63 m. ago 5 key tasks gardeners must do to hydrangeas before the first sign of frost

Hydrangeas require a bit of care over the colder months. Here are five things you need to do in order to protect your plants from the frost and winter weather.

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82 m. ago Burnley v Arsenal, Nottingham Forest v Manchester United, and more: football – live

⚽ Updates from 3pm GMT kick-offs around the grounds⚽ Live scoreboard | Sign up to Football Daily | Email BillySophie Downey was at Stamford Bridge this lunchtime to watch Sam Kerr seal the points for Chelsea against London City Lionesses:Early full-time results Continue reading...

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98 m. ago Electric blankets are 'perfect breeding ground' for dust mites as expert issues health warning

Here are five signs that your electric blanket is probably crawling in dust mites and bacteria

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1 hour ago Your star sign could put you in same league as Ed Gein and other serial killers

Think your zodiac sign says nothing about you? Think again, astrology fans have spotted a chilling trend: some of the world’s most notorious serial killers, including Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer, all share this

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2 h. ago Matheus Cunha faces challenge that Sir Alex Ferguson rarely suffered with

Matheus Cunha signed for Manchester United during the summer transfer window has been sent a message by a former assistant manager

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3 h. ago Man Utd's January transfer plan as Ruben Amorim admits stars 'will ask to leave'

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has admitted transfer incomings and outgoings are possible in January, with the World Cup on the horizon

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3 h. ago Max Dowman Arsenal transfer claim made as Bukayo Saka truth clear for Mikel Arteta

Max Dowman made his first senior start for Arsenal during their 3-1 victory over Brighton and Hove Albion in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night, with the 15-year-old catching the eye

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3 h. ago US public health officials vigilant as newer mpox variant detected

Risk to general public is low but cases in California suggest virus is spreading undetected in some communitiesA newer variant of mpox, the virus formerly known as monkeypox, is now spreading through some communities in the US and Europe.The risk to the general public is low, but community transmission in new places signals greater challenges for public health to detect cases and stop the spread. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'I was forced out of Liverpool – it felt like Steven Gerrard was cheating on me'

Fernando Torres joined Liverpool in 2007 and his partnership with Steven Gerrard was a sight to behold but it was also the reason one left the club one year later

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4 h. ago Controversial Wrexham star doesn't mince his words with demands made of team

Wrexham came from behind to beat Championship leaders Coventry City 3-2 on Friday night, but one of their star summer signings wants to see more from his team-mates

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4 h. ago West Ham are a shambles – and Nuno shows little sign of being able to fix it | Jacob Steinberg

One point in four games and strange selections mean the Hammers are staring at the Championship unless something changes soonNuno Espírito Santo has made a dreadful start at West Ham. He has taken one point from four games in charge and is already in danger of losing mutinous supporters after naming ludicrous starting XIs during his shambolic defeats by Brentford and Leeds.Do it once and it could have been passed off as an experiment. No such luck here, though. There was bewilderment when Nuno played a right-back on the left, a left-back on the right, the ponderous duo of Tomas Soucek and Andrew Irving in midfield and Lucas Paquetá as a false 9 against Brentford. Nobody was surprised when West Ham, who were fortunate it finished 2-0, produced one of the worst performances by a Premier League team. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Even when unthinkable things were happening to me, my first instinct was to work. Am I addicted?

It was only years later, when I heard the word workaholic being used seriously for the first time, that I wondered whether I had a problemHave you ever heard a word that jolts you to attention? That word, for me, was “workaholism” – and when I heard it through my headphones earlier this year, listening to an audiobook on the tube, I felt a pang of something between recognition and panic. It transported me back to the worst time in my life.In May 2016, when I was nearly five months pregnant, I travelled to rural Norway to make a short documentary for the Guardian. The Norwegian government was making asylum seekers – from mostly Muslim countries – take cultural education classes about women’s rights. I’d been invited to a class in Moi, a town by a lake framed with pine trees, 100km south of Stavanger. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Learners desperate for driving tests 'taken advantage' of by bots and scammers

A total of 38 MPs signed a letter to the Local Transport Minister raising concerns that scammers are buying up tests on DVSA’s official portal so they can be sold for profit

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5 h. ago I see signs next Celtic manager won't be a low risk gamble but fans shouldn't count on Ange Postecoglou either

Dermot Desmond might be public enemy number one for many Hoops fans right now but the powerbroker usually has lofty aims when it comes to managers

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5 h. ago Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira sacked by Genoa just months after signing contract extension

The legendary Frenchman leaves the Serie A side bottom of the table and without a win league win this season

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6 h. ago Why plummeting oil price could finally undo Putin: As Ukraine hits refineries, Russia's economy is struggling and rare anti

There are flickering signs of Russians daring to criticise Vladimir Putin and his war which is now only 70 days short of the length of Soviet participation in the defeat of Hitler in WW2 ..

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6 h. ago Mary Earps: ‘I don’t look back with bad blood. It worked out well for everybody’

Former England goalkeeper reveals full story behind her international retirement, her problems with eating and alcohol, and why she’d struggle on The TraitorsRead an exclusive extract from Mary Earps’ book“I’ve learned a lot about what truly matters in life,” Mary Earps says on a quiet and cloudy afternoon as, at Paris Saint-Germain’s training centre on the outskirts of the French capital, the former England goalkeeper reflects on the achievements and drama of her last five years. “My life has accidentally come into the court of public opinion. People talking about your performance comes with the territory but when it starts to become about your character, and assumptions people make about you, that can be really, really challenging.”Between 2020 and 2023 Earps overcame depression, a drinking problem, eating issues, won the Euros with England, forced Nike to change their attitude to female goalkeepers, saved a penalty in a World Cup final and won the BBC’s Sports...

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7 h. ago NHS issues pain warning as red flag can signal serious reaction to lansoprazole

Lansoprazole is is commonly used to treat a variety of stomach-related conditions, including heartburn, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and stomach ulcers

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7 h. ago Pope declares Cardinal Newman a church doctor and signals Catholic education a priority

Pope Leo XIV has bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, declaring him a doctor of the church

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8 h. ago England’s mission to put down World Cup marker in autumn showdowns

Steve Borthwick’s side are showing signs of real progress - now can they make a statement against Southern Hemisphere giants?

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