Kenny Tete featured for Lyon against Manchester City in August’s Champions League quarter-final Fulham have signed Netherlands defender Kenny Tete from French club Lyon for an undisclosed fee. The 24-year-old joins on a four-year contract with the option to extend the deal for a further 12 months. Tete, who has 13 international caps, began his […]
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Image copyright Reuters Bosses in charge of the coronavirus testing system have apologised after it emerged UK labs were struggling to keep up with demand. Some people are being asked to travel hundreds of miles to get tested. UK labs were described as “maxed out” after a rise in demand – 170,000 tests a day […]
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Image copyright Google Image caption Croydon Council faces a £65.4m overspend in the 2020-21 financial year A cash-strapped council “cannot guarantee” it will avoid bankruptcy, its director of finance has said. Croydon Council faces a £65.4m overspend in the 2020-21 financial year but only has £10m of reserve funds. At a meeting on Tuesday, finance […]
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Izzy Brown scored once in 28 appearances for Luton Town last season in all competitions Sheffield Wednesday have signed Chelsea midfielder Izzy Brown on a season-long loan. Brown, 23, spent last season on loan at fellow Championship club Luton Town, helping the Hatters to avoid relegation from the second tier. He made 28 appearances in […]
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Image copyright EPA Thunderstorms are moving across parts of the UK, after some areas saw the longest stretch of high temperatures since the 1960s. The severe weather caused flash floods in parts of southern England on Thursday, bringing travel disruption. Yellow storm warnings apply to much of England, Wales, parts of Northern Ireland and south-west […]
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Image copyright Family handout Image caption Belly Mujinga, 47, died with Covid-19 on 5 April No charges will be brought over the death of a railway worker who was reportedly spat at by a man claiming to have coronavirus, prosecutors say. Belly Mujinga, 47, died with Covid-19 on 5 April, a few weeks after an […]
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Image copyright Met Police Image caption One of the women found in a flat in east London was mother-of-three Mihrican Mustafa A man accused of murdering two women and storing their bodies in a freezer is a registered sex offender who once “married” a 14-year-old girl, a court has heard. Zahid Younis, 35, is accused […]
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Image caption This year’s nominees include (clockwise from top left): Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Kano, Stormzy, Laura Marling, Michael Kiwanuka and Georgia For the first time in its 29-year history, female artists and female-fronted bands have outnumbered men on the shortlist for the Mercury Prize. Among the nominees for album of the year are Charli […]
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Jack Shepherd spent 78 days in custody awaiting extradition from Georgia Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has had his sentence reduced by almost three months by appeal judges. The 31-year-old is serving a six-year sentence after Charlotte Brown was fatally thrown from his boat on the River Thames in London December […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Social distancing guidance is being relaxed across the country. Rules are different in each UK nation – and rules will not ease in Leicester, which is currently under a local lockdown. What can I do at home? Two households of any size can now meet inside in England. You can meet […]
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