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A win at Everton, a clean sheet and a feeling of control: Chelsea’s rivals should take note
It was the kind of result and performance Chelsea needed; one that will make their rivals sit up and take notice. Chelsea rarely enjoy a trip to Everton. One win and two goals in their previous nine league meetings will tell you that. For Chelsea to come away with a rare clean sheet — their first in 23 Premier League fixtures — and a 2-0 victory is exactly the confidence boost this group needed.
Everton 0 Chelsea 2: Alonso delivers statement display but Martinez injury overshadows win
This was a day of contrasting emotions for Chelsea. On the one hand, this was a statement win for head coach Xabi Alonso, whose team shook off the defensive flakiness which has blighted their Premier League season to date to bring Everton’s unbeaten start to an end courtesy of Pedro Neto’s brace.
Chelsea need to toughen up, starting with Everton away
What does it take for a team to be tough to beat? Having the funds to build a talented squad helps. You need a good manager to organise the players and being strong is certainly an asset. You would have to put character and refusal to accept defeat in there, too. It has felt like a long time since Chelsea ticked all of those boxes. Certainly when it comes to playing with a ‘mean streak’, they have been found wanting on too many occasions in the post-Roman Abramovich era.
Burnham rules out second Scottish independence referendum Original
Andy Burnham has ruled out a second Scottish independence referendum, The Telegraph understands. The Prime Minister said his view on the Union would not change and he wanted to "move on" from the debate about an independent Scotland. Asked whether he was "categorically ruling out" for the duration of his premiership a second referendum – often referred to as Indyref2 – Mr Burnham said he believed in "all forms of unions".
Chelsea captain Reece James undergoes surgery for knee injury
Chelsea captain Reece James has undergone knee surgery after suffering an injury in training. The 26-year-old had been omitted from the matchday squad to face Bournemouth after feeling discomfort in his knee in training at Cobham last Friday. On Saturday, after his side’s 5-1 win, head coach Xabi Alonso said James would be monitored “week by week”.
Badenoch challenges Burnham to rule out Scottish referendum Original
Kemi Badenoch has challenged Andy Burnham to rule out a Scottish independence referendum during his premiership. The Tory leader said the Prime Minister risked breaking up the United Kingdom by reopening the Brexit debate, which played "into the hands" of the SNP. She also accused the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin of being Russia's and Iran's "useful idiots" after they signed a pact to work together to break up the UK.
How Shakhtar Donetsk made Stamford Bridge home: ‘We brought smiles to children under attack’
It is midday on Saturday in Ukraine and 12 vehicles transporting more than 100 Shakhtar Donetsk personnel are setting off for a home game. What makes this unusual? The home fixture is not for another four days. And it is taking place more than 1,000 miles from Shakhtar’s Lviv training base, at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium in London. Then again, Shakhtar have not been operating in a usual situation for some time.
Burnham has made case for independence vote undeniable
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Swinney: Burnham making case for independence vote undeniable Original
Andy Burnham's decision to reopen the Brexit debate has made the case for a second independence referendum for Scotland "undeniable", John Swinney has said. The Prime Minister told MPs this week it would be a "dereliction of duty" not to discuss ever closer ties with the European Union (EU), opening the door to rejoining the EU in Labour's next election manifesto.
Petr Cech and the skull fracture that changed football, 20 years on
Petr Cech has no memory of the incident that nearly cost him his life. The last thing he can recall of Chelsea’s visit to the Madejski Stadium to face Reading 20 years ago, on October 14, 2006, is switching ends after the pre-match coin toss. Video footage fills in the blank of the 17 seconds that immediately followed the home side’s kick-off: Steve Sidwell passed to Nicky Shorey, who moved the ball back to goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann.
Hall, Woodford win Nobel prize for work on how to stabilize economies
U S academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world to stabilize economies. "With them, we are better equipped to deal with shocks in the economy, such as energy crises or sudden changes in how much households consume," John Hassler, Chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences, said in a statement.
Hall, Woodford win Nobel prize for work on how to stabilize economies
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Americans Hall, Woodford win Nobel prize for work on stabilizing economies
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM — US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world to stabilize economies.
Nobel economics prize honors Hall and Woodford’s central bank models
The Blueprint Two U.S. economists win the 2026 economics Nobel: Robert Hall, 83, of Stanford University, and Michael Woodford, 70, of Columbia University, were recognized for work developing economic models used by central banks and finance ministries. Their research informs monetary policy: The economists’ work helped establish concepts including forward guidance on future interest rates, sticky inflation and the output gap, which policymakers use to assess economic conditions.
Hall, Woodford win Nobel prize for work on how to stabilise economies
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world to stabilise economies.
Hall, Woodford win Nobel prize for work on how to stabilise economies
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world to stabilise economies.
Americans Hall, Woodford win Nobel prize for work on stabilising economies
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world to stabilise economies.
Americans Hall, Woodford win Nobel prize for work on stabilising economies
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world to stabilise economies.
Hall, Woodford win Nobel prize for work on how to stabilise economies
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 (Reuters) - US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world to stabilise economies.
Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo ready to play Bournemouth after injury layoff, says Xabi Alonso
Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo has recovered from injury and is ready to face Bournemouth on Saturday, Xabi Alonso has confirmed. Caicedo has played just 14 minutes for Chelsea this term due to a calf problem initially sustained in pre-season and then damaged again during a substitute appearance against Brighton & Hove Albion on August 30.
Migrant MSP ‘not going anywhere’ after having visa extended
Q Manivannan’s visa will not cover a full parliamentary term, which the Tories have called an ‘electoral con’ - Getty Images/Jeff J Mitchell A transgender immigrant who was controversially elected to the Scottish Parliament has declared “I’m not going anywhere” after receiving a visa to stay longer in the UK. Indian-born Q Manivannan, who identifies as non-binary, was elected as a Green MSP in May’s Holyrood election despite not having a permanent visa.
Genre-defying Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Genre-defying Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson, whose work often blends verse, prose, dialogue and translation in a genre-defying mix, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for what the Swedish Academy called her "bold and inventive oeuvre". "Crazy, I think they're all crazy," Carson told Icelandic broadcaster RUV when asked how she was feeling after learning she had won while on the Arctic island.
Genre-defying Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson, whose work often blends verse, prose, dialogue and translation in a genre-defying mix, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for what the Swedish Academy called her "bold and inventive oeuvre". "Crazy, I think they're all crazy," Carson told Icelandic broadcaster RUV when asked how she was feeling after learning she had won while on the Arctic island.
Genre-defying Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature", the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. "She was very taken by surprise," said Ingrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the academy, which awards the prize worth 12 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million).
Genre-defying Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature", the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. "She was very taken by surprise," said Ingrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the academy, which awards the prize worth 12 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million).
Genre-defying Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature", the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. "She was very taken by surprise," said Ingrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the academy, which awards the prize worth 12 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million).
Canadian writer Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
Oct. 8, 2026, 7:13 a.m. ET STOCKHOLM - Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature," the award-giving body said on Thursday. The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 12 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million).
Genre-defying Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
A bust of Alfred Nobel at the Swedish Academy, where the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature is announced, in Stockholm, Sweden October 8, 2026. REUTERS/ Tom Little STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature", the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.
Nobel chemistry prize goes to pair who solved mystery of 'mirror image' molecules
Marie Mannes, Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander By Marie Mannes, Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for solving a long-standing riddle of asymmetric "mirror image" molecules, a discovery hugely important for pharmaceutical manufacturing. Soai, 76, is Japanese, and Kagan, 95, is French, and their work built on a discovery by the 19th-century French chemist Louis Pasteur.
Nobel chemistry prize goes to pair who solved mystery of 'mirror image' molecules
By Marie Mannes, Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a long-standing riddle of asymmetric "mirror image" molecules, a discovery hugely important for pharmaceutical manufacturing, the award-giving body said on Wednesday. Soai, 76, is Japanese, and Kagan, 95, is French, and their work built on a discovery by the 19th-century French chemist Louis Pasteur.
Nobel chemistry prize goes to pair who solved mystery of mirror image molecules
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Suécia prepara caças Gripen para atacar alvos na Rússia em caso de conflito
A Suécia enviará sistemas de defesa antimísseis Patriot para o leste da Polônia para ajudar a proteger um centro logístico da Otan que abastece a Ucrânia com armas, anunciou nesta terça-feira (6) o primeiro-ministro sueco, Ulf Kristersson. A operação começará em dezembro e substituirá o apoio atualmente fornecido pelos Países Baixos. Segundo o governo sueco, cerca de 100 militares da unidade de defesa aérea de Halmstad serão enviados para a missão.
Francis Halzen wins Nobel Physics Prize for Antarctic 'ghost particle' hunt
By Niklas Pollard, Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work creating an observatory to detect some of the universe's most elusive particles - high-energy neutrinos - and trying to establish how they are made. kAmw2=K6?[ ga[ C62=:D65 E92E :46 2E E96 $@FE9 !@=6 4@F=5 36 FD65 E@ EC24< ?6FEC:?@D[ D@>6E:>6D <?@H?
Francis Halzen wins Nobel physics prize for Antarctic 'ghost particle' hunt
By Niklas Pollard, Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work creating an observatory to detect some of the universe's most elusive particles - high-energy neutrinos - and trying to establish how they are made.
Swedish opposition leader gets second chance to form government
By Simon Johnson and Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Sweden's parliament speaker on Friday asked Magdalena Andersson, the leader of the Social Democrats, to again try to form a new government, despite her saying on Monday she was unable to secure enough backing to do so.
Swedish opposition leader gets second chance to form government
FILE PHOTO: Swedish Social Democratic Party Magdalena Andersson claps on stage as the general election's voting results are released in Stockholm, Sweden, September 13, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo/File Photo STOCKHOLM, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Sweden's parliament speaker on Friday asked Magdalena Andersson, the leader of the Social Democrats, to again try to form a new government, despite her saying on Monday she was unable to secure enough backing to do so.
Sturgeon’s husband loses legal aid after Telegraph reveals villa sale Original
Peter Murrell has had his legal aid withdrawn after The Telegraph disclosed that he had sold his Portuguese villa. The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) confirmed that Murrell, who was jailed for embezzling £400,000 from the SNP, was "no longer in receipt" of the handout for his legal bills. In a statement, the agency refused to confirm why legal aid was withdrawn, saying that data protection legislation "strictly limits" what it can make public.
Sturgeon’s husband loses legal aid after Telegraph reveals villa sale
Peter Murrell was jailed for embezzling £400,000 from the SNP - BBC Peter Murrell has had his legal aid withdrawn after The Telegraph disclosed that he had sold his Portuguese villa. The Scottish Legal Aid Board confirmed that Murrell, who was jailed for embezzling £400,000 from the SNP, was “no longer in receipt” of the handout for his legal bills.
Nursing union told members to treat children in self-identified gender
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Nursing union told members to treat children in self-identified gender
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) advised its members to treat children in line with their self-identified gender even if they claimed to be eunuchs, an employment tribunal involving Sandie Peggie has heard. Norman Provan, the trade union's associate director of employment relations in Scotland, admitted that its guidance to nurses on how to treat transgender patients could be "taken" that way.
Nursing union told members to treat children in self-identified gender
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) advised its members to treat children in line with their self-identified gender even if they claimed to be eunuchs, an employment tribunal involving Sandie Peggie has heard. Norman Provan, the trade union’s associate director of employment relations in Scotland, admitted that its guidance to nurses on how to treat transgender patients could be “taken” that way.
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