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- USA TODAY Sports
Ohio State corrects lie by beating Notre Dame, conquering College Football Playoff
Ohio State played like a juggernaut in College Football Playoff en route to its first national championship since 2014.
- France 24
Musk repeatedly makes gesture likened to 'Nazi salute' at Trump rally
Billionaire Elon Musk, a staunch ally of newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump, performed back-to-back salutes at a rally following the Republican president's inauguration Monday, placing his right hand flat on his heart before raising it palm-down in a gesture that evoked the Nazi salute still popular with far-right groups. Billionaire Elon Musk sparked controversy Monday after making a gesture at an event celebrating US President Donald Trump's inauguration, with some calling it a "Nazi" or
- Evening Standard
Huge row breaks out over reports that Reeves will back Heathrow third runway
A decision to push ahead with a massive expansion of Heathrow is likely to be strongly opposed by Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan
- The Independent
Jamie George set to miss England’s Six Nations opener in major blow for Steve Borthwick
Scrum half Alex Mitchell is also a doubt for the opening clash at the Aviva Stadium
- BBC
Mystery balls on Sydney beaches found to contain toxic material
Authorities closed nine beaches on 14 January after the marble-sized balls washed up.
- Reuters
Trade, tariffs, energy - markets react to Trump's return to office
Global markets were volatile while the dollar rebounded on Tuesday in choppy trading as Donald Trump's returned to the White House. President Trump did not immediately impose tariffs on Monday as previously promised, but said he was thinking about imposing 25% duties on imports from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1 over illegal immigrants and fentanyl crossing into the U.S. "Markets will clearly try to anticipate and dissect which sectors and areas will be targeted by tariffs so the volatility on markets will come from that."
- Evening Standard
Southport murders LIVE: Keir Starmer denies 'cover up' over child killer Axel Rudakubana as he addresses nation
Reform leader Nigel Farage has accused Sir Keir Starmer and the police of being part of a ‘gigantic cover up’ in the case
- BBC
Actress Pauline Quirke reveals dementia diagnosis
The Birds of a Feather star retires from acting and reveals she was diagnosed with dementia in 2021.
- Evening Standard
Chelsea injury update: Enzo Fernandez, Romeo Lavia, Levi Colwill latest news and return dates
The Blues suffered a triple blow before their win over Wolves
- Reuters
UK's Reeves to tell Davos: 'time to invest in Britain is now'
LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves will urge company bosses to invest in the UK when she travels to Davos this week, seeking their help to lift slow national economic growth that contributed to a market selloff this month. Reeves and Prime Minister Keir Starmer were elected in July on a pledge to boost living standards and rebuild British infrastructure and public services after 14 years of often chaotic Conservative government. But a move to raise 25 billion pounds ($30.7 billion) through payroll taxes has prompted howls of protest from employers and a surge in borrowing costs emphasised how Reeves could be forced to cut already stretched government spending or hike taxes again, further dampening growth.
- BBC
Extra £1.5m needed to complete Jersey Opera House
The theatre says additional funding is needed to install modern staging and lighting equipment.
- Business Insider
Donald Trump is president. Here's what he's already changing.
Trump is now the president again. He has promised a historically busy Inauguration Day.
- Evening Standard
FTSE 100 Live 21 January: Wage growth rate up to 5.6%, pound falls back
Lloyds Banking Group is the clear frontrunner in the FTSE 100 index as the lender’s strong start to 2025 continued today with a rise of 2.8p to 61.5p. Barclays also added 4.25p to 296.1p and NatWest improved by 3.5p to 418.3p to help the FTSE 100 lift 14.05 points to 8534.59. On the fallers board, BT Group shares dropped by 2.25p to 139.9p and Primark owner Associated British Foods weakened 29.5p to 1972.5p.
- Reuters
Bitcoin, $Trump slide, waiting for crypto president Trump's promises
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and even the newly minted token bearing Donald Trump's name recoiled on Tuesday, after the U.S. president's first set of policies following inauguration made no reference to this asset class. Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, hit a record high $109,071 on Monday when Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. President, but later pared those gains and was last trading at $101,705.40. The Trump-branded meme coin, launched on Friday night, was last trading at $34.4, according to cryptocurrency price tracker CoinGecko.
- Yahoo TV UK
How does The Traitors final work? Rules and new twist explained
Traitors Minah and Charlotte will hope to snatch the prize money as the final of the BBC show approaches.
- USA TODAY
The midnight release party is back: Rebecca Yarros fans rejoice over ‘Onyx Storm'
Fans packed bookstores across the country Monday to be the first to get a copy of "Onyx Storm" by Rebecca Yarros. Here's what we saw in New York City.
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Inauguration Blunder Has Stephen Colbert Asking: 'Is He Really President?'
The "Late Show" host cooked up a comedy theory about who is now actually in power.
- BBC
Plans to expand anaerobic digestion plant on farm
Staples Brothers proposed constructing a compressed biomethane (CBM) plant at Station Farm, Sibsey.
- BBC
Pay after inflation rises at fastest rate since 2021
Wage growth increased by 3.4% after taking into account inflation, driven by strong increases in the private sector.
- Sky video
Wage growth and jobless rate rising, official figures show
There has been a surge in the pace of wage growth but a rise in the jobless rate following a big drop in the number of payrolled employees, according to the latest official figures.