32 minutes ago David Coote: FA investigating claims referee discussed giving yellow card

FA says ‘very serious’ allegations being looked at urgentlyCoote denies wrongdoing, says his integrity not in doubtThe Football Association is investigating allegations that the referee David Coote discussed giving a yellow card before a game.The allegations centre on an exchange of messages before and after Coote refereed the Championship game between Leeds and West Brom in October 2019, in which he booked the Leeds defender Ezgjan Alioski. Continue reading...

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86 minutes ago Liz Truss opposes assisted dying bill saying NHS should be ‘protecting lives, not ending them’ – UK politics live

The Telegraph, which first reported Truss’s stance, also said Theresa May and Boris Johnson were against the billGood morning. We have got PMQs later, which means party politics will probably dominate for much of the day in the chamber, but increasingly MPs are preoccupied with a free vote, non-partisan matter, the vote on the assisted dying bill on Friday. This morning there are at least two interesting developments on that story.Three former Conservative prime ministers are all opposed to the bill, the Telegraph is reporting. The paper has a quote from Liz Truss who says:It is wrong in principle: organs of the state like the NHS and the judicial system should be protecting lives, not ending them.No doubt, as we have seen in Canada, vulnerable people would be put under appalling pressu...

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93 minutes ago Cabinet minister admits taxes COULD rise again despite vow from Rachel Reeves as Labour descends deeper into shambles

Rachel Reeves made the pledge on Monday as she sought to placate business leaders about her £25billion raid on employer national insurance.

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2 hours ago Ben Stokes focusing on managing 'back end' of England career after IPL decision

Captain sat out of lucrative T20 tournament in bid to ease his workload

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2 hours ago Ben Stokes explains reason for skipping IPL after reaching ‘back end’ of career

The all-rounder insists he is focused on giving his all to England having signed a two-year central contract in October

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4 hours ago Arsenal injury update: Gabriel, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ben White latest news and return dates

Gunners still have multiple defenders sidelined with the fixtures piling up across all competitions

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4 hours ago MPs will vote, but there is a better way to decide who has the right to die | Rafael Behr

In an age of cynicism and mistrust, politicians must work harder to involve the public in difficult decisionsWhen MPs vote this Friday on assisted dying, they will be trying to answer two questions folded into one. First comes the ethical choice. Is it ever permissible for one person to help someone else take their own life? Then comes the regulatory challenge. Under what conditions might that permission be granted in law?It isn’t easy to separate those considerations. Sometimes you have to work through scenarios of implementation before arriving at a view on the prior principle. But when legislation is being drafted, the two questions must logically be answered in sequence, not in parallel. When and how are only relevant debates if the answer to the question of whether assisted dying c...

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8 hours ago Snoop Dogg explains why he's glad he was left off guest list for Tom Brady roast

Snoop Dogg was among the many A-list celebrities who took part in Netflix's The Roast of Tom Brady back in May, though the rap icon was not asked to take part in the comedy special

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8 hours ago Ben Stokes joins cricket world in marking 10th anniversary of Phil Hughes’ death

Stokes took time out from England’s final preparations for the first Test in New Zealand to reflect on an incident that shocked the game.

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