79 m. ago Club World Cup didn’t start the fire – it didn’t light it but we'll try to fight it | Max Rushden

Football competitions are expanding, overlapping and bleeding into one another, but is a month off too much to ask?Does it feel too much? Premier League bleeding into the playoffs into the Champions League into the international break we’re still bleeding rip off your shirt and make a tourniquet! The European Under-21 and Under‑19 Championships into the Club World Cup, overlapping with the Women’s Euros oh look the Premier League fixtures for 2025-26 are out and the EFL ones come out next week and there’s David Prutton paying (excellent) homage to David Mitchell’s pisstake of Sky Sports on Sky Sports: “Catch all of the constantly happening football here it’s all here and it’s all football. Always. It’s impossible to keep track of all the football.”You start to imagine Billy Joel rewriting We Didn’t Start the Fire an endless list of footballers and pundits, of owners and streaming services, of controversies and grimness amid the beauty and joy. Will it ever reach ...

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3 h. ago Diddy trial updates: Jury prepares for deliberations after former assistant denies being ‘drug mule’ in testimony

Prosecution and defense estimate they will rest mid next week

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4 h. ago Diddy scores trial win as 'drug mule' witness says women were NOT forced into freak

LIVE UPDATES: Prosecutors prepare to call their final witness to the stand in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial. The defense will present its case next.

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6 h. ago Diddy comes face to face with drug mule who turned on him in exchange for immunity: Live trial updates

LIVE UPDATES: Prosecutors prepare to call their final witness to the stand in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial. The defense will present its case next.

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7 h. ago The internet’s nastiest gossipmonger has been exposed and guess what – he wants his privacy | Marina Hyde

If you’re not familiar with Tattle Life, congratulations. It’s a site that subjects women to relentless scrutiny, and lo and behold it’s run by a spineless manWith as much as two weeks to kill before nuclear winter sets in, many of you will be looking to road-test your new fallout suits. In which case: can I interest you in the sensational unmasking of the founder of Tattle Life? It turns out the guy who operates the radioactively toxic gossip forum is a “vegan influencer” – I think it’s one of those new types of job, dear – and his name is Sebastian Bond. From that professional description, Sebastian would never hurt a living creature – unless it’s a mummy blogger, in which case he would gut her like a pig. Metaphorically, of course! Sorry, but that is simply the price you pay for not declaring the nappies you’re unboxing on Instagram are actually sponsored.But I’m racing ahead. If you’re not familiar with Tattle Life, it’s an online forum that claims to be “a commentary website on...

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7 h. ago Diddy trial live: ‘Drug mule’ Brendan Paul testifies after two

Proceedings to resume in Manhattan after break for juror’s illness and Juneteenth

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8 h. ago Diddy trial live: ‘Drug mule’ Brendan Paul expected to testify after two

Proceedings to resume in Manhattan after break for juror’s illness and Juneteenth

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9 h. ago ‘How did I get here?’: GB basketball captain Temi Fágbénlé’s journey from shy London teen to WNBA

Britain’s driving force on EuroBasket prospects, playing alongside Caitlin Clark and the importance of a team mentality at the highest level“It’s great to be back with Great Britain,” Temi Fágbénlé says, her voice carrying the quiet confidence of a seasoned international basketball player. “I come from the WNBA but I’m glad I was able to make both work.” For the captain of GB’s women’s basketball team, balancing the demands of the world’s premier league with national team duties is a familiar tightrope walk. “I’m thankful teams see European competition as a priority for some of us. They’ve accommodated where they could.”EuroBasket, a biennial competition, is one of the biggest international tournaments in the game. It is also a qualifying metric for the Women’s World Cup and the Olympics. With the 2025 edition under way, Fágbénlé’s presence is crucial as one of the leading WNBA players choosing to play in an international tournament during the season. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago New UKHSA plea to 'get vaccinated' as fewer people have jab that prevents cancer

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned that variations in geographical coverage of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in adolescents across England is leaving young women in some areas with less protection against cervical and some other cancers

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26 h. ago Des O'Connor's daughter says police 'cannot be trusted with women's safety' after decision not to sack officer who called her 'amazingly hot' and sexually harassed her while investigating her mugging

Former detective chief inspector James Mason called Kristina O'Connor, 37, his 'favourite Camden victim of crime' and asked her out after she was injured in an attempted robbery in October 2011.

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30 h. ago Inside lair of rapist PhD student Zhenhao Zou chillingly fitted out with cameras

Zhenhao Zou would go out with women, before drugging and raping them in his flat in south-east London, which was covered in CCTV to film the depravity that went on inside

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33 h. ago Grooming gang survivors make plea to ‘put politics aside’ ahead of new inquiry

Exclusive: Telford survivors say people are ‘exploiting the exploited’ and push for women to shape investigationThe political “tug-of-war with vulnerable women” abused by grooming gangs must stop ahead of a new national inquiry into the crimes, survivors have told the Guardian.Holly Archer and Scarlett Jones, two survivors who played a key role in a “gold-standard” local inquiry into the crime in Telford, have urged politicians and those without experience of abuse to allow women to shape the investigation. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Drug mule, 31, who had £120k of cannabis in suitcases told airport security 'I've got weed' after flying in from Thailand

A drug mule who had £120,000 of cannabis in suitcases fessed up to airport security as he touched down from Thailand last week.

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54 h. ago Tributes paid to charity worker found fatally stabbed in her London home

Annabel Rook, 46, who helped refugees and women fleeing domestic violence, described as ‘profound force for good’A woman found fatally stabbed in her home after a gas explosion has been described as a “profound force for good” who dedicated her life to supporting women.Annabel Rook, 46, was found with stab wounds at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north London, just before 5am on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Diddy trial recap: ‘Drug mule’ Brendan Paul expected to testify after jury shown more ‘freak off’ footage

Jurors were shown more texts and video concerning defendant’s relationship with Cassie Ventura on Tuesday

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56 h. ago Diddy trial live: ‘Drug mule’ Brendan Paul expected to testify after jury shown more ‘freak off’ footage

Jurors to hear from key witness after being shown more texts and video concerning defendant’s relationship with Cassie Ventura on Tuesday

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2 d. ago Jurors in Diddy’s sex trafficking trial forced to watch more clips of ‘freak offs’

Mogul’s lawyers played seven explicit clips of the sex marathons for the panel

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3 d. ago Diddy trial updates: ‘Freak off’ footage, texts between Cassie and Combs shown in court as fate of juror remains unresolved

Jurors are expected to hear from Brendan Paul, the alleged ‘drug mule’ on Wednesday

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3 d. ago Rebel Wilson forced to undergo emergency surgery after 'freak accident' on set

Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson revealed she had to undergo emergency surgery after she was 'whacked across the face' on a movie set

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3 d. ago Diddy trial live updates: Jurors shown more ‘freak off’ footage and texts between Combs and Cassie

Jurors are expected to hear from Brendan Paul, the alleged ‘drug mule’ on Tuesday

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