42 minutes ago Police investigate alleged racist remark aimed at player during Burnley vs Watford

Burnley continued their Championship promotion charge with a 2-1 win over Watford at Turf Moor, but a Clarets supporter was questioned by police over an alleged racist remark aimed at a Watford player

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45 minutes ago Sky Sports' Emma Paton’s rumoured boyfriend as darts ‘proposal’ goes wrong

The popular presenter is back on our screens for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship

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47 minutes ago West Ham cling on for Brighton point thanks to Mohammed Kudus redemption

West Ham 1-1 Brighton: The Ghana winger headed his third of the season to cancel out Mats Wieffer’s maiden goal for the Seagulls

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85 minutes ago Belief in a lottery curse is comforting, but winning lots of money does make you happy | Martha Gill

The notion that vast windfalls inevitably bring misery is based on a handful of sad casesDoes winning the lottery wreck your life? When an anonymous Briton won £177m in the EuroMillions draw last month – making them the third biggest national lottery winner ever – the Mail Online announced it with all the impartiality of a bad fairy at a christening: “Other big winners”, the second half of the headline ran, “have faced ‘lottery curse’ with divorce, disease, family splits and death”.Follow the progress of lottery winners through the newspapers, and you’d be forgiven for thinking they all live out the same morality tale. Headlines such as “The bad luck of winning” and “A treasury of terribly sad stories of Lotto winners” drive home the point. Continue reading...

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90 minutes ago Robbie Williams's Oscar victory dream shattered after song is disqualified for devastating reason

Robbie Williams' dream of winning an Oscar has been dashed after his song was disqualified following a shortlisting in the Best Original Song category

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1 hour ago Philippe Clement gets his Rangers wish in Ibrox anniversary bash but Dundee ensure no party buzz – 3 talking points

The Belgian demanded his side shook off the cup final pain and they did so on home turf to move second with a 1-0 win

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1 hour ago How Jack Grealish responded to taunts from Aston Villa fans after Man City defeat

Jack Grealish hit back at Aston Villa fans after they booed him during their 2-1 win over Manchester City, thanks to goals from Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers

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1 hour ago On a wing and a prayer: the hidden beauty of insect’s flight – in pictures

For the past decade, the Barcelona-based visual artist Xavi Bou has devoted his work to revealing “the hidden beauty of natural movement”. His initial focus was birds; now he’s moved on to insects. In collaboration with US entomologist Adrian Smith he’s created an eye-popping series that captures – by merging multiple frames into a single image – the rhythmic flutterings of butterflies and chaotic leaps of spittlebugs and treehoppers. As well as their beauty, Bou was struck by the crucial role that insects play in ecosystems, even as their numbers plummet – it’s estimated that the biomass of flying insect species has decreased by 75% over the past 27 years. “We need to move beyond seeing insects as mere nuisances,” says Bou. “They are fascinating, essential creatures, and we owe them a great deal.” See more of Xavi Bou’s images here Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Unai Emery sends Morgan Rogers message after destroying Manchester City

Morgan Rogers put in a man of the match display to help Aston Villa pile the misery on Manchester City with a 2-1 win at Villa Park on Saturday and manager Unai Emery raved about his "fantastic" performance

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2 hours ago Travel news live: Christmas getaway delays as 100 Heathrow flights cancelled amid 80mph wind weather warnings

RAC estimates 22.7 million drivers will hit the roads as people get away for Christmas

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