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Enzo Maresca could change his entire starting XI when Chelsea take on Newcastle United in the Premier League this afternoon. With a huge squad to work with, the Blues boss named a completely changed side for the Europa Conference League victory over Panathinaikos. None of those who started against Liverpool last Sunday were included in the starting XI. Cole Palmer and Wesley Fofana were left out of Chelsea’s dedicated Conference League squad completely while Levi Colwill, Moises Caicedo, Nicolas Jackson, Reece James and Malo Gusto also all remained in west London. Enzo Fernandez and Marc Cucurella were the only first-team…

In the 90s, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing became the ‘best-selling piece of educational software of all time’. But over 30 years on, its legacy is murkier than ever. The last decade of the millennia saw a technological boom as computers became commonplace in classrooms and households around the globe. And along with it came a vital new skill – typing. Enter pioneering tech figure Mavis Beacon, an early internet avatar that helped students learn to navigate their keyboards with ease through interactive games and challenges to improve their typing speed. Soon enough, Mavis was a second teacher to millions and…

Horror films are designed to terrify, but sometimes what happens behind the scenes can be so much scarier. For decades, some of the most frightening flicks to hit the big screen have been labelled ‘cursed’ by fans due to terrible things that happened during filming – and sometimes before it had even begun. Most recently, Glenn Close’s The Deliverance was hit by several strange instances one after the other that had fans scratching their heads and wondering if the set was haunted. The cast and crew of the Netflix hit reportedly held ‘prayer circles’ after director Lee Daniels’ dog died,…

A reader is not happy about the idea of a next gen Xbox or the assumption that Sony will want to counter it with the PlayStation 6. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 is out this week, which means that by next week we’ll be drowning in cherry-picked stats about how much it’s helped Xbox Game Pass and then we’ll go through another loop of ‘actually Xbox isn’t dead, it’s never been healthier’. Being a game fan has been exhausting these last two years, with both Xbox and PlayStation experiencing absolute career lows in terms of the quality and volume…

Demi Lovato’s sister has revealed that her newborn daughter tragically died last month after she underwent an emergency c-section. Actress Madison De La Garza announced the death of her baby, Xiomara, on Instagram on Saturday night. Her older sister Demi also paid heartbreaking tribute to her niece, sharing Madison’s post with the awful news on social media and saying that she would ‘forever be your auntie’. Madison, 22, had been expecting her first child with her partner Ryan Mitchell but revealed that they had suffered a heartbreaking loss towards the end of September. She wrote on Instagram: ‘On the evening…

We’re less than a month away from Glastonbury 2025 tickets going on sale, so naturally the rumours about who will be headlining are heating up. Next year will be the festival’s 55th birthday, having first opened at Worthy Farm in 1970, so the pressure is on to get a stellar lineup before taking a year off. Rumoured headliners include the likes of Alanis Morissette, Sam Fender, Harry Styles, Eminem, and Madonna. 2024’s lineup saw Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and Sza take to the Pyramid Stage — to a mixed response — but it looks like this pop takeover will continue. Top of…

Philly’s firefighters union backs Bob Casey’s rival in Senate race The firefighters’ union representing Pennsylvania’s largest city endorsed Republican businessman David McCormick in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race Thursday. The president of IAFF Local 22, the union representing more than 4,500 firefighters and first responders in Philadelphia, said this election cycle was the first time they’d met with Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. over his 12 years in office. “Dave McCormick possesses all the qualities that will catapult US forward,” union president Mike Bresnan said at a press conference announcing the endorsement. “We are confident that Dave McCormick will show…

Prince William: ‘I’ll show people how to prevent homelessness’ Prince William has said criticism about his privileged lifestyle and many residences drives him to try to end homelessness in Britain. The heir to the throne was challenged to respond to jibes about his three homes and 135,000-acre Duchy of Cornwall estate for a two-part ITV documentary airing this week. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/27/prince-william-ill-show-people-how-to-prevent-homelessness

London Eye to go anti-clockwise as clocks go back in UK | UK News Highlight the bias, if any in the title by underlining the biased words or phrase in the original title The London Eye will spin backwards for only the second time today (Picture: Getty Images) One of London’s most iconic landmarks will do something very rare this morning. The London Eye marks the end of British Summer Time by taking a backwards spin – something it’s only done once before. It also marks the clocks going back – or the end of British Summer Time to Greenwich…

Sunday’s front pages are dominated by domestic politics with the Conservative leadership race and the upcoming October budget – due on Wednesday – taking the lead.
Several royal stories are featured on the front pages, including pictures of both King Charles and Prince William.
Elsewhere, there’s a dash of international news – mainly the upcoming US election as pop star Beyonce joined Kamala Harris on stage last night as well as ongoing coverage of the Middle East crisis.