72 m. ago Slot set for Salah talks and has ‘no reasons to not want him to stay’ – football live

⚽ All the latest updates heading into the weekend’s action⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look out for | Email JohnSlot has been talking about Liverpool’s injuries, too: “Endo and Gakpo? Going to be weeks. Cody is a muscle injury and Wata is ankle.And his new strike pairing of Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak: “What we all saw, which is normal, the more they play, the more they will adapt and the better they will cooperate. The other two No 9s on the pitch for Inter were more used to playing with each. It’s the second time they have played together and I think we will see more of this in the future. Alex got a knock in the first half, so let’s see if he is able to start tomorrow. Continue reading...

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82 m. ago Big hearted Killie gym members raise more than £17,000 at Battle Cancer event

Gym members were put through their paces at the testing event.

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84 m. ago Into the Woods review, Bridge Theatre – Stephen Sondheim revival is a thing of lush and arresting beauty

A lavish production that plays to the musical’s strengths

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85 m. ago Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud

Co-founder of Singapore-based Terraform Labs given more jail time by US judge than prosecutors soughtDo Kwon, the entrepreneur behind two cryptocurrencies that lost $40bn (£29.8bn) three years ago and caused the sector to crash, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud.The South Korean, 34, had pleaded guilty to two counts of US charges of conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud. Continue reading...

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87 m. ago NHS could 'collapse' this winter under twin threats of 'superflu' and Christmas strikes, Wes Streeting warns

Writing in The Times on Friday, Wes Streeting said the NHS faces a 'challenge unlike any it has seen since the pandemic'.

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93 m. ago Man finds £5 painting in charity shop is gobsmacked after learning true value

Chris, who is a part-time seller on eBay and Vinted, couldn't believe his eyes when he stumbled on the charity shop find which only cost him £5, a fraction of what it's really worth

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97 m. ago Star Wars, Tomb Raider and a big night for Expedition 33 – what you need to know from The Game Awards

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won nine awards, including game of the year, while newly announced games at the show include the next project from Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian StudiosAt the Los Angeles’ Peacock theater last night, The Game Awards broadcast its annual mix of prize presentations and expensive video game advertisements. New titles were announced, celebrities appeared, and at one point, screaming people were suspended from the ceiling in an extravagant promotion for a new role-playing game.Acclaimed French adventure Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 began the night with 12 nominations – the most in the event’s history – and ended it with nine awards. The Gallic favourite took game of the year, as well as awards for best game direction, best art direction, best narrative and best performance (for actor Jennifer English). Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Super flu – latest: Streeting warns NHS facing challenge ‘unlike any other since pandemic’ as cases surge

Hospitalisations for flu in England hit highest ever levels for this time of year

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1 hour ago 'Fashion renaissance': Royal designer tells PALACE CONFIDENTIAL how Zara Tindall has found her 'style DNA'

Zara Tindall has found her 'style DNA', according to a renowned British fashion designer.

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2 h. ago Super flu – latest: Streeting warns NHS facing challenge ‘like any other since pandemic’ as cases surge

Hospitalisations for flu in England hit highest ever levels for this time of year

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2 h. ago Even Bazball’s implosion can’t shake Barmy Army’s crew of Ashes veterans | Emma John

If anyone knows how to weather a whitewash, it’s the merry band of England fans marking their 30th anniversary at their spiritual homeCourage, soldier. Ben Stokes’s England team may be heading into the third Ashes Test already 2-0 down, but not everyone in English cricket is fazed. There is one group tailor-made for this scenario, a crack(pot) unit who can lay claim to be the ultimate doomsday preppers. Have your dreams been shattered? Are you crushed beneath the weight of unmet expectation? Then it’s time to join the Barmy Army, son.Already their advance guard are moving in on Adelaide, the city where they officially formed 30 years ago. England’s most famous – and per capita noisiest – travelling fans will be hoping for an anniversary win-against-the-odds, like the one they witnessed on that 1994-95 tour. And whatever happens on the pitch, off it the parties will be long and loud. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Chess: Magnus Carlsen wins Freestyle Tour title despite defeat in final event

Norway’s world No 1, 35, lost 0.5-1.5 to the US veteran Levon Aronian, 43, in Cape Town but was already sure of overall victory and a prize of around $500kNorway’s world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, was shocked by a 0.5-1.5 loss to the US veteran Levon Aronian in Thursday’s final of the Freestyle Grand Slam Tour in Cape Town, but still finished the overall winner of the five-event Tour.Freestyle chess is also known as Fischer Random and Chess 960. Pieces start randomly placed on the two back rows, thus drastically limiting opening preparation. Its 2025 season, with a Tour financed mainly by a $12m investment from the venture firm Left Lane Capital, has featured tournaments in Weissenhaus, Karlsruhe, Paris and Las Vegas before the final in South Africa. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago World Darts Championship Day 2 order of play: Full Friday schedule and start times as Rob Cross and Van Veen headline

Full Friday schedule and start times as Rob Cross looks to win a second crown at Alexandra Palace and Gian van Veen stars

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2 h. ago Ten of the best TV shows from 2025 that you need to see before the year’s end

If you're staying in this festive season, it's a great time to catch up on some of the year's outstanding TV shows

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2 h. ago ‘Perfect gift’ £22 Christmas brownie box now less than £5 in deal stack

Dubbed ‘delicious’ by fans, they can be delivered UK-wide in time for Christmas and can be snagged for 77% off their usual price by savvy shoppers

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2 h. ago Mo Salah's 'secret' talks with Jordan Henderson as Saudi clubs want Liverpool transfer

Mohamed Salah met ex-Liverpool team-mate Jordan Henderson in London amid ongoing speculation about his future after his extraordinary rant at Reds boss Arne Slot and squad exile

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3 h. ago Hollywood director scammed Netflix out of $11 million to fund lavish lifestyle

The director was convicted of wire fraud, money laundering and other charges, according to federal prosecutors in New York when the money he was paid by Netflix was spent on personal items

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3 h. ago King Charles to give update on cancer recovery in new statement today

The King has recorded a video message and it is thought will give an update about his own recovery journey

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3 h. ago Royal skips lavish event after revelation she met Jeremy Epstein 'a few times'

The 41-year-old met the paedophile billionaire Jeremey Epstein several times before marrying the prince, the Royal Family disclosed this week

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3 h. ago Joyride by Susan Orlean review – an extraordinary, curious life

An exuberant, inspiring memoir from the New Yorker writer and author of The Orchid ThiefIn 2017, 10 years after Susan Orlean profiled Caltech-trained physicist turned professional origami artist Robert Lang for the New Yorker, she attended the OrigamiUSA convention to take Lang’s workshop on folding a “Taiwan goldfish”. I was with her, a radio producer trying to capture the sounds of paper creasing as Orlean attempted to keep pace with the “Da Vinci of origami”, wincing when her goldfish’s fins didn’t exactly flutter in hydrodynamic splendour.It was Orlean in her element: an adventurous student, inquisitive and exacting, fully alive to the mischief inherent to reporting – and primed to extract some higher truth. “When we first met you said something to me I’ve never forgotten,” Orlean told Lang. “That paper has a memory – that once you fold it, you can never entirely remove the fold.” Was that, she wondered, an insight about life, too? Continue reading...

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