Lampard won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012 Chelsea have been given permission to speak to Derby boss Frank Lampard about their vacant manager’s job. Lampard, 41, spent 13 years as a Chelsea player and would replace Maurizio Sarri, who has joined Juventus after one season at Stamford Bridge. The Blues would have to […]
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Jake Forster-Caskey’s sole appearance for Charlton in 2018-19 came in their 4-0 win against Scunthorpe in April Charlton Athletic midfielder Jake Forster-Caskey has signed a new one-year deal to keep him with the club until 2020. The 25-year-old joined from Brighton in 2017 and has made 71 appearances for the Addicks. However, Forster-Caskey missed most […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGreenpeace activist says Mark Field’s actions were ‘over the top’ Mark Field has been suspended as a Foreign Office minister after grabbing a female Greenpeace activist at a black-tie City dinner. The MP has apologised for confronting Janet Barker and marching her away as protesters interrupted a […]
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Image copyright EPA/NEIL HALL Image caption Nearly two thirds of London’s total between April 2018 and March 2019 were first time rough sleepers The number of rough sleepers in London has reached a record high after an increase of nearly one fifth in a year, new figures have shown. Research commissioned by the Greater London […]
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Lampard is Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer and won three Premier League titles there as a player Chelsea are yet to approach Derby County about the availability of their manager Frank Lampard, says Rams chairman Mel Morris. Lampard, 40, is the favourite to replace Maurizio Sarri as Chelsea boss after the Italian left Stamford Bridge to […]
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Image copyright Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Image caption Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since April 2016 A British-Iranian mother detained in Iran has begun a new hunger strike. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies. Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said she had stopped taking food […]
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Image copyright PA Another Caledonian Sleeper service has been cancelled after a train’s wheels were damaged earlier this week. Passengers who left London bound for Scotland on Tuesday night had to use a replacement bus service after their journey terminated in the West Midlands early on Wednesday morning. It meant that Wednesday night’s service back […]
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Image copyright Southern Image caption Southern Rail tweeted pictures of flooded tracks and advised people against travelling Heavy downpours across England are causing major disruption for road and rail users. Network Rail said some areas had seen two months’ worth of rainfall in one day with drains overwhelmed. Rail operator Southern has advised people to […]
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Leyton Orient captain Jobi McAnuff has paid tribute to late boss Justin Edinburgh and said the club will continue to build on his legacy. Edinburgh died on Saturday aged 49, five days after a cardiac arrest. McAnuff described the Orient manager as a “leader, a fantastic manager and a truly great man”. “You’ve helped rebuild […]
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Image copyright Melania Geymonat Image caption Melania Geymonat (right) and her girlfriend Chris needed hospital treatment A couple were subjected to a homophobic attack and left covered in blood after refusing to kiss on a bus. Melania Geymonat, 28, said the attack on her and girlfriend Chris happened on the top deck of a London […]
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