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The summer transfer window is open for some leagues in Europe and there's plenty of gossip swirling around.Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals!TOP STORY: Ramos on Man Utd's radar
Manchester United have been offered to sign forward Gonçalo Ramos after the Red Devils dropped their interest in Tottenham Hotspur's , reports the Sun.

Jude Bellingham, Lionel Messi, Victor Osimhen and Harry Kane are just four of the world-class players who could be on the move in what looks set to be a huge transfer window this summer.Will Messi return to Barcelona?Is Declan Rice bound for Arsenal?The transfer window for clubs in the Premier League next season opens on Wednesday, 14 June and closes on Friday, 1 September.

Manchester United finish in third place on 75 points and switch their focus now to beating Manchester City in Saturday's FA Cup final and halting their neighbour's tilt at emulating Sir Alex Ferguson's 1999 vintage by claiming the treble.The aggregate score this term between Erik ten Hag's men and those of Pep Guardiola is 7-5 in City's favour, though this hides the 6-3 hiding United took at the Etihad Stadium in October.

Emma Hayes has got used to that winning feeling, but Chelsea's latest Women's Super League title - their fourth in a row - brought a new sense of relief."It's gin o'clock," was Hayes' immediate response after celebrating with the trophy in front of raucous travelling fans."You'll find me tomorrow in north London on a park bench with a bottle of gin," she told Sky Sports.

A pensioner has been found guilty of strangling a young woman nearly 50 years ago following a DNA breakthrough.John Apelgren, now 80, hit sex worker Eileen Cotter, 22, in the face and throttled her before throwing her body out of his car in 1974, the Old Bailey heard.The manslaughter in Islington, north London, came two years after Apelgren indecently assaulted an 18-year-old guest at his own wedding, it was alleged.

A 54-year-old man has been committed indefinitely to a psychiatric hospital for killing his partner and her father in a knife attack after believing that they had turned into "replicas".Achilleas Costa, of no fixed address, stabbed Fernanda Assis, 31, and Joanilson Souza De Assis, 61, to death in Wood Green, north London, on November 27, 2021.

The ex-wife of comedian Paul Whitehouse faced completely inhumane press intrusion after her cancer diagnosis, she has told the High Court in her claim against the publisher of the Mirror.Fiona Wightman is one of several people suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) who claim journalists at its titles The Daily and Sunday Mirror and the Sunday People were linked to methods including phone hacking, so-called blagging or gaining information by deception and use of private investigators for unlawful activities.

The ex-wife of comedian Paul Whitehouse faced completely inhumane press intrusion after her cancer diagnosis, she has told the High Court in her claim against the publisher of the Mirror.Fiona Wightman is one of several people suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) who claim journalists at its titles The Daily and Sunday Mirror and the Sunday People were linked to methods including phone hacking, so-called blagging or gaining information by deception and use of private investigators for unlawful activities.

A man has been committed indefinitely to a psychiatric hospital for killing his partner and her father in a knife attack.Achilleas Costa, 53, of no fixed address, stabbed Fernanda Assis, 31, and Joanilson Souza De Assis, 61, to death.The stabbing took place in Wood Green, north London, on 27 November 2021.

Downing Street has rejected calls to strip Boris Johnson of the 115,000 a year expense allowance given to former prime ministers after an inquiry found he had repeatedly misled parliament.The ex prime minister is facing a ban from holding a parliamentary security pass after a devastating cross-party committee blasted his handling of the Partygate scandal.

A primary school in a Welsh seaside town which set up a pay-what-you-can food shop, launderette and uniform shop to support struggling families is in the running for a global education prize.Cadoxton Primary School, in Barry, south Wales, is one of six schools in the UK which are on the top 10 shortlists for the T4 Education World's Best School prizes more than any other country in the world.

Here is what we know so far about the victims of Tuesday's knife and van attack in Nottingham.University of Nottingham student Barnaby Webber, 19, was a keen cricketer whose family home was in Taunton in Somerset.He was a former pupil of Taunton School, with a fellow ex-student describing him as a wonderful young man with much to look forward to.

Jubilant Manchester City fans partied until sunrise in Istanbul after winning the Champions League final.On Saturday night, there was barely an inch between the club's swarming supporters as they danced and celebrated on the city's popular Nevizade street.Strangers hugged and kissed each other in the minutes after the final whistle as the street adopted a festival atmosphere.

Mark Ogden, Senior Writer, ESPN FCJun 15, 2023, 08:29 AM ET


Alessia Russo is considering a move to the United States amid interest from NWSL team Washington Spirit, sources have told ESPN, despite Arsenal's attempts to sign the England forward.Lyon and an unnamed Spanish team are also prepared to offer the Manchester United player the chance to move overseas before the start of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand on July 20.
- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Russo, 24, will become a free agent when her contract with United expires at the end of June and Arsenal are in pole position to sign the former Chelsea youngster having had a world record bid of £450,000 ($569,655) rejected by United in January.

James Olley, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 16, 2023, 01:52 PM ET


Bayer Leverkusen are in talks to sign Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka, sources have told ESPN.The 30-year-old has a year remaining on his current contract and although the Gunners have an option to extend by a further year, sources say the club are yet to trigger the clause.

Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris admitted he desires for other things and is contemplating what life could look like away from the north London club at the end of an era.The 36-year-old retired from international duty with France in January, one year after signing a contract extension that would keep him at Spurs through to the end of next season.

On Saturday night, there was barely an inch between the club's swarming supporters as they danced and celebrated on the city's popular Nevizade street.Strangers hugged and kissed each other in the minutes after the final whistle as the street adopted a festival atmosphere.Stephen Woods, 30, said: We were on the steps outside our hotel until 6am.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium NewsUKUK Politics Jon Stone Sunday 11 June 2023 08:35 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves Keir Starmer has told Rishi Sunak to find a backbone and call a snap general election after three quick-fire MP resignations left the prime minister facing by-election battles on multiple fronts.

Curving, organic forms are juxtaposed with clean-lined minimalism in this home that interiors studio Daytrip has completed in north London.Daytrip worked with architecture firm Studio 30 to extend the ground floor of the Victorian terrace house to the rear and side to increase the available space while excavating down to boost the ceiling height and give the space more gravitas.

A man has admitted freezing the leg of an alleged ringleader of an extreme body-modifications group, who is accused of filming castrations and posting videos of them online.Jacob Crimi-Appleby, 22, from Epsom in Surrey, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Marius Gustavson in February 2019.

A man has admitted freezing the leg of another man accused of being the ringleader of a group carrying out and broadcasting castrations, which led to the limb requiring amputation.Jacob Crimi-Appleby, 22, of Epsom, Surrey, admitted causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent to Marius Gustavson in 2019.

A corrupt Metropolitan Police officer who took bribes from nightclub owners and security bosses has told a jury: My work was always impartial.Ex-Sergeant Frank Partridge, 49, admits accepting gifts including a luxury family holiday to Morocco, Metallica tickets for his mother-in-law's 60th birthday and a monogrammed made-to-measure suit, while tasked with policing London's West End nightlife, between 2013 and 2015.

A former chef at a Mayfair hotel damaged the home of the actor Benedict Cumberbatch and his family while brandishing a fish knife, a court has heard.The Doctor Strange star, 46, his wife, Sophie Hunter, 45, and their three young children were inside the property in north London during the incident.Jack Bissell kicked the front garden's iron gate open and shouted: I know you've moved here, I hope it burns down, a court was told earlier this month.

A doctor whose father died after contracting Covid has said the inquiry will be a farce if bereaved families are not able to give evidence.The Covid Bereaved Families for Justice group had put forward 20 people to be considered as witnesses for the first module of the Covid-19 Inquiry, but said none have been called to give evidence.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Rishi Sunak is facing an unwelcome third by-election test after another MP ally of Boris Johnson dramatically quit his seat on Saturday.Nigel Adams, the MP for Selby and Ainsty, said he had told his party he would be standing down with immediate effect triggering a contest to replace him.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Boris Johnson has used his resignation statement to launch an all-out assault on Rishi Sunak amid speculation that he could try and make a comeback.The former prime minister, who quit over a watchdog investigation into his conduct, said he was leaving parliament, but qualified the decision as being for now.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Boris Johnson has doled out knighthoods and other gongs to fellow Brexiteers as part of his resignation honours.Former Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg is among those to be made a "sir" in the list a perk for prime ministers who are leaving office.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Conservatives need to stop blaming "the blob" an imagined cabal of enemies embedded in British society for failures of government, George Osborne has said.In a speech on Friday the former chancellor said the Tories had been in government for 11 years and that they were "in charge of our country's destiny".

The distribution of Greggs vs Pret A Manger stores is the true sign of the North-South divide, a new study suggests.Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University set out to test the anecdotal perception that the ratio of Pret to Greggs stores indicates whether a town can be considered northern or southern.

Violent fights, stabbings and sex acts involving children are among the graphic videos being viewed by vulnerable young people on social media network Snapchat, new research has found.Researchers spoke to 13 children living in deprived areas across the UK to try and understand what young people are seeing on social media and how it affects them.

A coroner is at a loss to explain the deaths of a mother and daughter who were not seen for six months before being found by gas inspectors carrying out a routine check, an inquest heard.Zarin Adatia, 84, and her daughter Tasneem, 48, were discovered in their council flat in East Finchley, north London by engineers on November 24 last year.

S adiq Khan has claimed that Government ministers needed to pick up the pace in providing EV infrastructure nationally.The mayor's comments came as he announced his plans to install more than 80 new rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging points across the capital.Suppliers will be invited on Friday to deliver some 83 new EV rapid or ultra-rapid charging bays on several main roads, comprising 43 bays in north London and 38 south of the river.

A man who missed out on a liver transplant six times was in seventh heaven when his mother was found to be a match and gave her son the gift of life.Connor Meyrick received 65% of his mother Michelle's liver during a 12-hour operation at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) in north London in March.The operation which was the first live liver transplant to take place at the hospital in five years has given the 27-year-old a new lust for life, and the pair are recovering at the family home in Swindon, Wiltshire.

Open seven days a week when weather permits, the dock will provide a clean water course for anyone looking to cool off in the capital.The 220-year-old Middle Dock, where dozens of ships were once loaded with exports, has 600sqm of open water to swim in set against the backdrop of the One Canada Square and Newfoundland apartment block skyscrapers.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium The benefits of the first Covid-19 lockdown were a drop in the bucket compared to the staggering collateral costs it imposed, a study has claimed.Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Lund University say the policy may have saved as few as 1,700 lives in England and Wales compared to countries which took lighter-touch measures.

One of the UK's foremost artistic directors is standing down from the Kiln theatre after more than a decade of bringing politically and culturally diverse voices to the stage.Indhu Rubasingham has been the artistic director of the Kiln theatre in north London since 2012 and became the first woman of colour to run a big London theatre.

A car has collided with two people waiting at a bus stop in north London - leaving a man in his 60s dead and another person in hospital.Police and paramedics rushed to the scene on the A406 Angel Road in Edmonton around 2.50pm on Tuesday, to reports of a car crash.A Scotland Yard spokesperson said: Officers attended.

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch and his family were left absolutely terrified after a former chef at a five-star hotel in London's Mayfair attacked and damaged their home armed with a knife.Jack Bissell, 35, kicked through the front garden gate, shouted abuse and threw a plant at the wall of the property, a court was told earlier in May.

A south London mother has spoken of her frustration over tourists continually turning up at her door after her home was incorrectly listed as a Booking.comdestination.Karin Arsenius, 37, who lives in Plumstead with her two children and partner, is considering legal action against the website, saying travellers keep turning up at her family home expecting to stay the night.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Closing the gender pay gap will help boost Britain's flagging economy, Labour has said.Writing for The Independent to mark the anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, deputy leader Angela Rayner suggested better wages could encourage women to return to work.

At my restaurant, an independent Malaysian laksa bar in north London, we have a sharing plate of fried chicken on the menu.It isn't just any old fried chicken.Instead of wings, we use strips of tender chicken thigh that are marinated in a satay spice paste before being dredged in eggs and a spiced gram-flour coating.

Parliament and the prime minister's official residence are full of nooks and crannies providing politicians and staff with ample opportunity to have sex in, a former senior aide to Boris Johnson has said.Cleo Watson recently published her first racy novel, which she said was inspired by her time working for Mr Johnson and his predecessor Theresa May, and has been billed as a mixture of Fifty Shades of Grey and House of Cards.

E mmanuel Petit believes Neymar would love playing for Arsenal as he urged the Brazilian to consider making the switch to north London.It has been reported that PSG are willing to listen to offers for Neymar this summer, as they look to move away from the era of big-name signings that has been their trademark in the unsuccessful search for Champions League glory.

Southampton have already been sent packing to the Championship and much of the focus during Saturday's Premier League action will be on the teams that could join them.Both Nottingham Forest and Everton can make big statements in the relegation scrap in their matches against Wolves and Arsenal, but there's also a lot to be decided at the top of the table with European qualification still to be determined.

Prediction: Newcastle United to win 2-1
Newcastle United and Brighton and Hove Albion will face each other in the Premier League this week.The match between Eddie Howe's side and Roberto De Zerbi's team will be held at St. James' Park and is scheduled to kick off at 7:30pm UK time on Thursday.Newcastle United
Newcastle United are having one of their best seasons in years, and things are going extremely well for the Magpies.

Since Ata moved to the UK five years ago he has found his home in London's warehouses.The aspiring actor was drawn to the community of musicians and artists who live and work in them.But after moving to a warehouse in north London, Ata heard about plans to demolish and redevelop the area.My immediate thought was oh no, not again', he says.

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium An irate Lindsay Hoyle kicked a Tory MP out of the House of Commons during prime minister's questions on Wednesday, telling him: I'm not having it.The Commons speaker apparently angered by yelling from the government benches told Peterborough MP Paul Bristow to leave the chamber just four minutes into proceedings.

F ord RideLondon, one of the capital's biggest mass-participation cycling events, is returning this bank holiday weekend.The standard London- Essex ride is expected to see thousands pedal in the 100-mile rides either for charity or for a personal challenge.There are also 60 and 30-mile alternatives, while RideLondon also encompasses the Classique, a three-day event that is part of the UCI Women's WorldTour, and the Ford RideLondon FreeCycle.

H omeless families will be forced from a hotel in north London during Beyonce's five-show stint next week after the local council did not extend its bookings and concert-goers snapped up rooms.Enfield Council room bookings for up to 30 families living at Travelodge Enfield are due to lapse on May 31 or June 2 and their rooms have been booked by Beyonce ticket holders planning to be near the concert venue at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

A driver has admitted mowing down and killing a woman and her three dogs on the Chelsea embankment.Olivia Riley, 41, was walking the golden retrievers on Cheyne Walk in west London when she was run over by an Audi TT on Saturday May 14 2022.She was waiting at a traffic island on a pedestrian crossing when she was hit by Laszlo Dancs, it is understood.

The guard of honor awaits Manchester City as they take to the Etihad pitch against Chelsea FC.The lads are once again the Champions of England and today they look to take a victory lap against their rivals from North London.How will the Sky Blues mark the occasion?Only one thing is for sure, Ä°lkay Gündoğan will lift the Premier League trophy after the final whistle blows.

The summer transfer window may not be open yet in Europe, but teams are getting ready for it, and there's plenty of gossip swirling around.Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings, goings and, of course, done deals!TOP STORY: Arsenal linked with PSV star Xavi Simons
Arsenal will be offered the chance to sign PSV Eindhoven midfielder Xavi Simons, according to the Mirror.

A driver who killed a woman when he lost control of his Range Rover and crashed onto London Underground tracks while "showing off" has been jailed for seven-and-a-half-years.Yagmur Ozden, 33, died when the car being driven by Rida Kazem hit a parked Tesla, near Park Royal Tube station on the A40, and lost control on 22 August.

A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering a 17-year-old who was stabbed to death in north London.Ali Baygoren was stabbed twice in the neck in a stairwell that led to his family home, in Tottenham, on 18 June last year.The defendant, who cannot be named due to his age, had earlier been released on bail for a separate knife attack, the Old Bailey heard.

He said he understood that people forced to buy a new car by the scheme would think that is a lot of money for me to pay.He also argued that there was a scrappage scheme, though, it is restricted.Mayor Sadiq Khan has been hit with a backlash against expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone to the whole of Greater London from 29 August.

Liverpool's fan village has thrown open its gates ahead of the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest.Ticket-holders gathered for hours in the beating sun ahead of the Eurovision Village on the historic Pier Head opening to the public on Saturday.There were cheers from fans dressed as Ukrainian acts Verka Serduchka and Kalush Orchestra and families in Union flag outfits as the stewards removed the barriers.