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Jose Mourinho was relieved after Tottenham’s late show saw them beat Wycombe 4-1 in the FA Cup fourth round. Spurs looked like being taken to extra time by the Championship strugglers as they missed a host of chances to kill the game after Gareth Bale’s goal had cancelled out Fred Onyedinma’s surprise opener for Wycombe. Even the introduction of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min could not do the trick until […]

Chelsea have sacked head coach Frank Lampard after a run of five defeats from eight Premier League games. Owner Roman Abramovich described the decision as “very difficult” and conceded it was a move not taken lightly by the club, with the PA news agency understanding Thomas Tuchel is set to replace the 42-year-old. Lampard guided the Blues into the fifth round of the FA Cup on Sunday with a 3-1 […]

Online fashion retailer Boohoo has bought the Debenhams brand and website for £55 million in a deal that will see the eponymous department store name survive, but the company’s remaining 118 stores close for good. The deal will see Debenhams products sold by Boohoo from early next year, allowing enough time for liquidators to continue closing the retailer’s sites once they are allowed to reopen after Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are […]

Boris Johnson is under growing pressure from Tory MPs to reopen schools in England amid warnings that children have become the “forgotten victims” of the coronavirus pandemic. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is widely expected to confirm this week that there will be no return to the classroom after the February half-term break as ministers had hoped. Over the weekend, Health Secretary Matt Hancock refused to guarantee that they would be […]

The Government is making £23 million available to councils in England to help counter misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine and boost take-up of the jab. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said it was being targeted at areas with plans to reach out to groups such as older people, disabled people, and people from ethnic minority backgrounds who are more likely to suffer long-term impacts and poor outcomes from the virus.   […]

More than £15,000 in fines has been handed out after police shut down an illegal rave attended by more than 300 people in east London. Officers from the Metropolitan Police attended a venue under a railway arch on Nursery Road in Hackney in the early hours of Sunday morning. Loud music was heard coming from inside the venue and a significant number of people were found packed inside the small […]

Professor Jonathan Van-Tam says those who've been vaccinated must keep following the Covid rules, to keep others safe. Coronavirus vaccines may not fully prevent people from passing the virus on to others and people who have had the jab should still continue to abide by lockdown restrictions, the deputy chief medical officer for England said. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said that if those who have been vaccinated begin easing off because […]

Nearly 95% of councils in England have concerns about the possibility of having to hold elections in May, a poll suggests. A number of elections are due to be held later this year, including those for the Mayor of London, local authorities in England, and police and crime commissioners. Many of these were postponed from May 2020 due to coronavirus, and Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) research found more than […]

The news comes from Ora Media, who tweeted a statement from Mr King's account. American talk show host Larry King has died at the age of 87, Ora Media said in a statement tweeted from his account. King, famous for his shows including CNN’s Larry King Live which he hosted from 1985 to 2010, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The statement from Ora Media, which King launched […]

Four people smugglers have been jailed for between 13 and 27 years after 39 migrants died inside the back of a lorry. The victims, Vietnamese men, woman and children, had hoped for a better life in Britain when they agreed to pay up to £13,000 a head for a “VIP” smuggling service - But they suffered an “excruciating” death in an airtight trailer. On October 22 2019, they were crammed into […]