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'I didn't expect that at Anfield' – Guardiola on 'sacked in the morning' chants
“Sacked in the morning, you’re getting sacked in the morning.” Liverpool were closing in on a win that would take them 11 points clear of title rivals Manchester City when the chants echoed around Anfield in the 89th minute. They were directed at Pep Guardiola, the mastermind behind six Premier League title triumphs since taking…
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Gregg Wallace accusers criticise his response to allegations
BBC/Shine TV Two of Gregg Wallace’s accusers have criticised his response to allegations of historical misconduct, after he said they had come from a “handful of middle-class women of a certain age”. One of his accusers said the comments showed he “clearly hasn’t learnt his lesson”, while another said he wrongly “seems to be saying…
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How Liverpool mixed best of Klopp & Slot to beat Man City
Speaking afterwards, even Slot conceded his side were “close” to perfection. “At the end the result is the most important, but the performance was great,” he told BBC Match of the Day. “If you want to win against a team like City you have to be good at every part of football. So high defending,…
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Bowen: Syria's rebel offensive is astonishing – but don't write off Assad
Getty Images The reignited war in Syria is the latest fallout from the turmoil that has gripped the Middle East since the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October last year. The attacks, and Israel’s response, upended the status quo. Events in Syria in the last few days are more proof that the war gripping…
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Students upset by sea deaths help rescue migrants
BBC Efa is a student at Atlantic College and trains with the charity Atlantic Pacific International Rescue Sixth form students say they want to help rescue migrants at sea after becoming angry by the number of deaths. Robin Jenkins, the boss of a charity based at Atlantic College in St Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, has…
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Two-thirds of seats declared in close Irish general election
PA Media Irish general election votes being counted at Nemo Rangers GAA Club in Cork Two-thirds of seats in the Irish parliament have been filled, with the Fianna Fáil party leading a tight three-way battle in the country’s general election. With all 43 constituencies’ initial counts in, first preference percentage share for the largest three…
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She fled Israeli bombing four times. It still found her
BBC Rihab Faour at her temporary home in Beirut. ‘I have to find something to fill my days,’ she said Rihab Faour fled her home. Then she fled again. Then a third time. Then a fourth. And by the fourth time, a year after the first, she had been fleeing Israeli bombs for so long…
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‘Italian’ purees likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes, BBC finds
Getty Images “Italian” tomato purees sold by several UK supermarkets appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, the BBC has found. Some have “Italian” in their name such as Tesco’s “Italian Tomato Purée”. Others have “Italian” in their description, such as Asda’s double concentrate which says it contains “Puréed Italian…
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Losing your mind looking at memes? The dictionary has a word for that
Getty Images Are you spending hours scrolling mindlessly on Instagram reels and TikTok? If so, you might be suffering from brain rot, which has become the Oxford word of the year. It is a term that captures concerns about the impact of consuming excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on social media. The word’s…
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Tebogo & Hassan top World Athletics Awards
Olympic champions Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan were named male and female athlete of the year at the World Athletics Awards in Monaco. Tebogo, who was also named male track athlete of the year, became Botswana’s first Olympic champion in Paris when he won the 200m in an African record time of 19.46 seconds. The…