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The King Charles launches new menu featuring £14.50 burgers has unveiled homemade lamb, beef, and venison burgers at the royal restaurant.

As England ramp up their preparations for Euro 2024, one player has been tipped to land a mind-blowing £375,000-a-week contract once he returns from Germany. Gareth Southgate and the 26-man Three Lions squad travel to Germany on Monday ahead of their first Euros game against Serbia next weekend. Despite a shock and disappointing 1-0 defeat to Iceland in their final warm-up match, England are one of the favourites to win the tournament. England have gone 58 years without a major trophy but reached the latter stages of the last World Cup – just as they did in 2018 – while…

Neal Maupay insists he has ‘no problem’ with James Maddison despite appearing to mock his omission from England’s final Euro 2024 squad. Everton striker Maupay, who spent last season on loan at Brentford, angered Maddison and the Tottenham squad by copying his darts celebration in a Premier League match against Spurs in January. Maddison and Maupay shared some tense words after the incident and the Frenchman escalated the feud on social media when he posted: ‘More goals and less relegations in my career than James Maddison.’ Maupay, 27, reignited the feud after Maddison released an honest and emotional statement following…

Has there ever been a more despairing 24-hour period in English sport? Probably, but after England’s dismal performance during the 1-0 defeat to Iceland at Wembley and the T20 World Cup battering suffered against Australia in Bridgetown it’s difficult to immediately bring one to mind. Of course, this may well be recency bias, a good old fashioned kneejerk reaction or just plain grumpiness but the two defeats hardly augur well for the rest of a sporting summer which promised so much and is now in danger of providing so little. England had only one shot on target on Friday and…

Phil Jones says Marcus Rashford ‘could have certainly offered something’ had he been selected in England’s Euro 2024 squad and expects the forward to bounce back stronger than ever next season. Rashford managed just eight goals in all competitions for Manchester United last term and has been left out of Gareth Southgate’s 26-man party set to fly out to Germany for this summer’s eagerly anticipated tournament. It’s just the latest setback in a concerning fall from grace for the attacker, who enjoyed his best ever campaign in front of goal in the 2022/23 season after finding the back of the…

Paul Merson has urged Portugal to take the difficult decision to bench Cristiano Ronaldo for the start of Euro 2024. Ronaldo enters his sixth European Championships having spent the last 18 months at Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr, where he has scored 64 goals in 70 appearances. The 39-year-old is Portugal’s greatest-ever player and will look to add to his 206 caps and 128 goals at the Euros in Germany. But Merson believes Ronaldo should start the tournament from the bench and only come into the side once Portugal’s qualification to the knockout stages has been secured. Roberto Martinez’s…

Kylian Mbappe has played down injury fears ahead of Euro 2024 with the France star benched in their final warm-up game against Canada. Les Blues were held a goalless draw on Sunday with Mbappe starting on the bench, coming on for the final 15 minutes. The forward, whose move to Real Madrid was confirmed last week, missed training with the national team on Saturday just nine days before the Euros kick off in Germany with France’s campaign beginning against Austria on Monday 17 June. L’Equipe reported Mbappe had been struggling with a back problem but he was deemed fit enough…

In the 2010s, if people wanted to predict the outcome of a national football match they turned to octopuses. Famous tentacled prophets included Paul and Rabiot, who gave their findings by choosing the winning country’s flag. They even had a good track record – at least until Rabiot was reportedly boiled alive and sold for food at a fish market. But now it’s 2024, and it’s all about the asparagus (note both octopus and asparagus end in ‘us’ so perhaps that’s what bestows the mystical powers.) Fortune teller Jemima Packington, 67, uses the green spears to reveal the future, and…

Alan Shearer has revealed the England team he would pick if he was in charge of the Three Lions at Euro 2024. Gareth Southgate and the 26-man England squad are travelling to Germany on Monday ahead of their opening Euros game against Serbia on Sunday. After kick-starting their Euro 2024 campaign against Serbia at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, England turn their attentions to group games against Denmark and Slovenia. It is 58 years since England last won a major trophy in men’s football but Shearer is optimistic about the Three Lions’ chances ahead of the Euros, insisting this is ‘our…

The best things to do in London this weekend: (June 8-9) Now June is in full swing (and the weather is looking promising!) it seems like there’s more than ever to do in London. You could stop by one of London’s neighbourhood festivals to try mouth watering street food, dance the night away at a Carnaby house party, or (if you’re feeling bold) get your kit off to join a world-famous bike ride around the city. Plus, as always, there are some great deals from places like Ole & Steen and new late-night spot Little Violet Door. Read on for…