7 h. ago Bucs sign 464lb ‘unicorn’ Desmond Watson as undrafted free agent

Florida tackle impressed teams with size and strengthWatson would have been heaviest-ever draft pickFormer Florida defensive tackle Desmond Watson, a 6ft 6in, 464lb prospect, is signing with his hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent.Watson, who grew up in Plant City about 20 miles east of Tampa, announced the move on social media. He had been hoping to get selected in the later rounds of the draft on Saturday, where he would have become the heaviest pick in NFL history. But no team gambled on the run-stopper. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Transformation of landmark ‘visible from Tameside and Stockport’ among key plans for the city

All the significant planning applications tabled with Greater Manchester councils recently

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50 h. ago Liverpool latest UK city to introduce 'tourist tax' as visitors to pay nightly fee

People staying overnight in Liverpool will have to start paying a £2-a-night “tourist tax” after the city’s hoteliers voted in favour of the plans - set to raise £9 million over two years

Society

54 h. ago Jack Grealish next job plans as £100m Man City star makes 'awful' admission

Manchester City forward Jack Grealish is now 29 and appears to have one eye on his post-footballing career.

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3 d. ago Inside Man City academy as two youngsters drafted into Pep Guardiola plans amid injury wait

The latest Manchester City academy news as two academy players get late call-ups to Pep Guardiola's first team plans.

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4 d. ago Pep Guardiola is teaching everyone a lesson by saving Man City’s season

Man City’s year has not gone to plan but Guardiola’s creativity has shone through - and other managers should take note

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8 d. ago Pep Guardiola hatches £63m transfer plan after Man City suffer fresh injury blow

EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson has picked up a recurrence of his groin injury and may not play again this season - and now Pep Guardiola is eyeing up back-up targets in between the sticks this summer

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1 week ago ‘They act with total impunity’: Paris city hall declares war on graffiti vandals

Officials promise to track down and prosecute those who ‘tag’ city’s historic monuments, statues and grand buildingsIn Paris’s central Place de la République, the magnificent lions at the feet of the statue of Marianne are once again covered in graffiti.Along the nearby Boulevard Saint-Martin – part of the Grands Boulevards that bisect the north of the city – the trunk of every plane tree has been crudely sprayed with a name. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Shoreditch towers plan secures 'support in principle' from City Hall

Development would reach 12 storeys high on a disused patch of land between two busy railway lines

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1 week ago And Just Like That star Mario Cantone requested more nude scenes in season 3: ‘I like being sexualized at 65’

Cantone, who stars as event planner Anthony in the ‘Sex and the City’ reboot, said his ‘DMs blew up’ after he showed off his bare butt in season two

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1 week ago And Just Like That star requested more nude scenes in season three: ‘My DMs blew up the next day’

Cantone, who stars as event planner Anthony in the ‘Sex and the City’ reboot, said his ‘DMs blew up’ after he showed off his bare butt in season two

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1 week ago GTA 6 fan plans 'ultimate' Vice City themed launch party for game's release date

GTA 6 still doesn't have a release date, but that hasn't stopped one fan from preparing the "Ultimate GTA VI launch party" for when it does arrive – here's what guests can look forward to

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1 week ago Dodger Stadium to host baseball, with surfing and cricket outside Los Angeles at 2028 Olympics

The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will feature baseball at Dodger Stadium in its return to the program with surfing and cricket held outside the city as part of an updated venue plan

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1 week ago Huge UK city set to scrap all free parking in controversial new plans

Milton Keynes is set to scrap all free parking in the city centre under new plans that have sparked major concern among residents, workers and small businesses

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2 w. ago ‘Space junk’: huge astronaut statue coming to Perth park is one giant leap too far for many

Council criticised over plan to replace beloved public artwork with 7-metre tall effigy of spaceman created by a former Wall Street traderGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe City of Perth is under increasing pressure to drop its plans to replace one of the city’s most beloved public artworks with a 7-metre tall effigy of an astronaut, which as been derided as a piece of “factory-produced space junk”.Until four years ago, Ore Obelisk, affectionately known as The Kebab by the people of Perth, stood in the heritage-listed Stirling Gardens in the heart of the city. The 15-metre work made from local geological minerals, created by the architect, artist and Perth’s first city planner, Paul Ritter, was erected in 1971 to celebrate Western Australia’s population reaching one million, and was one of the city’s first public artworks.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mega volcano is set to EXPLODE as dozens of earthquakes destabilize its center... with bustling city in its path

Multiple earthquakes have struck near a colossal 11,000-foot-tall volcano that experts have warned is 'moving closer to an eruption.' Emergency planning has been elevated in a nearby city.

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2 w. ago At least three feared dead after plane misses runway and explodes in fireball in wealthy Florida city

The aircraft went down in the Florida city after 10am local time Friday morning.

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2 w. ago There are plans to scrap a busy city roundabout and people are livid about it

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition opposing plans to scrap a roundabout in Newport and replace it with a traffic light system

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2 w. ago Built different: Is the 6XL, 464lb Desmond Watson too large for the NFL?

The defensive tackle is one of the most intriguing prospects in this year’s draft. But the attributes that make him stand out could also be his downfallDesmond Watson is pro football’s next very big thing: a 6ft 6in, 464lb defensive tackle who is poised to become the heaviest player ever selected at the NFL draft, which takes place later this month. “He’s a unicorn,” his coach at Florida, Billy Napier, said last month. “You’ll go the rest of your career, and you’ll never be around a guy that’s that stature.A native of Plant City, Florida, the state’s strawberry capital, Watson was the Gators’ big man on campus, a larger-than-life folk hero to match the school’s 7ft 9in basketball prospect. When Watson arrived at college, he already weighed 440lb – or about as much as a standup piano. Watson’s legend grew once he cracked the team’s starting lineup the following year. During a 2022 game against South Carolina, Watson left 89,000 fans gasping after he split a double team and ripped the...

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2 w. ago Man City defender has surgery to complicate summer transfer plans

Manchester City's on-loan defender Kyle Walker has suffered an injury setback while at AC Milan, days after saying he would be open to a return to the Etihad.

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