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Saturday briefing: Guardiola misses press conference as Arteta makes Messi claim
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola missed his pre-match press duties due to a personal matter, while Michael Carrick was taking nothing for granted following his dream start as Manchester United manager. Mikel Arteta compared Max Dowman to Lionel Messi after the teenage sensation committed his futur...
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Saturday briefing: Guardiola misses press conference as Arteta makes Messi claim
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola missed his pre-match press duties due to a personal matter, while Michael Carrick was taking nothing for granted following his dream start as Manchester United manager. Mikel Arteta compared Max Dowman to Lionel Messi after the teenage sensation committed his futur...
‘Hard to imagine a world without’ Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara
Schitt’s Creek co-creator Dan Levy described Catherine O’Hara as “family before she ever played my family” after his co-star’s death at the age of 71. The Canadian-American actress, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role in the TV comedy series, died on Friday at her home in Los A...
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‘Hard to imagine a world without’ Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara
Schitt’s Creek co-creator Dan Levy described Catherine O’Hara as “family before she ever played my family” after his co-star’s death at the age of 71. The Canadian-American actress, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role in the TV comedy series, died on Friday at her home in Los A...
Last-minute rush for taxpayers with just hours before self-assessment deadline
The last-minute scramble is on for taxpayers who still need to file returns for the 2024-25 tax year, with just hours left until the deadline at the end of Saturday. Those who miss the January 31 deadline face an automatic £100 penalty, which could be followed by further possible fines. More than 1...
Justin Rose extends lead at Farmers Insurance Open
Justin Rose surged into a four-shot lead at the halfway point of the Farmers Insurance Open as he seeks a second victory at Torrey Pines. The 45-year-old Englishman added a seven-under 65 on the tougher South Course to his opening 62 over the North Course to sign for a 17-under-par total. After maki...
Justin Rose extends lead at Farmers Insurance Open
Justin Rose surged into a four-shot lead at the halfway point of the Farmers Insurance Open as he seeks a second victory at Torrey Pines. The 45-year-old Englishman added a seven-under 65 on the tougher South Course to his opening 62 over the North Course to sign for a 17-under-par total. After maki...
Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara ‘brought love and light’
Tributes have poured in for Catherine O’Hara following her death, with the actress’s co-stars remembering how she brought “love and light” to the screen and beyond. The Canadian-American actress, known for roles in Home Alone, comedy TV series Schitt’s Creek and the Beetlejuice films, died...
Michael Carrick: Taking Fulham lightly after dream start would be ‘out of order’
Michael Carrick has told Manchester United it would be “bang out of order” to assume his dream return will continue with a win against Fulham. The former Red Devils midfielder, captain and coach has brought hope back to Old Trafford thanks to a jaw-dropping start to life as head coach for the re...
Michael Carrick: Taking Fulham lightly after dream start would be ‘out of order’
Michael Carrick has told Manchester United it would be “bang out of order” to assume his dream return will continue with a win against Fulham. The former Red Devils midfielder, captain and coach has brought hope back to Old Trafford thanks to a jaw-dropping start to life as head coach for the re...
St Brigid's cloak made by 100 Tipperary women to be paraded in Clonmel, Dublin, Florence
The Sliabhnamban St Brigid's Cloak will be carried in procession from Clonmel's Main Guard to Old St Mary's Church on Saturday, January 31 The Sliabhnamban St Brigid’s cloak created three years ago by 100 Tipperary women will be paraded in Clonmel on the eve of St Brigid’s Day, this Saturday,...
Popular Tipperary band to perform in local arts centre this February
Charcoal Greys will perform in Thurles on February 7 The Source Arts Centre,Thurles, invites you to join them for a night with Charcoal Greys. The concert will take place on Saturday, February 7, starting at 8pm. READ MORE: RIP: Tipperary-born priest dies peacefully 'enveloped in love and pra...
Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara ‘brought love and light’
Tributes have poured in for Catherine O’Hara following her death, with the actress’s co-stars remembering how she brought “love and light” to the screen and beyond. The Canadian-American actress, known for roles in Home Alone, comedy TV series Schitt’s Creek and the Beetlejuice films, died...
Epstein and ‘The Duke’ discussed Russian woman and Palace meeting, emails show
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein about a “beautiful” Russian woman and invited him to Buckingham Palace, documents appear to show. The exchanges are among more than three million documents published by the US Department of Justice on Friday relating to disgraced p...
Keir Starmer hails trade and investment deals as trip to China concludes
Sir Keir Starmer will wrap up his trip to China hailing billions of pounds in trade agreements and investment in the UK by companies including the makers of the viral hit Labubu dolls. The Prime Minister leaves Shanghai on Saturday after a three-day visit during which he has repeatedly said that his...
Northern Ireland faces ‘Stormont or Starmer’ choice – Gavin Robinson
People in Northern Ireland face a political choice between “Stormont or Starmer”, DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said. In his weekly message to party members ahead of the second anniversary of the return of Stormont, Mr Robinson argued that devolution is “not perfect” but said abandoning it w...
Derry Death Notices - Saturday, January 31, 2026
Latest Derry obituaries and death notices The following deaths have occurred:- • Noel Coyle, Slievemore Park, Derry • John Francis (Johnie) Curtin, Feeny • Robert Trevor (RT) Dunn, 38 Killymallaght Road, Cullion • Robert George (Bobby) Hepburn, 6 Greymount Crescent, Derry • Marie Kelpie (...
Booze bosses warn prices will rise as alcohol duty increase comes into force
Wine and spirits bosses have warned that firms “have no choice but to increase prices” to stay afloat as an increase to alcohol duty comes into force. In November’s autumn budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that alcohol duty would increase in line with Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflati...
Northern Ireland faces ‘Stormont or Starmer’ choice – Gavin Robinson
People in Northern Ireland face a political choice between “Stormont or Starmer”, DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said. In his weekly message to party members ahead of the second anniversary of the return of Stormont, Mr Robinson argued that devolution is “not perfect” but said abandoning it w...
St Brigid's cloak made by 100 Tipperary women to be paraded in Clonmel, Dublin, Florence
The Sliabhnamban St Brigid's Cloak will be carried in procession from Clonmel's Main Guard to Old St Mary's Church on Saturday, January 31 The Sliabhnamban St Brigid’s cloak created three years ago by 100 Tipperary women will be paraded in Clonmel on the eve of St Brigid’s Day, this Saturday,...