasure center of my imagination, rather than engaging directly with my emotio...

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94 minutes ago Mohamed Salah feels ‘more out than in’ at Liverpool due to lack of new deal

Salah said he is disappointed at developments as he nears the end of his contract.

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1 hour ago Mohamed Salah provides update on Liverpool future: ‘I’m probably more out than in’

The Reds’ forward scored twice to help beat Southampton - then revealed he’s no closer to extending his Anfield stay

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1 hour ago Tearful Davina McCall posts video update ten days after undergoing brain surgery as she admits her recovery is 'slow' but she feels 'unbeliveably grateful'

The presenter, 57,  underwent the operation after revealing she had a 'very rare' colloid cyst that affects only three in a million people.

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1 hour ago Ruben Amorim 'really frustrated' with four Man Utd players after Ipswich draw

Ruben Amorim has been quick to bring in his 3-4-3 system at Manchester United but it continues to be a learning curve for a lot of his players as the new manager made his feelings clear

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2 hours ago Mohamed Salah hits out at Liverpool over contract silence: 'More out than in'

Salah’s current contract expires at the end of the season

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2 hours ago UK politics live: vote on assisted dying bill impossible to predict, says minister

Jess Phillips says ‘we do not know how this vote is going to go’ with the views of many MPs still unclearGood morning. There is plenty happening today. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, and Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, are both speaking at the CBI conference, where the CBI chief executive Rain Newton-Smith is warning about the impact of the budget on business. Keir Starmer is hosting a meeting at Downing Street about plans to protect women from spiking. “My government was elected on a pledge to take back our streets, and we will never achieve this if women and girls do not feel safe at night,” he says. There will be tributes to John Prescott in the Commons this afternoon. But one issue is going to dominate the week, the vote on the assisted dying bill on Friday, and already that...

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