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DANNY MURPHY: My Liverpool and Manchester United Dream XIs... with class acts all over the pitch

DANNY MURPHY: Eric Cantona or Wayne Rooney, Luis Suarez or Fernando Torres, Peter Schmeichel or David de Gea? Do you agree with his selections?




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Tammy Hembrow gives fans a lesson in how NOT to play tennis with raunchy photoshoot

Instagram model Tammy Hembrow may want to brush up on her tennis etiquette if she ever hopes to join some of the world's most elite stars at Wimbledon.




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Margaret Court says 'no one has phoned her' to discuss marking her 50th Grand Slam anniversary 

Outspoken former tennis star Margaret Court, 77, has split opinion with her criticism of homosexuality and same sex marriage - and has not attended the Australian Open since 2017.




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Divisive tennis legend Margaret Court won't present ANY trophies at this year's Australian Open

Court won all four grand slams in 1970 and also holds the record for the most grand slams won by a female player at 24 titles. Serena Williams is one grand slam title away from equally Court's record.




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Paedophile, 51, is jailed for four years after trying meet 'eight-year-old girl for sex'

Brian Fraser (pictured) had been due before magistrates in April in Swindon to answer child sex abuse allegations, but failed to turn up to court. Police caught him after spotting him in a car park.




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Bishop of Chelmsford Stephen Cottrell is named the next Archbishop of York 

Stephen Cottrell, the current Bishop of Chelmsford who has three children with his wife Rebecca (pictured today), a potter, will take over from Dr John Sentamu who stands down in June.




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Mother fought off paedophile after he swung a knife demanding car keys as he is jailed for six years

Duncan Johnson, 41, demanded Natalie Grimes' keys at an Asda car park in Liverpool as he tried to rob a vehicle with her daughter, seven, inside. He was jailed for six years after the incident in March.




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MARKET REPORT: British pharma shines with coronavirus test

Novacyt has inked a deal with the Department of Health to provide it with 288,000 tests a week. And Omega Diagnostics has made fresh strides in the race to roll out antibody tests.




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Dixons Carphone's online sales rise 166% in five weeks

The group, which has scrapped its dividend for shareholders and furloughed 16,500 staff, saw its share price jump over 19 per cent earlier today.




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DANNY MURPHY: Manchester United must stand by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

DANNY MURPHY: You can't push all the blame for Manchester United's woes on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He has only had one transfer window and I think most would say his signings smart ones.




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TOM UTLEY: What my wifi going wonky taught me about Prince Philip's lessons for life 

TOM UTLEY: Well, the minutes passed, and then the hours - and still I could get nothing but that infuriating message. I began to feel something like panic stealing over me.




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Joseph Parker will face Shawndell Winters in Texas later this month

Former world champion Joseph Parker will face Shawndell Winters in Texas on February 29 - his first fight since pulling out of a contest with Dereck Chisora after being bitten by a spider. 




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Anthony Joshua's fight against Kubrat Pulev could take place in a Roman AMPHITHEATRE in Croatia

Joshua's first defence after regaining the IBF, WBA and WBO belts was scheduled to take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in June but it was scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic.




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Stunning collection of images for Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year awards

Almost 9,000 images from over 70 countries around the world were whittled down by judges for the annual Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year awards. The winning shot taken in Rohingya camp.




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The shortlisted images of man-made structures in Agora photography contest #Architecture2020

The pictures all made the top 50 in a contest called #Architecture2020, run by photo app Agora, which asked photographers to send in snaps of architectural wonders.




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Australian billionaires have been 'groomed' by China to be 'megaphones' of Communist Party policy

Mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and media mogul Kerry Stokes drew widespread outrage for calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to dump an inquiry into the origin of coronavirus.




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Satellite images reveal fleets of empty cruise ships clustering together in Caribbean & Philippines

At least three groups of cruise ships, with 15 in total, are clustered together off Coco Cay and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas and about 12 are off the coast of Manila, in the Philippines.




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Cellphone location data analysis in Wuhan virology lab suggests 'hazardous event, October shutdown

The report, which was based on commercially-available cellphone location data - indicates that there might've been a 'hazardous event' at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology in early October.




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Phil Mickelson left humiliated after missing shortest putt ever during first round of US Open

Phil Mickelson, looking to seal the career Grand Slam after finishing runner-up six times at the US Open, shot an opening round of one-over par to leave himself seven shots behind leader Justin Rose.




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Licensed to thrill: magic Phil Mickelson has shown he's far from over the hill at Pebble Beach

Phil Mickelson came up short on Sunday in his bid to win one of the oldest events on the PGA Tour, the Pebble Beach pro-am, for a record sixth time.




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Phoebe Tonkin looks effortlessly chic in vintage-style jumpsuit as she attends US Open in New York

She's the Australian actress who rarely puts a foot out of line when it comes to fashion.




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Rafael Nadal hailed by Spanish papers after US Open win - but Barcelona-based outlets ignore triumph

Rafael Nadal's dramatic, five-set US Open final win over Daniil Medvedev was given front-page billing by prominent Spanish newspapers AS and Marca - but ignored by Barcelona-based outlets.




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ALEX BRUMMER: UK Big pharma in the fight against covid-19

Britain's world class big pharma companies were always going to be a huge asset in the fight against Covid-19 and in finding solutions, not just to this pandemic, but to future similar events.




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PSG defender Thomas Meunier was 'clearly won over' by phone call with Jose Mourinho

Thomas Meunier has been 'clearly won over' by Jose Mourinho, putting Tottenham 'at the front of the queue' to sign him. The PSG defender becomes a free agent in the summer.




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Anthony Joshua's fight against Kubrat Pulev could take place in a Roman AMPHITHEATRE in Croatia

Joshua's first defence after regaining the IBF, WBA and WBO belts was scheduled to take place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in June but it was scuppered by the coronavirus pandemic.




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Nick Clegg 'snubs' crunch Autumn Statement for photo-call in Penzance

The Deputy Prime Minister spurned the chance to hear the Chancellor's statement in person and instead headed to Cornwall to announce funding for coastal defences.




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Freelance staffing 'catastrophe' fears over workers forced onto payroll

IPSE, a body that represents the self-employed, believes the Chancellor could limit contracts to just a month for freelancers, after which they would be forced on to the client’s payroll.




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Philip Hammond is set to freeze fuel duty and boost childcare

Theresa May has told Chancellor Philip Hammond to make middle and low-income families a priority in next week’s Autumn Statement.




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Philip Hammond under renewed pressure to help ‘just about managing’ families

Ahead of the Autumn Statement a study has warned that planned welfare curbs and rising inflation are set to deal a major blow to the 'just about managing' group - or 'JAMs'.




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Philip Hammond rules out more cash for the NHS in Autumn Statement 2016

The National Audit Office (NAO) warns today that the health service’s ‘endemic’ financial problems have left it so short of cash that it is having to raid building projects to pay for day-to-day services.




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Philip Hammond's broadband pledge that will download films in seconds

The Chancellor will use tomorrow’s Autumn Statement to pledge that two million homes in bigger towns and cities will get access to gold standard ‘full-fibre’ broadband, which can download TV shows.




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Philip Hammond gets pre-autumn statement 2016 boost

Things appear to be changing for the better for the economy - and just in the nick of the time for the Chancellor as he prepares to give his first major report later today.




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Autumn Statement 2016 LIVE: Analysis and reaction to Philip Hammond's post Brexit changes

The analysis, reaction and charts from the experts and our own journalists from throughout the day.




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Labour MPs busy with their PHONES as Shadow Chancellor rails at Autumn Statement

As John McDonnell stood up for his big moment to respond to the Chancellor's spending plans, Labour's MPs were much more interested in their mobile phones than his rambling speech.




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Philip Hammond promises low and middle earners they WILL get income tax cuts

The Chancellor reaffirmed the Conservative manifesto commitments to lift the personal allowance to £12,500 and the 40p tax threshold to £50,000 by accelerating progress to meeting the goals.




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Philip Hammond freezes fuel duty meaning motorists will save 100s of pounds a year  

Philip Hammond announced a further freeze until April 2018, which will keep fuel duty at 57.95p per litre, the level it has been at four more than five years.




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Philip Hammond offers handout to 3m benefit claimants

The Chancellor has revealed an amended 'taper rate' for the welfare payments, which will allow low-paid workers to keep an additional 2p of every extra pound they earn.




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Autumn Statement: Philip Hammond cuts taxes and housing costs to help families

Delivering his first fiscal package since the historic EU referendum vote, the Chancellor insisted the government understands the fury of those who have not shared in the wealth generated by the economy.




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Father says Philip Hammond's raid of middle class tax perks is an attack

Tom Birch, 43, from Bath, earns £100,000 a year in his financial services job and receives extra life insurance, dental cover, and critical illness cover through a salary sacrifice scheme.




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Philip Hammond to move the main budget to the Autumn from next year

The announcement does mean there will be two full Budgets next year, in the spring and the autumn, as the new schedule rolls out.




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Phillip Hammond gets the thumbs up on first day as Chancellor

Philip Hammond fulfilled his promise to be an un-showy chancellor today as his biggest 'rabbit' turned out to be a joke about his own abolition.




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DAN HYDE explains why Philip Hammond's plan is flawed in practice 

Few can defend the way that letting agents hit tenants with rip-off administrative fees. These firms cash in every time someone rents a new home, writes DAN HYDE.




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Labour hits out at Philip Hammond's failure to pledge money for services

Social care for older people is the responsibility of local councils across Britain, and its leaders say that savage cuts have already had to be made due to lower funding from Whitehall.




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Philip Hammond predicts growth for the next five years despite Brexit and debt

Philip Hammond said UK output would grow faster than in most EU countries, creating half a million jobs. He vowed to spend billions to boost productivity, build homes and improve transport.




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QUENTIN LETTS watches Chancellor Philip Hammond's first Autumn Statement

As Hammond speeches go, the Autumn Statement was short and reasonably un-glum. He kept it to 45 minutes. By his own morose standards he was almost skittishly optimistic in places.




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Philip Hammond announces billions to tackle 'shocking' productivity gap

Philip Hammond said Britain’s ‘productivity gap’ was ‘well known, but shocking nonetheless’. He told the House of Commons that the UK ‘lags behind’ the US and Germany by 30 per cent.




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Philip Hammond backs plan to curb salary sacrifice in Autumn Statement

Hammond has backed recent HMRC proposals for a crackdown on using the loophole for smartphone and gym contracts, buying cars and TVs, or private medical insurance.




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Government borrowing shoots up as Philip Hammond says debt is heading to £2tn

The OBR forecast a £122billion rise in UK debt, with £58.7billion blamed on Brexit. That came as it said the UK would not fall into a recession, but growth would be lower.




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Autumn Statement: Philip Hammond plays down dire forecast of £60bn bill for Brexit

The Chancellor said the government was treating the estimates from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) as a 'signal' of what might happen.




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Philip Hammond's 'stealth tax' hits 5m middle class earners

Five million higher earners will be hit by a £200 'stealth tax on Middle England' because of changes to National Insurance Contributions buried in Treasury documents.