The Los Angeles Chargers bolted up and returned to the playoffs behind Jim Harbaugh and reignited star power. They added additional help via the offseason to fuel another run. But they feature three underrated sleepers. All of whom look prime for a breakout 2025 NFL season. Justin Herbert gained new help via Najee Harris and […]
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Green Bay Packers receiver Christian Watson suffered a torn ACL in the final week of the 2024 regular season, putting his 2025 availability in jeopardy. It is still early in the offseason, but head coach Matt LaFleur does not expect the veteran receiver to return any earlier than his initial projected timeline. After the team’s […]
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The Oklahoma City Thunder have been stockpiling draft picks for years. Their unprecedented rebuilding efforts have led to them constructing arguably the best roster in the NBA. The Thunder led the league with 68 wins in 2024-25, and they are currently playing in the NBA Finals. The team is well set up for the future, […]
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The Indiana Pacers have been the underdog in every series so far in the NBA playoffs. Even with a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder are favored to win Game 4 by almost six points. Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle confirmed that he is using the odds to motivate his team. […]
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New Orleans Saints wideout Chris Olave gave an encouraging statement on his future with the franchise despite the trade rumors. The Saints have had a hectic offseason as they enter a new era. Kellen Moore is coming in as a first-time head coach, and Derek Carr has officially retired, meaning that second-round rookie quarterback Tyler […]
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HOUSEHOLDS face council tax hikes and £10billion in stealth levies as Rachel Reeves gets boxed into a corner by the shrinking economy, experts warn.
The Chancellor, who wore protective goggles during a visit to the University of Derby yesterday, learned growth fell 0.3 per cent in April — less than 24 hours after her £113billion spending review splurge.
Businesses are reeling from the National Insurance rise, a jump in the minimum wage and ongoing uncertainty over Donald Trump’s global trade war.
Economists warned the circumstances meant tax hikes are almost certain this autumn — along with hard-pressed town halls having to up council tax rates by five per cent next year to pay for local services.
Former Office for Budget Responsibility committee member Andy King said “the writing was on the wall for another fiscal hole” — which would trigger tax rises or possible spending cuts in the Budget.
Another expert accused Ms Reeves of “making up numbers” in her spending review as there were few clues where savings would be found.
Paul Johnson, from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said her demands that all Whitehall departments cut administration budgets by ten per cent a year were not the result of a “serious analysis”.
He also said that if Ms Reeves was forced to raise taxes, the most politically straightforward approach would be to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds.
Mr Johnson added that her plans will result in a “sting in the tail” because local authorities would have to raise their levies.
More than half of Brits — 52 per cent — reckon Ms Reeves’ spending review will have a negative economic impact rather than positive.
But one piece of good news did emerge yesterday, as it was revealed the UK was finally ready to sign its trade deal with the US.
WHY can’t ministers just tell us where they plan to house migrants once spending on hotels stops?
Their only answer to the question is to repeatedly insist that the Government wants to deport those who have no right whatsoever to be here.
How can voters have any trust in that?
In the year to March, just 6,339 people were forcibly returned.
But more than 15,000 have arrived illegally by small boat already in 2025.
Another 125,000 people are still waiting for decisons on their asylum claims.
So in the unlikely event ministers find an immediate way of either stopping the boats entirely or sending migrants straight back to France, tens of thousands will have to be housed for years.
The uncomfortable truth for the Government is that the vast majority will be shoved into rented accommodation — for several years to come.
Blocks of flats filled largely with young, unemployed men.
All living for free among families struggling to pay the bills.
Surely even the Home Office can see this is not a recipe for community cohesion?
PRESIDING over an economy as remorselessly sluggish as the UK’s, it was perhaps unwise of the Chancellor to boast that Britain has enjoyed the fastest growth in the whole of the G7.
Yesterday’s GDP figures for April showing a 0.3 per cent fall mean we are now in danger of having the fastest SLOWING economy.
Some of the mini-slump was caused by Donald Trump’s insane tariffs.
But the cost to businesses of the National Insurance rise on employers is now very real.
It has cost jobs, while also squeezing wages and consumer spending.
Next spring, bigger bills landing on the doorstep will include whacking great council tax.
That is now set to rise at the fastest rate for 25 years. Far from fixing the foundations, the Chancellor’s problems are again piling up.
Awful April might just signal the start of an even worse year.
THE terrible scenes which unfolded during the Air India crash were, as the King said, desperately shocking.
It is horrifying to think of so many loved ones gone in a few moments of appalling tragedy.
Couples like Brits Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek, who were just returning from a holiday of a lifetime.
Yesterday was a day of overwhelming pain and grief.
Today, as the mourning continues, the search for answers to this dreadful tragedy must begin.
THOUSANDS of travellers gathered for Appleby Horse Fair as the annual event kicked off last week.
Tens of thousands of visitors flooded into the historic market town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, ahead of the festivities.
The six-day event typically features traditional music, dancing, horse riding, market stalls and horse sales.
Horsemen and women were seen riding their horses in the nearby River Eden as part of a long-held tradition.
Amongst the visitors was also mum Sinead Smith who managed to drive home with a mega haul of cut-price knock-offs, including fake Gucci sliders for just a tenner – and more.
Sinead, who is 28, has been going to the event ”every year” and last week’s festivities saw her bag numerous goodies.
The mum shared the epic haul on TikTok, showing off knock-offs of the on-trend New Balance trainers for just £20 – around four times cheaper than the real deal.
”I bought everything on Sunday morning because they bring the prices down,” Sinead explained in the video, adding that the trainers were originally going for £35.
The mega haul also included stunning gym sets in sage and baby blue, which looked like a Lululemon fake.
While the posh jacket alone would set you back more than £100, Sinead said she paid ”£70 for the lot”.
Chuffed with the wallet-friendly finds, the bargain-mad mother also showed off knock-offs for Nike trainers that cost her just a tenner, a few pairs of ”Gucci sandals” going for £10, as well as gold Louis Vuitton-style sliders.
”£25 – I paid a tenner for them,” Sinead said.
Meanwhile, the real ”star of the show” was the ”matching” Chanel knock-off purse.
”All weekend I’d wanted a version of this and I’d seen them but they were like £120, £110.
”I think the cheapest I seen was £70 and I thought ‘It’s not too bad but I still don’t want to pay that for a fake bag’.”
In Turkey, buying counterfeit goods is generally considered illegal.
If you buy a counterfeit product for personal use, you’re unlikely to be prosecuted against – unless your purchase involves a significant quantity or the intent to resell.
Customs authorities have the power to stop and seize counterfeit goods entering or leaving Turkey.
That means they can stop you upon your return home and seize any designer dupes you’ve bought on holiday.
Luckily for the bargain hunter, who posts under the username @sineadsmithx1, she then spotted a man who was selling the bag for £60 – but her partner managed to bag the stylish purse for just £40.
”I couldn’t believe it, it’s absolutely beautiful and I love it.”
Pleased with the goodies she went home with, Sinead dubbed the horse hair ”dupe central”.
”There’s about 100/150 stalls at Appleby. Something for everyone, it is great.”
Sinead’s bargain haul has clearly left many open-mouthed, as the video has racked up close to 200k views in just two days.
More than 120 people flooded to comments, where one joked: ”I tell you what , you’d absolutely love Turkey.”
The popular holiday destination has long been regarded as the “capital of fakes” among Brits looking to rock designer styles for the price of a coffee.
A quick four hour flight could land you in a bustling market flogging “Gucci belts” for £3 and Louis “Fuitton” handbags for £20.
Another visitor chimed in: ”There was some lovely stuff there just the rain was a downer.”
Someone else said: ”I never knew Appleby sells like clothes n that. Might have to go next year.”
”Lovely stuff, I went to Appleby years ago and had an amazing time,” a viewer penned.
Masashi Kishimoto introduced quite a few shinobi villages in Naruto, but not all of them received the spotlight that Konoha did. While some of them were completely forgotten, others were nerfed mercilessly. Sunagakure in Naruto is one of the biggest victims of the author. While Konoha is generally considered the strongest of the villages due […]
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