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BBC News If asked to summarise Tuchel’s England in one idea, runs off the ball would be a good answer. Perhaps this is why Trent Alexander-Arnold has found it difficult to find a place in Tuchel’s squad. “Trent is a unique player,” Tuchel said. “He is not a runner. “He is not someone who runs […]

BBC News The letter, addressed to Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant, calls on him to work with the Irish government to appoint an “independent international mediator” to “facilitate a robust, durable solution”. It added that “central to any just resolution must be the primacy and protection of the local community”. It also said it […]

BBC News News of Arteta’s new deal at Arsenal won’t come as a shock. The fact his previous deal expired at the end of the season did put a slightly greater emphasis on the speed of discussions than normal. But Arteta has been transparent about his desire to stay at the club beyond the end […]

BBC News An internal investigation by Reform UK has said the party did not breach electoral law when senior officials were recorded by an undercover journalist discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party. Nigel Farage’s senior aide Dan Jukes and Reform’s head of policy James Orr both stood down pending the […]

BBC News Zelensky renewed a call for allies to provide air defence support packages to Ukraine, saying its military only managed to shoot down “some” of the missiles launched by Russia overnight. According to Zelensky, one of the “key targets” of the attack was the country’s energy infrastructure, which Moscow earlier said it would intensify […]

BBC News Postal service firm Royal Mail has announced plans to cut 2,500 head office and other support jobs by the end of 2027. Frontline postal workers – posties and drivers – are not part of the proposed restructuring. The cuts will represent about 2% of the 131,000-strong workforce. Royal Mail said the workforce reduction, […]

BBC News A man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman who had been drugged and abused by her husband without her knowledge. The husband, who cannot be named to protect his wife’s legal right to anonymity, is accused of inviting 13 other men to abuse her at their family home in the Stockport […]

BBC News The man accused of murdering the former MP Ann Widdecombe in July has appeared in court faced with a new allegation of preparing terrorist acts, including against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Joshua Kerry, 28, appeared in person at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, and spoke only to confirm his address in Rotherham and his […]