38 m. ago Manchester City look to bounce back, EFL team news and buildup – matchday live

News and discussion as we build up to the day’s actionPremier League things | Get in touchParis Saint-Germain head to Monaco in Ligue 1 today and the hosts’ confidence has been low. The lack of confidence within Sébastien Pocognoli’s side was clear on Wednesday, when Monaco drew 2-2 with Pafos in the Champions League, twice letting the lead slip.The eight-time French champions have won only one of its past five matches across all competitions, with Pocognoli saying he is still struggling to find the right formula since replacing Adi Hütter in October.We have too many variations in character and it’s up to me to bring that under control. I’ve been working on it for a month. I’m trying to understand [the team], push it and stimulate it, it’s something that takes time.Vitinha is growing and the team also. He’s so special, so different. I’m very happy for him because he deserves that. He works so hard, shows such personality.[Pedri] will play some minutes, but [won’t be in the starting]...

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44 m. ago What England's Ashes flops are doing ahead of crucial second Test in Brisbane

The England cricket team's preparations are under the spotlight after Ben Stokes's side capitulated to a two-day defeat in the first Test in Perth

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47 m. ago Liverpool dressing room's true feelings on Arne Slot sack talk as stars point finger

Liverpool are in dreadful form with Arne Slot's position now under scrutiny just months after winning the Premier League title, and the Reds squad are far from happy with themselves

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54 m. ago Rage rooms: can smashing stuff up really help to relieve anger and stress?

Venues promoting destruction as stress relief are appearing around the UK but experts – and our correspondent – are unsureIf you find it hard to count to 10 when anger bubbles up, a new trend offers a more hands-on approach. Rage rooms are cropping up across the UK, allowing punters to smash seven bells out of old TVs, plates and furniture.Such pay-to-destroy ventures are thought to have originated in Japan in 2008, but have since gone global. In the UK alone venues can be found in locations from Birmingham to Brighton, with many promoting destruction as a stress-relieving experience. Continue reading...

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90 m. ago Ashes latest: England dealt huge Mark Wood injury blow ahead of second Test

Pace-bowler set to miss the Gabba Test

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91 m. ago Former Premier League striker comes out of retirement to join 12th

MORE than one year after retiring, ex-Premier League forward Cameron Jerome is back in the game as he joins amateur side Newsome. The Huddersfield-based team announced Jerome's arrival on Wednesday, writing: "BOOM - He's here. "Ex Cardiff, Birmingham & Norwich. 650+ games. 140+ goals. "Power, pace & huge experience. "An Absolute Prodigious addition to the...

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1 hour ago 'My 36M boobs are so big it takes me hours to get out of bed

Melissa Ashcroft, 30, says her size 36M breasts weigh a whopping two and a half stone and have left her with such back pain that's so severe she feels like a '70-year-old'

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2 h. ago Jess Glynne forced to miss Alex Scott I'm A Celeb exit for heartbreaking reason

Singer Jess Glynne was unable to fly to Australia to meet girlfriend Alex Scott after she was voted out of the I'm A Celebrity jungle due to a family health crisis

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2 h. ago Ben Stokes responds to Mitchell Johnson’s ‘arrogant’ barb at England before second Ashes Test

England’s preparation has been scrutinised after a humbling defeat in the first Test

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2 h. ago Mark Wood set to miss second Ashes Test as England dealt fitness blow

Wood missed training ahead of the clash in Brisbane and is not expected to feature at The Gabba

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3 h. ago Ashes latest as Australia missing captain for second Test against England tourists

Australia can take a commanding 2-0 lead in The Ashes as the second Test gets underway in Brisbane next week, and England know exactly whom they'll be facing next up

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3 h. ago Ashes legend left bankrupt after 'bad decisions' died skint with nothing in will to family

An ex-England bowler, who was part of a successful Ashes series, had built up financial issues before his death

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3 h. ago Alex Scott is all smiles as she's greeted by the friends and family on arrival at post

The former Lioness, 41, was the first contestant to be voted off I'm A Celebrity on Friday night as she opened up about 'mentally tough' experience.

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4 h. ago What does the Budget mean for you... and how bad was it? This is Money podcast

Rachel Reeves seemed happy with her statement and Sir Keir Starmer has been out singing its praises, but was the Budget a diamond in the rough or a dud?

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4 h. ago 'Amazing classic comedy' with 'absolutely perfect cast' on Film 4 today

Two acting legends star in this 90s feel-good family movie perfect for a Saturday spent on the sofa – fans of the film are calling it a 'heart-warming' experience

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6 h. ago ‘It has made me live life more’: Jessie J on cancer, comebacks and cracking China

Endometriosis, miscarriage, failed relationships, suicide and gaslighting they are all laid bare on the singer-writer’s new album. But just as she finished recording it, she got a shock diagnosis. She explains why it’s made her determined to be in the momentYou couldn’t make it up, Jessie J says. There she was preparing for her first album release in eight years, ecstatically in love with her newish partner, and finally the mother of a toddler having struggled to conceive for a decade, on top of the world. Then in March she was diagnosed with breast cancer.The singer-songwriter, real name Jessica Cornish, is famous for telling it as it is. The album, Don’t Tease Me With a Good Time, was supposed to be an open book, dealing with every ounce of devastation she’d experienced since she last recorded music (endometriosis, miscarriage, failed relationships, gaslighting, suicide) with typical candour. The first single, No Secrets, was released in April. But by then...

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6 h. ago Brain damage, blindness and death: the global trail of trauma left by methanol

Methanol, a cheap relative of ethanol, is entering the supply chain, causing thousands of deaths around the worldFor Bethany Clarke, poison tasted like nothing. There was no bitter aftertaste, no astringent sting at the back of the tongue. If anything, she thought in passing, the free shots she and her friends were drinking at a hostel bar in Laos had probably been watered down – she wasn’t detecting a strong vodka flavour through the veil of Sprite she had mixed it with.All in all, Clarke remembers drinking about five of those shots, sitting with her best friend, Simone White, and a crowd of others at the hostel’s happy hour. CCTV footage shows the group laughing in the warm air of the open bar in the town of Vang Vieng, green and red lights dancing over their shoulders. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago NHS tells Gabapentin users 'call 999 immediately' with any of five symptoms

People taking gabapentin could be at risk of experiencing side effects that may warrant a 999 call

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12 h. ago Julia Roberts, 58, wishes twins Hazel and Phinnaeus a happy 21st birthday with rare baby photo

The 58-year-old Oscar winner - who stars in a glitzy new campaign - posted a rare throwback photos of the children as babies sitting in high chairs and added a warm caption.

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12 h. ago Usman Khawaja's unhinged Ashes rant as the Aussie opener hangs onto his place in the team by his fingernails

Usman Khawaja has broken his Ashes silence with a bizarre rant after he was spared the axe - for now - but the under-siege Aussie Test opener is no guarantee of playing in Brisbane

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