14 h. ago Charming French town with beautiful Christmas market so close it could be a day trip

Lille in France is the perfect destination for an extreme day trip, with the Eurostar from London taking just an hour and 22 minutes to reach the city

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35 h. ago Boy’s stabbing and a knifeman at barbershop linked to Cambridgeshire train attack

Incidents are being investigated as part of the inquiry into Saturday’s mass stabbing on a high-speed trainThe stabbing of a 14-year-old boy and two reports of a knifeman seen at a barber’s in Peterborough are being investigated as part of the police inquiry into a mass stabbing on a high-speed train.Cambridgeshire police said the teenager was non-fatally injured at 7.10pm on Friday, before a man with a knife was seen at a barber’s in the Fletton area of the city 15 minutes later, although this was only reported to police two hours later. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Pep Guardiola hits out at referee and says ‘without Haaland it would be tough’

Guardiola: Bournemouth goal was ‘due to the official’Man City manager hails ‘incredibly coachable’ strikerPep Guardiola praised Erling Haaland after the striker’s two first-half goals inspired Manchester City to a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth and took them second in the table, though the manager also criticised officiating at the Etihad Stadium during his nine years in charge.Haaland’s 12th and 13th league goals of the season came on 17 and 33 minutes, Nico O’Reilly’s third for City coming on the hour. Tyler Adams equalised in the 25th minute for the visitors but it was a controversial goal as David Brooks placed a hand on Gianluigi Donnarumma at Alex Scott’s corner, removing it from the goalkeeper at the last moment. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago New York City Marathon results: Photo finish, course record and Eliud Kipchoge 17th

Benson Kipruto won the New York City Marathon in two hours, eight minutes and nine seconds, but finished just two hundreds of a second ahead of runner-up Alexander Mutiso

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66 h. ago Gary Neville demands 'more' from Man United star Ruben Amorim and Ineos paid £66.4m for

Manchester United fought back to rescue a point against Nottingham Forest after conceding two goals in the space of two minutes at the City Ground.

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4 d. ago ‘You don’t have to hurtle down slopes or dance like crazy at après parties’: readers’ favourite winter mountain holidays in Europe

The Alps, Spain’s Sierra Nevada and the national parks of Sweden and Albania feature among our readers’ treasured winter mountain breaks• Tell us about a stay in a historic building – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucherInnsbruck offers lots of options for a winter holiday. I found it’s a place where you don’t have to hurtle down ski slopes or dance like crazy at après-ski parties. In fact I was amazed when I took the 20-minute cable car from the city centre up 2,000 metres to an area where locals were sitting in deckchairs on the snow reading books and sipping hot chocolate in the strong Tirolean sunshine. You can ski to your heart’s content on slopes just half an hour from the famous Imperial Palace in the city centre. The city authorities provide some guided free walks and winter activities, including a cross-country skiing taster if you have a Welcome Card provided by your hotel. Then again, you can just sit and sample strong Austrian coffee or Gerschtnsuppe (soup with barle...

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6 d. ago Six Man City hopefuls face 90 minute cup trial to make Premier League XI

Pep Guardiola is set to rotate his Manchester City side for the Carabao Cup clash with Swansea City on Wednesday night.

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7 d. ago The Yorkshire city that’s Europe’s ‘most haunted’ 90 minutes from Manchester

It's the perfect place to visit this Halloween

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9 d. ago Tijjani Reijnders sums up what Man City lost in four minutes of Aston Villa defeat

Manchester City were nine games unbeaten when they headed to Aston Villa but weren't good enough and suffered a defeat

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1 week ago Man City star almost quit football for basketball due to lack of minutes

Josko Gvardiol has been a huge hit at Manchester City but, back when he was coming through the ranks at Dinamo Zagreb, the Croatian considered quitting football for basketball

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2 w. ago Naive Ange Postecoglou could be the least effective Premier League manager ever | Barney Ronay

At no stage did the Australian coach seem to understand the assignment he had been given at Nottingham ForestWell, the Chelsea fans were wrong anyway. Ange Postecoglou was not sacked in the morning. Instead he was sacked in the afternoon. So, another small win there for Ange, even in defeat. Not to mention further proof of the notion to which he has always seemed so fatally in thrall, that he is at any given moment the smartest guy in the room. Even when, as of Saturday afternoon, he’s no longer in the room at all.The official version seems to be that Postecoglou was fired 18 minutes after his final defeat at the City Ground. In reality he was fired in real time, a live-action televised touchline sacking, gone from the moment Evangelos Marinakis disappeared from his seat midway through the second half with the look of a gamekeeper required now to the wring the neck of a dying pheasant. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nottingham Forest vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result, match stream and latest updates

Australian dismissed just minutes following latest City Ground loss, ending his short-lived reign after 39 days

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3 w. ago Gorgeous Italian city is 30 minutes from Venice but without the huge crowds

Venice is one of the most visited cities in the world, but there's a nearby Italian city that's just as beautiful and historic - and without the crowds of tourists

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3 w. ago Pretty and walkable European city is just 6 minutes from the airport by train

Geneva is one of the most expensive cities in Europe, but it's also one of the most walkable - and the city centre is just a six minute journey from the airport

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3 w. ago The John Stones moment that highlights Man City contract dilemma

John Stones managed 80 minutes for England against Wales on Thursday night but the Manchester City defender did suffer an injury scare.

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3 w. ago Angus Gunn tackles repeated Nottingham Forest snubs head on as Scotland 'faith' remains

The 29-year-old has yet to play a minute of football for his new club after leaving Norwich City last summer

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4 w. ago British breakthroughs and India pride amid empty seats and controversy at para athletics worlds

History-making wins capture the imagination despite sparse crowds in Delhi, with 35 world records tumblingThe headline, slightly stuffily, read “heartiest congratulations”. Underneath, an effusive Narendra Modi posted congratulations to his country’s para-athletics team. “A historic performance!” the Indian prime minister wrote on social media, celebrating a record 22-medal haul for his country at the World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi, which ended on Sunday. “I am proud of each and every member and wish them the very best for their future endeavours,” he said. “Hosting the tournament in Delhi has also been an honour for India.”This was India’s first time staging the biggest track-and-field event in disability sport, outside the Paralympic Games, and they made a suitable noise about it. After a last-minute decision that confirmed Delhi as host city last December, the hope was that the championships might expand awareness of para-sport in India and, in the process, perhaps h...

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