(Reuters) – Northern Ireland police arrested a sixth man on Saturday in connection with the attempted murder of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell. A 71-year-old man was detained in Omagh under the Terrorism Act and was taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite to be questioned by detectives, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said in …
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By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “giving it everything” to strike a new post-Brexit deal with the European Union on Northern Ireland’s trade arrangements, calling it vital to ensuring a return to power-sharing in the province. “There’s unfinished business on Brexit and I want to get the job …
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By Peter Hall LEICESTER, England (Reuters) -Arsenal’s Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli scored a fine goal to earn a 1-0 win at Leicester City on Saturday, giving them a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League. January signing Leandro Trossard arrowed a stunning strike into the net midway through the first half, but the …
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By Richard Martin LONDON (Reuters) -West Ham United striker Danny Ings bagged his first two goals for the club in an emphatic 4-0 win over fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest on Saturday which lifted the east Londoners out of the Premier League relegation zone. Ings, making his first start since switching from Aston Villa for 15 …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) -Britain and the European Union are inching towards concluding talks on revising post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and an agreement is possible, but by no means guaranteed, in the coming days, Ireland’s prime minister said on Saturday. Momentum has been building for weeks towards a deal to ease checks on trade that …
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LEEDS, England (Reuters) -New Leeds United manager Javi Gracia’s reign began with a 1-0 Premier League home win over bottom side Southampton as Junior Firpo’s goal helped the Yorkshire club snap a 10-game winless run and move out of the relegation zone on Saturday. Leeds climbed to 17th on 22 points after 24 games, a …
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LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins scored a penalty and Emiliano Buendia added a second goal as they beat Everton 2-0 in a frenetic Premier League encounter at Goodison Park on Saturday to leave the home side in the bottom three. Despite dominating the game for long spells, Everton could not fashion a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government will make 3,000 tickets for the Eurovision Song Contest available to displaced Ukrainians after their country was unable to host the competition because of Russia’s invasion last year. The government also said it would provide 10 million pounds ($12 million) of funding to help host Eurovision in May on behalf …
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(Reuters) – European soccer’s governing body UEFA has opened an investigation after Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic was attacked by a fan on the pitch in Thursday’s Europa League match at PSV Eindhoven, The Athletic sports website reported. The match was halted in the closing stages after a supporter ran onto the pitch and assaulted Dmitrovic, …
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By Ian Ransom (Reuters) -An unbeaten Joe Root century and a bowling masterclass by James Anderson put England in complete control of the second test on Saturday, as New Zealand’s hopes of levelling the series plunged with shambolic batting on a rain-hit day two. New Zealand were 138 for seven when showers fell midway through …
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