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Ed Sheeran has said he felt he “didn’t want to live any more” after the death of his best friend Jamal Edwards and discovering his pregnant wife had been diagnosed with a tumour. Music entrepreneur Edwards, who founded the music platform SBTV in 2006 which helped launch Sheeran’s career, died in February 2022 at the age of 31. His death came shortly after Sheeran’s wife of four years, Cherry Seaborn,

Jack Willis is hopeful he can remain available for Toulouse and England despite the Rugby Football Union’s current policy of refusing to consider players outside the Gallagher Premiership. Special dispensation was granted to Willis until the end of the Word Cup due to his forced exit from financially-stricken Wasps, which resulted in him joining the Top 14 heavyweights at short notice. Outstanding displays against Italy and Ireland in the Six

TikTok has rolled out updated rules and standards for content and users as it faces increasing pressure from western authorities over concerns that material on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be used to push false information. The company released a reorganised set of community guidelines that include eight principles to guide content moderation decisions. “These principles are based on our commitment to uphold human rights and aligned with international legal frameworks,”

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg called on Antonio Conte to be “more precise” in his criticism of Tottenham’s players after his outburst in the aftermath of Saturday’s draw with Southampton. Conte accused his team of lacking professionalism in a rant that also took aim at the culture of the club over the last 20 years. It has been reported that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy could remove the Italian as manager this week, bringing

Google has announced it is allowing more people to interact with Bard, the AI chatbot the company is building to counter Microsoft’s early lead in a pivotal battleground of technology. The tech giant is opening a waiting list to use the artificial intelligence tool which is similar to the ChatGPT technology Microsoft began deploying in its Bing search engine to much fanfare last month. Last week, Microsoft embedded more AI-powered

A man has suffered facial burns after his jacket was set alight as he walked home from a mosque. West Midlands Police said officers are studying video footage of the attack which has been circulated on social media. The incident took place in Shenstone Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham, at around 7pm on Monday. The force said in a statement: “It’s believed the man, who was walking home from Dudley Road

The Home Secretary has rejected calls to abolish the Metropolitan Police after a damning review concluded it is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic. Conservative MP Matthew Offord urged Suella Braverman to transfer specialist operations currently with the Met, such as counter-terrorism, to the Home Office. This would allow the replacement police service for London to focus on maintaining law and order, the MP for Hendon added. But Ms Braverman disagreed

Brennan Johnson is a fitness doubt for Wales’ opening Euro 2024 qualifiers. The in-form Nottingham Forest forward will be examined by the Wales medical team after his delayed arrival into camp for games against Croatia and Latvia. Johnson suffered a groin injury during Forest’s 3-1 defeat at Tottenham on March 11. But the 21-year-old – who has scored seven goals since returning from the World Cup in December – played

Just Eat Takeaway.com said it plans to axe around 1,700 delivery driver jobs and 170 head office roles after a slowdown in takeaway demand. The Anglo-Dutch firm said the cuts are part of an overhaul designed to improve efficiency as its seeks to reduce costs. It comes after the company saw a 9% slump in customer numbers last year as diners returned to pubs and restaurants. Just Eat, which employs