4 h. ago Premier League buildup and WSL action, Earps book revelations, Vieira out – matchday live

⚽ News, previews and discussion before the day’s action⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look for | Mail matchday liveLiverpool v Aston Villa: It’s a massive week for Arne Slot’s defending champions – after today’s game they face Real Madrid in the Champions League before a visit to Manchester City next weekend.Speaking yesterday, Slot identified Liverpool’s difficulties in converting chances as being more concerning than their leaky defence. They’ve lost six of their last seven games in all competitions and tonight face a Villa side who have won their last four league games.Against United, how many chances did we concede? Against Frankfurt when we were 3-1 up, we hardly conceded a shot on target. In all the games we played until now we haven’t conceded a lot of chances. Not at all. We do give away a bit more than last season but that has to do with us being 1-0 down so you take a bit more risk. But in general I don’t think that our issue is that we concede too many chances. Our issu...

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4 h. ago Police chiefs issue THIRD dispersal order in Greater Manchester this weekend

Officers say this one is to prevent fireworks being abused

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4 h. ago When to head out this weekend as Greater Manchester to be hit by 'band of heavy rain'

The Met Office there will continue to be outbreaks of heavy rain for much of the region today

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5 h. ago Premier League buildup and WSL action, Earps book revelations, Vieira sacked – matchday live

⚽ News, previews and discussion before the day’s action⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look for | Mail matchday liveLiverpool v Aston Villa: It’s a massive week for Arne Slot’s defending champions – after today’s game they face Real Madrid in the Champions League before a visit to Manchester City next weekend.Speaking yesterday, Slot identified Liverpool’s difficulties in converting chances as being more concerning than their leaky defence. They’ve lost six of their last seven games in all competitions and tonight face a Villa side who have won their last four league games.Against United, how many chances did we concede? Against Frankfurt when we were 3-1 up, we hardly conceded a shot on target. In all the games we played until now we haven’t conceded a lot of chances. Not at all. We do give away a bit more than last season but that has to do with us being 1-0 down so you take a bit more risk. But in general I don’t think that our issue is that we concede too many chances. Our issu...

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6 h. ago Premier League and WSL buildup, Earps book revelations, Vieira sacked – matchday live

⚽ News, previews and discussion before the day’s action⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look for | Mail matchday liveLiverpool v Aston Villa: It’s a massive week for Arne Slot’s defending champions – after today’s game they face Real Madrid in the Champions League before a visit to Manchester City next weekend.Speaking yesterday, Slot identified Liverpool’s difficulties in converting chances as being more concerning than their leaky defence. They’ve lost six of their last seven games in all competitions and tonight face a Villa side who have won their last four league games.Against United, how many chances did we concede? Against Frankfurt when we were 3-1 up, we hardly conceded a shot on target. In all the games we played until now we haven’t conceded a lot of chances. Not at all. We do give away a bit more than last season but that has to do with us being 1-0 down so you take a bit more risk. But in general I don’t think that our issue is that we concede too many chances. Our issu...

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7 h. ago Police issue TWO dispersal orders across Manchester over anti

Officers will be able to order people to leave

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10 h. ago Seven players could miss Nottingham Forest vs Man United after Ruben Amorim update

Manchester United face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League this weekend on the back of three consecutive wins, and with a relatively injury-free senior squad

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35 h. ago Man City fans have been given 115 reasons to be proud this weekend

Manchester City fans will celebrate a milestone this weekend when the men's and women's team play at home in their respective games.

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46 h. ago Sean Dyche hints he was RIGHT about Ruben Amorim and Man Utd

Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United take on Nottingham Forest this weekend, with the Midlands side’s new boss, Sean Dyche, having been critical of the Red Devils manager in the past

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56 h. ago Rail chaos across UK this weekend including London, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh routes

Exclusive: East Coast Main Line passengers face two-hour rail-replacement bus journey

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3 d. ago Woman slowly poisoned boyfriend with EYE DROPS then tried to cover it up in sick way

A woman has been jailed for 50 years after murdering her police chief boyfriend by slowly poisoning his coffee and food. Her web of lies stuck for years until a shocking breakthrough

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4 d. ago Three things spotted in Man United training as Ruben Amorim left sweating over injury worry

Manchester United are preparing for the clash with Nottingham Forest this weekend after the win over Brighton on Saturday.

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4 d. ago Greater Manchester ‘winter wonderland’ festival taking place this weekend

The event organisers are looking for volunteers to help run the festival

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5 d. ago California police chief accused of commuting from Idaho and sleeping at the station

Eamonn Allen, the chief of police in Millbrae near San Francisco, has reportedly been living at the station during the week and returning to Boise, over 650 miles away when off work

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7 d. ago Met chief Sir Mark Rowley goes to battle with the BBC over Panorama exposé of shamed police station

This month, the broadcaster released Panorama: Undercover in the Police which exposed racist and discriminatory comments and actions by officers at Charing Cross police station.

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7 d. ago Pep Guardiola fires warning to Arsenal with bold Liverpool title prediction

Arsenal go into the weekend at the top of the Premier League table but Manchester City and Liverpool are ready to take advantage if the Gunners slip up between now and May

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8 d. ago Arne Slot doubles down on Ruben Amorim remark after Man Utd backlash

Liverpool boss Arne Slot faced criticism after having a pop at Ruben Amorim's tactics during his team's defeat at home to Manchester United last weekend

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8 d. ago Alan Shearer's full Premier League predictions – Man Utd tough call, Liverpool 'hurting'

It's anticipated to be another dramatic weekend of Premier League action as Manchester United host Brighton, Liverpool make the trip to Brentford and Arsenal entertain Crystal Palace

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8 d. ago Pep Guardiola press conference LIVE Man City team news and injury latest vs Aston Villa

Manchester City face Aston Villa in the Premier League this weekend as they look to make it ten games unbeaten in all competitions.

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8 d. ago ‘Still work to be done’: Iceland marks 50 years since Women’s Day Off protests

President says country is not free from feminist backlash being seen around worldIceland is the only country to have closed the gender gap by more than 90%, according to the World Economic Forum, and, for the first time in its history, every national leadership position – including president, prime minister, bishop and police chief – is now held by a woman.But as people go on strike on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of “kvennafrí” (“Women’s Day Off”) strike, the protest that kickstarted a global equality revolution, the Icelandic president warned that her country was not immune to gender-related “red flags” and a global “backlash” against feminism. Continue reading...

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