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This game-changing goal in Zagreb was not a one-off. Earlier in the Champions League, Dortmund were struggling away to Club Brugge, the scoreline still blank with 15 minutes remaining. But Gittens inspired another 3-0 away win, this time with two goals. The first was a deflected strike, but the second was another piece of individual…

Mbappe’s move to Real Madrid has dominated headlines from the word go. The months of speculation, the fact Paris St-Germain had to let him go for free, the astronomical wages, the hype and expectation. And now, the French forward’s struggle to settle into this team of superstars. “We haven’t seen the best of Mbappe tonight,”…

This opening day was everything the series promised: keenly fought, tight and fluctuating. At the beautiful Hagley Oval, its grass banks bursting with spectators, it was hard to imagine a more perfect setting for Test cricket. Stokes, in the city of his birth, surprised no one when he chose to field. Despite the sunshine, Latham…

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has appeared to contradict President-elect Donald Trump’s claim that the two have struck a deal to stop migration to the US border. After a phone call on Wednesday, Trump posted online: “She has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effectively closing our Southern Border.” Sheinbaum responded…

Ajay Cheema Two people died following a house explosion in Bedford in October Residents who live within a 100m (328ft) cordon of an explosion site are being asked to sign a form if they choose to return to their homes, acknowledging they do so at their own risk. Two people died after a blast at…

London Fire Brigade About 100 firefighters are tackling a large fire at a takeaway in north London About 100 firefighters are tackling a large fire at a takeaway in north London. Half of the ground floor of the building on Seven Sisters Road in Holloway is alight, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said on Thursday.…

Unite is pushing ahead with legal action against the government in a bid to overturn winter fuel cuts for millions of pensioners. Unite claims the government did not follow correct procedure and has instructed lawyers who are asking the High Court for an urgent judicial review of the government’s decision to restrict payments to poorer…

Getty Images A Post Office miscarriages-of-justice campaigner at the High Court The government is to review the future oversight of private prosecutions, in light of the Post Office Horizon scandal and wider controversies that suggest there are currently insufficient safeguards to prevent abuse. Private prosecutions are cases brought to criminal courts without the involvement of…

Former Prime Minister Lord David Cameron has backed moves to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults. In an article in The Times, Lord Cameron said that while he had opposed moves to legalise assisted dying in the past, he believed the current proposal was “not about ending life, it is about shortening death“. Previously…

The sale of Royal Mail to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group is close to being finalised and could be confirmed in the next two weeks, according to sources close to the deal. Kretinsky has agreed to make extra concessions in order to clinch the takeover, the BBC understands. Unions have been meeting with Kretinsky’s…