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LAURA KIRK-FRANCIS was cursing her luck when she was forced to snap up a forgotten name from Derby's record-breaking flops. The talkSPORT host took on the supercomputer in the latest episode of The Sun's brilliant new show Greatest Of All Teams, brought to you by Sun Vegas. Kirk-Francis picked players from 11 different teams during...
Read briefingJURGEN KLOPP is not preparing for any late title parties amid the Manchester City scandal. The Germany boss, whose side face Serbia on Friday, had previously joked he would join an open-top bus parade to celebrate should Liverpool be awarded any championship honours due to the Cityzens being stripped of any. The Premier League have...
Read briefingTHE woman whose intuition helped bring Unabomber Ted Kaczynski to justice and end his 17-year reign of terror has died. Linda Patrick, who persuaded her husband, the Unabomber's brother David Kaczynski, to investigate after she first suspected her brother-in-law could be the notorious terrorist, died on February 2 after a brief battle with ovarian cancer....
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Read briefingIT’S been 12 long months since the first hit series of The Celebrity Traitors, and now fans can rejoice because season two finally launches tonight on BBC One. Not surprisingly for a show filmed months before it airs, there have been plenty of rumours and whispers about what to expect. But that still leaves oodles...
Read briefingANDY Burnham today axed the pension triple lock while threatening to reverse Brexit and bring in mass nationalisation in a left-wing speech at Labour’s party conference. The PM was accused of wanting to take Britain “back to the 1970s” with a socialist plan that also includes seizing empty private homes and changes to “rig” the...
Read briefingPM’s far too hopey clappy ANDY Burnham’s message to unite the country yesterday was: “All together now.” The problem is the Prime Minister will always put what the Labour Party wants above what Britain needs. His first conference speech as leader and PM was designed to delight the faithful. There was plenty of Left-wing tub-thumping about...
Read briefingGREECE fans brutally trolled Germany during their historic Nations League victory by copying Norway's famous Viking row, with a twist. The Greeks spoiled Jurgen Klopp's home debut as his national team's manager with a 1-0 victory on Sunday in Augsburg. This was the Euro 2004 winners' first ever victory over the four-time world champions after...
Read briefingIT was a routine victory for Thomas Tuchel here in the Czech capital - and one that never looked in doubt after Pavel Sulc’s 25th-minute red card. Anthony Gordon was without a doubt the star man, looking a threat all night and nodding in the opener. It would be generous to say it was an...
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Read briefingJEFF Brazier has revealed his son Bobby has returned home, as he beamed in a snap with his brother Freddy. The GMB's presenter's son 23, ditched the UK to move to New York in the summer, but is now back in Blighty. Jeff, 47, who shares son Bobby with the late Big Brother legend Jade...
Read briefingSHE topped the leaderboard on Saturday night with YouTuber John Nellis, but it was her saucy one-word review about a rival that really got everyone talking. Whether it’s Wynne Jones ‘groping’ her, nearly kissing Adam Peaty or actually snogging Seann Walsh, Katya Jones, 39, is always at the centre of intrigue. And this weekend, the...
Read briefingHOODED cloaks, chalkboards and fingerless gloves at the ready – The Celebrity Traitors is back. Leigh-Ann Pinnock, James Blunt, Maya Jama and Miranda Hart are among the 21 contestants as BBC One’s game of stealth returns from Thursday for a second run, hosted again by Claudia Winkleman. But how would you handle the pressure in...
Read briefingANDY Burnham is today expected to signal the end of the pension triple lock. In his conference speech, the PM will suggest it does not work in its current form and should be reviewed in the next Labour manifesto. Burnham will risk a major run-in with the retired as the move will spark fears the...
Read briefingA HUGE counter-terror probe descended into confusion last night when five men suspected of an airbase bomb plot were released on bail. The Londoners, aged 23 to 25, were held near RAF Fairford, Gloucs, on Sunday. Three seized vans were said not to contain “viable explosives”. US President Donald Trump said he was “surprised” by...
Read briefingA HERO farmer thwarted a massive terror attack on an RAF base after spotting suspects in balaclavas on her way home from a party. The late-night sighting metres from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire led to the arrest of five men and seizure of three vans full of explosives. The plot came two months after Iran’s...
Read briefingENGLAND co-host Euro 2028 and the team will rightly be considered one of the favourites. But despite the Three Lions’ obvious strengths going forward, their fragile defence is a huge worry. I am struggling to think of a back four as weak as the one that started against Spain — Jarrell Quansah, Ezri Konsa, Marc...
Read briefingA ROOKIE cop has been hailed a hero after stopping an armed suspect who allegedly stabbed him in the neck as he tried to flee. Constable Wesley Thomas, a married father of two young children, had only been a police officer for 10 weeks when he heroically Tasered the alleged knifeman in Brisbane. Josey Collins,...
Read briefingMANCHESTER CITY superfan Liam Gallagher claims to know the punishment the club will receive for their breaches of Premier League financial rules. It emerged on Friday that the Etihad club had been found GUILTY of all but ONE of their alleged 115 breaches. Footie fans around the world are now debating and eagerly awaiting the...
Read briefingSPANISH giants Barcelona and Real Madrid are circling around Erling Haaland and several of his Manchester City team-mates. The Etihad giants face an uncertain future after it emerged they have been found guilty of widespread financial rule breaches. A huge points deduction which would condemn them to certain relegation is one possibility. And that would...
Read briefingAMANDALAND’S Lucy Punch has landed her biggest “collab” to date – starring in Marks & Spencer’s coveted Christmas advert. Lucy, who plays cringey influencer Amanda in BBC One sitcom Motherland and its spin-off, is set to be the face of the High Street giant’s first ever fashion and food festive promo. She will replace comic...
Read briefingMAYBE we wouldn't have beaten them in the World Cup final after all... Spain capitalised on England's shoddy defence to come back from 2-1 down after Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane had got the Three Lions into the lead with a comeback of our own. Lamine Yamal opened the scoring, with the third fastest goal...
Read briefingTHOMAS TUCHEL accepts he must now “embrace the chaos” as England manager. And here was the compelling proof why he has absolutely no choice. Against the world champions, the Three Lions were disorganised defensively but full of pace and purpose in attack. Ultimately, it was not good enough. Not against the very best. The match-winner...
Read briefingLITTLE Harper Walker beams from ear to ear having being told she is finally cancer-free after years facing a rare form of the disease. The four-year-old’s parents, Adam and Jenny, first noticed she had a bruise under her eye when she was just 15-months-old. And tests showed it was a stage four, high-risk cancer that...
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