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• People thought Donald Trump was playing keep-away with someone's hat, but an alternative angle tells a different story

  17-04-2017 22:49
  
  Trump tossed the hat in the air, but where did it land?
  
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• SWIFT warns on vendor security after documents leaked by hackers

  17-04-2017 22:44
  
  SWIFT, the global bank messaging system, on Monday advised clients to pay close attention to security when selecting firms to help them access the network following the release of data that suggested the U.S. government sought to spy on their clients."Customers should pay close attention (to) their own security and take security into consideration when selecting a service bureau and working with other third-party providers,” SWIFT, also known as the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financia
  
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• Victim reveals acid injuries after attack at London bar Mangle E8

  17-04-2017 22:34
  Ex-Premier League footballer Jamie O'Hara condemned the "sick" attack as he tweeted a picture of his relative Sadie Wright's face, showing a number of burn marks.The images, which were retweeted by Ms Wright, came to light after at least 12 people suffered burns at the Mangle E8 nightclub in Dalston, east London.Police believe the "noxious substance" was sprayed directly into the faces of the two men after an argument broke out in the early hours of Monday.
  
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• Prince Harry offers a rare and compelling insight into his grief

  17-04-2017 21:28
  Prince Harry likes to talk.Which is why the interview about something as personal his own mental health, and his admission that even a Prince can have issues, is so fascinating.It gives us a fresh insight into those years when our 'Party Prince' was regularly in the papers, a time when some believed he was going off the rails.
  
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• Harry: Sometimes you need to talk to a stranger

  17-04-2017 20:15
  
  Prince Harry has admitted he had counselling after going off the rails in his 20s, years after the death of his mother.
  
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• Boy, 12, held after man bludgeoned with metal bars in Manchester street

  17-04-2017 19:48
  A 12-year-old boy is among six people arrested after a man was beaten unconscious with metal bars and left with "potentially fatal" injuries.Several attackers bludgeoned the 29-year-old victim on Chinley Avenue in Moston, Manchester, police said.Detective chief inspector Andrew Cunliffe said: "This is a serious attack which has left a man with potentially fatal or life-changing injuries.
  
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• Jamaican woman, 117, is oldest person on Earth

  17-04-2017 19:13
  
  Violet Brown was congratulated by Jamaica’s prime minister.A Jamaican woman born 117 years ago has become the oldest person in the world after the death of Emma Morano, the Italian woman who was previously the oldest human being on the planet when she died at 117 on Saturday.Morano, who was thought to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, was also one of the five oldest people in recorded history.
  
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• The mental health benefits of boxing

  17-04-2017 19:12
  
  Boxing was a lifeline for Prince Harry as he suffered “total chaos” in dealing with the death of his mother Princess Diana.If it takes a prince to alert the nation to the safety-valve powers of boxing in coping with mental stress – as Prince Harry has done this week – Frank Bruno, who has rubbed shoulders with royalty and struggled with mental health issues, will surely lead the applause.The former world heavyweight champion, now 55, has been sectioned three times since h
  
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• Chelsea captain John Terry to leave club at end of season

  17-04-2017 19:10
  Chelsea captain John Terry will leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season, the Premier League leaders have announced.The 36-year-old defender has been a key figure for the club since his debut in 1998, but has been restricted to just five league appearances under Antonio Conte this season.In a statement, Terry said he would make a decision on his future "in due course" but is "eager" to continue his playing career.
  
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• Cuts and Brexit add to pressure on the NHS | Letters

  17-04-2017 19:06
  
  NHS junior doctors. ‘The UK has fewer doctors per person than other leading European economies,’ writes Dr Michael Maier.It appears Jeremy Hunt has been the best recruiter for the Australian and New Zealand medical services.An underfunded NHS, a new contract imposed on the junior medical workforce, increased tuition fees at medical schools and subsequent debt have, together with Brexit, produced a perfect storm of unhappiness and uncertainty about the future in the NHS and in the cou
  
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• Theresa May needs a Clement Attlee | Letters

  17-04-2017 19:03
  
  As well as shuffling people (Theresa May must now build the cabinet she really wants, 14 April) the prime minister should also consider whether the structure of her government is fit for a successful Brexit negotiation: our country’s biggest challenge since the second world war.When Neville Chamberlain declared war in 1939 he saw its conduct as being fitted into the existing cabinet committee structure.When Winston Churchill took over, he made winning the war the supreme purpose of the gov
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon to facing TORY BOYCOTT – MSPs vow to DERAIL independence bid

  17-04-2017 18:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CONSERVATIVE MSPs could stage a Holyrood walkout if Nicola Sturgeon presses ahead with legislation on another independence referendum.
  
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• Google to open up Android to rivals in out-of-court deal with Russia

  17-04-2017 18:22
  Alphabet Inc's Google will open up its popular Android mobile operating system to rival search engines in Russia as part of a deal to settle a two-year dispute with Russian competition authorities.Russia's competition watchdog, FAS, ruled in 2015 that Google was breaking the law by requiring the pre-installation of applications, including its own search tool, on mobile devices using Android, following a complaint by Russia's Yandex.
  
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• Care homes charging for rooms after residents die, watchdog finds

  17-04-2017 17:42
  
  Many care homes charge the relatives of a resident for a week after they have died so there is time to clear their belongings.Care homes are charging families for weeks after the death of an elderly relative in some instances, prompting a string of complaints to the competition watchdog that is investigating the sector.The Competition and Markets Authority has received complaints about families being charged for sums that can amount to thousands of pounds to cover for the time it can take before
  
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• Brexit Britain fights for banking and medicines agencies as EU gloats 'YOU'VE LOST THEM'

  17-04-2017 17:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN will not give up the two European Union agencies based in London without a fight despite the claims by EU officials saying they would definitely moved.
  
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• Bluewater shopping centre brawl as 'paedophile hunters' confront man in Kent

  17-04-2017 16:54
  A brawl broke out at a Kent shopping centre after a group of self-styled "paedophile hunters" confronted a man suspected of grooming a 14-year-old girl.In a video streamed live on their Facebook page, the group is seen approaching a 29-year-old man at the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Greenhithe.As the confrontation continues, a younger man in a red shirt attack the man accused of grooming the girl, kicking him in the head and punching him while Bluewater security guards try to break up the fight
  
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• Brawl at shopping centre after paedophile hunters confront suspect live on Facebook

  17-04-2017 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VIOLENT scenes broke out at a shopping centre after a man was confronted by a vigilante paedophile hunter group.
  
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• 'It can't be much worse than licking a battery.' What it's like to have ECT

  17-04-2017 16:40
  
  Before the ECT, they showed me the equipment and said: “The amount of electricity we are putting through your brain is enough to light a lightbulb for a second.” I was thinking: “How is that going to do anything?
  
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• 'Acidic substance' sprayed in Dalston bar Mangle E8 burns clubbers

  17-04-2017 16:40
  At least 12 people suffered burns after a "strong acidic substance" was sprayed in a bar in east London.Two of the injured are in a serious but stable condition in hospital.Police believe the "noxious substance" was sprayed directly into the faces of the two men after an argument broke out in Mangle E8 in Dalston in the early hours of Monday.
  
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• Women prefer knitting or reading a book to having sex, says survey

  17-04-2017 16:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SURVEY of 1,000 women has found that the majority prefer reading a book or knitting to having SEX.
  
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• Woman falls from third floor flat by busy Tufnell Park causing 'life changing injuries'

  17-04-2017 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A WOMAN has suffered “life-changing” injuries after she fell from a window in a block of flats in Tufnell Park, north London.
  
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• Prince Harry grief revelations draw praise from mental health experts

  17-04-2017 16:24
  
  Mental health experts have praised Prince Harry for revealing that he sought counselling after 20 years of bottling up his grief over his mother’s death.Sir Simon Wessely, the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said the prince had achieved more in terms of communicating mental health issues in a 25-minute interview than he had in a 25-year career.Wessely said grief – “though raw, painful and uncomfortable” – should not be viewed as a mental health prob
  
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• EU migrant workers could be offered 'barista visas' like Commonwealth nations after Brexit

  17-04-2017 16:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EUROPEAN Union migrants will be allowed to work in Britain's hospitality industry after Brexit under new 'barista visa' plans being considered by Home Secretary Amber Rudd.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn critic says he is victim of Labour smear campaign

  17-04-2017 16:20
  
  Neil Coyle, the MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, says he refuses to be intimidated.A Labour MP strongly critical of Jeremy Corbyn has said he has been the victim of a smear campaign after it emerged that his conduct had left him facing potential disciplinary action.Neil Coyle is being investigated by the party’s chief whip, Nick Brown, over a series of complaints about him allegedly being abusive to members of Labour party staff.
  
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• Husband pays tribute to ‘absolute angel’ of a murdered wife

  17-04-2017 16:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A GRIEF-stricken husband paid tribute to his “absolute angel” of a wife after she and their son were stabbed to death at their home.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon ordered to DELAY referendum and told she may NEVER re-join EU

  17-04-2017 15:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon has been warned to delay her independence pipe dream because as it stands the Scottish population simply do not know enough to make an informed decision.
  
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• Labour MP accused of harassment after emailing Corbyn

  17-04-2017 14:50
  
  Labour MP Neil Coyle has said he was accused of harassment after emailing Jeremy Corbyn about policy issues and communication.
  
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• Labour MP Neil Coyle slams 'absurd' complaint from Jeremy Corbyn's office

  17-04-2017 14:44
  A Labour MP has hit out after a "pathetic and absurd" complaint was made about him to party officials by Jeremy Corbyn's office.Neil Coyle wrote to the leader to raise concerns about the lack of briefings for MPs on Brexit and growing criticism of Labour's slow response in reacting to major news stories.Mr Coyle told Sky News: "I'd much rather be spending my time attacking the Tory record on policing and education, my constituency faces some of the worst cuts in the country, so I'd much rather b
  
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• UK says no decision taken yet on location of EU agencies post-Brexit

  17-04-2017 14:01
  
  The future location of the two European Union agencies based in London will be a matter for Brexit negotiations, the British government's Brexit department said on Monday, but EU officials said there was no doubt they would be moved.London is home to both the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA), and last month the EU's draft plan for negotiations said arrangements should be made to transfer them to a state staying in the EU.
  
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• UK planning scrappage scheme for diesel cars - report

  17-04-2017 13:34
  
  British Prime Minister Theresa May has asked officials to develop plans for a scrappage scheme for diesel cars as part of proposals to improve air quality, the Financial Times reported on Monday.The government is due to announce by April 24 plans to comply with European Union legislation to improve air quality and meet nitrogen dioxide limits following a ruling by the High Court late last year.Public and political concern about air quality has been heightened since the Volkswagenemissions scanda
  
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• Sir Michael: Why I voted for Brexit

  17-04-2017 13:20
  
  Sir Michael Caine explains why he believed Britain would be better off outside the European Union.
  
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• Brexit 'barista visas' plan could allow workers two years in UK

  17-04-2017 13:10
  The Home Office is looking at plans for "barista visas" to ensure coffee shops and pubs are fully staffed after Brexit.Young European citizens would be able to come to the UK to work in the hospitality industry for two years under the plans.The British Hospitality industry has warned that the shortage of British workers in hotels and restaurants is so severe that many will go bust without a steady stream of migrants.
  
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• Bid to prosecute Tony Blair over Iraq War 'to be blocked by Government'

  17-04-2017 12:47
  An attempt to prosecute Tony Blair over the Iraq War is to be blocked by Britain's top law officer, it has been claimed.Attorney General Jeremy Wright, who is a Cabinet minister, is reported to have formally asked to join the hearing and for the bid to prosecute Mr Blair and his senior ministers to be thrown out.The private prosecution, based on last year's Chilcot Inquiry report, is being brought by a former chief of staff of the Iraqi Army, General Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat.
  
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• Man held on suspicion of murdering 18-year-old in Nottingham

  17-04-2017 12:32
  
  Matthew Rothery, 18, who died following a serious assault in Nottingham on Good Friday.A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an 18-year-old who was stabbed to death in Nottingham on Good Friday.Matthew Rothery, whose identity was confirmed by Nottinghamshire police on Sunday, was found stabbed at a property on Woodborough Road in the city’s Mapperley Park area just before 1am on Friday.
  
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• Supermarket giant Tesco 'in line for £105m business rates cut'

  17-04-2017 12:14
  
  Supermarket giant Tesco is in line for a £105m cut in business rates on its biggest stores, while small firms are set to be hit with hikes.The revelation comes days after the company reported profits of over £1bn and as Communities Secretary Sajid Javid prepares to be questioned by MPs over the controversial tax.New figures from business rates specialists CVS, seen by the Press Association, show that the Government's revaluation will see Tesco's bill for its largest stores in England
  
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• County cricket: Hampshire v Middlesex, Surrey v Lancashire and more – live!

  17-04-2017 12:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from around the grounds as the matches draw to a closeRoundup: Cook’s return powers Essex past SomersetEmail your thoughts to Will here. And tweet him too @willis_macp 11.06am BSTMorning Will and everybody ... have decided to pay an unexpected visit to Edgbaston to watch the final rights of Warwickshire v Yorkshire and perhaps grab a few folks after play for a chinwag. The lights are on but, unsurprisingly, nobody’s home in terms of a crowd. Ben Coad - the Enigma Coad as far
  
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• The war on drugs is racist. Donald Trump is embracing it with open arms | Steven W Thrasher

  17-04-2017 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Drugs have long been used to scapegoat black and Latino people. With Jeff Sessions doing Trump’s bidding as Attorney General, things will only get worseWhen I first read the Washington Post story that Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III wants to “bring back” the War on Drugs I thought to myself: bring back? Where did it go? Is General Sessions himself on drugs? Because, despite a few modest reforms, somebody would have to be high to think the War on Drugs has rea
  
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• El Paso: the border city grappling with the ramifications of Trump's proposals

  17-04-2017 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As the president threatens a ‘border adjustment tax’, Beto O’Rourke has set his sights on Ted Cruz’s Senate seat with a defense of free trade is typical of El Pasoans, who describe Trump’s anti-Mexican rhetoric as ‘deeply personal’The Star-Spangled Banner is the Mount Everest of national anthems – many attempt it, but few ever hit its peak. In a school theater on the hot and dusty outskirts of El Paso, Texas, high school student Gisselle Castaneda
  
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• Teenage girl attacked by shark while surfing in Western Australia

  17-04-2017 11:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Seventeen-year-old in critical condition after being mauled at Kelp Beds, near Wylie Bay in Esperance A 17-year-old girl has been attacked by a shark in Western Australia’s south.Monday’s attack happened at Kelp Beds, near Wylie Bay in Esperance just before 4pm, police said. Continue reading...
  
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• Former South Korean president facing possible life sentence

  17-04-2017 11:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Trial of Park Geun-hye to start within weeks after she was formally indicted on multiple charges of corruptionSouth Korean prosecutors have formally charged Park Geun-hye over high-profile corruption allegations that could potentially send the former president to jail for life.The indictment covers multiple charges, including abuse of power, extortion, bribery and leaking state secrets. Continue reading...
  
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• Prince Harry is winning a lot of support after opening up about grief counselling

  17-04-2017 11:29
  
  The Prince has been hailed as an “inspiration to us all”.
  
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• Suspected noxious chemical burns at least 12 people in London club

  17-04-2017 11:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Hazardous area response team seals off roads in Dalston and Hackney with hundreds of partygoers evacuated after incident early on MondayAt least 12 people have suffered burns as a result of a suspected noxious substance in a London nightclub packed with hundreds of bank holiday revellers.It is understood that the incident at the Mangle E8 nightclub near Dalston, east London, early on Monday prompted the evacuation of the venue where about 600 people had been at an event. About 200 had left the p
  
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• 'Acidic substance' thrown at Dalston bar Mangle E8 burns clubbers

  17-04-2017 11:13
  At least 12 people suffered burns after a "strong acidic substance" was reportedly thrown in a bar in east London.Emergency services, including a hazardous response team, were called to Mangle E8 in Dalston at around 1.10am on Monday."My manager told me that around one o'clock they heard somebody saying that someone was attacked with liquid acid and there was a girl who had half her arm and her face burnt," Nima Navazande said after taking over for the morning shift at the Martello Hall bar.
  
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• Rules Don’t Apply: Howard Hughes is the enigma Hollywood still obsesses over

  17-04-2017 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Warren Beatty performs the latest resurrection of the eccentric movie mogul, following Tommy Lee Jones and Leonardo DiCaprio. But who played him best?Related: Rules Don't Apply review – Warren Beatty as Howard Hughes: a strangely compelling vanity project For all the talk of foot-long fingernails, shower-avoidance, Kleenex boxes for shoes, the multiple viewings of Ice Station Zebra, his decades-long addiction to painkillers and a Citizen Kane-sized persona, Howard Hughes did manage ea
  
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• Rugby union: talking points from the weekend’s Premiership action

  17-04-2017 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Alex Lozowski stakes further England claim, Ben Te’o gives reminder to Lions and Eddie Jones is busy casting his eye over options for tour of Argentina Related: Alex Lozowski sparks Saracens revival to defeat dominant NorthamptonContinue reading...
  
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• Prince Harry sought counselling more than a decade after mother's death

  17-04-2017 10:59
  
  Britain's Prince Harry sought counselling in his late twenties to help deal with the grief of losing his mother more than a decade earlier, he told the Telegraph newspaper.Harry, whose mother Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 when he was just 12, said he had come "very close to a complete breakdown" on several occasions after shutting down his emotions, impacting both his work and his personal life."So from an emotional side, I was like 'right, don't ever let your emotions be part of an
  
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• Elinor Barker gold cannot mask GB's weak display at World Championships

  17-04-2017 10:59 via theguardian.com
  
  • Barker wins third medal of championships after two silvers
  • Great Britain team under par in sprint and team pursuit eventsWhat with inquiries, allegations, leaks, Jiffy bags and a sense of crisis after crisis, the months after Rio have not been a typical post‑Olympic period for British Cycling, and the world championships during the past week were not typical fare either, in spite of a haul of five medals. These included a gold for Elinor Barker on Sunday in the points race, t
  
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• Snapchat denies claim CEO did not want to expand into 'poor India'

  17-04-2017 10:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Former employee has alleged in lawsuit Evan Spiegel said the app was ‘only for rich people’ sparking a backlash among Indians Snapchat is facing a public relations crisis in India, the world’s fastest growing smartphone market, after allegations its founder said the app was “only for rich people” and that he did not want to “expand into poor countries like India”.The remarks, allegedly made by Evan Spiegel in a 2015 meeting, are contained in a recently u
  
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• Facebook video killing: shooting footage sparks US hunt for suspect

  17-04-2017 10:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Cleveland police search for Steve Stephens who they say posted videos on Sunday which include claims of other killingsPolice in the US are searching for a suspect who they said posted footage on Facebook of himself killing a man. In a separate video he claimed to have killed more than a dozen others.The Cleveland division of police said on Sunday it was looking for Steve Stephens in connection with the shooting of 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr in the city’s Glenville neighbourhood. Police s
  
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• Football transfer rumours: Youri Tielemans to Chelsea or Manchester United?

  17-04-2017 10:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Today’s tell-all is in a chocolate egg-induced stuporHaving beaten Chelsea on the pitch yesterday, Manchester United hope to further frustrate the Premier League leaders in the race to prise Youri Tielemans away from Anderlecht. According to the Express, the 19-year-old midfielder, who already captains the Belgian club despite his young age, was scouted by Chelsea as Anderlecht drew with Manchester United in the Europa League last week. United, Inter, Juventus, Monaco and Paris Saint-Germa
  
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