Author: News Desk

Liverpool humbled Man City with a statement win at Anfield – a huge performance for Liverpool. They move 11 points clear of Manchester City. Liverpool manager Arne Slot to Sky Sports: “Yeah [it was almost a perfect match], and if you look at work-rate I think it was perfect. The amount of chances we miss made it tight at the end. But maybe that’s nice for matches like this. It should be like this. But it would have been nicer to score the second goal earlier.” Liverpool humble Man City with a statement win That’s 18 wins in 20 games across…

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Headed again by the German Ursula von der Leyen and with Teresa Ribera as the Spanish representative, the new European Commission officially starts this Sunday with 26 commissioners in charge of unprecedented portfolios in the community Executive, such as Defense, Housing or the Mediterranean. Starting tomorrow, Monday, the new commissioners will begin working on challenges and missions entrusted by Von der Leyen for the next five years. Teresa Ribera, executive vice president for a Clean, Fair and Competitive Transition and head of Competition, will coordinate the Pact for a Clean Industry that she will present in the first hundred days…

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said a new phase for his government will begin this week, under what he calls a “plan for change” for Britain.

Gregg Wallace has hit back at allegations of historic misconduct, saying they have come from a “handful of middle-class women of a certain age”.

Russia carried out “a series of air strikes” in Syria early on Sunday as rebels advanced towards the south, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

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A widely cloudy day with scattered showers spreading slowly eastwards. Some heavy outbreaks at times, especially in the west, broken up with drier, brighter interludes as well. Breezy for all, particularly so in the north, and staying mild. Tonight: Clear spells and scattered showers this evening, then turning more widely cloudy as a band of persistent rain arrives from the west. Colder, with wintry showers in the north.

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The National front page this morning – 01 December 2024 AT one point during Alex Salmond’s memorial service, I saw the organist return following one of the speeches with a cup of tea and he got ready to play again.It struck me that I, like he, was doing a job in a room full of people who were grieving. They were there to mark an occasion, as we were there to provide a service. 

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The Irish News front page this morning 01 December 2024 Ex-Tyrone Gaelic footballer Peter Loughran was among two men who appeared at Derry Crown Court on a series of drug charges on Friday.Peter Loughran (49) of Tamnamore Road and Nolan James Scarlett (45) of Terrenew Road both in Dungannon faced between them a total of 35 drug and criminal property charges.

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The Observer front page this morning – 01 December 2024Keir Starmer will pledge this week to undertake the most ambitious programme for government “in a generation”, as he sets out new targets to refocus his premiership amid falling approval ratings and the first resignation from his cabinet.Islamist rebels once exiled to a mountainous pocket of the Syrian countryside now roam the streets of central Aleppo, taking pictures below its ancient citadel and tearing down symbols of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.

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The Independent front page this morning – 01 December 2024Sir John Curtice says Sir Keir Starmer has shown ‘absolutely no ability’ to explain how he is going to lead the UK out of its problems after five months of government as PM prepares for major policy reset this weekRussian jets struck Aleppo in support of Bashar al-Assad after insurgents attacked for the first time since 2016Isabella Rossellini When I started out I feared being compared to my mother Ingrid Bergman

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