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Emirates to be Arsenal women’s main home next season Arsenal women will use Emirates Stadium as their main home ground from the start of next season’s Women’s Super League. The north London venue will stage eight WSL matches and three group games in the Women’s Champions League if Arsenal reach that stage. Should Arsenal progress to the knockout stages of the European competition, those matches would also be played at the Emirates, the club announced on Tuesday. The WSL team’s other matches, including domestic cup games, will be played at Meadow Park, which has been their longstanding home. Arsenal recorded…

Miedema to leave Arsenal at end of the season Striker Vivianne Miedema will leave Arsenal at the end of the season after seven years, the club have announced. The Netherlands international joined the Gunners from Bayern Munich in 2017 and has scored 125 goals and provided 50 assists in 172 appearances. BBC Sport understands Arsenal made the decision not to renew Miedema’s contract, with Manchester City interested in signing the 27-year-old once she becomes a free agent. In a video posted on Instagram, Miedema said it was time for her journey with the Gunners to come to an end. She…

Manchester United won their first Women’s FA Cup trophy in style as they comfortably beat first-time finalists Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium.

English Premier League fixtures tonight – Can Spurs lend Arsenal a helping hand?  After Aston Villa nabbed a point off their Liverpool match yesterday, the race for a European spot is heating up.  Liverpool are guaranteed third place in this season’s Premier League campaign and a place in the Champions League is booked – even if Jurgen Klopp isn’t leading the charge next season.  The title race now is between league leaders Arsenal and second place Man City.  Man City have a game in hand over Arsenal, a win against Spurs tonight will see them jump into first place.  Spurs…

Georgia Protesters raise their voices against a formidable line of riot police While the “foreign influence” bill progressed through the legal committee of the Georgian parliament.

Breaking – Huge manhunt in France after two prison officers killed in van attack At least two French prison officers have been killed in an ambush on a prison van near Rouen in Normandy, France A police source tells French media the prisoner being transported has escaped. French justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti says two officers died, with three seriously injured. Several hundred police officers and gendarmes are involved in the manhunt. French President Emmanuel Macron says “everything is being done to find the perpetrators of this crime”.

Map reveals which Tube lines and stations will soon have mobile signal | Tech News Tube stations are getting mobile network (Picture: Getty)Checking your feed has just become easier as phone signal will soon be available across large swathes of the london Underground.  People who use the Tube will be able to get mobile phone signal within most London underground stations and tunnels by the end of this year. And you won’t need a password. If your phone is 4G/5G-compatible, it should connect to the station’s signal automatically. As it stands, all Elizabeth line stations have coverage with Paddington, Whitechapel, Canary Wharf and Woolwich completing it. Other…

Front page summary The Independent – Sunak pushes nuclear general election button The Independent says Rishi Sunak fired the starting gun on the long election campaign with a warning that the world is going through its most dangerous period since the Cold War. The paper says Sunak framed himself as the only man who can lead Britain through the “most dangerous period” for the world since the end of the Cold War as he made a desperate plea to voters to get behind his plan. Elsewhere, there’s a large image of King Charles and Prince William on the front page.…

Front page summary The Guardian – Labour report calls for rent caps to tackle housing crisis The Guardian leads on a Labour-commissioned report that calls for rent caps to tackle the growing housing crisis. Rent rises should be capped for millions of people struggling to afford soaring rates, according to the report. The leaked proposals recommend a swathe of measures that give breathing room to renters buckling under the cost of living. The report will put pressure on Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, to do more for renters after he promised to tackle England’s housing crisis if elected as prime…

Front page summary Daily Mirror – Man Utd tell WAGS: Find your own way to Wembley The Daily Mirror reports the partners of Manchester United players may have to make their own way to the FA Cup final as part of cost-cutting measures for the club. The FA Cup may lose some of its magic for Manchester United WAGs this month as their lavish freebie trips to the final at Wembley stadium face the axe. And staff at the troubled club have been told there will be no spare tickets for family members, the ­traditional free lunch or transport to…