3 d. ago Dael Fry header points Rob Edwards’ Boro revolution in right direction against Swansea

It is almost exactly 30 years since goals from Craig Hignett and Jan Åge Fjørtoft secured Middlesbrough a Premier League victory against Chelsea as they played their first game at a brand new Riverside Stadium. Even the presence of Ruud Gullit at sweeper in a visiting side featuring Mark Hughes in attack could not deny Boro a 2-0 win as an exciting decade peopled by, among other luminaries, Juninho, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Nick Barmby, Gareth Southgate, Gaizka Mendieta and Bolo Zenden dawned.Along the way Boro would reach three League Cup finals, winning one, while also losing FA Cup and, most excitingly, Uefa Cup finals. Not to mention bouncing back from a one-season second-tier sabbatical. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Shopper finds Tesco receipt from 27 years ago and is floored by how cheap it was

A woman has shared a snap of a Tesco receipt from 27 years ago that shows just how much prices have gone up in the last few decades - and people are startled over the difference

Politics

3 w. ago Dangerous drinking could kill 20,000 people a year over next decade as cases spike

Worrying figures show the impact of dangerous drinking in the UK with deaths wholly caused by alcohol rising to 10,473 last year and they are on course to reach 20,000 people

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3 w. ago 'My husband wanted to hire a hitman to kill me for £100,000'

Audrey Hunter split from ex Robert Hunter in 2023 but later discovered his disturbing claims.

Events

3 w. ago Stop flushing the toilets to help survive water shortage crisis, Brits warned

Behavioural scientists warn there is still a “knowledge gap” despite decades of advice telling people how not to waste water in their homes

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3 w. ago Moment reckless drink driver swerves off a quiet country road before colliding with a police car

A dangerous drink driver was seen recklessly swerving across a road before colliding with a police car and narrowly avoiding injury.

Transport

3 w. ago Influencer Nara Smith slammed for 'negligence' for 'dangerous' act while pregnant

Influencer Nara Smith has shocked fans after revealing she was drinking raw milk - a 'dangerous' choice for pregnant women. A leading nutritionist warns of the potential harms of drinking unpasteurised dairy

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4 w. ago UK’s cavalier attitude leaves Afghans facing yet more fear and uncertainty

Leaked details of those who worked with British lets down Afghans who made mistake of believing the basic principles Britain claims for itselfThis week’s revelations about the UK’s dangerously cavalier treatment of Afghans who worked with British forces are shocking but not surprising.The carelessness with which Britain went to war in Afghanistan was matched by the carelessness with which it left the country and its people to Taliban rule two decades later. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Thames Water announces hosepipe ban affecting over a million people as reservoirs at lowest level for a decade

Water company said measure will be brought in for customers in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, most of Wiltshire and some parts of Berkshire- but London escapes ban currently

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