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Top seed Luke Humphries suffered a shock 6-3 defeat by Dirk van Duijvenbode in the second round of the Hungarian Darts Trophy.The 31-year-old world number two, who entered the tournament in this round, averaged just 92.67 in Budapest.Van Duijvenbode, 34, ranked 21st in the world, hit a superb 140 checkout when leading 4-3 to claim the victory.Three-time world champion Michael van Gerwen recovered from a 3-1 deficit to beat James Hurrell 6-4 and avoid an early exit.The 37-year-old will now face Nathan Aspinall, who defeated Ryan Joyce by the same scoreline.Jonny Clayton and Gary Anderson also comfortably won their matches…

Liverpool view Gakpo as a proven multi-functional Premier League attacker and he has shown that with a goal and an assist in their first two games this season.But all summer, the understanding has been that if the club bring in the attacking players they want, they would not stand in the way of Gakpo if a solid offer came in. Given how late in the transfer window the talks are taking place between Liverpool and Manchester City, the Anfield side will now consider the situation before sanctioning any move. Liverpool are also hoping to bring in another winger before deadline…

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The government’s Cobra emergency committee met to discuss how to respond. After sign off from Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s de facto deputy Louise Haigh, the alert was sent at 19:00 on 14 August.It triggered a backlash on social media with some vowing to opt out of further alerts in their phone settings, domestic abuse charities and survivors saying victims with hidden phones were put at risk, and confusion about alerts sent multiple times.Dowden’s worry is that the wildfire alert was more like a public information campaign than an imminent threat to life across all of England and Wales.”People need to…

British Masters-11 D Hillier (NZ) (5), M Penge (Eng) (5); -10 T McKibbin (NI) (6); -9 F Zanotti (Par) (7), S Norris (SA) (5); -8 O Lindell (Fin) (14), J Olesen (Den) (7), I Elvira (Spa) (6)-7 M Jordan (Eng) (6); -4 M Wallace (Eng) (14); -3 T Hatton (Eng) (12), D Willett (Eng) (8)Full leaderboardEngland’s Marco Penge and New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier are the joint leaders of a British Masters that is still playing catch-up after storms hit the opening couple of days at the Belfry.Penge and Hillier are both on 11 under after completing five holes of round…

× You are about to be charged £0.00 * *Your gift has been applied Thank you for subscribing! The RNLI has launched an urgent rescue | GETTY By George Bunn,  Published: 29/08/2026 – 21:35 Updated: 29/08/2026 – 21:40 A rescue operation is underway after a vessel with five people on board is “in distress” in the English Channel.A rescue has been launched to try to help the vessel which is in trouble south west of Eddystone Lighthouse and off Plymouth, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. It was alerted by a report about the vessel just after 6pm.A rescue…

After eight days in hospital, Greta was transported back to the UK for treatment with Williams in an air ambulance which their £106 travel insurance policy covered.”They [the pilots and medics] told me it cost €50,000 just for the flight. That was quite scary, £106 paid for that. Anything can happen.”Williams said Jet2, which sold them the package holiday, waived the cost of changing Len and Eiry-ana’s flights back to the UK.Greta was admitted to The Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran and had physiotherapy, and will find out on 2 September whether she can return to school.”We can’t do anything…

Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi describes his side’s 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United as an “unfair result” as they remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table.MATCH REPORT: Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Newcastle UnitedAvailable to UK users only.

× You are about to be charged £0.00**Your gift has been appliedThank you for subscribing!Officers were called to Stanley Park in Liverpool (file pic) | PA By George Bunn, Published: 29/08/2026 – 20:35Updated: 29/08/2026 – 20:41A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a woman was found in a popular Liverpool park.Officers from Merseyside Police found the body of a woman in the walled garden of Stanley Park after being contacted by a member of the public at around 5.25pm on Friday, August 28.Enquiries remain ongoing to identify her and inform her next of kin.A postmortem has now taken…

Message discipline is being emphasised inside the Treasury too.The biggest moment for the Burnham government this autumn will come on 28 October, when Chancellor John Healey unveils the Budget.Sir Keir and his chancellor Rachel Reeves were widely seen to have been damaged politically when many of the policies in their Budgets made their way into the media.In response, Burnham’s administration has put measures in place to try to stop those leaks and it’s understood the Treasury is telling officials that Budget security is like national security.Nevertheless, speculation about the Budget is likely to dominate the coming weeks in Westminster, in…