Manchester United are optimistic of a £60m deal to sign Casemiro from Real Madrid after a breakthrough in talks as the Brazilian tells Carlo Ancelotti he wants to leave… with Erik ten Hag in the hunt d ‘a defensive midfielder on the verge of completion. Casemiro has won five Champions Leagues in nine years at …
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And welcome to live coverage of the second day of the first Test between England and South Africa from Lord’s. There may have been time before the deluge for just 32 overs of play yesterday, but we were privileged to see a fantastic performance from the tour’s pace quartet, from strike leader Kagiso Rabada’s relentlessness …
Jeremy Corbyn speaks on the Euston picket line Some UK train routes are seeing their last service of the day as rail strikes continue across the country. Around 45,000 workers employed by Network Rail and 14 train operators ‒ members of the RMT Union ‒ have walked for 24 hours over a long-running dispute over …
Supermarket fruit and juice business Orchard House Foods is closing its Gateshead factory, with the loss of up to 430 jobs. The company, which supplies the likes of Marks & Spencer, Morrisons and Pret A Manger, said it plans to move production to its existing base in Corby, Northamptonshire. Orchard House, which makes prepared and …
Good morning football fans Juventus are close to completing the signing of Memphis Depay from Barcelona. Juve have been in talks with Depay over a move as they seek to terminate his contract with Barcelona. And talks between the two sides have recently escalated with Juve offering the winger a two-year, €6m-plus-a-year contract, according to …
Official data reveals that workers have suffered a record real-term wage drop in the face of rising prices. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), regular wages, excluding bonuses, fell by an average of 4.1% on the year in the three months to June when inflation is taken into account. This is the biggest …
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Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected across England and Wales on Tuesday with baggy conditions amid flash flood warnings and disruptions. The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for most of the UK on Tuesday as the conditions could also cause transport disruption and power cuts in areas hit by heavy rain. Hail, …
Ukraine says it has hit a base used by the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, as well as a bridge near the occupied city of Melitopol. Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, said the base was “destroyed by a precision strike” after his whereabouts were established “thanks to a Russian journalist”. …
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Heathrow Airport has extended its limit of 100,000 passengers a day for another six weeks as the aviation sector continues to struggle to meet rising travel demand amid staff shortages. The cap was originally due to last until September 11, but that date was pushed back from Monday to October 29, overlapping the autumn half-term …
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Mads Mikkelsen has praised Johnny Depp as an “amazing actor” and speculated about Depp’s possible return to the Fantastic Beasts film franchise following his legal victory against ex-wife Amber Heard. The 56-year-old Danish actor, known for his roles in the James Bond film Casino Royale and the NBC series Hannibal, replaced Depp, 59, as Gellert …
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