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James Blunt Bags First Number One Album In Almost 20 Years After Traitors Stint

James Blunt has secured his first UK number one album in almost two decades, just weeks after missing out on victory on The Celebrity Traitors..

Police Probing Number Of Sex Offence Allegations Against David Walliams

The force says it has received a number of non-recent allegations against the former Britain’s Got Talent judge “in recent days”.

Mauricio Pochettino Breaks Down In Tears During United States Press Conference

Manchester United’s new head coach Mauricio Pochettino broke down in tears on Friday as he said leaving his role with the United States had been “one of the most difficult decisions” of his whole career..

Piddington Will Bring Legal Challenge Over Asylum Base Plans Parish Council

The Government will face a legal challenge over plans to convert a Ministry of Defence site near the Oxfordshire village of Piddington into accommodation for more than 1,200 detained asylum seekers, the parish council chairman has said..

Manchester United Confirm Mauricio Pochettino Will Be New Head Coach

Manchester United have reached an agreement for Mauricio Pochettino to become their new head coach..

Microsoft Outage Could Cause Issues For Those Moving Home On Unlucky Friday 13

Microsoft’s global outage may cause stress and disruption for people moving on “unlucky” Friday 13, but a property expert said many firms use purpose-built portals which will help.

Ian McKellen Backs Project To Bring Live Theatre To Youngsters Across Country

Sir Ian McKellen said live theatre has become “increasingly costly” as he spoke about a new £15 million project by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for the National Theatre..

England Suffer More Perth Woe With First ODI Thrashing At Hands Of Australia

England crashed to a heavy defeat in the first game of their latest Australian tour, with a rousing debut from 21-year-old Mahli Beardman diverting some of the home side’s attention from the ongoing sandpaper scandal..

Cheltenham Ask Racegoers To Arrive Early After Microsoft Outage

Cheltenham has urged racegoers to arrive early on Friday for the first day of the November meeting as a worldwide Microsoft outage could cause issues with digital tickets..

Thomas Tuchel Relishing Englands Winner Takes It All Test Against Spain

Thomas Tuchel says the “winner takes it all” as England end 2026 with the opportunity to top their Nations League group in Sunday’s “final” at world champions Spain..

Mauricio Pochettino Poised To Agree Two And A Half Year Man Utd Contract

Manchester United are set to agree a two-and-a-half-year contract with Mauricio Pochettino to succeed Michael Carrick, the Press Association understands..

BBC Confirms Complaints Over Charities Chosen By Winners Of Celebrity Traitors

The BBC has responded after complaints were made about the charities the Celebrity Traitors winners donated to..

Microsoft Scrambles To Fix Global Outage

Microsoft said it is seeing “early signs of stabilisation” but has not yet been able to fully restore services after a global outage left millions without access to emails and Teams around the world..

Microsoft Seeing Signs Of Stabilisation In Scramble To Fix Global Outage

Microsoft said it is seeing “early signs of stabilisation” but has not yet been able to fully restore services after a global outage left millions without access to emails and Teams around the world..

Wartime Plotting Room Rediscovered Under White Cliffs Of Dover Opens To Visitors

A rediscovered Second World War plotting room hidden under the white cliffs of Dover is set to open to visitors for the first time, the National Trust has revealed..