45 m. ago The £140m example that showed why Liverpool had to sign Florian Wirtz

The Premier League champions agreed to smash their transfer record to buy the Germany international but, in the case of Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker, there is a case for paying over the odds for the best

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45 m. ago Mapped: Final flight path of doomed Air India plane before it crashed with 242 people on board

The Air India flight was destined for London Gatwick airport, but was in the air for moments before crashing

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48 m. ago Liverpool agree £116m Wirtz deal, Club World Cup, Frank’s emotional farewell – football live

Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email YaraThomas Frank and Spurs are a good fit on paper but the north London job will be a tough one for the Dane. Frank is tactically flexible but can be a slow starter and has limited experience in managing sides competing in Europe. Plus he arrives as the love still lingers for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian delivered Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and the club’s first European trophy since 1984.Frank has limited experience of balancing the domestic league and Europe, the furthest he ever took Brøndby being the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League. His European record is notably poor: played 10, won three, and two of those were against Juvenes/Dogana of San Marino. His record in domestic cups, similarly, is dismal; his past history makes it unlikely a poor league season could be redeemed by other silverware – although the depth of the Spurs squad perhaps means t...

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60 m. ago Air India plane crash latest: India may ‘ground Boeing 787’ after black box recovered from wreckage

Lone survivor of deadly crash that killed more than 240 people says he walked out of a broken emergency exit

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61 m. ago Welsh international announced at region as former Wales coach leaves

The Scarlets have also confirmed the departure of a former Wales coach

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63 m. ago If you think Sabrina Carpenter’s album cover is ‘disturbing’, you need to get a grip

The new princess of pop has sent shockwaves across the internet with her artwork for ‘Man’s Best Friend’. But anyone who thinks it’s ‘off-brand’ has clearly missed the point of the singer’s provocative persona, argues Helen Coffey

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69 m. ago ‘The best way to discover hidden gems’: why you should try out a bookshop crawl

Like bar-hopping, but for browsing books: this trend, popularised on TikTok, makes for a great day out – and can help you discover unique literary spotsWe’ve all heard of bar crawls, but what about a bookshop crawl? The premise is essentially the same – you hop from venue to venue – but instead of drinking beers you browse books. Having begun as a trend among TikTok users, mainly in the US, the idea has begun to be adopted across the globe.There are a few “official” ways to try it out for your yourself: Bookshop Crawl UK organises the London Bookshop Crawl, as well as crawls across the country, Bristol Walkfest has organised a walking tour of the city’s numerous indies, and in April, the Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl ran an event for Independent Bookstore Day which rewarded participants who visited 10 shops on the day with 10% discount on books for the rest of the year. And the Global Book Crawl runs an annual event with 17 participating countries, from Ireland to Fiji. Continue readi...

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76 m. ago Did faulty wing flaps cause Air India crash? How 787 jet 'made FOUR emergency landings in last month because of problems with flaps and landing gear'

Investigations are being stepped up following yesterday's tragedy that killed hundreds of people aboard the London Gatwick-bound aircraft.

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92 m. ago We Love Green: What London can learn from the Parisian version of All Points East

From location to lineup (and a fabulously French food offering), here’s why you should sack off one of your London day festival for Paris next summer

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98 m. ago London's FTSE 100 pulls back from record close as Middle East tensions escalate

London's FTSE 100 pulls back from record close as Middle East tensions escalate  Reuters

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1 hour ago ‘I saw people dying in front of my eyes’: British survivor of Air India flight 171 on his escape – latest updates

Narendra Modi visits crash site where hundreds died in Ahmedabad and meets Briton who was sole survivorRescue teams with sniffer dogs comb site of deadly crashThe Air India flight 171 crash – a visual guideHere are a couple of images coming in via the newswires:Gatwick airport posted on X that it could confirm the Air India flight AI171, which had been due to arrive at 6.25pm in London, had crashed on departure from Ahmedabad airport. It added that more information would follow. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Club World Cup buildup, transfer news, Frank in at Spurs and more: football – live

Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email YaraThe Club World Cup starts on Sunday and has already been controversial because of extra fixtures and Fifa involvement. Add on that temperatures in US are likely to be above 30C and whew.Notable heat events are not guaranteed during the Club World Cup but they are more likely to happen than in the past because of climate breakdown and there is a question over whether enough is being done to adapt to a new reality. The sole reference to extreme weather in Fifa’s regulations for the Club World Cup relates to the use of cooling breaks, which allow players to take on extra fluids once in each half if the wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) (a measure of heat stress that includes humidity and air movement) exceeds 32C on the pitch. This is the protocol in place since 2014, and for the international players’ union, FifPro, it is insufficient. It argues that the threshold for cooling b...

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1 hour ago Who is the miracle man in Seat 11A? Everything we know about Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash

Astonishing footage captured 40-year-old Londoner stumbling away from the crash site, visibly bloodied and disoriented

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1 hour ago Arsenal star urges club to clinch major transfer for 'phenomenon' this summer

Gunners favourite convinced that international team-mate is exactly what Mikel Arteta needs this summer

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2 h. ago ‘How to find out if I'm flying on a Dreamliner as Boeing safety record scrutinised'

A London-bound Air India plane carrying more than 240 people crashed shortly after takeoff Thursday. The plane in question was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which was the subject of recent whistleblowing claims

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2 h. ago Red Bull agree deal to buy Newcastle Falcons and keep Premiership club afloat

Energy drinks company will take on £39m debtsTakeover plan involves club staying at Kingston ParkRed Bull has agreed a deal to buy Newcastle Falcons which includes a commitment to keep the club in the city and will ensure the Premiership remains a 10-team competition next season.Newcastle have been for sale for over a year, with owner Semore Kurdi no longer willing to fund multimillion-pound annual losses, leading to fears they could become the fourth Premiership club to go bust in the last two years after Wasps, Worcester and London Irish. Continue reading...

Economics

2 h. ago ‘It really is possible to be zero waste’: the restaurant with no bin

Baldío in Mexico City is part of a new wave of restaurants embracing a regenerative ethos – with delicious resultsHunched over the pass in the open restaurant kitchen, a team of chefs are dusting ceviche with a powder made from lime skins that would, in most cases, have been thrown away. The Mexico City restaurant where they work looks like most restaurant kitchens but it lacks one key element: there is no bin.Baldío was co-founded by brothers Lucio and Pablo Usobiaga and chef Doug McMaster, best known for his groundbreaking zero-waste spot Silo London. “In my eyes, bins are coffins for things that have been badly designed,” says McMaster. “If there was a trophy for negligence, it would be bin-shaped.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Cool off! You don't have to leave London to go paddleboarding: here are the best places

Jumped on the stand-up paddle boarding trend? You don’t have to go far to launch an SUP

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2 h. ago Manchester United suffer financial blow ahead of 2025/26 season

Man Utd have sponsorship deals with several companies but Marriott International have ended their agreement.

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2 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Faulty train causes chaos on the Underground

The capital’s latest travel updates

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