67 m. ago Liverpool transfer could open door to hand Jack Grealish move joining old rival

Jack Grealish is looking for a way out of Manchester City and Liverpool's pursuit of Florian Wirtz could see Bayer Leverkusen come knocking for the former Aston Villa man - and a somewhat unholy union with ex-Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag

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79 m. ago Thomas Tuchel dismisses England inferiority fears as he tells players: 'Everyone is beatable'

England boss also admitted his side must find a way to be more exciting

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80 m. ago Thomas Tuchel insists Arsenal and Liverpool will have huge Premier League title advantage next season

England boss believes Club World Cup could have a significant impact on next season’s title race

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80 m. ago Harry Kane handed 'Cristiano Ronaldo warning' by England boss Thomas Tuchel

England captain Harry Kane will be 33 after next year's World Cup but after scoring his 450th career goal in the 1-0 win over Andorra, Thomas Tuchel has warned fans not to expect him to follow Cristiano Ronaldo's path

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98 m. ago Colombia: president says shot candidate had security detail cut on day of attack

Revelation from Gustavo Petro follows shooting of Miguel Uribe Turbay by alleged 15-year-old hitman in BogotáThe security detail for the Colombian presidential candidate who was shot at a campaign rally at the weekend was severely reduced on the day of the attack, the country’s president has said.Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was shot twice in the head at close range by an alleged 15-year-old hitman while campaigning in Bogotá on Saturday. He has reportedly shown little response to medical interventions and, according to his wife, needs “a miracle” to survive. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Notable victory for Steve Clarke as Scotland boss on cusp of outright record

4-0 win over Liechtenstein may not silence detractors but there was cause for optimism

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1 hour ago West Lothian carers group helps secure more than £1.5m for most vulnerable

The boost comes from the work CoWL has put in working with West Lothian Council’s council’s Advice Shop teams and saw an 87% uplift in incomes for carers and their families.

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2 h. ago Body found by police confirmed to be missing Colombian 'murder' victim from east London

Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, disappeared after leaving her home in Ilford and a man charged with her murder

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2 h. ago University of Michigan drops private security after reports of surveillance

The University of Michigan says it’s cutting ties with a private security company that was accused of following pro-Palestinian activists on and off campus

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2 h. ago Women and men diverge more than ever on support for abortion rights, poll shows

Gallup poll found 61% of women identify as pro-choice, while only 41% of men do so, in three years after fall of RoeThree years after the fall of Roe v Wade and months after an election that heavily focused on the fight over abortion rights, men and women have never diverged more on their support for access to the procedure, according to new polling from Gallup released Monday.Sixty-one percent of women now identify as “pro-choice”, but only 41% of men say the same, Gallup found. The same percentage of women identified as “pro-choice” in 2022, just after the decision to overturn Roe was leaked, but at the time, 48% of men also did so. Prior to Roe’s collapse, men and women were never more than 10 points apart from one another on the issue, according to decades of Gallup polling. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Scotland boss Steve Clarke happy as strikers seize chance against Liechtenstein

Clarke’s decision to start with a 4-4-2 formation paid off as Che Adams grabbed a hat-trick and George Hirst netted his first international goal.

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3 h. ago Steve Clarke insists angry Scotland took it out on Liechtenstein as he issues challenge to international new boys

The Scotland boss also hailed Lennon Miller and Ross Doohan as he says goodbye to assistant manager John Carver

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3 h. ago Tennessee prison riot contained after several hours; 3 inmates and 1 guard injured

A private correctional company says inmates at a Tennessee prison destroyed property, compromised security cameras and set a few fires during a riot that took hours to contain and caused minor injuries to three inmates and one guard

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4 h. ago Expert reveals ten tips to try when bringing your kids to a festival this summer

Keep your kids safe and happy at live events with these handy hacks

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4 h. ago Horrifying moment 'distracted' lorry ploughs into pedestrian after mounting pavement

The 67-year-old victim was sent flying after truck driver Glen Brady, 47, had become 'distracted by his sat nav'.

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4 h. ago London bus driver who killed girl, 9, after falling asleep due to smoking cannabis jailed for four years

Martin Asolo-Ogugua, 23, mounted a pavement and hit Ada Bicakci in front of her family

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5 h. ago The Guardian view on Labour’s tough choices: they are costing the government dearly | Editorial

Austerity-era scepticism runs deep – and Labour’s abstract promises are falling flat as Nigel Farage rises in the pollsThe Labour government’s abrupt U-turn on winter fuel payments – restoring the benefit to more than three-quarters of pensioners – reveals less a change of heart than a sobering realisation in Westminster: after years of austerity, the public no longer gives politicians the benefit of the doubt. The irony is hard to miss. Labour set out to prove that “grown-up” economics means difficult decisions – only to find that once trust is lost, voters won’t accept vague promises without tangible results.It turns out many are sceptical that sacrifices will produce better results for society. That’s why ministers are struggling to justify cuts to disability benefits as a way to “fund” public services – or to convince the public that Britain can’t afford to lift the two-child benefit cap even as ministers claim they will reduce child poverty. There may be more conspicuous retrea...

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5 h. ago Gang boss who was arrested in his pants to pay back fraction of £764k gains

Luke Mattan, 36, of Cardiff, was sentenced to 15 years and eight months imprisonment for conspiracy to supply class A drugs

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5 h. ago One college is forcing all of its students to become ‘bilingual’ in AI

The Ohio State University last week announced that all of its students, regardless of major, will be using AI starting this upcoming fall semester.

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5 h. ago University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations

Outcry after report that private investigators had been trailing and recording pro-Palestinian protesters for monthsThe University of Michigan has canceled its contract for undercover investigators to surveil pro-Palestininan campus groups, following outcry after a Guardian story revealed the private investigators had been trailing and recording students for months, and published damning video of one investigator’s interaction with a student.“We recently learned that an employee of one of our security contractors has acted in ways that go against our values and directives,” the U-M president, Domenico Grasso, wrote in an email to students and faculty on Sunday night. “Going forward, we are terminating all contracts with external vendors to provide plainclothes security on campus.” Continue reading...

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