5 h. ago FA chief makes bullish World Cup promise with honest appraisal of Thomas Tuchel

England head to the USA, Canada and Mexico next summer as one of the World Cup favourites and, ahead of Friday's draw, FA chief Mark Bullingham is relishing the opportunity

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5 h. ago Thomas Tuchel considering unusual England tactic to achieve World Cup dream

England are among the favourites to go all the way at next summer's World Cup in a tournament that will be played in stifling temperatures in USA, Mexico and Canada

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8 h. ago Arsene Wenger warns England have become World Cup "nearly men" and names favourites

Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has spelled out the reasons he believes England may fall short in their bid for a first World Cup for 60 years next summer

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14 h. ago EasyJet launches new UK route to city that's home to world's favourite dish

The budget airline has announced a new route from Liverpool to a city that's home to the world's favourite dish - and it's perfect for a quick or long winter sun getaway

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26 h. ago New £20 Ryanair route to gorgeous city with 23C December weather and 300 days of sunshine

Ryanair has just added two new routes from Cardiff and Aberdeen to a stunning Spanish city with gorgeous beaches and year-round sunshine

Society

39 h. ago Wheelchair rugby league is booming in England – they even won the Ashes

England’s 2-0 series win in the Ashes was the perfect preparation for the World Cup in Australia next yearBy No Helmets RequiredEngland did win the Ashes last month. The wheelchair team’s 2-0 series victory in Australia went under the radar in the UK. With games played in the early hours and not screened on mainstream TV, the team missed out on the adulation that came their way when they won the World Cup in Manchester three years ago. “The forgotten Ashes? That’s sad if it’s true,” says the coach, Tom Coyd. “The NRL showed great engagement and we did loads of media there, but we were in a bubble and pretty disconnected from back home.”England will return to Australia next year to defend their world title. The favourites will be expected to beat Wales, USA and Ireland in their group before facing the second and third best teams in the world – France and Australia – in the knockout stages of the tournament in Wollongong. The Ashes series taught Coyd vital lessons about how to manage ...

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41 h. ago Donald Trump's favourite band to play for him at World Cup draw with Heidi Klum

Donald Trump's favourite band will play at the 2026 World Cup draw - which is set to be held on Friday ahead of the festival of football next summer

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3 d. ago easyJet launches flights to magical Christmas market destination from Manchester Airport

It's known as the 'Capital of Christmas'

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4 d. ago AD FEATURE: 7 reasons Cardiff at Christmas provides a magical festive city break

Discover all there is to know about the city during the festive season and plot your own route through the magic

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6 d. ago Film star Benedict Cumberbatch becomes a tank commander in hit video game role

The superstar British actor, who plays Dr Strange in the Marvel movies, has joined gamers' favourite World of Tanks

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9 d. ago From Byzantine cottages to vulvic stadiums: the brilliance of female architects

A RIBA report says “stark displays of sexism” are driving women from the profession. If we don’t fight this systemic misogyny, we won’t just lose dazzling designs – we’ll have a world only fit for 6ft tall policemenIf one were to think “Brazilian 20th-century modernist genius”, one might alight on Oscar Niemeyer, but see also the Italian émigré Lina Bo Bardi, who developed an Italian-style modernism with a Brazilian accent in her adopted homeland. Her Teatro Oficina, in São Paulo, was named by this paper as the best theatre in the world.Five hundred miles away is one of my favourite residential buildings, A la Ronde; an eccentric 16-sided home in Exmouth, Devon. It was designed in 1796 by Jane and Mary Parminter (two “spinster” cousins, in the words of the National Trust) and relative John Lowder. The cousins, who were not professionals, had been inspired by their Grand Tour of Europe (an unusual undertaking for women at the time) and, in particular, the Basilica of San Vitale in Ra...

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1 week ago Trump hints at ‘something good’ after Ukraine peace talks as EU says ‘work remains’ – Europe live

EU leaders hail progress but emphasise remaining issues to be solved as Merz says peace ‘won’t happen overnight’US and Ukraine promise ‘updated’ peace framework after criticism of pro-Russian points in original planRussian air defences downed a Ukrainian drone en route to Moscow on Monday, the city’s mayor said as reported by Reuters, forcing three airports that serve the capital to temporarily restrict all incoming and outgoing flights.Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a statement that emergency services were working at the scene of the downed drone. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Shocked US driver calls 911: ‘I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield’

Motorist told dispatcher ‘you may not believe me’ and said windshield was shattered while driving on North Carolina highwayA motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains national park.In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on US Route 74 in Swain county, near Bryson City, told a dispatcher that a bald eagle dropped the cat. Bryson City is about 65 miles south-west of Asheville. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago EasyJet launching five new routes for Scotland next summer including holiday hotspots

Popular airline easyJet is expanding their range of flights from Glasgow Airport, offering four new services to 'dream' destinations starting next year

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2 w. ago EasyJet launches new £40 flights from Manchester to 'unspoiled' Greek town

The budget airline has announced new routes for summer 2026 from Manchester airport, with seats now on sale

Economics

2 w. ago EasyJet adds new cheap flights to beautiful beach resort with 22C January weather

easyJet has launched new routes to a stunning beach resort with crystal clear blue waters, popular for snorkelling, and stretches of golden sand beaches, and flights start from just £91.99

Society

2 w. ago Harry Kane lays down World Cup gauntlet to England rivals after record

Harry Kane scored both goals as England beat Albania in their eighth and final World Cup qualifier to go into next summer's tournament with maximum points and no goals conceded

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2 w. ago Harry Kane makes England World Cup prediction after unbeaten qualifying campaign

Bayern Munich striker aiming high ahead of summer tournament

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2 w. ago Outsiders sense Chess World Cup glory after host of big names make early exits

Fifteen of the world’s top 20 were eliminated in first four rounds, including world champion Gukesh DommarajuAn early cull of the favourites at the Chess World Cup in Goa has resulted in 15 of the top 20 seeds heading for home early. It has also created a lopsided pairing situation where almost all the remaining favourites are concentrated in one half of the draw.The two surviving top seeds, India’s world No 5 Arjun Erigaisi and China’s No 10-ranked Wei Yi, could meet in the quarter-finals, while the headline pairing in Friday afternoon’s fifth round is Levon Aronian, the US star who has already won the World Cup twice, against Erigaisi. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Safety row as 1,000 residents oppose plans for 'seriously flawed' cycle lane in St John's Wood

Westminster City Council says safer routes are needed to reduce pedestrian and cyclist casualties

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