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Mohamed Salah could still be heading to the Saudi Pro League, Galatasaray will offer him a huge contract, and Real Madrid will rival Manchester United for a Greek wonderkid.The Saudi Pro League is still in a position to fund a move for Mohamed Salah should the Egypt forward, 33, look to leave Liverpool. (Telegraph – subscription required), externalTurkish giants Galatasaray plan to tempt Salah with a contract offer worth £15m – £16.5m a season. (Fichajes – in Spanish), externalReal Madrid will rival Manchester United for the signature of Olympiakos and Greece midfielder Christos Mouzakitis, 18. (Sun), externalTottenham could make a…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accused Sir Keir Starmer of acting like a “despot” after it was revealed Labour is preparing to cancel four mayoral elections slated for next May.Mr Farage, who bemoaned Labour’s decision to axe local contests across Reform-leaning areas earlier this year, suggested the Prime Minister was stifling his momentum through the allegedly democracy-denying decision.Four new combined authorities – Essex, Suffolk & Norfolk, Hampshire & the Solent and Sussex & Brighton – look set to have polls pushed back by two years.Ministers are expected to confirm the delay later today, The Sun has revealed.Responding to the…

One of Britain’s most distinguished scientists, Prof Sir Paul Nurse, says the government is “shooting itself in the foot” with its visa system for science researchers.Sir Paul told News that high visa fees are deterring early-career researchers, who are instead being welcomed by the UK’s economic rivals.Supporters of the current system say higher visa costs help to fund the NHS and reflect wider public concerns about immigration.But the Nobel prize winning scientist says the UK’s scientific future is being put at risk.”Having expensive visa costs is shooting yourself in the foot. It absolutely doesn’t help in attracting these sorts of…

Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur): Hugely effective in the draw at Newcastle from an attacking and defensive point of view. Wonderful first goal getting across the front man like a true striker, and the second – although it bounced 16 times – to have the audacity to do an overhead kick in the last minute you have to give him credit. They didn’t get the win but he came across really well in the game.Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton & Hove Albion): I don’t usually put players on the losing team in but if the centre-back scores two goals and the…

Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf has launched a scathing attack on the BBC after the public broadcaster invited multiple “asylum seekers” to sit in on Question Time’s immigration special. The latest edition of the debate episode was filmed in Dover – ground zero of Britain’s migrant crisis. 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.Speaking to GB News after the show, Mr Yusuf said he “could not believe” what…

Pubs could stay open until 01:00 next summer if a home nation reaches the quarter-finals or further at the football World Cup.The government has launched a six-week public consultation on extending pub licensing hours in England and Wales to allow fans to come together and support the home nations.The tournament kicks off next June in the US, Canada and Mexico – which feature time zones at least five hours behind the UK. The consultation proposes a potential extension to licensing hours for the semi-finals and final until 01:00, if matches kick-off at 21:00 or earlier UK time.Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood…

Zhang Anda produced a superb potting display to defeat world champion Zhao Xintong 6-2 and advance to the last eight at the UK Championship.The 33-year-old, who has now reached three consecutive quarter-finals in York, will face Shaun Murphy.Englishman Murphy came from 4-1 and 5-3 down to defeat John Higgins 6-5 in a dramatic decider, describing it as “one of the best wins” of his life.Having lost the opening frame of the all-Chinese meeting, Zhang hit back-to-back centuries as the first four frames were shared.But Zhao, who was guilty of missing several routine pots, was punished heavily by his compatriot when…

Victoria Atkins has backed Labour MP Markus Campbell-Savours after being suspended for rebelling against the planned inheritance tax raid on farmers.Speaking to GB News, the Shadow Environment Secretary commended the rebel politician and said the Government’s suspension is “disgraceful”.Penrith and Solway MP Markus Campbell-Savours had the whip suspended after he rebelled and voted against the Government’s plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers on Tuesday night.He told the Commons he had to do all he could for his community, warning in the Commons the changes would leave many farmers “devastated at the impact on their family farms”.Offering her support to…

Hazel ShearingEducation correspondentNatalie Johnston was scrolling on Facebook a couple of years ago, when she came across a group called, “One And Done On The Fence”. Seeing it, she felt a sense of relief.”It was nice to hear someone giving it a name,” she says.She and her husband have a five-year-old daughter called Joanie but they knew they probably wouldn’t have a second child – not because they couldn’t, but not out of choice, either: Natalie finds it hard to imagine having the time and money for one.”You know you’d love that baby, everyone tells you, but there’s a little…

“Frustrated, angry, that is it.”Ruben Amorim was summing up his own feelings in his first answer at the post-match news conference following Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with West Ham on Thursday.But he could have been talking for the whole United fanbase, including those who booed his team off at Old Trafford.He certainly was talking for former captain Roy Keane, who used similar terminology to sum up his feelings about the current United side.”The word everyone will be using is frustration,” Keane told Sky Sports at the end of another game United led with a significant leap up the Premier League…