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The rise of the ‘National Health State’ As patients and residents struggle to access deteriorating public services in England, NHS trusts are stepping in

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Kelty Hearts announce American takeover that 'secures the club's future' The Fife outfit have sold 80 per cent to a consortium from the United States.

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Hard Streets — Charlie Chaplin and the Lambeth boys made good Jacqueline Riding’s meticulously researched history paints a vivid picture of working-class London in the Victorian and Edwardian eras

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Football regulator vows to look ‘very closely’ at debt-funded takeovers Watchdog is seeking financial information from clubs for its first ‘state of the game’ report, due next year

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Adapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid - www.ft.com/content/8600... via @FT #Sudan

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Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) — Steve Harley’s 1975 hit was a bittersweet triumph - www.ft.com/content/a166... via @FT

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I'll never understand people who totally exclude themselves from women's football. You'd miss cool stuff like this.

A form of “affluenza” is the malady of the age. Britain combines the obligations and expectations of a wealthy country with the means of one that is much less rich than it thinks econ.st/4jZthZl

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Shrimps Trust @shrimpstrust Follow CAMBE The Trust would like to share the below open letter to Kuljit Singh Momi and Panjab Warriors, sent earlier today. MORECAMBE 18:00 23 Jan 26 42.3K Views

Credit to Morecambe's owners who have done a speed run on modern football, taking just six months to go from saving the club from oblivion to being odds-on for relegation and the Supporters Trust writing open letters to them.

English cricket remains a metaphor for the country as travelling circus rolls on | Jonathan Liew As Brendon McCullum and Rob Key limp on, perhaps it is worth retracing the steps that brought us here

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Donald Trump’s siege in Minneapolis is floundering Violence is alienating even some supporters

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Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy review – a saucy parade of bouncing bosoms, smirky smokers and a spot of BDSM Roof-felters, bawdy boozers, off-duty sailors, whip-wielding dominatrixes … this 100th birthday show in Cook’s home town is an exuberant celebration of working-class frivolity

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New ground development proposal from #Maidenhead United
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India-Bangladesh T20 World Cup Crisis – How Cricket Was Turned Into A Diplomatic Weapon The tenth T20 World Cup is the latest ICC event to be disrupted by a stand-off between India and its neighbours. Suresh Menon, former Wisden India editor and a long-time observer of the region’s polit...

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The paradox of work Why it brings misery into our lives — but also meaning

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A 10p masterpiece! The golden age of crisp packet design, from Chipsticks to Frazzles to Hedgehogs Aliens drawn by a 2000AD artist, graphics echoing the Dark Side of the Moon cover, Dennis the Menace fronting bacon and baked bean flavour … we pop open a new 140-page celebration of the weirdest, wil...

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Why child prodigies rarely become elite performers Hot-housing promising youngsters works—but not as well as you might think

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From The Economist

David Lynch’s first love was art — now his unsettling paintings and photographs are revealed Surrealist works on paper and lamp sculptures by the late director are coming to an exhibition at Pace Gallery in Berlin

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How Sadio Mané’s calm saved the Afcon final from absolute chaos | Jonathan Wilson The veteran is known for his sense of responsibility and it was apparent as his Senegal teammates threatened to quit African football’s showpiece

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Tickets, travel and Trump: How the 2026 World Cup is shaping up six months from the final The champion will be decided on 19 July in New Jersey. Here’s a rundown of the issues that will shape the tournament as it comes to North America

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The secret to Agatha Christie’s success Fifty years after her death, she remains the bestselling novelist of all time

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From The Economist

VAR is making football fans more and more miserable We are less tolerant of machine-related errors than human ones

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Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue # 350 - The Red Hand Files I used to love your music in the 80s and 90s. Your new music, I not only don’t like it, I find it unlistenable. It sounds like you've had a

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A 1930 Map Of London Football Grounds And Pubs Anyone heard of Thames Athletic?

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Kim Gordon: from Sonic Youth to self-proclaimed ‘sociologist’ The musician remains a keen observer, training her sights on the turmoil of Trump’s America in a new solo album

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Iran’s road to revolt How isolation, intransigence and desperate economic hardship provoked an upsurge of protest that brought the regime to the brink

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