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12.18pm GMTLeague matches across the UK have been postponed after icy temperatures have left pitches frozen. In England, the League Two match between Notts County and Gillingham has been postponed. In League 1, Cove Rangers v Montrose and Inverness Caledonian v Peterhead are off due to snow. Hamilton Accies v East Fife failed a pitch inspection on Saturday. In League 2, Elgin City v East Kilbride cannot go ahead due to snow, while Stirling Albion v Annan Athletic has also ben postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Liverpool have become too boring under Arne Slot recentlyAfter Liverpool beat Bournemouth 4-2 on the opening day of the current Premier League season, Arne Slot promised to a concerned Jamie Carragher: "This is who we are and this is how we'll keep playing." But that's who we were and who we are, and that's why we see such a nice game if you watch Liverpool. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT They have scored 30 times at the halfway stage of the Premier League season. While the players must certainly take some accountability for certain moments and matches this season, overall, the Premier League champions' main problem is how they are being coached. Arne Slot is at risk of losing the Liverpool crowd with more performances like the Leeds draw

Sad sign of the times as evicted Nicola and her mate mark 2026 in Hanley doorwayThe pair are struggling to find supportView Image Pictured (L-R) - homeless Nicola Bond and Laura DicksonTwo freezing rough sleepers welcomed in 2026 - in a Hanley shop doorway. Nicola Bond and Laura Dickson were left exposed to the elements after failing to secure a spot in a women’s shelter. ‌It is now almost a year since Universal Credit claimant Nicola was evicted from her home - and she can no longer afford to rent. ‌“I was freezing cold,” Nicola recalled. She added: “In the last 18 years, I’ve lived in two properties.

A team at Edinburgh Napier University has developed a standardised colour palette that can be used by patients and clinicians when describing the colour of fluids like urine and sputum. The free online tool, called What Colour Is It?, resembles a paint colour card, with palettes of either 13 or 15 clinically-relevant colours for identifying the colour of sputum, urine and faeces. The researchers said by reducing the level of subjectivity when describing different colours, the tool can help make diagnosis faster and more accurate, and so help improve patient outcomes. They also said having a chart to refer to can reduce the embarrassment that can make it difficult for patients to discuss bodily fluids with clinicians. Hazel McPhillips, an advanced nurse practitioner and a lecturer at Napier, said: “We rely on our patients describing a colour and us assuming that we’re thinking the same colour.

Learn more.If you have promised to tackle your finances this year, there are lots of tools and apps that can help you achieve your goal. My Lost Account can help you find missing funds even if you do not know where an account is held now. SHYou can manage kids’ money with the HyperJar app.This free money management app – which comes with a physical or virtual prepaid debit card – can help you with budgeting and managing spending. ZWThis free app has been around for a few years now, and claims to be “the world’s largest marketplace for surplus food”. HOThis free app lets people compare the prices of grocery and other items across supermarkets and other retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Ocado and Amazon.

Former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney has alleged that the paper of record’s management pushed writers to espouse anti-trans viewpoints. Prior to her retirement in 2024, she served as the day assignment editor at the outlet’s international desk. In response, the Times received two open letters in February 2023, in which hundreds of signatories condemned its anti-trans coverage — including over 200 Times contributors. Despite being “one of the most outspoken people” about the outlet’s anti-trans coverage, she said that she wasn’t invited to the first meeting until the day it occurred. In hindsight, I think it was almost that entirely.”Over the next year, the Times still failed to actively include trans people in its trans coverage.

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Will Smith, who performed at a rap concert at the Cabaret Vert festival in France in August, has been sued by his tour violinist for alleged unfair termination and sexual harassment. Will Smith and his company Treyball Studios Management Inc. are being sued by an electric violinist who is claiming wrongful termination, retaliation and sexual harassment — allegations denied by the actor-rapper-producer in a statement from his attorney. Electric violinist Brian King Joseph, seen performing at an awards show last October, is suing for wrongful termination, retaliation and sexual harassment. “The facts strongly suggest that Defendant Willard Carroll Smith II was deliberately grooming and priming Mr. Joseph for further sexual exploitation,” the lawsuit alleges. Joseph is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and payment of attorney fees in an amount to be determined at trial.

The mean average temperature for the country across 2025 was 10.09C, beating the previous record of 10.03C set just three years earlier in 2022. Records were soon being broken, as first spring and then summer proved to be the UK’s warmest on record, while spring was the driest in the UK for more than 100 years. Long periods of unbroken clear skies mean 2025 will go down in history as a double-record breaker, being not only the warmest year on record but also the sunniest. Four of the past five years sit in the UK’s top five warmest: 2025 (10.09C), 2022 (10.03C), 2023 (9.97C) and 2024 (9.79C), along with 2014 (9.88C). Across the UK, 2025 was the warmest year on record for England and Scotland and the second warmest (behind 2023) for Wales and Northern Ireland.

Donald Trump has denied falling asleep while attending public meetings and robustly defended his health after the first year of his second term in office raised growing questions. Trump, who at 79 is the oldest person to assume the US presidency, told the Wall Street Journal “my health is perfect” and expressed frustration with scrutiny of his wellbeing. In the interview, the president denied he had fallen asleep during White House meetings – when cameras have caught him with his eyes closed – instead insisting he was resting his eyes or blinking. “Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink.”Catching up? Here’s what happened Wednesday 31 December.

“I was actually on the way to a Windsor light show with my family,” said McFarlane. Calum McFarlane delivers Chelsea team news ahead of our clash with Manchester City. 💬 — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 2, 2026“I shot across and they explained what happened and said you’re going to be preparing to play Manchester City on Sunday. “We’ve got limited time,” said McFarlane, who took first-team training on Friday morning and will get a further session on Saturday before the squad travels to Manchester. It will be about introducing some of (my) own ideas, some of my own concepts around how you think you can be successful.

Enzo Maresca’s shock departure at Chelsea came after he informed the club that he had held talks with figures associated to Manchester City over replacing Pep Guardiola. Chelsea have been weighed down by uncertainty ever since cracks in Maresca’s relationship with the board became apparent last month, but there is a feeling at Stamford Bridge that the Italian was looking to engineer an exit before a parting of the ways was confirmed on New Year’s Day. Our football reporter Jacob Steinberg reflects on the end of the Maresca era at Stamford Bridge, how it all came to pass and what comes next.

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 19:55 ETChina is applying a 55% over-quota tariff on imported beef under a three-year safeguard system. For 2026, China set quotas of 1.1 million metric tons for Brazil, 205,000 for Australia and 164,000 for the United States, and said the limits would rise gradually each year. China’s commerce ministry set a combined 2026 quota of 2.7 million metric tons for countries covered by the measures and said the system would run for three years from Jan. 1. Beef imports fell 0.3% in the first 11 months of 2025 to 2.59 million metric tons, the commerce ministry said. Australian exports to China were 294,957 tons in the first 11 months of 2025, above its 2026 quota allocation.

Khao Tom, a two-month-old elephant, plays with a wildlife officer, nudging his face and curling her trunk around his wrist. She survived thanks to round-the-clock care and a diet of rice porridge – khao tom in Thai. As the team shared updates on social media, the Thai public rallied behind the elephant calf, sending toys, formula and donations. In 2025, the media reported on at least five other elephant calves in Thailand that were lost or abandoned. Khao Tom is unlikely to return to the wild, says Natthanon.