56 h. ago Hugo Viana faces crunch Pep Guardiola talks after transfer U

Manchester City sporting director Hugo Viana will have to work out the best possible squad for next season for Pep Guardiola

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4 d. ago ‘For indulgence, brioche is king’ – the sweet, buttery bread stealing sourdough’s crown

Once an indicator of wealth, but for years stuck in burger-bun purgatory, the enriched dough is being embraced by a new generation of chefs and bakers for its versatility and delicious complexity‘You shouldn’t have to fight your sandwich,” says Sacha Yonan, his voice rising to compete with the noise of London’s Soho on a Tuesday morning. Within half an hour, queues for the sandwiches at Crunch, the cafe he co-founded earlier this year, will be snaking out of its doors. Its secret? Fresh brioche, which comes toasted and filled with ingredients that give the place its name, including southern-fried chicken, baby pickles and lettuce. “We love a sourdough,” says Joni Francisco, his Crunch co-founder. “But if you’re talking about sandwiches, then you need something with an easier mouthfeel.”Could brioche be the new sourdough? Insofar as anything can be, sourdough being to bread what black is to fashion. In 2023, the humble white sliced loaf was hailed as a better sandwich bread than sour...

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5 d. ago UK politics live: Starmer urged to be ‘bold’ in Brexit reset talks ahead of crunch meeting

Starmer has insisted he wishes to avoid ‘megaphone diplomacy’ by eschewing a running commentary on negotiations

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8 d. ago Zelensky tells Putin ‘I am waiting’ ahead of crunch Russia and Ukraine ceasefire talks

Volodymyr Zelensky says he is “waiting” to see who from Russia will attend the Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul before deciding “which steps Ukraine will take.”

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8 d. ago Victor Osimhen responds to Man United legend as 'crunch transfer talks' begin

Napoli striker Victor Osimhen is expected to leave his loan club Galatasaray in the summer and make a permanent move at the end of the season

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9 d. ago Putin mocks West and Ukraine by refusing to confirm if he's attending peace talks

An evasive Vladimir Putin embarked on a bizarre monologue about the history of tsarist Russia as speculation mounted over whether he will meet Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul for crunch talks

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2 w. ago 'Never say never' on Canada becoming part of United States, Trump tells Carney in White House

The newly-elected Canadian prime minister told the US President his nation ‘not for sale’ during crunch talks

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2 w. ago Watch in full: Donald Trump and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney meet for crunch trade talks

Watch as Donald Trump welcomes Mark Carney to the White House on Tuesday, 6 May, for the first time since the newly elected Canadian prime minister won the federal election.

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2 w. ago Watch live: Donald Trump and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney meet for crunch trade talks

Watch live as Donald Trump welcomes Mark Carney to the White House on Tuesday, 6 May, for the first time since the newly elected Canadian prime minister won the federal election.

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3 w. ago US trade deal isn't certain to happen, Labour frontbencher warns after crunch talks

Pat McFadden said he was 'hopeful' that a trade deal could be reached with Donald Trump's White House, but said it was not certain after crunch talks in Washington DC

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4 w. ago Stable lad to land his monster Ladbrokes payout as life changing horse racing bet to be honoured after crunch talks

The leading bookmaker will settle all outstanding bets on Declan Queally-trained pair Diamond Nora and Rocky's Diamond

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4 w. ago Rachel Reeves suggests UK trade with EU more important than US ahead of crunch talks in Washington

Chancellor is set to meet with her US counterpart Scott Bessent on Friday

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