Archive 2021/12/09

• Ronnie O’Sullivan feels he is regaining champion mindset
• Zookeepers throw surprise Christmas party for pair of ‘jolly’ otters
• Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou bemoans schedule
• West Ham will not fear likes of Barcelona in Europa League – David Moyes
• France to ask EU to start ‘litigation proceedings’ if fishing row not resolved
• Ralph Hasenhuttl admits it was ‘not perfect’ to question keeper professionalism
• Watford boss Claudio Ranieri urges all players to get coronavirus vaccination
• Kyogo Furuhashi and Albian Ajeti injuries sour Celtic win against Real Betis
• West Ham complete Europa League group campaign with defeat to Dinamo Zagreb
• Rangers sent out a message with display in Lyon draw – Giovanni Van Bronckhorst
• Lewis Page returns to contention after ban as Harrogate take on Northampton
• Captain Seamus Conneely faces late fitness test ahead of Bolton match
• Covid-busting party probe branded a ‘sham’ as new claims emerge
• Brendan Rodgers unsure what the Europa Conference League is after Leicester loss
• Council tax freeze scrapped in Scotland as core budget cut in real terms
• Leicester crash out of Europa League after defeat in Napoli
• Ex-Wales hockey player Nia Fowler ‘took her own life after suffering from chronic anxiety’
• Scott Wright goal helps Rangers secure draw against Lyon
• New rules allow for masks to be removed to sing only if ‘reasonably necessary’
• Tottenham’s clash with Brighton postponed due to coronavirus outbreak
• Portsmouth continue to be hit by illness ahead of Morecambe clash
• Macron urges Britain to ease asylum measures and keep promises
• Robbie Savage reacts to son Charlie’s United debut – Thursday’s sporting social
• Remaining Cardiff squad and staff finally heading home from South Africa
• Trio of camels pay festive visit to Salisbury Cathedral
• Professional Jockeys Association rails against ‘rancid’ weighing-room culture claims
• Sam Finley and Cian Harries suspended as Bristol Rovers host Rochdale
• Salman Abedi had no connection to law-abiding British society, Arena inquiry told
• Who could succeed Jack Ross as Hibernian manager?
• £10.50 social care wage rise doesn’t go far enough, union says
• Stormont officials scenario-planning for potential new year Covid restrictions
• Julian Assange to find out whether High Court will overturn extradition decision
• Connor Brown likely to remain in contention as Barrow take on Swindon
• Record cash for health and social care must get to front line, ministers told
• Kate Forbes seeks to tackle child poverty and climate change in 2022-23 Budget
• Padraig Amond to continue up front as Exeter miss Sam Nombe
• Latest Covid-19 case rates for UK local authority areas
• Lockdown-breaking party probe extended with ‘second No 10 event’ to be examined
• Medics could not have saved child with sepsis, expert says
• ‘Hard to justify’ how shoppers would have excuse to sing to escape mask-wearing
• Crewe hoping for good news on injury front ahead of Sheffield Wednesday clash
• Calls for consular support for family tragedies abroad to be enshrined in law
• FPL tips: Paint the town Red as Liverpool look to march on
• Royal Navy aircraft carrier returns home without £100m fighter jet
• Kwame Poku could return for Peterborough against Millwall
• UK set for ‘rather large wave of Omicron’ and deaths, says Sage scientist
• UK does not recognise EU’s post-Brexit fishing row deadline, says Number 10
• Kieran Freeman signs new contract with Dundee United
• Electricity network review launched after worries over Storm Arwen power cuts
• Being a character isn’t something I force, says eccentric Tory MP Fabricant
• The Glancing Queen continues progression over fences
• Ofsted inspections will not go ahead in schools during final week of term
• Lewis Hamilton ‘would like to believe’ Max Verstappen will keep it clean in final showdown
• Study recruits immunocompromised people to assess Covid prevention
• Motherwell boss Graham Alexander named manager of the month for second time
• Jim Goodwin aware of precarious nature of management after Jack Ross sacking
• Permanent memorial planned for Arthur Labinjo-Hughes
• Nervy time for Polly Gundry as Santini returns to action
• Plymouth shooting victims’ families ‘greatly concerned’ at killer owning shotgun
• Stoke midfielder Romaine Sawyers likely to miss Middlesbrough match
• Concern over growing spread in ‘largest ever’ bird flu outbreak
• Study aims to understand mental health and wellbeing of veterans’ families
• Tennai Watson set to keep his place for MK Dons
• Stephen Glass expresses sympathy for Jack Ross following Hibernian departure
• Sienna Miller and Paul Gascoigne ‘fully vindicated’ as damages claims settled
• Matija Sarkic set to return for Birmingham against Cardiff
• Midfielder Ben Close misses Doncaster’s game against Shrewsbury with knee issue
• Police: We have foiled seven ‘late-stage’ terror attacks since start of pandemic
• West Brom welcome duo back from suspension to face Reading
• Michael Schumacher will remain greatest driver in F1 history – Sebastian Vettel
• Gay Kelleway welcomes verdict in Dunne disciplinary hearing
• No new worries for Walsall as they face Colchester
• Derby without Sam Baldock and Lee Buchanan for Blackpool clash
• Ruth Davidson voices ‘despair’ at Tory colleagues who dismiss business
• Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa not ruling out shoulder surgery for Kalvin Phillips
• MP tells of ‘transactional’ experience with Probation after daughter’s death
• Who’d be a manager? Livingston boss laments ‘very harsh’ impact of social media
• Ireland to raise concerns with UK over border demands for non-Irish citizens
• Cheltenham manager Michael Duff could make changes for Lincoln clash
• ‘Trolley waits’ in England’s A&E departments hit record high
• Ralph Hasenhuttl happy to throw Willy Caballero into action against Arsenal
• No big changes to coronavirus rules planned this week, Welsh Government reveals
• Emotional Frost cheered in victory by Warwick racegoers
• PM: Voters have every right to cast me down and out
• HS2 signs £2bn deal for UK’s fastest trains
• Luton goalkeeper Simon Sluga could miss clash with Cottagers
• First justice scorecards show worsening court delays for rape cases
• Shoppers could sing their way around supermarket without a mask under new rules
• Covid Plan B: What is it and will it work?
• Mandatory vaccination ‘unethical’ and impractical, says Sajid Javid
• Diesel D’Allier on cross-country duty once more at Cheltenham
• Charles donates ‘bags of kindness’ during Advent service
• Bird flu: How to spot it and what to do
• Boris Johnson facing more questions over flat refurb after Tories fined £17,800
• Fleetwood still without suspended Daniel Batty against Gillingham
• TV researcher who spent 16 years on the run convicted of murder
• Everybody must be vaccinated – Claudio Ranieri urging Covid jabs for all players
• Tory calls on Brandon Lewis to resign over failure to deliver legacy Bill
• PM should quit over Number 10 ‘party’ scandal, says Sturgeon
• GP did not comment on mass shooter’s shotgun application, court hears
• Dr Martens hails profit jump but US unit impacted by shipping delays
• Russia warns Ukraine against use of force in rebel regions
• One in 10 ambulance patients ‘waiting more than an hour’ for A&E handover
• Jonathan Hogg and Alex Vallejo remain unavailable for Huddersfield duty
• Both ‘positives and negatives’ in new Covid rules, says theatre boss
• Nicola Sturgeon presses button to bring down chimney at Scotland’s last remaining coal-fired power station
• Ousseynou Cisse and Jordan Clarke doubts for Oldham ahead of Forest Green clash
• 5 ways to give yourself an instant boost when working from home again
• Zidane Iqbal, Charlie Savage and Tom Heaton thrilled after making Man Utd debuts
• Downing Street party row damaging public health message in NI – Stormont leaders
• New Zealand reveals unique plan which effectively prevents anyone under 14 from ever being able to buy cigarettes
• Destruction of wetlands puts 16% of dragonfly species at risk of extinction
• No new worries for Graeme Lee as Hartlepool face Scunthorpe
• UK deploys further troops to Poland and Lithuania amid Belarus border tensions
• Sienna Miller alleges The Sun ‘leaked’ news of her pregnancy as she settles phone-hacking claim
• Promises to ‘learn lessons’ from Arthur’s murder not good enough – Rees-Mogg
• Max Verstappen unimpressed by Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes this season
• What rule-breaking parties are alleged to have happened at Downing Street?
• Avian flu forces culls of two flocks in Northern Ireland
• Global audiences view ‘Britishness’ as mark of high-quality film and TV – report
• Jacob Rees-Mogg faces calls to resign for joking about Christmas parties
• Fathers & Sons: Man Utd’s Charlie Savage following in father Robbie’s footsteps
• UEFA confirms Tottenham v Rennes off after Spurs’ Covid outbreak
• Ryan Lowe waiting on trio ahead of first game as Preston boss against Barnsley
• Ellis Jenkins still promising ‘stardust’ from Cardiff despite coronavirus crisis
• Amazon fined £960 million by Italy’s competition authority
• Daughter unable to see dying mother last Christmas disgusted by No 10 ‘party’
• Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein ‘at log cabin on Balmoral estate’ among intimate pictures shown to sex trafficking trial
• Hibernian confirm Jack Ross exit after poor run
• Omicron could still be devastating even with milder symptoms, scientist warns
• Sergi Canos and Ivan Toney out as Brentford face Watford
• Heavy snow in Morocco’s Atlas mountains leaves tribes cut off
• Midnight Shadow on course to claim rare Cheltenham double
• Tories fined over donation for PM’s flat refit they deemed ‘gift to the nation’
• One more sign! Judge enables Britney Spears to authorise her own documents and accounts
• Fresh strikes to hit London’s Night Tube
• Manchester City not liable for Barry Bennell’s alleged abuse, judge told
• Errors cost England before Travis pushes Australia ahead – day two of The Ashes
• Newport hope Dom Telford fit enough to feature against Port Vale
• Hibernian sack head coach Jack Ross, according to reports
• Pub bosses call for new tax cuts and furlough over Plan B restrictions
• Formula One decider to be shown on Channel 4
• Inquiry into Number 10 party claims could be widened to other events – Javid
• Carrie to the rescue! Boris’s wife gives birth to baby daughter amid disastrous 24 hours for Downing St
• Captain Cesar Azpilicueta demands immediate response from Chelsea after dip
• More bad news for Boris! Now Tories are fined £17,800 over donation for refurbishment of Prime Minister’s Downing Street flat
• Scots Tory leader Douglas Ross isolating after staff member tests positive
• What the papers say! Boris Johnson making today’s headlines for all the wrong reasons
• Mansfield faced with injury and illness ahead of Salford clash
• Ministers isolating after contact with Australian politician who tested positive
• Ollie Robinson laments Ben Stokes injury and ‘missed opportunities’ on day two
• No distress signal from helicopter before crash that killed Indian general
• My family stopped giving each other presents at Christmas and it’s so much better
• Father and son arrested over wildfire that forced thousands to flee homes
• Javid defends Plan B coronavirus measures as Tory anger mounts
• Parcel firms face new rules to improve customer service
• Is your child’s toy dangerous? 8 safety checks parents need to make
• Thomas Frank believes Rico Henry should be considered for England selection
• Captain Sir Tom Moore memorial post leads Twitter’s end-of-year report
• Robbie Dunne awaits verdict on allegations he bullied and harassed Bryony Frost
• Fashionable festive gifts for the men in your life
• Joe Biden pays tribute to former Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole
• Ravishing red: 10 best buys for that final festive touch
• ‘Phenomenal level’ of bird flu in UK, chief vet says after thousands culled
• England made to toil at The Gabba as Travis Head hits brilliant hundred
• Seven drivers ‘disappointingly’ filmed crash scene on phones, police say
• Go-Ahead admits to ‘serious errors’ over running of Southeastern trains
• Boris Johnson faces Tory anger over Plan B switch amid Christmas party row
• Dear Fiona: My parents never liked my boyfriend – should I admit they were right and accept their help?
• Philadelphia 76ers hold off Charlotte Hornets in close affair
• What you can actually do to help the homeless this festive season
• Football rumours: Georginio Wijnaldum angling for Premier League return
• England plagued by missed opportunities as Australia build on lead
• Stephen Welsh hails Kyogo Furuhashi’s contribution to Celtic’s pressing style
• Royal Navy flagship returns home without £100m fighter jet
• Australia’s deputy prime minister tests positive for Covid-19
• England’s bowlers endure frustrating morning session on day two at The Gabba
• Defending champion Mark Selby into fourth round at Scottish Open
• What the papers say – December 9
• Let cancer patients check trial eligibility to boost research, experts say
• Rise in deferrals of university places prompts concerns about more competition
• Kate Forbes promises ‘stability and support’ for Scots in her 2022-23 Budget