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Ipswich Town news: Will Ipswich eclipse Sunderland's record spend?
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (519+ words) Ipswich Town's 2026-27 Premier League campaign gets under way on Saturday, with Sunderland the visitors to Portman Road. It has been a busy summer on and off the pitch for the Tractor Boys, with plenty of transfer activity following the arrival…...
Stoke City: George Hirst could be an unexpected 'coup"
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (244+ words) Stoke City are being heavily linked with Ipswich Town striker George Hirst and Tractor Boys fans feel it could be a coup for the Championship side. The Scotland international scored 11 goals in 42 games during Ipswich's promotion run last season, though…...
The man who vowed to stop 'inhumane treatment of climbing boys"
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (441+ words) A social reformer who relentlessly campaigned against the inhumane practice of using child chimney sweeps has been honoured with a blue plaque outside his former home. William Wood, who was born in 1782, was a successful wool merchant before becoming one…...
Watford: The Hornets' opening day win 'a real tonic"
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (515+ words) After ending last season so poorly, resulting in another head coach departure, and then a worryingly thin summer recruitment drive, it was heartwarming to watch Watford put in such a positive performance against Southampton. Before the match, expectations were as…...
Charlton Athletic: Opinion - Addicks evolving into proper Championship side
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (451+ words) This Charlton Athletic fan was pacing around his hotel room in Le Touquet, on France's northern coast, anxiously awaiting the outcome of our Championship opener against Derby County. The relief was palpable when I re-joined my wife and our West…...
Premier League competitiveness stats: More points for bottom-half sides but bottom two cut adrift
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (390+ words) Teams in the bottom half of the Premier League in 2025-26 finished with more points than they had in years, meaning that judging them simply by their position in the table is perhaps a little harsh. Everton may have been underwhelmed…...
Where will Sunderland finish in Premier League? Phil McNulty predicts
4+ hour, 17+ min ago (142+ words) What Sunderland and Regis le Bris achieved last season was close to miraculous, as they went from pretty much unanimous relegation tips to Europa League qualification. Can they produce a repeat performance? I'm not so sure, although keeping Granit Xhaka…...
AI will not solve cash crisis for UK councils, warn experts
23+ min ago (1642+ words) Councils across the UK are increasingly turning towards Artificial Intelligence (AI) as they try to fill a looming £4bn financial black hole. But local government experts say it is not the "silver bullet" to save a system from "the brink of…...
Do not give up says Wolverhampton apprentice who got zero GCSEs
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (306+ words) A customer services apprentice has urged people to not give up and "push yourself to get the job you want", after she left school without any GCSEs. "I left school with 'zero' GCSEs, but I didn't give up," Olivia Mackay…...
Northumberland A1 dualling PM comments spark new optimism
2+ hour ago (637+ words) Prime Minister Andy Burnham's comments on the A1 have sparked a wave of optimism that the case for dualling a stretch of the road could be reconsidered. Speaking on a visit to Newcastle on Wednesday, Burnham told the Local Democracy Reporting…...