2 hours ago Jurgen Klopp's final Liverpool gesture hailed as key to Reds title charge

Liverpool have enjoyed a fine start to life under Arne Slot but a former Reds defender has given Jurgen Klopp an unlikely assist after watching his old club open up a healthy lead at the Premier League summit

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9 hours ago Decorated West Lothian Paralympian Jim 'The Swim' inducted into Scottish Sports Hall of Fame

Jim Anderson, affectionately known as ‘Jim the Swim,’ is a celebrated Scottish former Paralympic swimmer whose remarkable career spanned two decades

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11 hours ago France has the highest cannabis consumption in Europe. It’s high time to tax it | Alexander Hurst

With the nation’s finances in a parlous state, decriminalisation could raise millions of euros – as well as cut crimeFrance might not be broke, but the state of its public finances is, well, definitely not good. Total debt stands at €3.2tn – 112% of GDP. Interest payments on that debt are the second largest public expenditure after education (which includes everything from crêche, or preschool, to universities) and are higher than the amount spent on defence. And this year’s budget deficit is projected to be 6%, three points above the EU’s 3% limit.If it weren’t for the euro, France might very well be in the throes of a fiscal crisis – as it is, interest rates on some French debt are higher than for Portugal or Spain. Continue reading...

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27 hours ago Michael Barrymore quits UK to live new life in Spain after questions about Stuart Lubbock's death

Our exclusive pictures show Michael Barrymore strolling around the town of El Papiol close to Barcelona with a male friend after saying he moved to build a 'new life' in Spain

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29 hours ago Mystery of Hannah Kobayashi's last known steps and text that made family's blood run cold

It's been two weeks since Hannah Kobayashi, 30, went missing after landing at Los Angeles International Airport and her devastated family are now grieving a second loss

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32 hours ago ‘I was a Premier League wonderkid and rejected Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea’

Theo Walcott, who retired from football last summer following a career spanning almost two decades, was not short of interest when broke through with Southampton, but said joining Arsenal was an "easy option"

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