8 d. ago Delap is Chelsea’s shiny new toy but uncut gem Jackson offers rare point of difference | Jonathan Liew

While battle lines are drawn between the two strikers with very different journeys to the top, there is a way both can thrive“They are quite similar,” Enzo Maresca said last week of Liam Delap and Nicolas Jackson, but of course nobody wanted to take any notice of that bit. Already battle lines are being drawn, positions entrenched. Delap or Jackson. Jackson or Delap. One must survive. One must go reluctantly on loan to Serie A. Those are just the rules.On these terms alone, it’s been a very good week for Delap. Against Flamengo in the Club World Cup on Friday, he was preferred up front, and played with bristling, controlled aggression for more than an hour before making way for Jackson. He then watched as his replacement lost possession with his first touch, went studs‑up with his second, was sent off and scapegoated for Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat, and later issued a grovelling apology on social media for his actions. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Benidorm's battle lines: How tourist town is split in two with Spanish holidaymakers avoiding Brits like the plague

The battle lines in Benidorm are drawn between the quaint 'Old Town' where native visitors go to unwind and the buzzing strips of 'the New Town' where Brit drinkers party the night away.

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2 w. ago The gang war tearing a nation apart mapped: The territories under the control of 'Mr Big', 'Scarface' and a feared 'cocaine king'

EXCLUSIVE: Detailed maps showing exactly where the battle lines have been drawn in a deadly gang war.

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2 w. ago The gang war tearing Scotland apart mapped: The territories under the control of 'Mr Big', the Scottish Scarface and Edinburgh's cocaine king

EXCLUSIVE: With a series of in-depth maps, we can reveal where the battle lines have been drawn in the territories under attack in this already vicious and deadly gang war.

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2 w. ago ‘They could poo for England’: the mystery of the peacocks plaguing a village

Tutbury has been home to a peacock pride for 25 years and, while some welcome them, their behaviour has other people spitting feathersIn a village there are many things that cause neighbours to argue: differences in politics, disagreements over hedge maintenance, disputes over who will be Santa this Christmas.In east Staffordshire, however, the battle lines have been drawn over something far more unusual. Over the past 25 years, the village of Tutbury has been the home of an ever-growing pride of peacocks and hens who some residents say destroy crops, leave large amounts of mess and whose distinctive calls can be heard at all hours of the day and night. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Spending war of words will only heat up as Holyrood election looms

The battle lines have been well and truly drawn ahead of 2026

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3 w. ago Battle lines drawn over immigration: Keir plans legal crackdown on migrants exploiting 'right to family life' as Kemi pledges to revive Rwanda

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is drawing up legislation to make it easier to deport overseas offenders as well as failed asylum seekers, the Mail can reveal.

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