5 hours ago Federal judge makes decision on whether trans volleyball player Blaire Fleming can play at upcoming tournament

Multiple opponents have refused to play against SJSU amid concerns about the player, allowing them to pick up seven victories via forfeit and advance to the postseason with a 12-6 record.

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7 hours ago Kieran Tierney gets surprise parachute back into Arsenal squad as Scotland defender ends months on sidelines

Defender could play a part against Sporting CP

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7 hours ago Joe Root: ‘Winning the Ashes in Australia would mean more than anything’

England’s record-breaking batter is set for his 150th Test and says he will play for as long as he loves the game“I know this one,” Joe Root says with a little grin as he confirms the latest milestone he will reach in Test cricket on Wednesday when England play New Zealand in Christchurch. “It will be my 150th Test. We’re fortunate to play so much Test cricket compared to other nations, so you can rattle them up rather quickly. But I’ve had to work hard and overcome different challenges along the way, so I’m very grateful to have had so many chances.”A minute earlier Root had been uncertain when I asked him if he knew what it would mean were he to score another 625 Test runs. A modest and generous man, Root thought hard and then admitted he had no clue. The answer is that, once those ru...

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8 hours ago Man arrested as Manchester bombing tributes that killed Scots schoolgirl damaged

In May 2017, 22 people - including a Scots schoolgirl - were killed in a bomb attack on Manchester Arena at an Ariana Grande concert. Yesterday, a man was arrested for damaging tributes to those victims.

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9 hours ago Man arrested after arena attack tributes damaged in 'disgusting' incident

Police said families of the victims have been informed of the incident

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11 hours ago Scots residents fume as 'tankers pump sewage at bottom of their gardens'

The waste collections take place on land which is supposed to be a children's play area.

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11 hours ago Simon Harris says ‘all to play for’ in election despite Fine Gael polling slide

The Taoiseach said he hoped voters would not judge him on the basis of a criticised encounter with a disability care worker in Co Cork.

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11 hours ago Two teenage boys, aged 13 and 15, are arrested after girl, 12, stabbed on Barry Island

The victim, 12, was rushed to hospital with 'non-life threatening injuries' after being stabbed near a car park on Barry Island

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11 hours ago Here’s what I learned at Cop29. Rows aside, an unstoppable transition to clean energy is happening | Ed Miliband

Britain wanted much better outcomes on many issues, but seeing the ambition at the conference gives me hope for the futureThe climate crisis is all around us. And the world is not moving nearly fast enough. In that context, the Cop process for climate negotiations feels frustratingly slow. Yet it is the best mechanism for multilateral action we have, so we have to use it to do everything we can to speed up action.The UK went to Cop29 determined to play its part in a successful negotiation because it is in our national interest. As the prime minister said in Baku earlier this month, there is no national security without climate security. That is so clear from the effects of Storm Bert over the past couple of days. If we do not act, we can expect more and more of these extreme and devasta...

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