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The former England forward started against Ajax but failed to make an impression and was hooked early on by Robin van Persie ...

More than 30 people face charges after collision between two trains that killed 57 people in February 2023 ...

In what is beginning to look like a fragmented five-party system, small swings carry outsized political consequences ...

Reform, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and the Greens are all banking on big gains and nationwide repercussions ...