53 m. ago FA Cup third round buildup, WSL and a big clash in Serie A – matchday live

⚽ All the latest ahead of Saturday’s football action⚽ Link in here | Fixtures | Mail usAs for Crystal Palace, the defence of their FA Cup crown did not make it past the first hurdle. It’s fair to say Oliver Glasner was not pleased with their drab display:With all the respect [to Macclesfield] in a game like this you don’t need a tactic, you don’t need a manager who tells you what to do. You have to do the right things. We have to score five or six against a non-league team, but we didn’t show any kind of quality.We spoke about Ethan being here with us before kick-off. Seeing his parents after the game was something very special and I’m sure Ethan was looking down on us today.A lot of the lads said that at the full-time whistle when we managed to find each other that was for him. We try to do our best for him. It’s been such a difficult time, everyone has come together massively since that happened and that shows you how special this club is. Continue reading...

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58 m. ago Cabbage will taste better if you stop boiling it and cook it with 1 much

Cabbage is a nutrient-rich vegetable and one of the cheapest around as it keeps fresh for a long time, but one expert said most people cook it wrong

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71 m. ago What time are The Golden Globes 2026 on and can you watch live in the UK?

This year's event is being hosted by American comedian Nikki Glaser for the second year in a row

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72 m. ago Dwayne Peel cuts lonely figure and humiliated Dragons to hold 'deep review'

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73 m. ago 'I own over 150 perfumes but this £28 scent gets me compliments every time'

A beauty writer with a triple-digit perfume collection shares the fragrance she keeps reaching for that consistently gets compliments from family, friends and dates

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75 m. ago Salah inspires Egypt with energy recalling golden generation to evoke recent history | Jonathan Wilson

Liverpool forward will face his former teammate Sadio Mané in Afcon semi against Senegal after arguably the Pharaohs’ best performance since 2008It is a long time since Egypt had a night this good. There have been two World Cup qualifications since their golden age of three successive Cups of Nations came to an end in 2010, and they’ve got to the finals of two Cups of Nations since, but this had a different feel to the knockout phases in 2017 or 2021 (played in 2022). This wasn’t grinding through, doing just enough (across the knockouts in 2017 and 2021, Egypt won one game without needing extra time or penalties; a grim 1-0 against Morocco in the 2017 quarter-final). It was taking on one of the giants of African football and beating them well. A 3-2 victory over Côte d’Ivoire was probably Egypt’s best single performance since they beat the same opposition 4-1 in the semi-finals of Ghana 2008.That game in Kumasi was always going to cast its shadow over this quarter-final. Saturday’s ...

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76 m. ago Defog car windscreen 'twice as fast' by pushing forgotten switch

Motorists are wasting valuable time on frosty mornings waiting for windscreens to clear

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76 m. ago Perfectly oval poached eggs every time with Mary Berry's pan hack

Celebrity chef Mary Berry has shared her foolproof method for cooking perfect poached eggs

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76 m. ago Mark Selby’s net worth and stunning home with swimming pool he bought with snooker winnings

Four-time world snooker champion Mark Selby is set to compete in the Masters at Alexandra Palace

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2 h. ago My screen time is 37 minutes per day. Here’s how yours can be too

Forget a dumbphone or ‘friction-maxxing’. The secret to breaking up with your phone is simple

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2 h. ago Sir Alex Ferguson told me to sell my car and move my girlfriend out – he ran the club

The former Manchester United winger once got the wrong end of Sir Alex Ferguson during his time at Old Trafford

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2 h. ago ‘I went to the Yorkshire market that felt like a step back in time’

In the heart of this picturesque Yorkshire town is a bustling market where Victorian grandeur meets retro stalls

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3 h. ago Lamar wants to have children with his girlfriend. The problem? She’s entirely AI

As synthetic personas become an increasingly normal part of life, meet the people falling for their chatbot loversLamar remembered the moment of betrayal like it was yesterday. He’d gone to the party with his girlfriend but hadn’t seen her for over an hour, and it wasn’t like her to disappear. He slipped down the hallway to check his phone. At that point, he heard murmurs coming from one of the bedrooms and thought he recognised his best friend Jason’s low voice. As he pushed the door ajar, they were both still scrambling to throw their clothes on; her shirt was unbuttoned, while Jason struggled to cover himself. The image of his girlfriend and best friend together hit Lamar like a blow to the chest. He left without saying a word.Two years on, when he spoke to me, the memory remained raw. He was still seething with anger, as if telling the story for the first time. “I got betrayed by humans,” Lamar insisted. “I introduced my best friend to her, and this is what they d...

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3 h. ago I had an abortion due to climate anxiety. How can I come to terms with it? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

Counselling should help, but it sounds as if you need to slow down and give yourself time to grieveI am 37 years old, happily married and have two children, who came along quickly after we got married in my late 20s. I instantly fell in love with them. However, I wasn’t really emotionally or practically ready, and developed postnatal anxiety.I’ve always cared about the climate crisis, and since after having kids, and knowing it will affect their lives more than mine, I became motivated to make changes. We live a very “green” life. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Martino’s, London SW1: ‘Beautiful bedlam’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants

Does central London really need another fancy Italian restaurant? Well, yes, apparently it does Does the area around Sloane Square in central London really need another fancy, Italian-leaning restaurant that serves up tortellini in brodo and veal Milanese? Well, yes, apparently it does. One Saturday lunchtime late last year at Martino’s was hectic even in the delightful reception area, where we were waiting to check in a coat with the elegantly uniformed front-of-house ladies. All the tables in this hot new all-day brasserie were booked and busy, and plenty of walk-ins were champing at the bit for cancellations.Actually, “delightful reception” is not a phrase I’ve often uttered, or even thought, but this is a Martin Kuczmarski restaurant, so the small things tend to add up to a larger picture – this cocoon-like holding pen keeps would-be queuers away from the diners. Why was I so charmed by this weird, crisply officiated bends chamber that operates as a liminal space between the rea...

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3 h. ago What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's immoral lies and Europe's chronic weakness | Simon Tisdall

The president’s inability to tell right from wrong fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour Donald Trump made 30,573 “false or misleading” claims during his first term, according to calculations published in 2021 by the Washington Post. That’s roughly 21 fibs a day. Second time around, he’s still hard at it, lying to Americans and the world on a daily basis. Trump’s disregard for truth and honesty in public life – seen again in his despicable response to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis – is dangerously immoral.Trump declared last week that the only constraint on his power is “my own morality, my own mind”. That explains a lot. His idea of right and wrong is wholly subjective. He is his own ethical and legal adviser, his own priest and confessor. He is a church of one. Trump lies to himself as well as everyone else. And the resulting damage is pernicious. It costs lives, harms democracy and destroys trust between nations.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign ...

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3 h. ago Teenager caught after year on run for Birmingham city centre family brawl

Thomas Sweeney junior was due to be sentenced in August 2024 following a wild incident in Birmingham's Gay Village a year earlier which was captured on CCTV

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3 h. ago I was exhausted all the time — then I was told I had a common vitamin deficiency

Constant tiredness can be easily dismissed, but I discovered that my exhaustion was caused by a common vitamin deficiency. Here are the warning signs to watch for and when to see your GP.

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4 h. ago 'I tried Meaco's dehumidifier and it halved the time it takes to dry my washing'

The MeacoDry Arete One 6L Compact Dehumidifier / Air Purifier is a two in one that not only helps remove added moisture from the air but also purifies it too

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4 h. ago Back to the front: Ukrainian troops return to the battlefield – photo essay

Photojournalist Julia Kochetova and reporter Dan Sabbagh stayed with Da Vinci Wolves battalion as infantry and drone pilots rotated from Ukraine’s eastern frontlineIt is just before dawn, the December temperature a couple of degrees above freezing; time for troop rotations to start across Ukraine’s 750 mile front.A crew of four from Da Vinci Wolves battalion are loading up into an M113 armoured personnel carrier at a secret location ready to be driven out to a safe point. From there they will walk to their position and remain on the front for 10 or 12 days.Drone pilots of Da Vinci Wolves battalion prepare to return to the frontline. Continue reading...

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