32 m. ago Liverpool agree £116m Wirtz deal, Club World Cup, Frank’s emotional farewell – football live

Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email YaraThomas Frank and Spurs are a good fit on paper but the north London job will be a tough one for the Dane. Frank is tactically flexible but can be a slow starter and has limited experience in managing sides competing in Europe. Plus he arrives as the love still lingers for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian delivered Tottenham’s first trophy since 2008 and the club’s first European trophy since 1984.Frank has limited experience of balancing the domestic league and Europe, the furthest he ever took Brøndby being the fourth qualifying round of the Europa League. His European record is notably poor: played 10, won three, and two of those were against Juvenes/Dogana of San Marino. His record in domestic cups, similarly, is dismal; his past history makes it unlikely a poor league season could be redeemed by other silverware – although the depth of the Spurs squad perhaps means t...

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56 m. ago Aviation expert explains how man could have survived Air India plane crash

The lone survivor of the Air India plane crash was in seat 11A, next to one of the aircraft’s emergency exits

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90 m. ago Former Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp hits out at club's players for showing support for sacked Ange Postecoglou as he tells them they should have 'tried harder'

Former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp doesn't have much time for Tottenham stars who have showed public support for Ange Postecoglou following his sacking.

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93 m. ago Club World Cup buildup, transfer news, Frank in at Spurs and more: football – live

Football news and analysis from the around the worldThe Rumour Mill: Garnacho set for Villa? | And email YaraThe Club World Cup starts on Sunday and has already been controversial because of extra fixtures and Fifa involvement. Add on that temperatures in US are likely to be above 30C and whew.Notable heat events are not guaranteed during the Club World Cup but they are more likely to happen than in the past because of climate breakdown and there is a question over whether enough is being done to adapt to a new reality. The sole reference to extreme weather in Fifa’s regulations for the Club World Cup relates to the use of cooling breaks, which allow players to take on extra fluids once in each half if the wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) (a measure of heat stress that includes humidity and air movement) exceeds 32C on the pitch. This is the protocol in place since 2014, and for the international players’ union, FifPro, it is insufficient. It argues that the threshold for cooling b...

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1 hour ago Patrols of Dumfries and Galloway beauty spot ramped up to tackle irresponsible behaviour

The Loch Ken Trust Ranger Service and Police Scotland will be taking part in joint patrols to ensure everyone can enjoy the area.

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2 h. ago 'Highly dangerous' TikTok hay fever hack should be avoided warns expert

With searches spiking in the last 24 hours for 'how to stop hay fever immediately', the urge for relief is higher than ever but there's one TikTok craze that experts are urging you to forget

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2 h. ago Who are Thomas Frank's backroom staff? New Tottenham boss oversees complete coaching reset

Thomas Frank has revamped Tottenham’s backroom team after being appointed as the club’s new manager.

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3 h. ago Anglian Water profits go up after price increases as debt swell to £7.7bn

It came as the utilities firm also revealed an increase in pollution incidents over the year.

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3 h. ago Thomas Frank is just what Tottenham need but will he be given time to prove it? | Jonathan Wilson

Manager is flexible but a slow starter with limited experience in Europe, and arrives as the love still lingers for former managerBrøndby appointed Thomas Frank as manager in June 2013 and did not win any of their first eight games of the 2013-14 season. Brentford appointed Frank as manager in October 2018 and lost eight of their following 10 games. So nobody should panic if Frank begins slowly at Tottenham.In reality, though, the first couple of months will be a major challenge for the Dane. These are not easy circumstances for anybody to take the Spurs job. Usually a manager takes over after a run of poor form, with fans and players ready for a change and a regression to the mean in the offing. Spurs have been on a run of poor form: one win in 12 league games over the final three months of the season, but in that time they also won the Europa League, which means everything is seen in a different light. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago A Trick of the Mind by Daniel Yon review – explaining psychology’s most important theory

An immensely readable dive into the ‘predictive processing’ hypothesis, our best guess as to how the mind really worksThe process of perception feels quite passive. We open our eyes and light floods in; the world is just there, waiting to be seen. But in reality there is an active element that we don’t notice. Our brains are always “filling in” our perceptual experience, supplementing incoming information with existing knowledge. For example, each of us has a spot at the back of our eye where there are no light receptors. We don’t see the resulting hole in our field of vision because our brains ignore it. The phenomenon we call “seeing” is the result of a continuously updated model in your mind, made up partly of incoming sensory information, but partly of pre-existing expectations. This is what is meant by the counter­intuitive slogan of contemporary cognitive science: “perception is a controlled hallucination”.A century ago, someone with an interest in psycholo...

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4 h. ago Expert explains in horrifying detail what happens to your body when you're boiled to death

Boiling to death was a favoured method of execution for many a hot-headed despot in times gone by, but what happens to your body when it's plunged into scalding water?

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4 h. ago Expert reveals 6 crucial steps to get some sleep while camping at a festival

It's one of the biggest issues festival-goers face - the loud noise and lack of comfort usually leads to a bad night's sleep, but one expert says it doesn't have to be that way

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4 h. ago Expert explains in horrifying detail exactly what happens to your body when you're boiled to death

Despite being a popular medieval torture method -boiling to death can still happen in the modern day. It is one of the most lengthy, horrific and foul deaths with the body slowly collapsing under the pressure of boiling water

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5 h. ago ‘Very beautiful’ portrait of Gallagher brothers to go to auction for £1.5m

Work by Elizabeth Peyton from 1996 shows ‘quiet tension’ between Noel and Liam at their Oasis peak, expert says“Where you gonna swim with the riches that you found?” Oasis asked in All Around the World. Maybe in the art market, buying a portrait of Noel and Liam Gallagher at the height of their fame for a possible £2m.Sotheby’s has announced that a 1996 painting of the brothers by Elizabeth Peyton is to be part of its June contemporary art auction in London. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago 'Free' bus and train perks need to be axed urgently in one area says expert

Critics say the schemes are increasingly being used by well-off older workers, while younger people are left footing the bill through council tax and the congestion charge

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5 h. ago Gardening expert shares 'genius' tip to tell if your plants need watering in heatwave

As the UK braces for a heatwave, a gardening expert has shared a simple 'old-school' tip to tell if your plants need watering - and it doesn't involve sticking your finger in the soil

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7 h. ago Friday’s briefing: Thomas Frank appointed new Tottenham manager

Tottenham finally agreed a deal to appoint Thomas Frank, while the Young Lions impressed.

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9 h. ago Truth about 'repulsive' Jude Bellingham: He carefully manages his multi

As one of the world's most talented and richest footballers, perhaps Jude Bellingham should have thought twice about posing for pictures with one particular hanger-on.

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10 h. ago Liverpool 'contacted' for Darwin Nunez transfer but Man Utd star could ruin sale plans

Darwin Nunez has been heavily linked with an exit from Liverpool after falling down the pecking order under manager Arne Slot, who started the Uruguayan forward just seven times in the 2024-25 Premier League season

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10 h. ago Succession meets White Lotus in this week's Psychological Thrillers: It's Always the Husband by C. L. Taylor, How the Other Half Die by Rachel North, The Stranger In Room Six by Jane Corry

Succession meets White Lotus in this weeks Psychological Thrillers

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