Author: Trendici
Man Utd legend Gary Neville thinks the Red Devils should avoid selling Diogo Dalot as “he can do a decent job” for the Premier League side. The Red Devils have won both of their matches since Michael Carrick took over as interim boss earlier this month following a tricky 14 months for Ruben Amorim. Man Utd are set to make a number of changes in the summer, including the hiring of a new permanent manager after sacking Amorim. Dalot, who signed for Man Utd from Porto for £19m in 2019, has come in for a lot of criticism over the…
Building on the CustomerFirst unit, which was unveiled last week, the UK government has announced that Meta is investing $1m through the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) to boost public sector artificial intelligence (AI) expertise. Led by Tristan Thomas, formerly of Monzo, and Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy, CustomerFirst’s goal is to bring together the best civil service operators and leading private sector disruptors and transformation specialists. The plan is to use CustomerFirst expertise to rewire government services, making use of AI and best practices from the private sector. The investment in the ATI’s latest fellowship programme aligns with…
A frowning horse plush has become a viral bestseller ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations for the year of the horse in China.The sad-looking soft toy was originally made in error after a worker sewed a smile on the horse upside down, the owner of Happy Sister – a shop in the eastern city of Yiwu – told Reuters news agency.Zhang Huoqing had expected to have to issue a refund to the customer who bought the toy, but after an image of it started circulating online the horse began selling out.Zhang said the animal’s gloomy expression was resonating with young…
Pubs and music venues in England will be given a 15% discount on their business rates bills and will not see increases for two years, the government announced. Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson said the support package was worth £1,650 for the average pub.It comes after a backlash against November’s Budget, which left many facing major increases in their business rates bills. Earlier this month, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was “particularly concerned” about the impact they faced and hinted there would be “additional support”. UK Hospitality has warned that hotels, restaurants and other businesses in the sector are also at…
According to reports, Erling Haaland ‘will choose’ to leave Manchester City and sign for Real Madrid, with four reasons behind a potential £152m transfer. At the start of last year, Haaland seemingly committed himself to Man City for the remainder of his career by penning a record contract extension until 2034. However, the Spanish media think differently as they are still trying to will a Haaland to Real Madrid transfer into existence. There is hope for Real Madrid, because it is hard to see there not being some sort of release clause in Haaland’s contract that would open the door…
A judge has ordered the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to pay compensation of £3m to a London-based dissident who was subject to “grossly intrusive” surveillance after spyware was installed on his mobile phone. The UK’s High Court accepted in a ruling yesterday that the Saudi regime had infected human rights activist Ghanem Al-Masarir’s mobile phone with Pegasus spyware supplied by Israeli tech company NSO Group. The court heard that the Kingdom had subjected Al-Masarir to a campaign of intimidation, surveillance and a physical attack in the UK, which had a catastrophic effect on his life and left him…
California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that his office is investigating whether TikTok is truly censoring content critical of Trump, days after ByteDance finalized a deal to spin off its business in the US. Newsom made the announcement in response to a post on X, claiming that you can no longer send messages in the app with the word “Epstein” in it. Newsom’s office, in a separate post, said it was able to independently confirm instances wherein TikTok suppressed content critical of President Donald Trump.The governor’s office told Politico that it tried to send a direct message with the word…
Paul KirbyEurope digital editorRoberto Schmidt/GettyThe images emanating from Minneapolis have shocked ItaliansThe US immigration agency whose officers have been involved in two fatal shootings in Minneapolis has said it is sending agents to help support American security operations during the Winter Olympics, which start in Italy on 6 February.Confirmation of the agency’s role came from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after reports prompted alarm and anger in Italy.”This is a militia that kills… of course they’re not welcome in Milan,” the city’s mayor, Beppe Sala, told Italian radio on Tuesday.An ICE spokesperson stressed that “all security operations remain under…
Richard WheelerPolitical reporterEPA/ShutterstockThe home secretary has said she rejects suggestions that making live facial recognition available to all police forces in England and Wales contributes to a “Big Brother” society.Shabana Mahmood told the BBC she makes “no apology” for the policy and believes it would help detect criminals while allowing people to “go about their daily business in safety”.The government announced plans to increase from 10 to 50 the number of live facial recognition vans available to be deployed as part of reforms to policing.Human rights and privacy campaigners have raised concerns, describing the announcement as “one of the most…
Chelsea will probably look at Cole Palmer’s personal PPG in an injury-hit season and think it is worth cashing in on interest from Man Utd while they can. Palmer is ‘open’ to the move, even if it remains a difficult one for Man Utd to pull off for a variety of reasons. But the mere fact he has the worst personal PPG of any player at Chelsea this season means it is probably being considered in the halls at Stamford Bridge. Here is every Premier League club’s worst player of the 2025/26 season so far based on their personal PPG,…