1 hour ago Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio continue form as Aston Villa leap past Brighton

Fabian Hürzeler has had better weeks. After the agony of being dumped out of the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday by Nottingham Forest in a penalty shootout, there was more heartache for the Brighton manager as Marcus Rashford’s third goal in his last two matches, yet another for Marco Asensio and Donyell Malen’s first for the club gave Aston Villa a crucial victory in the battle for a top-five finish.It meant Unai Emery’s side moved above Brighton and vastly improved their chances of matching last season’s achievement of qualifying for the Champions League. They still have to play fourth- and fifth-placed Manchester City and Newcastle in the run-in but after making some shrewd acquisitions in January, including Rashford and Asensio – who now has eight goals for Villa since joining on loan from Paris Saint-Germain – you wouldn’t bet against them doing it. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio on target as Aston Villa leapfrog Brighton

Fabian Hürzeler has had better weeks. After the agony of being dumped out of the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday by Nottingham Forest in a penalty shootout, there was more heartache for the Brighton manager as Marcus Rashford’s third goal in his last two matches, yet another for Marco Asensio and Donyell Malen’s first for the club gave Aston Villa a crucial victory in the battle for a top-five finish.It meant Unai Emery’s side moved above Brighton and vastly improved their chances of matching last season’s achievement of qualifying for the Champions League. They still have to play fourth- and fifth-placed Manchester City and Newcastle in the run-in but after making some shrewd acquisitions in January, including Rashford and Asensio – who now has eight goals for Villa since joining on loan from Paris Saint-Germain – you wouldn’t bet against them doing it. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago What Arne Slot got right as Liverpool move one step closer to the title after Merseyside derby

Liverpool have moved one step closer to the title with a 1-0 win over Everton thanks to Diogo Jota - and Daily Star Sport has a look at what Arne Slot got right and wrong

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3 h. ago Scientists who found hidden 'city' beneath Egypt's Giza pyramids reveal data that PROVES the find

As the war over what lies beneath Egypt's Giza pyramids continues, the scientists at the center of the debate have shared new details they believe will quiet critics.

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4 h. ago I discovered a 'vast city' below Egypt's Giza pyramids... here's why the critics are wrong

As the war over what lies beneath Egypt's Giza pyramids continues, the scientists at the center of the debate have shared new details they believe will quiet critics.

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4 h. ago Mark Drakeford says UK Government has made 'wrong' choice as Wales set to lose £65m

The chancellor has decided the money Wales will get to plug the gap made by her changes to the National Insurance contributions won't be the full amount

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6 h. ago Further CCTV footage to be examined ahead of Noah Donohoe inquest

The 14-year-old school boy was found dead in a storm drain after having gone missing in north Belfast.

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6 h. ago Prison governor tells court she was ‘incredibly stupid’ but did nothing wrong

Kerri Pegg, 42, is alleged to have begun a relationship with convicted drug dealer Anthony Saunderson.

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7 h. ago Manic Street Preachers fans realise their error in saying band's name after 39 years

Manic Street Preachers have been a staple of the UK music scene for almost 40 years - but fans have only just realised they've been saying their name wrong

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7 h. ago ChatGPT down: OpenAI service not working for some users as boss warns of disruption

‘Something went wrong,’ reads error shown to users

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7 h. ago Everything we learned from Nintendo’s ‘deep dive’ into the Switch 2

In this week’s newsletter: Finally, the sequel to the revolutionary handheld console was unveiled – and it was a reminder that no does joy like NintendoSixty minutes – that’s how long Nintendo took on Wednesday afternoon to remind us that no other video game manufacturer creates joy like this one. It was the Nintendo livestream we’ve been waiting for: a deep dive into the new console after so much speculation. Sure, the Switch 2 is the company’s first real hardware sequel – an updated and spruced-up version of its predecessor rather than a radical new piece of kit. But the updates are the intriguing part.Naturally, we’re getting a larger (7.9-inch, to be precise) screen that displays in full HD at 1080p; but we’re also getting re-thought Joy-Con controllers that now click to the console via strong magnets rather than those fiddly sliders we all put on the wrong way. The buttons are larger, too, so adults will be able to play Mario Kart with some semblance of skill. But the main new ...

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7 h. ago Welsh public services face £65m black hole due to tax hike, Senedd hears

Mark Drakeford, the Welsh Finance Secretary, said Rachel Reeves is ‘wrong’ to use the Barnett formula to distribute funding for public services.

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9 h. ago Boy’s actions ‘appalling’ but he is ‘not a murderer’, trial jury told

A teenage boy accused of attacking an 80-year-old man as he walked his dog did not intend to kill him, his barrister has told a murder trial jury.

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10 h. ago The key signs of autism in women — and why girls so often slip through the cracks

To this day, autism in women is still vastly misunderstood. Here’s why women and girls fly under the radar for so long

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10 h. ago Manic Street Preachers fans realise they've been saying band's name wrong for 39 years

Manic Street Preachers fans are only just realising they may have been making a huge mistake with the band's name for almost 40 years - and it's leaving them gobsmacked

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11 h. ago This Morning star says life came 'crashing down' after health diagnosis

This Morning star Scott Miller says his life was 'thrown in the air and came crashing down' after being diagnosed with autism at the age of 47

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11 h. ago Huge reward offered to find mother of baby boy found dead in brook

The heartbreaking discovery was made in Kirkham in 2011

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11 h. ago Manchester United did not get it wrong selling Anthony Elanga

Mistakes are rife at Man United in the recruitment department but selling Anthony Elanga was not one of them.

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12 h. ago Basquiat to Delaney: inside the exhibition honouring 50 years of art in Black Paris

The vast show at the Pompidou highlights how the French capital became a haven for creatives from across the diasporaHello and welcome to The Long Wave. I was in France at the weekend to check out the Paris Noir exhibition at the Pompidou Centre, an odyssey through the generations of Black artists from across the world who found a complicated sanctuary in the city. This was supplemented with a walking tour on the life of the artist Beauford Delaney, guided by the company Entrée to Black Paris, and finished off with a mind-blowingly delicious Senegalese dinner. Yes, I’m trying to make you jealous. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago 'My boob job saved my life after implants revealed cancerous lump'

Tayla Gardiner was showering when she felt something wrong in her right breast

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