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Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen says he will be “very disappointed” if he finishes his career without a World Championship title.Allen has won 12 ranking titles in his illustrious career so far, but the missing World Championship title has prevented him from completing snooker’s Triple Crown Series after triumphs in the Players Championship (2016 and 2024) and the Masters (2018).The closest he has come is semi-final exits in 2009 and 2023, but the 39-year-old is determined to go all the way this year and is taking inspiration from fellow NI man Rory McIlroy, who completed the golf Grand Slam last year…
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Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick has joined calls for Steve Reed’s resignation after the Housing Secretary abandoned plans to cancel local elections for 4.5 million Britons. Speaking to GB News, the Reform UK MP hailed the U-turn as a triumph for democratic principles, attributing it entirely to Nigel Farage’s legal challenge against the postponement.He told GB News: “I think this is a victory for democracy. The Government has been forced, kicking and screaming, to go ahead with these elections.”And why has it happened? Well, it’s happened for one reason: Nigel Farage and Reform decided to bring this legal case. If…
Five candidates contesting the Gorton and Denton by-election have come face to face in a debate on the most pressing issues facing voters.More than 76,000 potential voters are spread across Denton in Tameside and Gorton, Levenshulme and Burnage in Manchester.Topics included the cost of living crisis; immigration, housing and each candidates priorities for the seatYou can find the full list of all 11 candidates standing in the by-election here.
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However, the report found that to continue to fund such policies, the Scottish government will have to raise tax revenues – either by raising rates or boosting economic performance – and improving efficiency in public services. Otherwise, the IFS said, ministers would have to make cuts.
So if you finish outside the top eight and have to face another two matches, does that wreck your chances of Champions League glory?As PSG spectacularly proved last season, it certainly does not.In 2024-25, Luis Enrique’s side were facing Champions League elimination when 2-0 down at home to Manchester City on matchday seven of the league phase.But PSG won 4-2 and then defeated Stuttgart 4-1 in another must-win tie to finish 15th in the league. They then crushed fellow Ligue 1 side Brest 10-0 on aggregate in the knockout play-offs, defeated Liverpool on penalties in the last 16, got past…
The unemployment rate increased to 5.2 per cent in the three months to December, compared with 5.1 per cent in the period to November, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The figures released on Tuesday will come as a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who has pledged to improve opportunity and rebuild the economy. It’s the highest level of unemployment the UK has seen since January 2021, with the number of pay-rolled employees in the UK falling by 121,000 (0.4 per cent) last year.This latest release is the latest sign that the jobs market is continuing to deteriorate. The…
Referee Chris Kavanagh and his assistant Nick Greenhalgh have not been selected for a Premier League game this weekend.The pair were heavily criticised for their decisions in the fourth round FA Cup tie between Aston Villa and Newcastle United on Saturday, in which there was no video assistant referee.VAR will not be brought in until the fifth round.Referees’ body Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) bases its selections on factors including post-match performance assessments conducted by an independent Key Match Incidents panel, ensuring accountability for officials.Among the errors, Kavanagh and Greenhalgh missed a clear offside against Tammy Abraham for Villa’s opening…
The head of Britain’s largest police force has demanded that courts stop granting bail to repeat phone thieves who reoffend after walking free.Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is pushing judges to keep serial offenders locked up rather than releasing them onto the streets.He has also urged mobile phone manufacturers and telecoms firms to make it harder for criminals to wipe and resell stolen devices.His intervention came as new figures revealed that tens of thousands of phones are still being stolen on the streets of the capital every year.However, new stats revealed phone thefts in London dropped from 81,365 in…