Mo Salah's AFCON return date now clear as Liverpool receive key update for Arne SlotMohamed Salah scored as Egypt reached the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations by beating Ivory Coast 3-2 - with the Liverpool forward guaranteed to miss the Burnley clash. View 2 Images Mohamed Salah helped fire Egypt into the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations. ‌View 2 Images Mohamed Salah and Egypt are into the final four at AFCON. (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)However, if Egypt triumphs, the ensuing celebrations could delay Salah's return for the match in France. Liverpool will be eager for Salah's return after a streak of three consecutive draws.

January 11, 2026 09:44 UTC

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January 11, 2026 09:40 UTC

Arsenal turn to Jurgen Klopp's secret weapon as Mikel Arteta follows through on promiseArsenal are favourites to claim the Premier League title under Mikel Arteta this season and the Gunners boss has attempted to bolster their chances with a move for a former Liverpool coach. View 2 Images Mikel Arteta is getting plenty of advice as he aims to win the Premier League title. (Image: Getty Images)Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has attempted to strengthen his side's Premier League title push with a move for former Liverpool coach Thomas Gronnemark. ‌Arsenal boss Arteta will hope that Gronnemark's expertise can add to a strength that he's managed to harness already. Explaining his approach with set-pieces, the Arsenal boss claimed that it has been a decade's worth of work.

January 11, 2026 09:35 UTC

However, while his endeavours with wine have gone well, celebrity chef James Martin’s encounters with whisky have left something of a sour taste. The Mail On Sunday can reveal the TV star has lost a legal battle with a Scotch whisky firm over a bid to register his own name as a trademark. The ITV presenter sought exclusive ownership of ‘James Martin’ and ‘James Martin’s’ as trademarks for alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks in an effort to expand his brand. However, lawyers for Edinburgh firm Macdonald & Muir, owner of famous Scotch whiskies including Glenmorangie and Ardbeg, opposed the application and said the name was identical to one of its long-established products. He has hosted ITV’s James Martin’s Saturday Morning show since 2017, following his departure from BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen.

January 11, 2026 09:25 UTC

The Scottish Food Commission began work last week, tasked with overseeing the Good Food Nation Act. Free schools meals don’t differ in terms of what is on the plate from paid-for meals. She wants the public to understand that it is in their self-interest to invest in better public food. He’s a member of the United Nation’s School Meals Coalition, and a public campaigner for better public food. For him, it ticks all the boxes of universal free school meals, good nutrition, local produce, and family-style food culture.

January 11, 2026 09:17 UTC





A status yellow warning for wind has been issued for 11 coastal counties in the Republic of Ireland for eight hours on Sunday. The warning, which was first issued for between 4pm and midnight, has been brought forward for between 2pm and 10pm. A yellow warning for rain was issued for between 9pm on Saturday and 9pm on Sunday, with the risk of some flooding in places. A yellow warning for wind applies to those along coastlines in counties Antrim, Down, and Londonderry as well as deep into Co Tyrone from midnight to 9pm on Sunday. This is immediately followed by another yellow warning for wind until midday on Monday, applying to areas in Antrim, Londonderry and Tyrone.

January 11, 2026 09:12 UTC

I knew the basics but I really don’t know any of the detail despite being an ultra-political geek and really interested in history. It’s partly because we don’t learn about Ireland in schools at all. So I started to read a lot more about Irish history so I thought of a podcast on Irish taoisigh. I think history will probably look more kindly on him, a bit like John Major, in a way. [ Iain Dale, chronicler of British leaders, turns his attention to Irish taoisighOpens in new window ]What’s the best writing advice?

January 11, 2026 09:05 UTC

The WRC told the department it had no 'foresight this significantly important action plan was being published'. Photograph: Eamonn Farrell/rollingnews.ieThe Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and the Labour Court – two key State agencies involved in dealing with industrial relations – expressed strong concern about a lack of engagement before the Government launched its new plan on collective bargaining rights. The Labour Court said unions and employer representatives had been given a draft of the plan some time earlier and given notice about the announcement. The WRC told the department it had not had “any foresight into the fact that this significantly important action plan was being published”. The approach suggested the department did not see the Labour Court as a stakeholder in the industrial relations environment, she said.

January 11, 2026 09:02 UTC

There is a difficult St Patrick’s Day ahead for more than one world leader in the US. Danish Greenland in particular is tricky for a nation such as Ireland that is, in Martin’s words, “militarily nonaligned” but “not politically nonaligned”. “Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place,” said the US president. “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security.”An Atlantic island with limited defensive capability, strategic importance and Russian ships floating around its waters? The seafront dwelling was listed for a mere €1.65 million, so seller and estate agent Savills will be pleased.

January 11, 2026 09:01 UTC

State media said a municipal building was set on fire in Karaj, west of Tehran, and blamed “rioters”. In a statement published by semi-official news sites, the military accused Israel and “hostile terrorist groups” of seeking to “undermine the country’s public security”. People blocking an intersection during a protest in Tehran, Iran. Photograph: UGC via APIranian state television images showing cars driving past burning vehicles in Tehran. Photograph: Iranian state TV via APIranian rights group HRANA said it had documented 65 deaths including 50 protesters and 15 security personnel as of January 9th.

January 11, 2026 09:01 UTC

For residents living in and around the Fuerte Tiuna military base in Caracas, weeks of threats by US president Donald Trump against Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro led them to prepare for the worst. Given that her flat in a public housing development is located within Fuerte Tiuna, Ana had an emergency bag with water, medicines and some clothes at the ready. It was one bomb after another, very close and very strong, they shook the building.”Fire at Caracas's Fuerte Tiuna military base seen from elsewhere in the city early last Saturday. Members of the Venezuelan national guard at an entrance to Fuerte Tiuna. The reality in Venezuela is unchangedOpens in new window ]Ana is still staying with family in another part of Caracas rather than return to Fuerte Tiuna.

January 11, 2026 09:01 UTC

In my father’s case, it was a recording of him singing – accompanied by a piano – On the Street Where You Live from the film/musical My Fair Lady. I like to think that’s why he made the record: his brief showbiz career preserved for two minutes and 38 seconds. It still sounded like he was singing through an aural fog: like time itself was muffling his voice. Some of them made him sound Martian, but one managed, more or less, to separate his voice from the tinny piano. And after a bit more tweaking, there he was: his voice reaching me across all that time.

January 11, 2026 09:00 UTC

Meredith converted Hugo O'Malley's quick-fire response for the visitors, only for Terenure's persistence to pay off with a 77th-minute bonus point try. Eighth-placed Belvedere battled on but fell short of taking a bonus point out of the game. The bonus point score has Andy Wood's charges five points clear at the top of the table. There were fears that Mary's would fall again to their Dublin rivals when the hosts chalked up a 13th-minute penalty try. Peter Hyland came off the bench to pocket Con's bonus point, four minutes after the break.

January 11, 2026 08:42 UTC

Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final: Egypt 3 (Marmoush 4, Rabia 32, Salah 52) Ivory Coast 2 (Fotouh OG 40, Doué 73)Omar Marmoush netted the opener and Mohamed Salah scored the decisive goal as ‍Egypt ended Ivory Coast’s reign with a narrow 3-2 triumph in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final. Egypt went 2-0 up in ⁠the 32nd minute when Rabia rose above the defenders to head his side further ahead from a corner. An Ivorian comeback was still on when Doué touched home at the end of a goalmouth scramble in the 73rd ⁠minute. That set up a siege of the Egyptian goal in the final 15 minutes but they held out to advance. Earlier on Saturday, Nigeria overpowered Algeria 2-0 in Marrakesh and will take on hosts Morocco in the other semi-final.

January 11, 2026 08:18 UTC

Nostalgia for the 1980s is everywhere, most potently in the Duffer brothers’ epic series, Stranger Things. Some aspects of the 1980s as portrayed in Stranger Things ring true. Stranger Things mines an era where music could be formulaic and forgettable, but also produced incredible bangers. He was barred from attending middle school in Kokomo, Indiana, the same state in which Stranger Things is set. Like the fictional friends in Stranger Things, ultimately, an era is remembered for its connections and relationships.

January 11, 2026 08:13 UTC