75 m. ago Danniella Westbrook plans more surgery as EastEnders actress ready to marry boxer boyfriend

Danniella Westbrook has confirmed her engagement to bare knuckle boxer Charlie ‘Chasa Real Talk’ Symonds after a romantic getaway to Greece.

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77 m. ago Critics say the movement to defund the police failed. But Austin and Seattle are seeing progress

The rallying cry from 2020 Black Lives Matter protests pushed some US cities to divert money towards housing and community servicesAfter George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020, protesters who swarmed the streets across the US shouted the refrain: “Defund the police.” An idea that was once viewed as radical – to redirect money from law enforcement to other city departments and social services – became a rallying cry overnight.As a result of continued pressure, dozens of jurisdictions throughout the nation promised to reduce their police budgets. While most of them backtracked and increased law enforcement funding in the next year or two, several cities changed policies or added new public safety and homeless services departments. Continue reading...

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89 m. ago Jadon Sancho offered new escape route out of Man Utd but Erik ten Hag could scupper deal

Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho could be offered the chance to return to Germany, but his route to Bayer Leverkusen could yet be blocked by the incoming manager, Erik ten Hag

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1 hour ago Motherwell fans react to Michael Wimmer exit as move branded 'totally unprofessional'

Supporters have had their say after Wimmer made a shock exit yesterday, citing 'major family reasons'

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2 h. ago Arsenal XI vs Barcelona: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Women's Champions League final today

Gunners with some tough decisions to make for UWCL showpiece in Lisbon

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3 h. ago ‘You feel useful to society’: Italy’s busybody pensioners go professional

Once seen as a nuisance by construction workers, ‘umarell’ in Villasanta are now offically monitoring public worksAmong his circle of friends, Roberto Cremona says there are one or two umarell – a word coined to describe retired Italian men who spend their time peering through the mesh fencing of construction works, casting judgment and offering up unsolicited advice.“When we meet for coffee, they often say: ‘Did you see that construction site over there? They’re doing this or that wrong, we could do a better job’. These characters are everywhere,” Cremona adds. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago EU 'stands ready to defend its interests' in tariff war with Trump: Bloc demands 'respect' after US President announced 50 per cent charge on European imports

Trump made the threat amid trade talks between Washington and Brussels, warning they were 'going nowhere' and that he could impose the tariffs next month.

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5 h. ago Farewell Kevin De Bruyne: Manchester City’s genius and a law unto himself | Simon Hattenstone

Footballing great, dedicated family man and surprisingly outspoken, the playmaker leaves the Premier League this weekend after a decade of entertainmentKevin De Bruyne is leaving Manchester City, and I’m going through all five stages of grief at once. Denial (the club will give him a new contract); anger (how could they not renew his contract?), bargaining (at 33, he’s past his peak and injury prone), depression (life without Kev is no life) and acceptance (it was never going to last, and I not only got to watch him for 10 years, I got to meet him.)They say you should never meet your heroes. I’ve always stood by that maxim when it came to Manchester City players, with the one exception. Oh Kevin De Bruyne. (For the uninitiated, chant endlessly to the chorus of Seven Nation Army.) As De Bruyne is a law unto himself as a player, so he is as an interviewee. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Alcaraz fears ‘dangerous’ Sinner as rivals prepare for French Open duel

Duo could meet in grand slam final for first timeIga Swiatek out to continue dominance of women’s eventA little over an hour after reinforcing his supremacy on red clay with his first title at the Italian Open, Carlos Alcaraz ended his time in Rome with an ominous, pointed parting shot from the bowels of the Campo Centrale. “He’s going to be dangerous,” said Alcaraz. “He’s going to be a really dangerous player in Paris.”Alcaraz was speaking, of course, about his greatest rival, Jannik Sinner, whom he had just defeated in two fascinating sets in the final. Over the next fortnight in Paris, one of the pressing questions surrounding the tournament will be whether Alcaraz and Sinner, the top two seeds, can consolidate those performances by meeting in a grand slam final for the first time. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Can you pass a British citizenship test? See if you can answer these 23 questions

Do you think you could pass the test? Have a go for yourself

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7 h. ago Was the Black Lives Matter rebellion all for nothing? It may feel like that, but I have seen reasons for hope | Jason Okundaye

It is easy to look back at 2020 and feel aggrieved, even fooled. But in the British city where slaver Edward Colston’s statue was pulled down, I found cause for optimismIt has been five years since George Floyd, a Black man who lived in Minneapolis, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer. The killing, captured in a distressing 10-minute video that quickly flooded social media timelines, sparked something that felt like an international revolution: protests took place across the world, forcing countries and cities to reckon with their present and historical treatment of Black people.In Britain, protests reached fever pitch when activists in Bristol toppled a statue of Edward Colston, the slave trader and deputy governor of the Royal African Company, and hurled it into the harbour. Bristol, once a major slave-trading port, had maintained a veneration of Colston that was increasingly divisive. The statue in particular had been a key focus of tensions: attempts to add a s...

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8 h. ago Crypto tourist nightmare in London: fake Uber driver allegedly drugs American and steals $123K in Bitcoin and XRP

Crypto tourist nightmare in London: fake Uber driver allegedly drugs American and steals $123K in Bitcoin and XRP  The Economic Times

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8 h. ago Two players to miss Fulham vs Man City as Pep Guardiola provides major injury boost

A look at the latest injury situation at Manchester City ahead of their trip to Fulham

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13 h. ago NHS App major update to help everyone get prescriptions quicker ‘like Amazon’

NHS England to roll out a new 'game changer' feature to track if medicines are ready to collect or have been despatched for delivery

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13 h. ago Scott McTominay the Napoli hero alongside Billy Gilmour as moment of genius seals historic Serie A title win

Naples erupts as duo become first Scots to lift Serie A title

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14 h. ago Serie A title decider: Napoli win the Scudetto to deny Inter – as it happened

Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku scored the goals against Cagliari that claimed a second title in three yearsCaledonia’s Simon McMahon gets in touch: “Gilmour and McTominay starting for Napoli and on the verge of winning Serie A is just insane, John. Really hope they do it, got the pizza and beers in, COME ON NAPOLI!!!”Naples is getting game ready, too. Mathías Olivera is being given a penant for his 100th game. The sound of Live Is Life can be heard at the Diego Armando Maradona. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Thomas Tuchel addresses Jude Bellingham injury amid warning for England stars

Three Lions boss delighted at how his squad respond to call-ups amid ongoing fitness and schedule concerns

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15 h. ago Serie A title decider: Napoli win the Scudetto to deny Inter – live reaction

Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku scored the goals against Cagliari that claimed a second title in three yearsAny comments? You can email John your thoughtsCaledonia’s Simon McMahon gets in touch: “Gilmour and McTominay starting for Napoli and on the verge of winning Serie A is just insane, John. Really hope they do it, got the pizza and beers in, COME ON NAPOLI!!!”Naples is getting game ready, too. Mathías Olivera is being given a penant for his 100th game. The sound of Live Is Life can be heard at the Diego Armando Maradona. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago The Mastermind review – Josh O’Connor is world’s worst art thief in Kelly Reichardt’s unlikely heist movie

Cannes film festival Reichardt’s quietist, observational style is unexpectedly successful at creating a super-naturalistic depiction of an art gallery robberyIt needs hardly be said that the title is ironic. The abject non-hero of Kelly Reichardt’s engrossingly downbeat heist movie, set in 1970s Massachusetts, is weak, vain and utterly clueless. By the end, he’s a weirdly Updikean figure, though without the self-awareness: going on the run with no money and without a change of clothes, to escape from the grotesque mess he has made for himself and his family.This is James, played with hangdog near-charm by Josh O’Connor; he is an art school dropout and would-be architectural designer with two young sons, married to Terri (a minor complaint is that the excellent Alana Haim is not given enough to do). James depends on the social standing of his father Bill, a judge, formidably played by Bill Camp, and is borrowing large sums of money from his patrician mother Sarah (Hope Davis), ostens...

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18 h. ago Fear on campus: Harvard’s international students in ‘mass panic’ over Trump move

Students at the oldest US university are feeling shocked and frightened by an attempt to ban foreign scholarsHarvard’s foreign students described an atmosphere of “fear on campus” following an attempt by the Trump administration to ban international scholars at the oldest university in the US.On lush, grassy quads filled with tents and chairs ready for end of year graduation celebrations, international students said there was “mass panic” after Thursday’s shock announcement by the Department of Homeland Security. Continue reading...

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