60 h. ago Chelsea players needed 'standards' reminder ahead of Tottenham clash, says Enzo Maresca

Chelsea’s senior players were beaten by the U21 side in a training ground match during the international break

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6 d. ago Just the ticket: Europe’s 10 best train station hotels for a first

Travelling by rail? Treat yourself to a proper arrival at these extra-special hotels, just minutes from the platformYou might think the location is the best thing about this hotel – slap bang next to María Zambrano station – the ideal starting point for a tour of Andalucía’s trio of spectacular cities: Seville, Córdoba and Granada. But the roof terrace is an unexpected win, too, with a sleek outdoor pool, alfresco sofas and loungers for a post-sightseeing snooze, and a nice menu of cocktails and light bites. The real gem, though, is the totally unexpected slide that swooshes down from the first to the ground floor, giving the lobby a lovely sense of fun. Breakfasts are also excellent.Doubles from £144 room-only, barcelo.com Continue reading...

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1 week ago Impressive Emma Raducanu breaks new ground with dominant Amanda Anisimova win

Emma Raducanu brushed aside the 17th seed Amanda Anisimova in straight sets to reach the Miami Open quarter-finals

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1 week ago Earth could have 'billions of unaccounted for people' as population figures explode

Boffins from a top Scandinavian University made the ground breaking discovery, showing that we may have hundreds of millions more people than we previously thought

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2 w. ago 'What a mess': Incredulous US anchors from Fox News and CNN ridicule Britain amid Heathrow chaos and ask 'how did single substation take out such a critical airport'?

Fox and Friends host Ainsley Earhardt said from: 'What a mess, Friday and Spring Break.' And reporter Greg Palkot, on the ground at Heathrow, replied: 'You got it right, what a mess is correct.'

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2 w. ago ‘The ground keeps breaking and deforming’: life in Italy’s volcanic Phlegraean Fields

Photojournalist Alessandro Gandolfi has been documenting the Phlegraean Fields in southern Italy, where a record 6,740 earthquakes were recorded in 2024, and the seismic swarm has continued in 2025. The volcanic field has been active for more than 80,000 years. It is dotted with craters, lakes and fumaroles as well as roads, factories and the homes of more than 600,000 peopleIn the square in Monterusciello, a few kilometres from Pozzuoli, 12-year-old Angelo Di Roberto climbed into the civil defence bus with his grandfather. “None of my schoolmates wanted to come, but I wanted to” he said. “It seemed like the right thing to do.”He was right. It was important. The authorities were simulating a large-scale evacuation, the kind they would have to carry out in the event of a volcanic eruption in the seismically active Campi Flegrei or Phlegraean Fields near the southern Italian city of Naples.During an exercise to simulate an evacuation in the event of a volcanic eruption in the Phlegrae...

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3 w. ago Eric Cantona, Edgar Davids and Ella Toone taking part in 'ground breaking' interactive Manchester football event

The exhibition is being brought to life by former United player Juan Mata as part of Manchester International Festival

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