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Judd Trump ‘didn’t care’ about English Open game against ‘wasn’t good’ rival
Snooker world No. 1 Judd Trump admitted that he “didn’t really care” about his first English Open match despite defeating Liu Hongyu 4-3 in Brentwood via a deciding frame. The defending champion was almost left with egg on his face having failed to make a 147 when leading 3-1, thenContinue Reading
Troye Sivan hits back at ‘homophobic’ blind item about Charli XCX tour
Troye Sivan has hit back at an anonymous online gossip story that claimed his joint US tour with Charli XCX is suffering from poor ticket sales. Sivan, 29, and XCX, 32, recently kicked off their arena tour in Detroit. On TikTok, a viral post by @celebriteablinds repeated a blind gossipContinue Reading
Ed Davey to urge Lib Dems ‘to finish the job’ and overtake the Tories
Sir Ed Davey is expected to lay out his plan to overtake the Tories at the next general election and “finish the job” his party believe they started this year. The triumphant Liberal Democrat leader, now heading a group of 72 MPs, will use much of his party conference speechContinue Reading
Paul Mullin ‘almost bites’ Birmingham player as Wrexham clash ends with scuffle
Paul Mullin looked as if he considered biting the leg of Birmingham player Alex Cochrane during Wrexham’s Monday night League One clash at St Andrew’s. Wrexham had taken the lead in the highly-anticipated clash between the two League One heavyweights, but Birmingham’s talent prevailed in the end, with the BluesContinue Reading
Ovo launches £50m of fresh energy bills support after winter fuel payment cut
Ovo Energy has announced a fresh £50 million energy bills support scheme for the winter months following news the Government is cutting its winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. The Big Six energy supplier said it had set aside the funding to cover a series of schemes, including directContinue Reading
Valley fever cases are on the rise — and climate change may be to blame
Simon Camponuri was conducting fieldwork in Central California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument around 2016, studying Giant Kangaroo rats and other endangered species with researchers from UC Berkeley. The team had hoped to examine the impacts of climate change on wildlife in the desert landscape after California’s 2012 to 2016 droughtContinue Reading
Snooker scores LIVE: English Open updates with Selby, Trump and O’Sullivan
Snooker scores LIVE from the English Open.Continue Reading
Junior doctors in England vote to accept Government pay offer
Junior doctors in England have voted to accept a Government pay deal worth 22.3% on average over two years, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. The BMA’s junior doctors committee (JDC) in England has accepted the Government’s pay offer, with 66% of junior doctors voting in favour of theContinue Reading
Starmer shows ‘great interest” in Italy’s offshore asylum plan, says Meloni
Sir Keir Starmer has shown “great interest” in Italy’s controversial scheme to send migrants to be processed offshore, the country’s leader Giorgia Meloni has said. A defiant Italian premier also defended her deal with Albania, brushing aside humanitarian concerns as “completely groundless”. Sir Keir has not ruled out a similarContinue Reading
Italy migration deal: How has Meloni reduced small boat arrivals – and what is the Albania scheme?
Sir Keir Starmer has claimed that Britain can learn lessons from Italy on how to reduce migration, after far-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s administration saw small boat arrivals fall by more than 60 per cent this year. Ahead of a visit to Rome, Sir Keir hailed Italy’s “dramatic” drop inContinue Reading