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• EFL preview: Stakes are high in lunchtime football feast

  04-04-2025 09:22 via bbc.com
  BBC Sport takes a look at the key EFL talking points with five of the top six teams in the Championship in action at 12:30 BST on Saturday.
  
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• Wade's Wigan move 'due to changing Premiership'

  22-04-2025 18:49 via bbc.com
  
  Christian Wade says his upcoming cross-code move from Gloucester to Wigan Warriors is a product of how much the Premiership is changing.
  
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• Van driver admits causing girl's death in crash

  22-04-2025 17:51 via bbc.com
  
  Rawal Rehman took "at least 20 lines of cocaine" in the hours before he hit Louisa Palmisano.
  
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• One-Day Cup games launch new era of women's domestic cricket

  22-04-2025 17:02 via bbc.com
  
  Tier 1 county sides will begin their One-Day Cup campaign on Wednesday as a new era dawns for women's domestic cricket.
  
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• Lancashire duo Threlkeld and Morris sign new deals

  22-04-2025 16:19 via bbc.com
  
  Captain Ellie Threlkeld and all-rounder Fi Morris sign extensions until the end of the 2026 season with Lancashire.
  
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• Bolton fans owed apology for poor season - Forino

  22-04-2025 15:44 via bbc.com
  
  Bolton Wanderers defender Chris Forino says the club's fans deserve an apology after their League One play-off hopes are all but ended.
  
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• Irish team's football found 80 miles away on Welsh beach

  22-04-2025 15:35 via bbc.com
  
  An Anglesey family were surprised to find a ball washed up on their local beach belonged to a youth football team 80 miles away in Dublin.
  
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• Lingard 'knew nothing of claims against grandad'

  22-04-2025 15:28 via bbc.com
  
  Jesse Lingard told the court he had not been aware of any allegations about his grandfather.
  
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• Teenager lost half a testicle after officer kneed him

  22-04-2025 14:44 via bbc.com
  
  The incident took place when Harley Murphy was arrested outside the Cube night club.
  
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• 'My care staff helped me come out as transgender'

  22-04-2025 14:03 via bbc.com
  
  A transgender woman says staff at her supported home have accepted her for who she is.
  
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• Officer hurt in crash with suspected stolen car

  22-04-2025 12:54 via bbc.com
  
  A man is arrested on suspicion of drink and drug driving after the officer was hit in Manchester.
  
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• Man Utd interested in Wolves striker Cunha

  22-04-2025 11:53 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester United are said to be keen on signing Wolves and Brazil striker Matheus Cunha this summer.
  
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• Hospital roadworks set to cause 'significant disruption'

  22-04-2025 11:24 via bbc.com
  
  The roadworks near Ysbyty Gwynedd are expected to last for 10 weeks.
  
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• Station to reopen after first phase of £10m revamp

  22-04-2025 07:05 via bbc.com
  The reopening was postponed as Northern had to carry out final safety checks, transport bosses say.
  
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• Market hall media hub 'will be like Guggenheim'

  22-04-2025 07:04 via bbc.com
  Developers claim "people will just hang around" the Deansgate development when it opens in June.
  
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• Peter Hickman targets Superbike glory at North West 200 - Belfast Telegraph

  22-04-2025 07:00 via news.google.com
  Peter Hickman targets Superbike glory at North West 200  Belfast Telegraph
  
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• When Pope Francis received a signed Man Utd shirt

  21-04-2025 18:56 via bbc.com
  The Greater Manchester Mayor presented the pontiff with the shirt during a Vatican visit in 2023.
  
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• Reviving the lost tradition of egg clapping

  21-04-2025 15:25 via bbc.com
  Children visit neighbours with a wooden clapper, recite a rhyme and ask for eggs they can take home.
  
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• Villa game like a final for Man City - Guardiola

  21-04-2025 14:31 via bbc.com
  Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says the game against Aston Villa is like a final, with Champions League qualification on the line.
  
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• 'Warm' Pope's passion for football remembered

  21-04-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  Father Marc Lyden-Smith says Francis brought Sunderland victory after holding the team jersey.
  
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• Pope Francis 'was kind and dedicated to us all'

  21-04-2025 13:14 via bbc.com
  Churches across the North West have shared their thoughts and prayers after the death of the Pope.
  
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• Prison staff to demand electric stun guns in jails

  21-04-2025 09:18 via bbc.com
  The Prison Officers' Association will demand staff are given stun guns in the most dangerous jails during a meeting with the justice secretary.
  
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• Who was John Mansfield who senselessly murdered his neighbour?

  21-04-2025 08:19 via bbc.com
  John Mansfield was the same age as the woman he killed 19 years earlier when he died in prison on Sunday.
  
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• Gatwick worst for delays among UK airports

  21-04-2025 07:57 via bbc.com
  Departures from Gatwick Airport were an average of more than 23 minutes behind schedule in 2024.
  
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• 'If we don't score, nothing matters' - 'damaged' Hojlund 'not ready'

  21-04-2025 00:59 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester United's worst ever Premier League season hits another low as they fail to score in defeat by Wolves at Old Trafford.
  
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• Ahmed and Handscomb tighten Foxes' grip against Lancs

  20-04-2025 20:16 via bbc.com
  
  Rehan Ahmed and Peter Handscomb both make centuries as Leicestershire tighten their grip on the County Championship match against Lancashire.
  
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• Man City's Hemp 'will be in squad' to face Leicester

  20-04-2025 17:36 via bbc.com
  
  Forward Lauren Hemp "will be in the squad" for Manchester City's next game against Leicester after five months out with a knee injury, says interim boss Nick Cushing.
  
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• 'Wales has some of the best football grounds'

  20-04-2025 16:53 via bbc.com
  
  Mike Bayly, 50, an amateur photographer, explores lesser-known grounds and their local communities.
  
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• MP helps police crush illegal bikes

  20-04-2025 15:21 via bbc.com
  The vehicles were seized after being used for crime and antisocial behaviour across Manchester.
  
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• De Bruyne 'bit surprised' by no Man City contract offer

  20-04-2025 15:08 via bbc.com
  
  Departing Manchester City captain Kevin de Bruyne says he was surprised not to be offered a new contract by the club.
  
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