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Garcia set to rejoin World Tour to aid Ryder Cup bid
LIV Golf’s Sergio Garcia is set to rejoin the DP World Tour for the 2025 season as he seeks to play at next year’s Ryder Cup. Garcia, 44, who is the event’s record points scorer, wants to match Lee Westwood and Sir Nick Faldo’s European record of 11 appearances at the biennial competition. However, in…
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Should Wales coach Gatland stay or go? Pundits have their say
Ex-Wales & British & Irish Lions centre Tom Shanklin praised Gatland for “transforming” the national side during his first spell in charge, but said Wales now lack an identity. “I’ve never seen him like the way he was after the Australia game. I feel sorry for him after all he did for Welsh rugby,” said…
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Clarke & Scotland find way to bounce back yet again
Scotland went to Germany on the back of a grim run of form, though, and further disappointment came their way in the summer, as did a barrage of criticism for the head coach for a pedestrian style of play. A change of approach was demanded and it has come in the form of a switch…
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McGuigan emotional on I'm a Celeb as he opens up about daughter's death
Former professional boxer Barry McGuigan has opened about the death of his daughter, while appearing on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Actress Danika McGuigan died five weeks after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2019, aged 33. She had played Danielle in BBC Three comedy Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope and appeared in…
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Almost £2m claimed in riot compensation so far
Danny Lawson/PA wire The violence following the killing of three girls in Southport last summer was fuelled by misinformation Almost £2m has been claimed under the Riot Compensation Act (RCA) in response to widespread disorder across the UK last summer, the BBC has discovered. According to figures from the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners…
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Town's wish for another wonky Christmas tree comes true
John Devine/BBC March Town Council requested another wonky Christmas tree after last year’s leaning tree “put March on the map” A Cambridgeshire market town which became the centre of a global news story about its wonky Christmas tree last year has had this year’s delivered – and it is a wonky one again. March Town…
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‘Once my autistic son turns 18, his support ends’
BBC Caroline Campbell was among parents who hosted the event at Stormont “He would go from having five days a week in school in a supported environment with his peers to basically having nothing and being at home with me.” Caroline Campbell’s autistic 17-year-old son Oscar is due to leave his special school in two…
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UK’s largest retailers warn Reeves her Budget makes job cuts ‘inevitable’
Getty Images High Street job losses are “inevitable”, prices will rise, and shops will close as the result of the tax increases in the Budget and other rising costs, a group of the biggest retailers in the UK is warning. Tesco, Amazon, Greggs, Next, and dozens of other chains are urging the Treasury to reconsider…
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Turkish foreign minister declares he is ‘in a war’ with Israel
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, during a November 15 interview broadcast on A Haber, a government-aligned television channel run by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s family, stated that he is “in a war” and has “no luxury to show feelings” when asked about his emotional response to the ongoing crisis in Gaza. Fidan also…
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Amid Thaw In India-China Ties, A Foreign Ministers' Meet On G20 Sidelines
New Delhi: Amid a thaw in India-China ties, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro and the two leaders discussed the way forward in the bilateral relationship. “On the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio, met CPC…