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The best chance for a Scotland win looks most likely in the first game against Haiti.Ranked 84th in the world, the Carribean nation qualified for their first World Cup since 1974 by beating Nicaragua last month.Manager Sebastien Migne has been unable to set foot on Haiti since being appointed 18 months ago because a conflict in the country forces them to play their home matches 500 miles away in Curacao – an island nation just off the coast of South American country Venezuela.Wolves’ midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde is among their squad, some of whom play in Major League Soccer or European…

Sir Tony Blair’s think tank is drawing up a sweeping policy blueprint to “renew Britain” and rescue Labour as rumours swirl that Sir Keir Starmer could face a leadership challenge next year.The former Prime Minister is “frustrated” with the Government’s direction, according to friends of Sir Tony.One source told The Times that last week’s Budget “killed any idea this is a Blairite or New Labour-style government”.They added that while some former New Labour figures remain in the mix, there is “no overarching plan to radically reform the state”. The former Prime Minister is ‘frustrated’ with the Government’s direction | GETTYSir…

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A Reform councillor has told the People’s Channel that the BBC “deserves to be in the oblivion” after “offending the British people”.The British broadcaster has already been bludgeoned with scathing criticism for inviting multiple asylum seekers to grill a Question Time panel.On the panel was Dover & Deal MP and Migration Minister Mike Tapp, Tory MP for Bexhill & Battle Dr Kieran Mullan, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper, Green Party leader Zack Polanski and Reform UK’s policy chief Zia Yusuf.But now Jaymey McIvor has ripped into the broadcaster, adding that Mr Yusuf is a “complete genius” – but added…

Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent, Westminster AbbeyPA MediaThe Princess of Wales has hosted her annual Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey, with guests including royals, celebrities and local heroes who have helped their communities.In a festive Abbey, dotted with Christmas trees, the 1,600 guests heard a mix of traditional carols, music and poems from actors such as Kate Winslet and Chiwetel Ejiofor – and a Bible reading from the pulpit by Prince William.The theme of the service, held in the candle-lit Abbey, was kindness and showing love to others.Among the guests were Anna and Jonathan Cordiner, whose daughter died of a brain…

If England get off to a great start against Croatia and go on to win their group, they would play a third-placed team in the first knockout stage, in Atlanta.However, the most complicated World Cup ever becomes even more confusing when trying to work out their opponents.There are 495 different combinations of how groups could provide the eight advancing third-placed teams. We will not go through them all.Only five groups could provide England’s opponents though: E, H, I, J or K. So, any one of 20 teams right now.If we were to take a guess, that would probably involve Ecuador,…

Reform UK has lodged an official complaint against the BBC as the row over the most recent episode of Question Time rumbles on. Nigel Farage’s party lodged the complaint after two of the people in the audience were revealed to be migrants who arrived in the UK illegally.In his letter to both the complaints team and Board of Directors, the party’s Head of Policy Zia Yusuf, who appeared on the panel, said: “This programme represented a serious failure of impartiality, editorial judgment, and audience selection standards expected of the BBC.”As part of the long-running show’s immigration special from Dover, an…

Some 3.3 million pension savers are due to be clobbered by a looming stealth tax due to Chancellor Rachel Reeves changes to salary sacrifice rules, which were announced in last month’s Budget.While these reforms will not be introduced until April 2029, newly published figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) suggest millions will pay more to the tax authority.HMRC’s guidance reveals that 7.7 million workers currently utilise salary sacrifice arrangements for their pension contributions, with 3.3 million of these contributing more than £2,000 annually.Under the measures announced in the Budget, pension contributions made through salary sacrifice exceeding the £2,000 annual…

Two celebrities were sent packing from the Australian jungle on Friday evening’s I’m A Celebrity, with presenters Ant and Dec delivering the shock news to campmates, and viewers were left furious by the result.Lisa Riley and Jack Osbourne learned their time in camp had come to an end after receiving the fewest public votes, departing the ITV show just 48 hours before Sunday’s grand final.The Emmerdale actress and television personality were met with an outpouring of emotion from their fellow contestants, who appeared visibly stunned by the double departure.Both stars had survived 21 days in the wilderness before their elimination,…

Angela Ferguson, WalesandTomos Morgan,Wales correspondentFamily photoRoman, 10, has a “magic heart” following a transplant from Mrs Bates’ son fraser after his deathAnna-Louise Bates has a special bond with little Roman, and when she says he has a “magic heart”, she isn’t exaggerating. His heart is, in fact, her son Fraser’s, who died after being hit by a car 10 years ago on Saturday. Mrs Bates lost her husband Stuart and Fraser, who was seven, after the accident while crossing the road in Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf.It is also 10 years since a landmark organ donation law was introduced in…