72 m. ago WCL and Championship playoff finals, Salah named Premier League player of the year– matchday live

Buildup to today’s major finalsLive scores | Fixtures | Get in touchManchester City wrap up their Premier League campaign on Sunday with a game Pep Guardiola believes is “by far” their most important of the season. City head to Fulham knowing a draw will almost certainly secure a top-five spot and a place in the Champions League for next season.After winning the title in the past four seasons, it is a relatively modest target but Guardiola recognises it is the least of the club’s expectations. The City manager said: “If we want to play in the Champions League, we have to take a result there. This is what we are going to do. Of course, it’s really important.” Asked if it was the most important game of the season, Guardiola said at a press conference: “By far.” Continue reading...

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88 m. ago Florian Wirtz transfer bombshell: Dad's Liverpool message as Arne Slot destroys Bayern Munich

Florian Wirtz was widely expected to join Bayern Munich this summer, but Liverpool's interest in the Bayer Leverkusen star appears to have turned his head towards Anfield with his decision now made

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2 h. ago Stay at home! Picturesque Polish city's authorities tell residents to avoid leaving the house before thousands of Chelsea fans flood in for their European final next week

More than 70,000 supporters are expected to descend on the city in the coming days, as Chelsea take on Real Betis on Wednesday at the 42,000 capacity Wroclaw Stadium.

Sport

2 h. ago Thousands support Kneecap at first big gig since terrorism charge

Irish-language rap trio perform at London festival after member charged for allegedly displaying Hezbollah flag• Kneecap review – rap trio remain unbowed by terror chargeThousands of fans showed up to support Kneecap at a festival they headlined on Friday night, days after one of its members was charged with a terror offence.The Irish-language act performed at the Wide Awake festival in Brockwell Park, south London, two days after band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was charged for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah at a gig in London in November. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago WCL and Championship playoff finals, Ronaldo ‘may play at Club World Cup’ – matchday live

Buildup to today’s major finalsLive scores | Fixtures | Get in touchManchester City wrap up their Premier League campaign on Sunday with a game Pep Guardiola believes is “by far” their most important of the season. City head to Fulham knowing a draw will almost certainly secure a top-five spot and a place in the Champions League for next season.After winning the title in the past four seasons, it is a relatively modest target but Guardiola recognises it is the least of the club’s expectations. The City manager said: “If we want to play in the Champions League, we have to take a result there. This is what we are going to do. Of course, it’s really important.” Asked if it was the most important game of the season, Guardiola said at a press conference: “By far.” Continue reading...

Society

3 h. ago Expert calls Musk’s ‘Doge’ involvement ‘one of the greatest brand destructions’

Top US marketing professor Scott Galloway says on Pivot podcast Tesla owner ‘has alienated his core demographic’The prominent US marketing professor Scott Galloway says Elon Musk’s decision to implement brutal job and spending cuts within the federal government on behalf of the Trump administration was “one of the greatest brand destructions” ever.Speaking on Friday’s episode of the popular Pivot podcast, which he co-hosts, Galloway said Trump’s billionaire businessman adviser alienated the customer base of his electrical vehicle manufacturer Tesla – one of his most important holdings – while aligning himself with a president whose allies aren’t interested in the kinds of cars the company makes. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Russell Mael: ‘Describe myself in three words? One handsome dude’

The Sparks singer on shoplifting red liquorice as a child, a head-to-head with Godzilla, and underselling his life storyBorn in California, Russell Mael, 76, and his brother, Ron, first recorded under the names the Urban Renewal Project and Halfnelson, before becoming Sparks in 1972. Two years later, they relocated to London and had a hit with their song This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us. More recently, they composed a radio opera, The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, collaborated with Franz Ferdinand in supergroup FFS, and released a film, Annette, which won five César awards in 2022. Their 28th studio album is Mad! and their tour comes to the UK in June. Mael lives in California.What was your most embarrassing moment? Signing away the rights to my life story to a major motion-picture company for a sum that I have since been told was way below the market rate. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Callum O'Hare hopes it's third time lucky as Sheffield United head into £200m Wembley showdown

Fate has not been kind to Callum O'Hare at Wembley for the last two years - but he hopes Sheffield United will enjoy a change of fortune in the £200million promotion shoot-out with Sunderland

Economics

5 h. ago WCL and Championship playoff finals, Klopp disappointed with boos for Alexander

Buildup to today’s major finalsLive scores | Fixtures | Email EmilliaManchester City wrap up their Premier League campaign on Sunday with a game Pep Guardiola believes is “by far” their most important of the season. City head to Fulham knowing a draw will almost certainly secure a top-five spot and a place in the Champions League for next season.After winning the title in the past four seasons, it is a relatively modest target but Guardiola recognises it is the least of the club’s expectations. The City manager said: “If we want to play in the Champions League, we have to take a result there. This is what we are going to do. Of course, it’s really important.” Asked if it was the most important game of the season, Guardiola said at a press conference: “By far.” Continue reading...

Sport

5 h. ago Children with special needs in England may lose legal right to school support

Exclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send systemHundreds of thousands of children with special needs could lose their legal entitlement to extra support in schools in England under plans being considered by ministers, a move that campaigners warn could force thousands more pupils out of mainstream education.The reforms relate to education, health and care plans (EHCPs), statutory documents families have relied on for more than a decade to guarantee their children’s right to support for conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and mental health issues. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Pep Guardiola: Fulham is Manchester City’s biggest game of season by far

City head to Fulham knowing a draw will almost certainly secure a top-five spot and a place in the Champions League for next season.

Sport

5 h. ago Starmer delays flagship child poverty policy leaving tens of thousands on the brink

Labour prime minister facing calls to scrap the controversial two-child limit, brought in as part of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne’s ‘austerity’ policies

Events

6 h. ago Which bookies are offering Free Bets ahead of Championship Play

The "richest game in football" takes place at Wembley Stadium as Sheffield United and Sunderland go head-to-head for a spot in the Premier League next season

Sport

6 h. ago The 'immaculate' West London restaurant offering an escape for a 'downright steal' of £30 per head

At The Lavery, in London's South Kensington, Tom finds excellent service and superb cooking

Economics

6 h. ago Those who object to music events shutting off parks are branded nimbys. But this time, I’m on their side | Moya Lothian

A high court dispute over a south London park shows the limits of private interests encroaching on public spaceA grassy south London oasis erupted into a turf war this week. From Monday, visitors to Brockwell Park would have seen calling cards left by both sides. The provocation? A sturdy 3-metre-high boundary fence, encircling large swathes of the 50-hectare (125-acre) stretch that has been designated for music festivals this summer. Daubed on the structure were signs of discord: graffitied messages in stark white lettering. “You fucked our park,” read one. “We fucked your wall.”Brockwell is now the hottest front in a conflict that has started to rear its head in the capital every summer. A week ago, it made the front pages in the form of a bombshell high court ruling against Lambeth council. The authority responsible for the park lost a case brought by Protect Brockwell Park (PBP), a group of local residents and park users who argued that the council had not obtained the proper pl...

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6 h. ago 'Haunted' pub with 'disembodied child ghost and secret void' sees guests fleeing in fear

EXCLUSIVE: Ye Olde Kings Head in Chester is a former brothel believed to be one of the UK's 'most haunted' buildings where members of the public can stay and see for themselves - if they dare

Society

7 h. ago The lost outdoor pools and water parks we used to have on our doorsteps

Whenever the temperatures soared, we used to head to these brilliant spots in Greater Manchester to cool off

Politics

7 h. ago ‘Something has gone very wrong’: how the carers scandal was exposed

A Guardian investigation revealed how hundreds of thousands of people were plunged into debt – and some criminalised – for looking after their loved onesOne February afternoon in 2016, Sir Robert Devereux, at the time the most powerful official in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), was stopped by a junior colleague as he walked through the car park of a civil service office in Preston, Lancashire. Was he aware, the worker asked, about the problems with carer’s allowance?Devereux, on a flying visit to the DWP outpost, asked for details and promised to look into it. A few days later, Devereux’s office received a long and detailed note, complete with 80 anonymised case studies, setting out how years of shortcomings in the administration of the carer’s allowance benefit had wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and inflicted untold hardship and misery on thousands of unpaid carers. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago NSW floods: estimated 10,000 properties damaged after deadly flooding as communities face ‘mammoth task’

SES warns the ‘worst impacts that people feel are often after the event’ as areas reel from ‘devastating’ floodsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn estimated 10,000 properties may have been damaged in record-breaking flooding in New South Wales and thousands remain isolated, as communities begin to clean up after “devastating” impacts.Flood waters have begun to subside in some areas and weather conditions have improved on the mid-north coast, where severe weather warnings were cancelled on Friday night.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Thousands of Brits due £90 refund after changes to major debt rule

The Insolvency Service has written to thousands of people who could be due the refund

Economics