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Ralf Rangnick said the referee’s failure to award a free-kick in the buildup to Atlético Madrid’s winner was decisive as Manchester United were knocked out of the Champions League last 16. Renan Lodi’s 41st-minute strike means it will be at least five seasons since United last won a trophy. The goal occurred after a coming together of Anthony Elanga and Reinildo Mandava, with the referee, Slavko Vinic, judging there was no foul. Rangnick said: “There were some curious refereeing decisions, I wouldn’t necessarily say decisive – maybe the one they scored. I believe it was a foul on Anthony Elanga, the referee…

STATE PENSION savers have been forced into an impossible dilemma of whether to heat their homes or eat a good meal, as the triple lock suspension amid the cost of living crisis could see people lose their homes. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will be facing questions in Parliament today. He and the rest of the Government are under pressure to combat the cost of living crisis, with prices on all kinds of essentials skyrocketing. The Bank of England predicted that inflation would spike from 5.5 percent currently to 7.25 percent in April because of the energy price cap…

The Passenger Locator Form will no longer be needed from 4am on Friday 18 March, Grant Shapps announced, marking the end of all coronavirus travel restrictions for people flying into the UK The UK’s final Covid travel rules will be scrapped at 4am this Friday, the government announced today. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said complex Passenger Locator Forms will no longer be required for people flying into the country. The requirement for unvaccinated travellers to take Covid tests before and after arrival will be scrapped at the same time. Mr Shapps – who has been pushing for the move for months – tweeted: “All…

THE UK has been handed a way out of the energy crisis created over Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as a new major gas field is discovered under the North Sea. The UK has received a major energy boost as a new gas field has been discovered under the North Sea off the coast of East Anglia. According to offshore exploration and production company IOG, the field, which has the backing of US billionaire Warren Buffet, produced its “first gas” earlier this week. The discovery could help the UK avoid the skyrocketing prices that are expected in the EU as Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened…

The Massachusetts Public Health Department announced Thursday that the state would lower its COVID-19 death count by 3,700 due to new measuring criteria being implemented. The department said in a statement the new death definition is following the guidance (pdf) of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create a standardized approach for states to count COVID-19 deaths. “Our approach proved to be too expansive and led to a significant overcount of deaths in Massachusetts,” Public Health Commissioner Margret Cooke told the State House News Service. Massachusetts deemed COVID-related fatalities those which have…

Pep Guardiola said he had “no regrets” over Manchester City’s performance at Crystal Palace despite seeing his side drop two points that could prove critical to the title race. City were characteristically dominant with the ball at Selhurst Park but could not break down their energetic and well-organised opponents, meaning Liverpool can move a point behind them if they overcome Arsenal on Wednesday night. Bernardo Silva and Aymeric Laporte missed their best chances to score, the latter after João Cancelo had struck an upright from range, but Guardiola could find no fault with his players afterwards. “We played a really, really good…

Online shoppers in the UK face more identification checks when paying for purchases on the internet from Monday, as new rules to clamp down on fraud come into force. The new Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements will change the way people confirm their identity when using their debit or credit cards to make online purchases, and are expected to lead to more card payments being declined. It is the biggest change to card payments since chip and pin was rolled out 16 years ago, and is designed to reduce the £376m lost to online fraud in 2020. The measures are similar to…

Hundreds of station ticket offices could be closed under a post-pandemic revamp of Britain’s railways. Rail industry leaders have been in talks with the government about ways to modernise the network under a new publicly-owned national body. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is keen to reduce taxpayer funding following the £16billion bailout during the Covid pandemic and staff costs will be a main focus of the plan. Transport unions would fight such a move and are threatening industrial action. They point out the presence of ticket offices and staff at stations is important for vulnerable groups such as the disabled, elderly, pregnant women…

The poorest households in the UK could see their cost of living jump by as much as 10% by this autumn if Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leads to a prolonged conflict, a thinktank has warned, as Rishi Sunak faces mounting pressure to tackle the cost of living crisis. The chancellor will deliver his spring statement on 23 March. He is reluctant to commit to significant extra spending, but Treasury sources concede he has acknowledged the necessity to take some limited action. Options could include increasing benefits in April by more than the planned 3.1%, a new cut in the taper…

On a mild, peppy, boisterous afternoon at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal made it five Premier League wins in a row to reclaim fourth spot from Manchester United, a one-point advantage underwritten by three games in hand. Thomas Partey was assertive in central midfield, Martin Ødegaard a classy presence ahead of him, and Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli hugely impressive as the wide players in that press-and-move attack. It is a mark of Arsenal’s progress since the turn of the year that there were times during this 2-0 defeat of an understrength Leicester City when they almost seemed to be having too much fun,…