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CHELSEA WON’T DEVIATE FROM ATTACKING MINDSET AT MAN CITY – Chelsea focused on fighting for a maiden Champions League title Chelsea will not deviate from their attacking mindset away to Manchester City in their UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final first leg tie, manager Sonia Bompastor said on the eve of the encounter. Chelsea beat City 2-1 in the Women’s League Cup on Saturday (March 15), with the two sides set to meet again on Thursday, before facing each other again in the league on Sunday (March 23) and the Champions League return leg four days later. Captain Millie Bright added…

LYON CLAIM 2-0 WIN AT BAYERN IN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – The French side took a two-goal advantage into the return leg on March 26 Olympique Lyonnais claimed a 2-0 win away to Bayern Munich in their Women’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg tie. The record eight-time champions opened the scoring through Malawian Tabitha Chawinga before Lindsey Heaps almost doubled their lead going into the break but missed her first-half stoppage time penalty. Heaps made up for her miss by setting up Haiti midfielder Melchie Dumornay, who put them 2-0 up in the 65th-minute as the French side took a two-goal…

SANTANDER TO CLOSE 95 UK BRANCHES ACROSS THE UK – The closures, set to begin in June, put 750 jobs at risk Santander has announced plans to close 95 branches across the UK, citing a shift towards online banking. The closures, set to begin in June, put 750 jobs at risk. In addition to shutting branches, the bank will reduce operating hours at 36 locations and remove front counters from 18 others as part of its restructuring efforts. The move follows similar closures by other major banks, with Lloyds announcing 136 branch closures in January. Once the changes take effect,…

TRUMP RELEASES JFK ASSASSINATION DOCUMENTS – 80,000 pages have been released U.S. President Donald Trump released material related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, honouring his campaign promise to provide more transparency about the shocking event in Texas. Trump signed an order shortly after taking office in January related to the release, prompting the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to find thousands of new documents related to the Kennedy assassination in Dallas. The U.S. Justice Department ordered lawyers who handle sensitive national-security matters to urgently review records from the assassination, which were subsequently released into the National…

GOVERNMENT WANTS UNEMPLOYED YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN ARMED FORCES – The government’s plan is part of its strategy to reduce dependency on benefits Encouraging more young people to enlist in the armed forces could help reduce youth unemployment, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall now suggests. Kendall expressed strong support for increasing recruitment into the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, and British Army, all of which are currently facing manpower shortages. She pledged to take action following discussions with the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Her remarks came in response to Conservative MP Mark Pritchard, who highlighted concerning youth unemployment figures. …

CONSERVATIVES SCRAP 2050 NET ZERO TARGET CALLING IT “IMPOSSIBLE” – Badenoch criticized the previous Conservative government for setting an ambitious goal without a clear and practical plan The Conservative Party has officially abandoned its commitment to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with party leader Kemi Badenoch declaring the target “impossible” to achieve. In a speech outlining the party’s policy renewal, Badenoch criticized the previous Conservative government for setting an ambitious goal without a clear and practical plan. She argued that the net zero policy has led to rising energy costs while failing to deliver meaningful environmental progress. “In…

PRISON OVERCROWDING FORCES TEMPORARY USE OF POLICE CELLS – The emergency measure is  known as Operation Safeguard The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed that prisoners will be temporarily housed in police cells as prisons near full capacity. The emergency measure, known as Operation Safeguard, is activated when prison populations reach critical levels. The initiative will free up 200 cells and is expected to last for two months, though it may be extended depending on population levels. The announcement comes ahead of the opening of HMP Millsike, a new prison near York set to add 1,500 spaces, easing pressure on…

OLYMPIQUE LYON TAKE ON BAYERN MUNICH – Lyon’s Marozsan says Small details will make the difference Olympique Lyon, with eight Champions League titles, including five in a row from 2016 to 2020, will face FC Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final in Germany.  “The winner that comes out of this one will probably say that they won it against the best,” Lyon coach Joe Montemurro told reporters on the evening before the match.  The French side have been a dominant force this season, winning 21 of their 23 games and have conceded just once on…

ARSENAL NOT UNDER ESTIMATING REAL MADRID –  The respective women’s teams will meet at the Champions League quarter-final  Arsenal women’s team manager Renee Slegers said that her side has been waiting for their Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid for a long time.  Speaking on the eve of the first leg in the Spanish capital, Slegers added that they won’t underestimate their opponents and arrive “humble” for the task. The two sides both sit second in their respective leagues, with Real Madrid trailing Barcelona by seven points, and Arsenal eight behind Chelsea. In April, Arsenal and Real Madrid will also…

SPACEX CREW-9 BEGINS JOURNEY BACK TO EARTH – A long-awaited trip back to Earth NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday (March 18) in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after their faulty Boeing BA.N Starliner craft upended what was to be a roughly week-long test mission. Wilmore and Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts and retired U.S. Navy test pilots, strapped inside their Crew Dragon spacecraft along with two other astronauts and undocked from the orbiting laboratory at 1.05 a.m. ET (0505 GMT), embarking on a…