1 hour ago England cannot afford to be in awe of the All Blacks, warns Jamie George

England host New Zealand on Saturday.

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2 h. ago Manchester City ticket and hotel deals for Premier League and Champions League games from £129 per person

MANCHESTER City fans are being offered a golden ticket to see the champions in action, with official match packages now on sale. With Pep Guardiola's side once again fighting for top honours, seats at the Etihad are like gold dust.  But City supporters can now bag a guaranteed official ticket — plus a hotel stay...

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3 h. ago Scotland eye New Zealand rematch as more regular opportunities beckon for elusive first win

Townsend looks ahead to 2026 clash after another near miss against All Blacks

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3 h. ago Jamie George warns England not to sit back in awe at New Zealand’s aura

‘We need a clear gameplan to put them under pressure’All Blacks have not lost at Twickenham for 13 yearsJamie George has warned that England must not be seduced by the All Blacks’ mystique if they are to clinch a first Twickenham victory over New Zealand in 13 years on Saturday.Steve Borthwick has been boosted before the toughest assignment of England’s autumn campaign with the return to fitness of Elliot Daly, who could make his first appearance since fracturing an arm on British & Irish Lions duty, while Freddie Steward and Tom Roebuck were also named in Sunday night’s 37-man squad. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Fighting From Home sculpture honours vital Second World War workers

The monument in the UK’s former capital of chainmaking is inspired by its creator’s grandfather’s work to help supply the Royal Navy.

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5 h. ago The nut secret: 14 easy, delicious ways to eat more of these life

A handful of nuts a day can help manage obesity and reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some kinds of cancer. Yet most of us don’t get enough. Here’s a no-fuss guide to getting your 30g a dayHow often do you eat nuts? The planetary health diet, introduced in 2019 and updated last month, recommends that everyone eat a portion every day (unless you have an allergy). Alongside eating more fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes, and fewer animal products and sugary foods, this could help prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, as well as slash food-related greenhouse gas emissions.Yet according to Prof Sarah Berry, the chief scientist at Zoe, many don’t eat any nuts at all. In the UK, the average consumption is 6g a day. Romanian researchers found higher levels of nut consumption in Canada, some African countries and some regions of Europe and the Middle East, and lower levels in South America. But overall, they said: “Consumers may not have ...

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5 h. ago Popular drink can slash your risk of a common heart condition by more than a third, study reveals

Experts have discovered a link between a popular beverage and a low risk of atrial fibrillation - a condition that causes a rapid, irregular heartbeat and can lead to stroke and heart failure.

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6 h. ago MLS playoffs: Minnesota best Seattle in a classic as Miami rout Nashville

Lionel Messi scores two and assists two in 4-0 winCincinnati eliminates Columbus on late Brenner goalDayne St Clair scored and Andrew Thomas hit the crossbar in a penalty-kick shootout that was decided by the goalkeepers in the 11th round, and Minnesota United staged a shorthanded rally to beat the Seattle Sounders on Saturday in the rubber match of the best-of-three first-round series for the MLS Cup after a 3-3 tie in regulationThomas, who replaced starter Stefan Frei in the 89th minute with a shootout looming, appeared to injure a finger on a miss by Joaquín Pereyra to begin the shootout. He finished with a heavily taped hand. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Families living in the shadow of 'Rochdale's Chernobyl' say they are plagued by urban explorers and fly

Locals have been battling with council chiefs for more than 25 years calling for action over the health hazard hotspot, which has been ransacked and become a fly-tipping grotspot.

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6 h. ago Council tries to buy freehold of Lewisham property where owner cannot be identified

Council tries to buy freehold of Lewisham property where owner cannot be identified  This Is Local London

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7 h. ago The kindness of strangers: a man I’d just met helped me land the job that changed my life

Because he’d gone to the trouble of setting it up, I went to the interview – even though I didn’t have a visaRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesIn the late 1980s, I was setting off on a backpacking trip to Europe with a friend. They were interested in doing a master’s degree in New York, so we’d booked a two-week stay in the Big Apple on the way to London.We arrived at the postgrad residence, a big 10-storey building on the Upper West Side called International House which had been set up by Rockefeller to house postgraduate students. We dropped our bags and went straight to the canteen, where we grabbed food, took a seat and started talking to other diners. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Doctor says keep lights off to slash risk of heart attack or stroke

Dr Shady Abohashem of Harvard Medical School says you should also avoid TV and phone screens at night

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8 h. ago London theatre is reported to the Equality and Human Rights Commission over Jewish

The Jewish Community Council (JCC) have asked the EHRC to probe the Troxy, alleging the theatre has taken an 'anti-Jewish' policy since the October 7 attacks

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8 h. ago Commentators gasp as All Blacks 'rugby from Gods' moment leaves fans stunned

New Zealand star Damian McKenzie put in a world-class performance against Scotland on Saturday and won the 'Player of the Match' award despite playing just 35 minutes

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8 h. ago Call for people who reach state pension age to be paid for five years even if they die

Sir Steve Webb, who was pensions minister when the triple lock was introduced, has urged Rachel Reeves to implement a ‘minimum guaranteed payout’ of five years

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8 h. ago Last families standing in doomed tower blocks REFUSE to move out despite council offering £100k over value of their homes

The last remaining families of two 'doomed' North London tower blocks claim they will remain in the creaking 'unsafe' complexes until the bulldozers arrive.

Society

8 h. ago UK adult shop operates for 21 years without complaint – until now

Shop owner, Alan Brook defended his business in Crewe stating: 'Everything's been great, no trouble whatsoever' - however councillors may decide not to renew its licence

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9 h. ago Supermarket slashes 1L bottle of Baileys to £14 ahead of Christmas

A supermarket has reduced the price of the popular drink ahead of the festive period

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10 h. ago A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit

Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realizeA young white woman in yoga clothes berating masked ICE agents in a parking lot this spring. A pope speaking up again and again for immigrants. Furious judges dressing down the Trump administration and ruling against it time after time after time, in response to the blizzard of lawsuits filed by human rights and environmental groups, states, cities and individuals. A senator speaking nonstop for 25 hours and another flying to El Salvador to find out what happened to his kidnapped constituent. The biggest day of protest in US history as an estimated 7 million people showed up for No Kings on 18 October in small towns and red counties as well as big blue cities.Weekly protests at Tesla salesrooms earlier this year that succeeded in damaging the brand, depressing global sales and prompting Tesla CEO Elon Musk to retreat from his Doge slash-and-burn project. Federal workers resisting sometimes...

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10 h. ago Horse breeder near 'racing HQ' baffled by noise complaint over 'constant neighing'

Mandy Young, who lives near Newmarket - known as the 'headquarters' of British horseracing - said the letter from West Suffolk Council had left her 'paranoid'

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