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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/925e/live/560b7790-d6db-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg”] Carrick says it’s ‘crazy’ but he’s looking forward to Roma game Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Michael Carrick signed a two-year contract in the summer By Simon Stone Manchester United reporter Published 8 hours ago Michael Carrick accepts it might sound “crazy” but the beleaguered Manchester United boss says he is looking…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a7ce/live/259c6b00-d1e5-11f1-a701-fddedf244c16.png”] BBC Opponents in Iowa – Democrat Josh Turek and Republican Ashley Hinson Millions of Americans are about to decide the future of the Republican-controlled Congress in a midterm election that will have a significant impact on President Donald Trump’s final two years in office. All eyes are on a handful of Senate…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1386/live/e3326c40-d6a0-11f1-aabc-e9dc7201ad53.jpg”] Press Association Journalists “poisoned the well of justice” by prompting complainants to come forward and make criminal allegations against Russell Brand, jurors have heard. In his closing speech on Monday, Ian Winter KC, Brand’s defence barrister, said a Channel 4 documentary and stories in the Times and Sunday Times that made allegations…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ed63/live/34038c10-d6ad-11f1-ac90-f7afd947062e.jpg”] Barefoot Photographer Eysa the dog with one of the 8,000 plastic bottles collected in the Isles of Scilly More than two tonnes of litter has been picked up from the Isles of Scilly coastline in the past 18 months, according to a community group. Scilly Coastal Clean-up, which has been sorting marine…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f5e8/live/d1e71b30-d6b3-11f1-aacc-5b5f23abff4b.jpg”] Getty Images Work has started on a flood protection scheme for the Whitesands in Dumfries A council has said it is confident of its legal position after concerns were raised about land being used for a £68m flood protection scheme. Dumfries and Galloway Council (DGC) said it wanted to “set out the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/961f/live/c5b21d90-d476-11f1-9dda-1ba6fcc7d159.jpg”] BBC Storms Austen and Boelo brought down several trees already weakened by disease Our oldest trees are increasingly vulnerable to disease, extreme weather and the effects of climate change. The collapse of a 166-year-old copper beech in Bristol’s Victoria Square, which was already scheduled for removal, has raised questions about the future…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/31c7/live/152ec730-d6c3-11f1-93e1-3b657b665bcf.jpg”] ‘All this food is now useless’: Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack Dozens of supermarkets across sevenEuropean countries have been hit by a cyber-attack affecting their refrigerators and freezers. Around 40 Delhaize supermarkets in Belgium and Luxembourg were affected, while a smaller number of shops were hit in Sweden,…