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Gareth Southgate has emphasised that Harry Maguire retains his full support but knows he cannot give the beleaguered defender any guarantees over a starting place in his England team at the World Cup later this year. Maguire had hoped the international break would offer him the chance to reset after his torrid period at Manchester United. During the 29-year-old’s last game for United, the Champions League last-16 exit at home to Atlético Madrid, the Old Trafford crowd cheered his withdrawal six minutes from time. However, when Southgate started him in England’s second game of the break – the 3-0 win over Ivory…

UK house prices grew at the fastest annual pace since 2004 in March, continuing the ascent to new record levels – a fifth higher than at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Prices rose by 14.3% in the year to March, the strongest pace of increase since November 2004 when the UK experienced a housing boom that preceded the financial crisis, according to Nationwide, the UK’s largest building society. The price of an average UK home hit £265,312, more than £33,000 higher than March 2021. Price rises were evident across the country, with prices in Wales soaring by 15% over the…

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has hit back at President Biden’s off-script gaffes about Vladimir Putin’s removal and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying it’s time to ‘invoke the 25th amendment’ to remove the commander in chief from office. ‘The joke is over. Too much is at stake,’ Carlson said on Monday during his show Tucker Carlson Tonight. ‘If there ever was a time — if there was in U.S. history ever a time to invoke the 25th Amendment, it is now. As Joe Biden himself put it, ”For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” For all of our sakes.’ The 52-year-old…

Former President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has no interest in becoming the next Speaker of the House if Republicans gain control of the House of Representatives after this year’s midterms. “No, I think that it’s not something I wanted. A lot of people bring it up. It’s brought up all the time,” Trump told John Solomon and Amanda Head of Just the News in an interview. “No, it’s not something I want to do,” he repeated. “I want to look at what’s happening, and then we’re going to be doing something else.” Trump shut down the possibility days after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)…

The U.S. military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been blocked for all Navy members seeking religious exemptions. A preliminary injunction that previously covered 35 Navy SEALs now covers some 4,000 others. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee who entered the original ruling in January, agreed to expand it in part because all members who have applied for religious exemptions “have all been harmed in essentially the same way.” “Each is subject to the Navy’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Each has submitted her religious accommodation request, and none has received accommodation. Without relief, each servicemember faces the threat of discharge and the consequences that accompany it.…

UK shoppers are choosing to shop at discount supermarkets in greater numbers as grocery price inflation reaches its highest level in a decade amid a mounting cost of living crisis. Aldi grabbed its biggest share of the grocery market to date and Lidl matched its previous peak as grocery price inflation reached 5.2% in March, the highest level since April 2012, according to the latest figures from the analysts Kantar. Lidl confirmed its spot as the UK’s sixth-largest supermarket chain ahead of the Co-op with 6.4% market share while Aldi reached 8.6%, less than 1% behind the UK’s fourth-largest chain, Morrisons. Kantar said prices…

A damning report into hundreds of baby deaths has condemned the trust at the centre of the biggest maternity scandal in the history of the NHS for blaming mothers while repeatedly ignoring its own catastrophic blunders for decades. The independent inquiry into maternity practices at Shrewsbury and Telford hospital NHS trust uncovered hundreds of cases in which health officials failed to undertake serious incident investigations, while deaths were dismissed or not investigated appropriately. Instead, grieving families were denied access to reviews of their care and mothers were blamed when their babies died or suffered horrific injuries. A combination of an obsession with…

The £38m yacht, named Phi, is owned by an unnamed Russian businessman, but the government said its ownership is “deliberately well hidden”. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the move was “a clear and stark warning to Putin and his cronies”. The UK has already introduced a raft of sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Phi was first identified as being potentially Russian-owned on 13 March, the government said. It added that the company the ship is registered to is based in the islands of St Kitts and Nevis but it carried Maltese flags to hide its origins. The…

Grocery price inflation in the UK has hit its highest level in 10 years, data company Kantar has revealed. The cost of groceries is now 5.2 percent higher than it was a year ago, and the price inflation over the latest four weeks is the highest since April 2012, according to the latest data. As a result, “more and more we’re going to see consumers and retailers take action to manage the growing cost of grocery baskets,” said Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insights at Kantar. Consumers are increasingly turning to cheaper products and supermarket own-brand labels, and more and more people…

Police today announced they are preparing to hand out an initial batch of 20 fines for Partygate – but Boris Johnson is unlikely to be among them. Scotland Yard said it is referring penalty notices to be issued to people who attended lockdown-busting Whitehall drinks – confirming it believes the law was broken in some instances. However, a statement made clear that the individuals will not be named, and also crucially ruled out saying which events they attended. The force is thought to be focusing on ‘clear-cut’ cases where people are not contesting allegations. The PM is said to have been at six…