6 d. ago Senegal midfielder Lamine Camara: ‘We are the favourites to win Afcon’

The Monaco player discusses his father, the midfielders he copies and whether he could join the Premier LeagueBy Get French Football NewsAs I enter the room, Lamine Camara picks up a football that he won’t let go of until after the interview. It’s a simple visual metaphor for a dream he has never let slip. “I only wanted football; I was focused solely on that,” says the Monaco and Senegal midfielder. His determination and talent convinced Génération Foot, Metz and Monaco to sign him. Although the hardest person to convince was not a sporting director or manager, but his own father.“He didn’t want me to play football but it’s because he hadn’t seen me play,” says Camara. “He didn’t know anything about football but people came up to him and said: ‘Your son knows how to play. You have to help him.’” Eventually, on “one beautiful day”, Camara earned his father’s blessing and pursued a career in the game. His small stature was another hurdle and it deterred local club Casa Sports from ha...

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1 week ago One shot of drink every day may help reduce cholesterol and blood sugar

This 'drink' has been the subject of many health claims in recent years.

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1 week ago Alex Carey’s sparkling century helps Australia recover from early England Ashes onslaught

Third Test, day one: Australia 326-8Usman Khawaja digs in for 82 while Archer has 3-29After the pandemonium of Perth and Brisbane’s pink-ball palooza came an outbreak of more familiar looking Test cricket at Adelaide Oval. For the locals it was one to savour as their boy, Alex Carey, delivered a sparkling century at his home ground on an opening day that Australia edged.Not that England, 2-0 down and clinging on in this series, could be too downbeat. Ben Stokes had lost what appeared an ominous toss and, though far from perfect, his bowlers kept plugging away in 35c heat. At stumps Australia were 326 for eight from 83 overs – runs on the board but surely short of ambitions when Pat Cummins got the choice first thing. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Alex Carey’s sparkling Ashes century steadies Australia after England strike early in heat

Third Test, day one: Australia 326-8Usman Khawaja digs in for 82 while Archer has 3-29After the pandemonium of Perth and Brisbane’s pink-ball palooza came a more familiar opening day at Adelaide Oval. It was also roasting hot out in the middle – 35C on the mercury – and when the toss went against Ben Stokes and his embattled England players, they could easily have melted.Instead, despite some sloppiness and Alex Carey’s magical century on the ground he calls home, the tourists kept plugging away with the fight that Stokes called for at 2-0 down. At stumps Australia were 326 for eight from 83 sapping overs – runs on the heritage-listed scoreboard, granted, but short of ambitions when the returning Pat Cummins got the choice first thing. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Martin Lewis shares abandoned shopping basket trick to cut Christmas shopping costs

Have you still got Christmas shopping left to do? Martin Lewis has shared an online tip that could help you save money for the big day.

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1 week ago Single image sums up courage of everyday Australians during Bondi Beach shooting

A photo shows the moment one Australian ran to help victims on the day of the Bondi Beach shooting.

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2 w. ago Average house price is £6,695 lower than in November, says Rightmove

Lower asking prices and falling mortgage rates could help create a bigger than usual Boxing Day bounce in property searches, Rightmove said.

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2 w. ago We live in child benefit hotspot desperate mums trawl markets at 5am for dropped fruit next to A

IN a tree-lined street stunning Georgian townhouses, with four bedrooms and secluded gardens, sell for over £2million. But just seconds away, on foot, a baby bank helps 20 desperate mums every day - dishing out nappies, baby formula and clothes as families struggle to provide the basics for their children, Another short walk away, a...

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2 w. ago Flavoured condoms, 120 turkeys and a Free Marlon Dingle poster: the weird and wonderful work making the film industry green

Women are trailblazing efforts in the UK and US to improve sustainability on film and TV sets, from donating catering and rehoming props to reducing emissionsIt’s two days before Thanksgiving and Hillary Cohen and Samantha Luu are trying to figure out how they’re going to cook 120 turkeys with limited oven space in their food warehouse in downtown LA. “We’re going to have to do a bit of spatchcocking. It’s not very showbiz,” Cohen says.It’s the busiest time of year for Cohen and Luu, assistant directors who founded not-for-profit organisation Every Day Action during the Covid pandemic. Designed to help unhoused people and those facing food insecurity across the city, the idea was born when Cohen noticed the amount of food waste on film and TV sets, and looked into redistributing it to those in need. “I remember asking, ‘Why can’t we donate this food?’ I kept being told it was illegal and that people could sue us if they got sick.” It didn’t take Luu, who grew up working in a soup ki...

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2 w. ago When is Christmas Jumper Day 2025? Here's how you can take part in annual festive fundraiser

Taking place on Thursday, Christmas Jumper Day helps raise money for Save the Children.

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2 w. ago On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle review – how to make a timeloop endlessly interesting

The hypnotic third novel in the hit Danish series grapples with the philosophical realities of being stuck on repeat in 18 NovemberThe time loop story, in which characters repeatedly relive the same span of time, has become synonymous with the 1993 film Groundhog Day, but the idea has much older roots. In PD Ouspensky’s 1915 novel Strange Life of Ivan Osokin, the feckless Osokin is given the chance to live his life over again, only to find himself making all the same mistakes. Like Groundhog Day’s insufferable Phil Connors, Osokin can change nothing without changing himself.Solvej Balle’s much-lauded series On the Calculation of Volume takes a very different approach. She first began working on the idea decades ago, several years before Groundhog Day was released. The film, she says, “helped me with research by trying out some of the roads I did not want to take”. The books, five so far with two more planned, have proved a literary sensation in her native Denmark, with the first thr...

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2 w. ago Worried about drinking too much at Christmas parties? This trend could help

The easy-to-follow tactic can also help reduce the impact the following day

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2 w. ago Why I am proud to be a part of the Guardian | Margaret Sullivan

I’ve found that many people I speak with trust the Guardian’s independent, mission-driven coverage of the news The Guardian has no billionaire or big corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed. Please help us reach our year-end fundraising goalOn election day last month, I spent some time interviewing poll workers in New York City.When I introduced myself to one, I told her that I write a column for the Guardian and her immediate reply was “thank you”. I was a little taken aback: people don’t normally react that way to journalists. Trust in the news media is low, and Donald Trump’s unfair cries of “fake news” and his efforts to depict journalists as “enemies of the people” have taken their toll. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Stokes digs in to help England ensure Australia will bat again on day four

Australia still look set to take a 2-0 lead after dominating in Brisbane

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3 w. ago Horror game Horses has been banned from sale – but is it as controversial as you’d think?

Pulled by Steam and Epic Games Store, indie horror Horses shook up the industry before it was even released. Now it’s out, all the drama surrounding it seems superfluousOn 25 November, award-winning Italian developer Santa Ragione, responsible for acclaimed titles such as MirrorMoon EP and Saturnalia, revealed that its latest project, Horses, had been banned from Steam - the largest digital store for PC games. A week later, another popular storefront, Epic Games Store, also pulled Horses, right before its 2 December launch date. The game was also briefly removed from the Humble Store, but was reinstated a day later.The controversy has helped the game rocket to the top of the digital stores that are selling it, namely itch.io and GOG. But the question remains – why was it banned? Horses certainly delves into some intensely controversial topics (a content warning at the start details, “physical violence, psychological abuse, gory imagery, depiction of slavery, physical and psychologic...

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3 w. ago Kobo is offering free reading for the rest of 2025 and I'm giving up Audible for it

I'm so close to hitting my reading target this year and I think a Kobo Plus 30-day trial may help me hit it

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3 w. ago RAC urges all drivers to rub windscreen with 1 item to stop frost forming

The RAC has shared simple car maintenance advice that could make a big difference during winter. Rubbing the windscreen with a simple item each day could help stop frost

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3 w. ago Do 4 things now to keep your Christmas tree looking its best all month

Households opting for a real Christmas tree are being urged to follow four simple steps when getting their tree in order to help it thrive and looking its best until Christmas Day

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3 w. ago Doctor urges people to add 1 supplement to routine to 'reverse' signs of ageing

A health expert has shared the one daily supplement people ought to be adding to their daily routine because it could help protect against collagen loss and premature ageing

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3 w. ago Doctor says taking 1 supplement every day helps to 'reverse' premature ageing

Getting older is a privilege denied to many but the ageing process is something lots hope to delay. A doctor has shared the one supplement everyone should be taking to help protect against premature ageing

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