75 m. ago ‘Very sore’ Harry Cobden ruled out of Cheltenham Festival Trials Day on Saturday

The former champion jockey missed his first big date for new boss JP McManus with Clarence House Chase winner Jonbon last Saturday after a fall and is still not recovered

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89 m. ago The World Cup is out of reach for many. The hope lies outside the stadiums | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The opportunity for this tournament’s legacy is in the fan fests, camps and tune-ups accessible to more than the lucky fewIn Germany, fans watched the games on screens in crowded town squares, their roars careening off ancient buildings, or from the banks of rivers, peering at floating, double-sided big screens on barges. At the next World Cup, in South Africa in 2010, people gathered in parks and open-air markets and hotel lobbies and unlicensed, makeshift bars in people’s garages. In Brazil, four years later, fans spilled from the bars on the Copacabana or watched in restaurants or in streets closed for the occasion – not as if anybody was driving during the Seleção’s games anyway.During the 2018 World Cup, Russia surprised visitors – and its own citizens – with its friendliness as spontaneous parties broke out all over the country. The reason the 2022 World Cup in Qatar didn’t entirely feel like a real World Cup is that those sorts of spontaneous soccer gatherings just didn’t see...

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2 h. ago Mercy review – Chris Pratt takes on AI judge Rebecca Ferguson in ingenious sci

It is the year 2029 and an LA cop finds himself accused of murdering his wife. He has 90 minutes to clear his name before robo-justice sends him downIrish writer Marco van Belle delivers an entertaining script for this real time futurist thriller-satire set in LA in 2029, in a world (as they say) where AI is wholly responsible for assessing criminal guilt or innocence. You’ve heard of RoboCop. This is RoboJustice. Veteran Russian-Kazakh film-maker Timur Bekmambetov directs, bringing his usual robust approach to the big action sequences, and Chris Pratt stars as the LAPD cop accused of murder. (Longtime Pratt fans will appreciate a cameo appearance here of Pratt’s fellow cast-member from TV’s Parks and Recreation, Jay Jackson, effectively reprising his performance as sonorous TV newsreader Perd Hapley.)The film’s ostensible target is the insidious power of AI, though the movie partakes of today’s liberal opinion doublethink, in which we all solemnly concur that AI is very worrying wh...

Events

2 h. ago Tyson Fury offers prediction after Deontay Wilder v Derek Chisora speculation

Fury faced both fighters three times each, beating the Briton three times and winning two and drawing one of his trilogy fights with Wilder

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3 h. ago ‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnishedIn August 1972, the front page of the New York Times arts section published a story titled, Time to Break the Silence on Paul Robeson? The legendary bass-baritone spent the first half of the 20th century as one of the greatest talents the US had ever produced, and its second, both in life and in death as an outcast, the greatest casualty of the second Red Scare period to which today’s current attacks on liberal and progressive politics draw comparison.This week marks 50 years since Robeson’s death and the silence remains. His erasure from the lineage over the decades shows that what Robeson’s political opponents did not take from him, the years have most certainly. Robeson’s decoupling from the story of African American culture has been so complete that in the half-century since his death, even generations of Black Americans have never heard of him...

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3 h. ago Verizon outage triggered a phishing scam. Here’s how to spot it

‘If you’re unsure whether a message is real, go directly to your Verizon app or official website,’ a Georgia sheriff’s office warned

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4 h. ago Huge arthritis breakthrough as scientists discover how to regrow cartilage: Drug with 'significant clinical promise' could benefit MILLIONS

Repairing injured knees and protecting against arthritis could be one step closer after scientists discovered how to block a key protein linked to aging.

Science

4 h. ago Ayr United stars feel the freeze as Scott Brown's squad embrace wild spa recovery session

The Honest Men embraced the new technique as part of an important recovery session.

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4 h. ago 'Our friends don't understand we don't want them to come on our family holiday'

A Reddit user said they and their family had gone on holiday with some friends, and things hadn't gone as well as expected. And now their friends had asked to join them on their next trip.

Politics

4 h. ago Scientists debunk Stonehenge theory with mineral fingerprint discovery

The glacial transport theory often appears in documentaries and online discussions

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5 h. ago Finding Her Edge release date and cast for 'the next The Summer I Turned Pretty'

The forthcoming Netflix drama has drawn comparisons to Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty

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5 h. ago Nasty Victorian disease sweeping the UK poised to wreak havoc on schools and care homes and can infect at ‘just a touch’

Schools and care homes could soon be under siege from a highly contagious Victorian disease, scientists have warned. Leading public health experts fear there could be a "substantial increase" in outbreaks of the condition, that can cause nightmare attacks of itching. Scabies, caused by microscopic mites that burrow into the skin, easily spreads if people are in...

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5 h. ago As their midwinter slump goes on, what exactly is going wrong at Manchester City? | Jamie Jackson

Manchester City have issues with injury and form, and need their big players to step up and turn the ship aroundAt Bodø/Glimt, in a first Champions League outing since 1 October, the 29-year-old appeared what he is: a player still recovering after 18 months out with a serious knee injury and several related setbacks. This was only a third start since his latest return began with the second 45 minutes of the goalless draw at Sunderland on New Year’s Day. Last week Rodri declared he was “ready to go” and said: “I’m really happy to be on the pitch every single day.” Yet in Saturday’s 2-0 loss at Manchester United he was a one-paced, non-factor unable to do what he did with ease pre-anterior cruciate ligament rupture: run midfield and so the contest. In Tuesday’s 3-1 humbling in Norway the Spaniard was the same, and two moments tell the tale of his form. First Jens Petter Hauge left him a statue before registering a memorable long-range strike for Bodø’s third goal; thencame the two yel...

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5 h. ago How Leonardo Da Vinci will be honoured at Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

The Olympic cauldrons will pay homage to Leonardo Da Vinci

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6 h. ago Animal Crossing’s new update has revive d my pandemic sanctuary

After years away revisiting my abandoned island uncovers new features, old memories and the quiet reassurance that you can go home again• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereNintendo’s pandemic-era hit Animal Crossing: New Horizons got another major update last week, along with a £5 Switch 2 upgrade that makes it look and run better on the new console. Last year, I threw a new year’s party for my children in the game, but apart from that I have barely touched my island since the depths of lockdown, when sunny Alba was my preferred escape from the monotonous misery of the real world. Back then, I spent more than 200 hours on this island. Stepping out of her (now massive) house, my avatar’s hair is all ruffled and her eyes sleepy after a long, long time aslumber.I half-expected Alba to be practically in ruins, but it’s not that bad. Aside from a few cockroaches in the basement and a bunch of weeds poking up from the snow, everything is as it was. The paths t...

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6 h. ago Body positive influencer exposes trolls calling her 'fat cow' after posting natural body online

Tova Leigh is a mum-of-three, author, comedian, and content creator who regularly shares her thoughts and body positivity on social media. She recently hit out and exposed 'trolls' for vile comments

Politics

6 h. ago Nigel Farage broke MPs’ code 17 times including over £91,200 payment from a London

Rival political parties accused the Reform UK leader of ‘lining his pockets’ instead of serving his constituents

Economics

7 h. ago Traitors star Jessie Roux shares real thoughts on Faithfuls with four

The Traitors star Jessie Roux was murdered on the BBC show by Stephen and Rachel on Friday night and the hairstylist has now shared her thoughts on the Faithfuls

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7 h. ago Scientists reveal the impact of air pollution on the human body

Breathing in air pollution like ozone and PM2.5 harms nearly every major system in the human body

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7 h. ago Bellingham the boozer! Real Madrid star Jude mocks YouTuber who said he 'loves alcohol too much' and has been to 'every nightclub in Spain' with 'drinking' goal celebration

Jude Bellingham reserved a pointed celebration after scoring against Ligue 1 side Monaco, after the Real Madrid star was accused of 'loving alcohol too much' by a Spanish YouTuber.

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