45 m. ago Mikel Arteta SLAMS Arsenal after shock home defeat by West Ham

ISAAN KHAN AT THE EMIRATES STADIUM: A furious Mikel Arteta tore apart Arsenal's performance as they ceded further ground in the title race after losing 1-0 to West Ham.

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48 m. ago Agony for Finn Russell after missed kick hands England win over Scotland

England 16-15 ScotlandRussell puts conversion wide after Van der Merwe tryAt long last England have shaken off their Calcutta Cup blues. Never in the previous 153 years of this fixture had Scotland managed five successive wins over the auld enemy and another tartan triumph really would have had them dancing in the streets of Galashiels in Bill McLaren’s memory. This was a desperately tight old battle, though, with a second gripping home victory in consecutive games only secured right at the death.In the end it all hinged on whether Finn Russell could land the angled conversion following Duhan van der Merwe’s 79th-minute try. Up went the ball, end over end, and for the first half of its flight it seemed Scotland might be celebrating once more. Agonisingly for the visitors, though, it then curved just wide of the left-hand upright to leave England, to their immense relief, still alive in the title race. Continue reading...

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82 m. ago Angry Mikel Arteta blasts Arsenal players and makes title admission after West Ham defeat

Arteta hopes players ‘suffer’ after display that was ‘nowhere near’ level needed to win Premier League

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92 m. ago Matt Sherratt Q&A: I almost cried in front of the players and asked them for two things

Everything the Wales coach had to say after the 27-18 defeat to Ireland in Cardiff

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93 m. ago Philippe Clement admits Rangers sack could be coming after 'worst' display as Patrick Stewart reads the riot act

A first home loss to St Mirren since 1991 has piled all the pressure back on to the Belgian's shoulders

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1 hour ago Man who overstayed by 10 minutes in a Costa car park almost has his life ruined

Ashley Pavett had exceeded the 90-minute limit at a car park in Green Meadow near Pontyclun in South Wales. He paid the fine promptly, but a letter months later turned his life upside down.

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1 hour ago Warren Buffett offers lessons on investing in his annual Berkshire Hathaway letter

Billionaire Warren Buffett is viewed as one of the world’s greatest investors, so his annual letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders are always read closely for lessons

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1 hour ago Rangers fall to another lacklustre Ibrox defeat as St Mirren pull off shock

Rangers remain 13 points behind league leaders Celtic, who lost 2-1 at Hibernian earlier in the day

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2 h. ago Philippe Clement tells raging Rangers fans 'I'm sorry' as shocked pundit hears clue he WON'T survive this one

It was another hammer blow for the boss as Ibrox turned toxic after a 2-0 defeat to St Mirren

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2 h. ago Writer David Szalay: ‘We live in an era of short attention spans – we have to work with it the best we can’

The Hungarian-English author on addressing what it’s like to be a male body in the world, learning the tricks of literature from Frederick Forsyth, and the feeling of nearly winning the BookerDavid Szalay, 51, grew up in London and now lives in Vienna with his wife, having previously moved in 2009 to Hungary, his father’s birthplace. In 2016 he was shortlisted for the Booker prize with his fourth novel, All That Man Is, nine separate stories “self-assembled in the reader’s mind into a sort of collage-novel” (London Review of Books). His new novel, Flesh, follows the fluctuating fortunes of a young Hungarian ex-convict who makes his life in the UK after serving in Iraq.Tell us how Flesh came to be. I decided to abandon a book I’d started in 2017. It just wasn’t working, so it felt like a weight off my shoulders; nevertheless, I was under contract and had to come up with something. Literally nothing in Flesh is directly autobiographical, but it started with my underlying experience of...

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2 h. ago Michael Owen tears into VAR ‘mess’ after Everton penalty decision vs Man United

The latest Manchester United news as Ruben Amorim's side came from 2-0 down to get a 2-2 draw against Everton at Goodison Park.

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2 h. ago Arsenal: Harsh reality bites as transfer failure and injuries catch up with blunt Gunners

Mikel Arteta gets Mikel Merino reality check as West Ham defeat dents Arsenal title hopes

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2 h. ago All the celebrities on the London Fashion Week front row: Anais Gallagher, Amandaland’s Lucy Punch, Sadiq Khan

From the Mayor to the queens of our screens — Joe Bromley has his eye on the front row this fashion week

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2 h. ago Police officer who removed burglar's tag so they could meet up for sex is jailed

Natasha Conneely, 31, who was part of the offender management unit at Bedfordshire Police, removed the burglar's tag in April so he could visit her house without being tracked.

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2 h. ago Former Wales stars finally enjoy watching again as players 'win back the crowd'

It was another defeat for Wales at the Principality Stadium but it was a much improved showing in the first Test since Warren Gatland's departure

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2 h. ago Arsenal only have themselves to blame as title charge implodes against West Ham

ARSENAL 0-1 WEST HAM: Jarrod Bowen scored a well-deserved winner for the visitors as the Gunners' hopes of winning the Premier League title took a major hit with defeat

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2 h. ago Premier League release two statements after Everton vs Man United VAR and penalty controversy

Manchester United and Everton played out a thrilling 2-2 draw on Saturday lunchtime in their last meeting at Goodison Park

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2 h. ago Newsboy's horse racing selections for Sunday's meetings at Fontwell Park, Hereford and Naas

Newsboy's nap selection for Sunday,February 23, is the Anthony Honeyball-trained Dear Ralphy (4.30) at Fontwell Park. His next best is another runner at the West Sussex track, Salver (3.00)

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2 h. ago Watching Rangers grates again as St Mirren turn American dream into a nightmare – 3 talking points

Two second half goals from Stephen Robinson's men remind everyone why there's such desperation for an Ibrox takeover

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2 h. ago Johnson’s early double sets Tottenham on way to emphatic win at Ipswich

Some afternoons come like a kick in the teeth. Not only did Ipswich suffer a fourth successive home defeat in a game that never felt as one-sided as the scoreline ultimately suggested but fourth-bottom Wolves inflicted on Bournemouth only their second defeat in 16. After weeks of bubbling along in touch, the gap to safety is now five points and survival is becoming an ever more distant prospect.There was no sense in which this was an undeserved win for Spurs, some sort of smash and grab to offend notions of dignity and propriety, but equally it wasn’t entirely convincing. Not for the first time this season, there was a sense that if only Ipswich had been able to seize their opportunity, it might have been very different. Continue reading...

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