Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has defended accepting free football tickets as it would "cost the taxpayer a fortune" if he were to watch Arsenal from the stands.
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says winger Bukayo Saka is likely to be out for "more than two months" after having surgery on his injured hamstring. BBC Sport
BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on multi-instrumentalist Emma-Jean Thackray with his predictions for the final Premier League fixtures of 2024 and.. BBC Sport
Preparations are underway for London's annual New Year's Eve firework display. Fireworks have been loaded onto three barges at King George V dock in East London, before they are transported to Embankment ready for the display. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The rise in both anti-Semitic and Islamophobic hate crime is "really appalling but not a surprise", says the director of policy at the Community Security Trust, a charity whose mission it is to provide safety to the UK Jewish community. Dr Dave Rich adds that the "enormous" increase has been apparent on social media and offline, exacerbated by the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th 2023, the subsequent, ongoing war in the Middle East and the anti-immigration riots that occurred in the UK over the summer. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Former US President and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jimmy Carter has died at 100. The longest-lived American president passed away on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia. Mr Carter became the 39th US president taking office in 1977. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Aviation journalist Sally Gethin suggests a bird strike is to blame for the South Korean crash, pointing to engine damage and hydraulic failure as possible contributing factors.
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State schools will get โevery pennyโ of extra funding from ending the VAT tax break on private school fees, which comes into effect from the 1 January 2025. Chancellor Rachel Reeves defended the move she had announced in her Autumn budget saying that every child deserved the best start in life. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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