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The squads for this summer’s Euro 2024 are gradually starting to be announced with just three weeks to go until the big kick-off on June 14. A total of 24 teams will compete for European Championship glory in Germany, with several sides having revealed either their provisional squads or indeed their final list of 26 players. Amongst them are pre-tournament favourites England, with the likes of Adam Wharton, Jarell Quansah and Curtis Jones joining the more established talent in their 33-man provisional squad. The biggest threats to Gareth Southgate’s hopes of becoming just the second England men’s manager to win…

Euro 2024 is almost upon us with the finest teams and players across the continent eyeing European Championship glory in Germany this summer. And what does every good Euros need? A sweepstake of course! Thankfully for you, Metro.co.uk has created the perfect sweepstake kit to use with your family, friends and work colleagues, featuring all 24 teams taking part in the competition. So, how does it work? It’s dead easy – all you need to do is click on our link below to download the printable PDF and then buzz it over to the printer. Settle on a stake beforehand…

With the curtain set to fall on the 2023-24 season after next weekend’s Champions League final, attention is starting to turn towards this summer’s European Championship which kicks off in Germany on June 14. Beaten World Cup finalists France, hosts Germany, Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions and 2016 winners Portugal are among the early favourites to win the competition. Spain have been handed a testing group, with holders Italy, Croatia and Albania, but De la Fuente has full faith in his side and believes La Roja can match the three main favourites. In an extensive interview with Movistar Plus on Thursday…

Boy arrested on suspicion of murder as woman stabbed to death on beach in Bournemouth A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death on a beach in Bournemouth. Police were called to Durley Chine Beach at around 11.40pm on Friday, just as the bank holiday weekend was getting underway. A 34-year-old woman from Poole was pronounced dead at the scene and a 38-year-old woman, also from Poole, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. On Saturday afternoon, Dorset Police said a 17-year-old boy from Lancashire had been detained. Detective Superintendent Richard Dixey,…

Michael Owen has picked his England team for Euro 2024 Michael Owen has left Arsenal star Bukayo Saka out of the England team he would pick for Euro 2024. The Three Lions are gearing up for this summer’s Euros in Germany after Gareth Southgate announced a 33-man provisional squad last week. Five uncapped players – Jarrad Branthwaite, Curtis Jones, Jarell Quansah, Adam Wharton and James Trafford – made the longlist but there was no room for the likes of Marcus Rashford, Jordan Henderson or Raheem Sterling. Southgate will need to cut at least seven players from the training squad ahead…

Michael Gove to step down as MP at general election Michael Gove has announced he is not standing for re-election as an MP ahead of the general election on July 4. The secretary of state for Levelling Up is one of the longest-serving Conservative ministers and the last remaining high-profile MP from the David Cameron government elected in 2010. The shock announcement is another blow to the Tory Party already scrambling to find candidates for almost a third of constituencies after Rishi Sunak announced the election on Wednesday. And it comes just hours after the prime minister visited the Titanic…

Mapped: List of all the MPs standing down at next election as Michael Gove and John Redwood join the exodus The UK will go to the polls in July after Rishi Sunak announced the date for the next general election – but scores of high-profile MPs will not be facing the electorate after deciding to stand down. Housing secretary Michael Gove and former business secretary Andrea Leadsom became the latest Tory MPs to announce they would not contest the next election, as the number of Conservative MPs deciding to stand aside hit a new post-war record. In his letter to…

Is Sunak’s election campaign the worst in history? He is soaked in Downing Street on his launch, drowned out by triumphant Blair’s anthem, his MPs are fleeing the battlefield and he visits a Titanic museum. When you think things cannot get worse for Rishi Sunak, they do. Is this the worst start to an election campaign in history? Those with a distant memory can recall Michael Foot’s 1983 election campaign for Labour with the manifesto described by the late Gerald Kaufman as “the longest suicide note in history”. But what went down in folklore as the worst-ever election campaign –…

Sunak promises to bring back national service for 18-year-olds There is no title provided to identify any biased words or phrases. Labour lambasts youth policy as ‘desperate and unfunded’ and designed to make youngsters fix government-created problems Rishi Sunak announced last night that a future Conservative government would bring back mandatory national service last night, as he attempted to reignite his election campaign after an error-strewn start. Under the plan, which appeared to be his latest attempt to reduce Tory losses by winning over voters drifting to Reform UK, the prime minister said that every 18-year-old would have to spend…

Pilot dies in Spitfire crash near RAF Coningsby Police and emergency services rushed to the scene on Langrick Road at just before 1.20pm on Saturday, May 25. The Spitfire of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) was flying near the air station when the crash took place. The male pilot, who has not yet been named, was declared dead at the scene. An MoD spokesperson said: “It is with great sadness that we must confirm the death of an RAF pilot in a tragic accident near RAF Coningsby today. “The pilot’s family have been informed and we ask that…