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Norwich are entering their fourth straight Championship season after being relegated from the Premier League in 2022. The Canaries finished sixth in 2024 before losing in the play-off semi-finals against Leeds but they…
Middlesbrough finished fifth before being the beneficiaries of Southampton's 'Spygate' scandal. They ended up in the play-off final but Hellberg's men lost 1-0 against the now-Premier League Hull City. Middlesbrough are…
After being promoted from League One in 2025, the main aim for Charlton last season was to avoid relegation and Nathan Jones helped them do precisely that as they finished 19th and six points off the bottom three. It…
The list of potential weekend-derailers is dauntingly long – licensing issues, awol bands, freak weather events to name but a few – and one misstep could prove disastrous, particularly for those smaller non-conglomerate…
They have been taken by child protection services due to the lack of a fridge in the house, which is treated as a sign of neglect. When he confronts law enforcement officials outside, they beat him to death. Decades…
"They'll need to fight soon (or burst)," he noted in his diary on 6 October. The six notebooks that Beckett compiled during his six-month journey across Germany between late September 1936 and April 1937, published for…
The Robins are now led by former Lincoln City boss Michael Skubala after he replaced Roy Hodgson in the dugout. Bristol City, who are entering their 12th consecutive Championship season, finished 12th in the league last…
The Vale suffered an instant return to the fourth tier after failing to get to grips with life in League One and changing managers en route to relegation last term. Jon Brady has reshaped his squad ahead of the new…
As Americans withdrew from Kabul the Taliban moved in, which meant hell for women, dissidents and anyone who had collaborated with the occupiers. Through the eyes of the Nazany family – trying to decide whether to stay…
The End of Oak Street Out now David Robert Mitchell (It Follows) is back, writing and directing a sci-fi mystery in which prehistoric creatures start to make appearances in suburbia. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor play…