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Tuesday’s briefing: Jack Grealish confirms season-ending surgery
Jack Grealish has confirmed he will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery. Thomas Frank is “desperate” for Tottenham to beat Newcastle as Michael Carrick aims for a fifth straight Premier League win as interim Manchester United manager. Grealish sidelined for season following...
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Tuesday’s briefing: Jack Grealish confirms season-ending surgery
Jack Grealish has confirmed he will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery. Thomas Frank is “desperate” for Tottenham to beat Newcastle as Michael Carrick aims for a fifth straight Premier League win as interim Manchester United manager. Grealish sidelined for season following...
Investigation underway in Longford as two men seriously injured following alleged assault
Three entrances into a Longford town residential areas have been closed as gardaí carry out their investigations A major investigation is underway in Longford town after two men were seriously injured following an alleged assault. There was a heightened Garda presence around the town on Monda...
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William to meet female footballers during Saudi Arabia tour
The Prince of Wales will join young Saudi girls learning football skills during the second day of his Middle East visit, which is in danger of being overshadowed by the on-going Jeffrey Epstein scandal. William, president of the Football Association, will hear about the growing participation of wome...
Funeral of former deputy first minister Lord Wallace to take place
The funeral of former deputy first minister Lord Jim Wallace will take place in Orkney on Tuesday. A funeral service will take place at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, on his adopted island home Lord Wallace died at the end of January after suffering complications from surgery. Flags were lowered to ...
FBI ‘unaware of Savannah Guthrie talking with her mother’s suspected kidnappers’
The FBI said on Monday it is unaware of any continued communication between Savannah Guthrie’s family and suspected kidnappers more than a week after the Today show host’s mother went missing. The FBI has still not identified any suspects or persons of interest in the mysterious disappearance of...
In this week's Leinster Leader Sport
Kildare hurlers shock Antrim in Allianz Hurling League and collect two valuable points; extensive report, reaction and comment. Ladies suffer second defeat in a row losing out to Galway, full report and picture coverage. New championship format gets the green light at Co. Board gathering, all the ne...
In this week's Leinster Leader Sport
Kildare hurlers shock Antrim in Allianz Hurling League and collect two valuable points; extensive report, reaction and comment. Ladies suffer second defeat in a row losing out to Galway, full report and picture coverage. New championship format gets the green light at Co. Board gathering, all the ne...
Ireland rugby star Jack Kyle to be commemorated with blue plaque
Jack Kyle, voted Ireland’s greatest ever rugby player, is to be commemorated with an Ulster History Circle Blue Plaque at the Affidea Stadium in Belfast. Kyle was key to Ireland’s international success in the postwar era, including a first-ever Grand Slam, secured at Ravenhill in 1948. Aged just...
Curator hopes London Aardman exhibition can inspire future animators
The curator of a London exhibition of Aardman characters including Wallace and Gromit has said he hopes it will inspire new generation of animators. Inside Aardman: Wallace And Gromit And Friends opens at the Young V&A in Bethnal Green on Thursday, where it will feature 150 exhibits, including t...
Celebrities step up to model new Red Nose Day T-shirts
Reality TV star Olivia Attwood, presenter Dermot O’Leary and former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Oti Mabuse are among the celebrities modelling a new Red Nose Day T-shirt collection. Model David Gandy, former Strictly contestant Tasha Ghouri, actress Keeley Hawes, actor Luca Pasqualin...
Vinnie Jones: comparisons to Clarkson’s Farm ‘upsetting’
Actor Vinnie Jones has said he finds comparisons between his TV show and Clarkson’s Farm “upsetting”. The former footballer described naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough as one of his “heroes” and said he wants the public to see the real him on Vinnie Jones In The Country, wh...
British Museum raises £3.5m in four months to save pendant linked to Henry VIII
The British Museum has successfully raised £3.5 million to save a gold pendant linked to Henry VIII’s marriage to his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, following a four-month fundraising campaign. The London museum launched an appeal in October as it was keen to save the Tudor Heart, which was dis...
Kate Ferdinand thinks women want to use weight-loss jabs ‘because everyone is’
TV personality Kate Ferdinand has said she thinks women feel “pressure” to use weight-loss jabs “because everyone else is”, adding she wants to be a “healthy role model” for her children. The 34-year-old former The Only Way Is Essex star previously spoke out about her long-term battle wi...
Teenager who murdered 12-year-old schoolboy to be sentenced
A teenage boy who murdered 12-year-old Birmingham schoolboy Leo Ross by stabbing him in the stomach in a random attack will be sentenced on Tuesday. Leo died after being taken to hospital from a riverside path in Shire Country Park, Hall Green, Birmingham, on January 21 last year. Leo, who was descr...
Sir Keir Starmer to chair Cabinet after surviving call for resignation
Sir Keir Starmer will chair Cabinet on Tuesday after surviving renewed calls for his resignation from members of his own party. The routine meeting comes a day after Sir Keir’s top ministers rallied round him after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar urged him to step down amid the fallout from the...
Almost 100 areas warned to expect flooding as downpours continue
Almost 100 areas have been warned to expect flooding as downpours continue, with no sign of a prolonged dry spell for at least a week. The Environment Agency (EA) warned flooding was expected in 98 areas, mostly across the south of England, around the southern Welsh border and in the East Midlands ...
Curator hopes London Aardman exhibition can inspire future animators
The curator of a London exhibition of Aardman characters including Wallace and Gromit has said he hopes it will inspire new generation of animators. Inside Aardman: Wallace And Gromit And Friends opens at the Young V&A in Bethnal Green on Thursday, where it will feature 150 exhibits, including t...
Celebrities step up to model new Red Nose Day T-shirts
Reality TV star Olivia Attwood, presenter Dermot O’Leary and former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Oti Mabuse are among the celebrities modelling a new Red Nose Day T-shirt collection. Model David Gandy, former Strictly contestant Tasha Ghouri, actress Keeley Hawes, actor Luca Pasqualin...
Derry Death Notices - Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Latest Derry obituaries and death notices The following deaths have occurred:- • Tony Doherty, 27 Danesfort Crescent, Derry • John Francis (Francie) Gamble, 38 Campion Court, Derry • William Robert Henderson, Daneshill Road, Coleraine • Terence Arthur (Terry) Jennings, Derry • William (Se...