42 m. ago Premier League's 6 biggest transfer window losers as Man Utd and Liverpool moves collapse

Premier League clubs spent massive sums of money over the summer with the league record fee broken twice but some players and clubs were left unhappy when the window slammed shut

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12 h. ago Liverpool transfers: Full confirmed list of summer ins and outs as £449m spent

Liverpool took their summer spending to a whopping £449million on deadline day with the £125m signing of Alexander Isak

Economics

19 h. ago Keir Starmer’s legacy could be electoral reform – or Farage as prime minister | Polly Toynbee

MPs are voting to get rid of first past the post in mayoral elections. Doing the same at a national level would be an antidote to Reform UKWake up to the peril. As MPs return to parliament, they should abandon that self-deluding pretence that it could never happen here in our “moderate” and “tolerant” land. On the contrary, Britain is at more risk of a populist right takeover than many of our European neighbours. With Labour in an electoral slough of despond, and the Tories looking dead already, the reptilian grin of Nigel Farage haunts the political landscape after his satisfactory summer spent stoking division and cynicism.Our first past the post (FPTP) elections make us particularly vulnerable. As Rob Ford, professor of politics at Manchester University, notes: “This is now a Farage-friendly electoral system.” Reform UK has reached the tipping point where winning as little as 30% support in our corkscrewed lottery of a voting system could propel him into No 10, however much that ...

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44 h. ago Man Utd transfer state of play as Ruben Amorim pushes for last

Manchester United have spent over £200million on new attackers this summer but that will not stop the Red Devils from trying to land a goalkeeper before the transfer window closes

Politics

46 h. ago Rylan Clark 'finds love with fairground hunk' and pair 'spent summer together'

This Morning star Rylan Clark has reportedly found love with a fairground rides director and the duo are "inseparable" four years after his divorce with ex-husband Dan Neal

Politics

49 h. ago Rylan Clark finds love with fairground worker after bitter divorce

Rylan Clark appears to have found his happy ever after four years after his divorce as he's been dating a fairground worker who he has been 'inseparable' with over summer

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56 h. ago Rylan Clark 'finds love with fairground worker' as it's revealed pair have been 'inseparable' all summer

The X Factor star and presenter, 36, was married to his ex-husband Dan for six years before they divorced in 2021 after Rylan admitted he cheated on him.

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66 h. ago Man Utd suffer huge Matheus Cunha injury blow as Ruben Amorim caught off guard

Manchester United spent £62.5million to sign Matheus Cunha from Wolves in the summer and make him their new No.10, but he is yet to score for the Red Devils in the Premier League and went off injured in only his third league outing

Events

2 d. ago ‘I’m not coming home’: Trump policy holds people in Ice custody without bail

Restaurant worker’s case shows how Trump administration is ‘inflicting the maximum punishment’, experts sayLiset Fernandez spent most of the summer worried about her dad, Luis, but a few weeks ago she got some good news. After being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody for weeks, an immigration judge in Texas granted him release on a $5,000 bond.Luis, came to the US from Ecuador in 1994, had been held in detention at a facility in Livingston, Texas, thousands of miles away from his home in Queens. Liset, 17, had taken on extra shifts working a retail job to support her mom and nine-year-old brother. Luis’s co-workers at the Square diner, a railcar-style greasy spoon in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood for over 100 years, had raised more than $20,000 to support him and his family. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Rio Ngumoha's new role at Liverpool confirmed despite potential Alexander Isak arrival

Liverpool have spent over £300million this summer and may not be done yet adding to their attack, but Arne Slot says there will still be room for 17-year-old Rio Ngumoha, who scored the winner at Newcastle on Monday

Politics

3 d. ago 'There was silence before Liverpool decided not to renew my contract – it was surprising'

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain spent six years at Liverpool before leaving the club in the summer of 2023, but he was only told he would be leaving mere days before the news was made public

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4 d. ago Man Utd transfer news: Two late moves eyed as Carlos Baleba update delivered

Manchester United have spent big this summer on the likes of Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha and there could be more new signings before the transfer window closes

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4 d. ago Ten players who could be on the move before the transfer window closes

Premier League clubs have already spent more than £2.6bn this summer but they aren’t done yetBy WhoScoredAs deadline day looms, fans of Premier League clubs should brace themselves for their annual dose of mayhem, where last-minute deals, car window interviews, fax machine fiascos and car park sagas take centre-stage on one of football’s wildest days. Premier League clubs have already spent more than £2.6bn this summer – surpassing the record set two years ago – but, with managers chasing urgent reinforcements, that figure could rise substantially.Newcastle are in a hurry to sign a striker given that Alexander Isak is pushing for a move to Liverpool; Manchester United are chasing a goalkeeper as André Onana’s form falters; West Ham are scrambling for midfielders as they look to stop the rot; and Tottenham are pursuing a No 10 after missing out on Eberechi Eze and Morgan Gibbs-White. Continue reading...

Sport

4 d. ago Chicken skin. Crepey flesh. Bingo wings. So much fuss... this is what I wish women would STOP doing with their arms: ALEXANDRA SHULMAN

I've spent the summer watching women shield perfectly good limbs from others as if they were deranged. What is it about arms that so many find hard to bare, pun intended?

Politics

4 d. ago How 'single' Barron Trump, 19, ditched dating this summer to focus on an entirely new venture

The 19-year-old student, who is days away from resuming his studies at New York University's Stern School of Business, wrapped up his freshman year in May.

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5 d. ago Who is Rylan Clark dating? Inside ITV star's love life as he fronts raunchy dating show

Dating Naked UK returns for a second series with ITV favourite Rylan Clark set to welcome a new batch of sexy singletons who are willing to bare all in the name of love

Culture

5 d. ago Rylan Clark's love life struggles and 'traumatic' breakdown of marriage

Rylan Clark has been open about his love life and relationship woes in recent years

Events

5 d. ago Liverpool transfer news: Alexander Isak boost as Marc Guehi decision made

Liverpool have spent big this summer on the likes of Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike and Milos Kerkez and there could be more new signings before the transfer window closes

Politics

5 d. ago The immigration problem that really concerns me? US celebrities | Frances Ryan

There are worrying signs that this uber-wealthy wave of migrants don’t truly understand British values. Have they even been to the big Asda?With September around the corner, this feels the right time to admit how I’ve spent the summer: tracking the invasion of foreigners to Britain. Tempted by our culture and a stable democracy, swathes of immigrants are coming here for a new life. While the rest of us toil at work and struggle to get on the housing ladder, many “foreign nationals” are enjoying luxury accommodation and hanging out idly in the streets. Still, it’s nice that Ellen DeGeneres has found happiness in the Cotswolds now that her chatshow has ended.Having relocated from the US after Donald Trump’s re-election last year, Degeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have spent the summer effectively doing full-time English cosplay. In recent weeks, DeGeneres has shared with her 135 million Instagram followers such idyllic countryside pastimes as: buying sheep, riding a horse, mowi...

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6 d. ago Alexander Isak rejects Newcastle olive branch from club officials in north

Striker remains keen on move to LiverpoolNewcastle to make improved Strand Larsen bidAlexander Isak is understood to have declined a high-powered invitation to return to Newcastle’s first-team fold.The Sweden striker has spent most of this summer on a form of strike as he attempts to engineer a move to Liverpool by refusing to play for Eddie Howe’s first team or rejoin the squad for training. Continue reading...

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