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The two sides meet this evening at Anfield Liverpool head coach Arne Slot admits they will have to produce their best performance of the season to ensure Champions League progress against “the most complete team we have faced”. After enduring the toughest night of his Anfield reign – and the most difficult for the players in a long time – in the Parc des Princes last week but still coming […]

The Government has promised to “unleash seismic reforms” to the planning system as it publishes major new legislation on Tuesday. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is expected to include wide-ranging reforms, including streamlining the planning process, changing the way developers meet environmental obligations, and giving communities near new electricity pylons money off their energy bills. Along with recent changes to national planning policy, Labour hopes the legislation will help deliver […]

Children who regularly eat fish could be more sociable and kind than their peers, a new study suggests. Academics said that encouraging children to eat fish is “likely to have a positive effect on child development”. Researchers from the University of Bristol said that seafood is a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids, selenium and iodine – which have previously been found to play an important role in brain development […]

Two ships carrying dangerous cargo collided off the coast of Yorkshire One person is missing from a cargo ship after it crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea, the vessel’s owner has said. Shipping company Ernst Russ said efforts to locate one of the 14 crew members aboard its Solong container ship were “ongoing” after the collision with the Stena Immaculate tanker off the coast of East Yorkshire […]

The Princess of Wales returned to the Family of Nations when she joined the King and Queen in celebrating Commonwealth Day. Kate missed the Westminster Abbey service last year, as did Charles, with both receiving treatment for cancer during a troubling health scare period for the monarchy. Twelve months later ,the Prince and Princess of Wales were photographed sharing a joke with the 2,000-strong congregation as they marked the Commonwealth’s […]

It follows his conviction for assaulting a constituent Disgraced MP Mike Amesbury has said he will quit the Commons after punching a constituent. The former Labour MP was given a 10-week prison term, which was reduced to a suspended sentence after an appeal, leaving him at risk of being ousted from Parliament through the recall process. The Runcorn and Helsby MP told the BBC he would “step aside at the earliest opportunity”. […]

A woman who was shot dead in a residential street in South Wales is believed to be Joanne Penney Officers were called to reports of a shooting in Llys Illtyd, Talbot Green, at about 6.10pm on Sunday. Officers and paramedics attended and a 40-year-old woman was found with serious injuries. She died at the scene and a 42-year-old man from Talbot Green was arrested on suspicion of murder. On Monday […]

The vessel crashed with a cargo ship off the coast of East Yorkshire this morning The crew of an oil tanker are “safe and accounted for” after jet fuel was released during a crash with a cargo ship in the North Sea, a maritime company has said. Crowley, which manages the Stena Immaculate, said there were “multiple explosions onboard” when the vessel suffered a ruptured cargo tank. More than 30 […]

The oil tanker and cargo vessel crashed off the East Yorkshire coast More than 30 casualties have been brought ashore after a crash between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea. Footage shows clouds of black smoke billowing into the air after the collision off the coast of East Yorkshire on Monday morning. So far 32 casualties have been brought ashore – but some crew members are yet […]