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Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney serious about Gareth Bale playing at Wrexham

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have said there is “seriousness” to the offer they broadcast on Twitter for footballer Gareth Bale to come out of retirement and play at the Hollywood stars’ club Wrexham. Former Wales captain Bale was offered the opportunity to play for the Welsh club following their promotion to the English Football League in April. The five-time Champions League winner announced his retirement at the age of

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Final Sudan flights underway as evacuations wind down

Two final evacuation flights from Sudan were expected to land in Cyprus overnight as the number of people repatriated from the war-torn nation neared 2,200. The Foreign Office said Sudanese doctors working for the NHS were among the flight passengers after ministers agreed to extend the evacuation criteria to include eligible non-British nationals working as clinicians in the NHS, as well as their dependents. It is not known what time

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Prayers for woman stabbed in London

A relative of a woman who was fatally stabbed during the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday has said “it’s still so raw”, while several people were seen praying at the scene of her death in south London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at around 4.04pm to reports of a stabbing on Stockwell Park Walk in Lambeth, and no arrests have yet been made. An air ambulance also attended,

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Tributes paid to much loved son stabbed to death in Cornwall

Devon and Cornwall Police were granted extra time to detain and question the suspect at Bodmin Magistrates’ Court on Monday Tributes have been paid to a “much-loved son” who was stabbed to death during a “serious altercation” outside a nightclub in Cornwall. Michael Allen, 36, was killed and seven other people suffered stab wounds in an attack near the Eclipse nightclub in Bodmin. Two people remain in hospital after undergoing

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Sudan ceasefire extended again

Sudan’s army and its rival paramilitary said on Sunday they will extend a humanitarian ceasefire a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to allow the safe passage of civilians and aid but the shaky truce has not so far stopped the clashes. In statements, both sides accused the other of violations. The agreement has de-escalated the fighting in some areas but violence continues to push civilians to flee.

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Scottish Labour ask Heath Secretary for Covid support

The Health Secretary must take urgent action to end the “betrayal” of long Covid sufferers started by his predecessor, Scottish Labour has said. The party’s health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said thousands of sufferers are living a “precarious existence” and risk being forgotten about by the Scottish Government if action is not taken. An estimated 172,000 people in Scotland are reported to be living with long Covid and many are unable

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Optimism is sustainable Michael J Fox talks about his worsening Parkinsons

Back To The Future film series star Michael J Fox has said that “optimism is sustainable” in the face of Parkinson’s despite the disease becoming “harder and tougher” to live with. The 61-year-old activist and former Hollywood actor – who was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease a year after Back To The Future Part III was released in 1990 – is also known for the films Teen Wolf and Doc Hollywood along with the series Spin City. Fox told CBS Sunday Morning: “It sucks, having Parkinson’s… for some families, some

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Liz Truss contests 12000 bill over use of Chevening country retreat

Liz Truss is contesting a Government bill relating to her use of the grace-and-favour country house she had access to as foreign secretary. The former prime minister has been asked to pay about £12,000 for costs incurred while she spent time at the Chevening estate, the Mail on Sunday reported. The invoice covers the period last summer when she was preparing for her short-lived premiership and is understood to have

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Red Bulls Sergio Perez dominates in Azerbaijan

Sergio Perez breathed fresh life into this season’s world championship by beating Max Verstappen to victory in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Perez took advantage of an early safety car to stop for new tyres and leapfrog Verstappen in the other Red Bull. The Mexican controlled the remainder of the race to take the chequered flag 2.1 seconds clear of Verstappen. Charles Leclerc, who started on pole position, finished third for

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