The Gunners endured a frustrating summer due to missing out on many of their top targets, but are being tipped to go back in for at least two in January: Julian Alvarez and Eli Junior Kroupi. Chelsea did land one of those targets, in Morgan Rogers, but failed to sign a replacement for Enzo Fernandez, after Monaco pulled the plug an agreement to sell Lamine Camara. Chelsea could now turn to Atletico Madrid midfielder Pablo Barrios, who is valued at around €100 million.

In his 100th year, David Attenborough took home the National Television Award (NTA) for Best Presenter, leaving Ant and Dec without the gong for the second consecutive year.

The iconic Geordie duo held onto the accolade for a record 23 years before losing out to Gary Lineker at last year’s awards. 

And this year they were trumped by the legendary broadcaster, whose producer Mark Brownlow accepted the award on his behalf with his speech focused on the dangers of climate change. 

Meanwhile This Morning’s winning streak continued as Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard took home the award for Best Daytime show alongside Friday hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary.

Ahead of its revamp this year, Strictly Come Dancing also took home the gong for Best Talent Show, while the Celebrity Traitors won the Reality Competition category.

As Alan Carr accepted his second award of the night, after receiving this year’s Special Recognition earlier in the programme, he joked: ‘I bet you’re sick of me.’ 

The BBC hit, hosted by Claudia Winkelman, dominated the nominees, with its regular civilian series also nominated. 

Fellow contestant Charlotte Church jumped on the microphone to praise Alan and Faithfuls Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga for a moment of ‘male tenderness and emotion.  

The legendary broadcaster, whose producer Mark Brownlow accept the award on his behalf with his speech focused on the dangers of climate change

Alan Carr received this year’s Special Recognition after a hilarious introductory sketch that included Paloma Faith being carried on in a coffin and Amanda Holden singing 

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Elsewhere collecting the Reality Docuseries gong was Jeremy Clarkson’s Prime Video series Clarkson’s Farm. 

The presenter made the shock revelation he was in remission from prostate cancer earlier this year. 

Keeping his speech short and sweet he later broke his silence on the illness during the winner’s press conference. 

The 66-year-old said: ‘I wasn’t emotional; it was annoying. I had a heart thing, and I had a bit of cancer but I wasn’t away really, it was two weeks.

‘It was, it was just annoying because I missed a lot of the harvest time.’

Lee Mack once again took home the gong for his ITV hit The 1% Club as he attended the ceremony with his three children and paid tribute to his wife in his speech. 

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award was awarded to Michael McIntyre’s Big Show – after it was presented by Paris Fury and her daughter Valencia, eight. 

The cast of Mrs Brown’s Boys were ecstatic on hearing they had won Best Comedy Show, in what will be a boost to Brendan O’Carroll after he was forced to cancel this year’s festive specials after breaking his jaw.

Gogglebox, now in its 28th series, was awarded the Factual Entertainment gong, beating Stacey Solomon’s Sort Your Life Out. 

Elsewhere collecting the Reality Docuseries gong was Jeremy Clarkson’s Prime Video series Clarkson’s Farm

As Alan Carr accepted his second award of the night, after receiving this year’s Special Recognition earlier in the programme, he joked: ‘I bet you’re sick of me’

Alan burst into tears after his name was read out for the special award 

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The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award was awarded to Michael McIntyre’s Big Show – after it was presented by Paris Fury and her daughter Valencia, eight

This Morning’s winning streak continued as Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard took home the award for Best Daytime show alongside Friday hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary

The cast couldn’t stop beaming as they posed with the gong 

Fellow contestant Charlotte Church jumped on the microphone to praise Alan and Faithfuls Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga for a moment of ‘male tenderness and emotion

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The presenter made the shock revelation he was in remission from prostate cancer earlier this year

Olivia Attwood and Pete Wicks celebrated a couple milestone of presenting an award together as they were cheered onto the stage 

Pete gave the This Morning crew a huge hug after announcing their win 

Michael looked overjoyed after winning the first accolade of the night 

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Amanda joined Paloma Faith and Kate Garraway on stage for an iconic performance 

Emmerdale Jeff Hordley won in the Serial Drama Performance category

For the first time in the history of the National Television Awards, all women led the nominees for Best Drama Performance and it was Vicky McClure who came out on top

Alan looked over the moon after his successful night following his iconic traitors performance 

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Lee Mack once again took home the gong for his ITV hit The 1% Club as he attended the ceremony with his three children and paid tribute to his wife in his speech

Call The Midwife picked up best Returning Drama as the cast gathered on stage 

The Traitors gang looked glam as they celebrated the hit screening 

For the first time in the history of the National Television Awards, all women led the nominees for Best Drama Performance.

And it was Vicky McClure who came out on top, thanks to her role as volatile explosives officer Lana in Trigger Point.

I Fought the Law, led by Sheridan Smith, won this year’s New Drama gong after an impressive performance. 

This year’s Authored Documentary gong was awarded to the BBC’s special Our Girls: The Southport Families.

Completing the wins for the night was Call The Midwife, who picked up best Returning Drama, Emmerdale who won best Serial Drama and Jeff Hordley who won in the Serial Drama Performance category.  

Speaking during the winners’ press conference Conor Moloney who plays the priest in Mrs Brown Boys said: We’re just delighted, particularly for Brendan, who’s just had this operation, so he just FaceTimed us now, and it was just lovely too. So it’s great that we won, particularly for him tonight.

Fiona Gibney, who plays Sharon added: ‘He’s doing great, isn’t he? Yeah, no, he’s doing very well. He is doing very well. He’s very sad not to be here.

‘It’s one of his most favourite awards is the NTAs. I mean it’s a night out for all of us and it’s kind of, you know, it’s a bit, but listen, we will give it to him, the award and he’d be happy.’ 

The cast also confirmed a new series will be coming next year.  

The celebrities made sure to bring the glam for the biggest evening in British television as Olivia Attwood, Rochelle Humes and Cat Deeley dazzled in breathtaking gowns as they led the stars on the red carpet.

Television favourites gathered at London‘s O2 Arena for a star-studded ceremony, with comedian Joel Dommett back as host for the sixth time. 

Olivia, 35, looked like a real life Barbie doll as she slipped into a strapless pale pink gown and styled her long blonde locks wavy. 

Rochelle Humes, 37, oozed elegance in a backless off-white gown alongside her dashing JLS star husband Marvin Humes, 41.

This Morning’s Cat Deeley wowed in a red and purple floral dress and statement gold necklace as she put on an animated display with her co-host Ben Shephard.

Stacey Solomon slipped into a strapless PVC dress as she matched her husband Joe Swash, who opted for a black tuxedo. 

Just hours after flying in from the Isle Of Man, Paris Fury arrived on the red carpet in a gorgeous red gown. 

Meanwhile, TV star Ashley, 39, wowed in a black Karen Millen gown with a dramatic white shawl as she posed up a storm. 

Olivia Attwood, 35, dazzled in a breathtaking pink gown as she led the stars on the red carpet at the National Television Awards tonight

Former Saturdays star Rochelle Humes, 37, oozed elegance in a backless off-white gown as she turned heads on her arrival

This Morning host Cat Deeley wowed in a red and purple floral dress and statement gold necklace

Nominee Stacey Solomon exuded glamour in a thigh-high split black dress as she geared up for a hopeful night

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Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks looked dapper as they led the early arrivals to host the red carpet for the third year in the running. 

Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby, 36, slipped into a glitzy fishtail lilac dress for the occasion.

Rival reality star, TOWIE’s Amy Childs, 36, stunned in a thigh-high split green dress with an embellished corset.

Love Island stars Jasmine Muller, Kavan Murphy and Priya Jaswal also made their red carpet debut. 

Fresh off the Britain’s Got Talent stage, The Hawkstone Farmers Choir were beaming with pride.

Newly single Brooke Vincent showed her ex-fiancé Kean Bryan what he’s missing as she stunned in a semi-sheer dress following their split last month after ten years. 

Megan McKenna, who flew all the way from Germany to attend, stunned in a black PVC dress. 

This year’s NTAs has proven to be historic even before the first winners were announced, as it features the first ever all-female shortlist for Drama Performance.

Two of TV’s biggest franchises are going head-to-head in the Reality Competition category.

I’m A Celebrity… takes on its South African spin-off, while The Celebrity Traitors is up against its civilian version, with BBC hit Race Across The World also in the running.

All that remains now is for the actor taking over the iconic spy role from Daniel Craig to be unveiled – with recent rumours indicating that the decision has already been made, and an announcement is imminent.

During an appearance on Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday morning, the Bafta nominee insisted: “I cannot speak about this subject. Much as I would dearly love to.”

Host Anna Foster continued to put her guest on the spot, grilling him about “presumably” knowing who’s been cast in the part “when you’re writing it”.

“It does make life a little bit easier if you know who that person is, but also you have to write the character, not the actor,” he said, before drawing a line on that line of questioning.

Steven added that he felt like he was “doing my duty for King and country” by writing the next Bond script, noting: “The thing with Bond is it’s its own universe, and it’s its own franchise. So there are certain rules.

“I mean, obviously you have to move it along, but I love where it sits. I love that it’s British. I love that it’s not DC or Marvel … So I feel a responsibility to the text.”

Moses Itauma has a rare story behind his ascent.

Itauma was born in Slovakia to a Slovak mother and a Nigerian father, but was brought up from an early age in England, after moving  to Kent.

Originally, his parents had hoped that he might become a doctor or lawyer, but instead he followed his older brother, Karol, into boxing. While some parents might have been sceptical about that career choice, Itauma’s family became supportive when they realised his talent.

“There’s a lot of expectations on my shoulders to carry the flag of British boxing. I just have to live up to it,” Itauma told the BBC.

Itauma was spotted by Frank Warren’s son, Francis, as a teenager, with the Queensberry man noting his talent as he sparred with professional fighters, where he was able to get the better of far more experienced, and much older, opponents.

Boxing journalist, the excellent Gareth A. Davies, notes that while we can also see his exceptional talent, there is still a feeling that he has to show us more. All his wins have come so quickly, and with so much more to spare, that we may yet have seen him truly tested.

Davies wrote in The Telegraph earlier this month: “Moses Itauma was spectacular in demolishing old warrior Dillian Whyte here in just 119 seconds of utter dominance, but there is still one thing missing for the 20-year-old: rounds in the bank.

“In thirteen career fights, Itauma has fought just 26 rounds, stopping eleven of those victims.”

Will Hrgovic last any longer than previous opponents?
 

Aged 18 years and 341 days, Ayyoub Bouaddi became the fourth-youngest player to start a Champions League match for City.

Question marks were raised around the size of the fee for a position on the pitch where players can be exposed, but Bouaddi seems to have settled in immediately and showcased why he will be a valuable option this season.

“He is very good,” said manager Enzo Maresca. “Against Coventry, he lost two balls and after that he was inside our box and calm. Other players may have panicked but at 18, he is a fantastic player.

“Tonight, he was very good. He speaks French, English, Spanish perfect. He is different in how mature he is. This is why the club has made the effort for him to be with us.”

BBC Sport reported City’s interest in Bouaddi in June and, contrary to reports, sources said signing him and then loaning back to Lille for a season was not on the agenda.

The performance in Portugal highlighted why those in power at City believe he has all attributes to “develop into a world class talent” and he clearly enjoys playing on the biggest stage.

Two years ago, Bouaddi earned a standing ovation from Lille supporters after helping his side to a shock group phase victory over holders Real Madrid and the travelling City fans will have been doing the same in Portugal on Tuesday evening.

Bouaddi completed 54 of his 55 passes, while he also topped the metrics across players of both sides for most dribbles (4), most times possession won (7) and contesting more duels (13).

“He did a really good game,” said Haaland. “The last couple of weeks in training, he has been amazing. I think we have got a gem there, to be honest.”

Though it was only Bouaddi’s 10th appearance in the competition, the Norwegian sent a playful yet pointed message to his team-mate about needing to be perfect all of the time.

The striker added: “I think he should’ve played me through in the second half so I was a bit angry.

“But he played a good game… except for that pass.”

Los Angeles police have fatally shot a man who allegedly threatened them with a tree trimmer.

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were called to Zimran Canas’ home in the Boyle Heights neighborhood on Monday at around 10 a.m. local time.

The department said in a news release that they were told the man had a mental illness and was armed with a “metal pipe.”

When officers arrived at the home — located east of downtown Los Angeles — a family member came outside and directed them to Canas, “who exited a front gate armed with an approximate 8-foot pole with an approximate 12-inch serrated blade attached to the end,” according to the cops.

Police said they demanded that Canas drop the tree trimmer, but he refused and approached one of the officers “with the blade pointed toward the officer, resulting in an Officer-Involved Shooting.”

“They gave him commands to drop the item, but he advanced towards the officers,” LAPD Captain Mike Bland told local outlet KABC. “The officers did attempt to redeploy their position, but he continued to advance and not comply with their directives to drop the item and submit to arrest.”

Canas collapsed to the ground and officers provided first aid until paramedics arrived. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died.

No one else, including any officer, was injured during the incident.

It’s unclear how many officers drew their weapons and how many shots were fired. The Independent has reached out to the LAPD for comment.

Police recovered the metal pipe and pole with a serrated blade and booked them as evidence.

The LAPD’s Force Investigation Division is investigating the incident.

“Part of that process would include interviews with the involved officers, any body-worn video that they would have, any other video in the area, as well as interviews with any of the involved persons that were here at scene,” Bland said.

The bankruptcy filing was made in the federal district court of New Jersey, where LIV Golf set up a subsidiary earlier in the summer.

Chapter 11 protection postpones a US company’s obligations to its creditors, giving it time to reorganise its debts or sell parts of the business.

PIF is providing a bankruptcy loan of $49.6m (£36.6m) – called ‘debtor in possession’ (DIP) financing – to help fund the process.

When announcing its decision to withdraw funding, PIF said the “substantial investment required by LIV Golf over a longer term” was “no longer consistent” with its strategy.

Despite its decision to stop bankrolling LIV Golf, PIF added it “remains committed” to its “substantial current and future investments in various sports as a priority sector”.

On Tuesday, LIV confirmed international investment firm BC Partners as its proposed new investor in a letter to fans outlining its “next phase”.

“LIV Golf has entered a court-supervised restructuring process that provides us with the time and framework to address previous financial obligations and complete a transaction that will make the league’s next phase a reality,” said the letter.

“Put simply, this process is designed to build a stronger and more sustainable future for LIV Golf.”

O’Neil added in a statement: “This process gives us the structure and time to pursue a landmark transaction and begin the next chapter of LIV Golf – one built around the fans, an innovative, player-first ownership model, and a part of the global golf ecosystem.”

In yet another indication the free-spending days of LIV 1.0 are over, the letter said the new league would be “built around a sustainable business model”.

Players are set to be given equity and individual commercial rights are set to be returned to players, giving them greater earning potential. In terms of prize money, LIV Golf purses are set to be lower than events on the PGA Tour – which has risen in part because of the existence of LIV – but higher than events on the DP World Tour.

The letter also outlined proposed changes, with field sizes expanding to 75 players, the introduction of a cut, creating qualifiers and having more teams that “embrace national identities”, with the ambitions for teams to “grow into enduring global sports businesses”.

She moved house last week and Stacey Solomon has already made sure to share some hilarious content with fans as she got ready in their humongous new bathroom. 

The TV presenter, 36, gave fans a tour of her huge en suite bathroom on Tuesday, which is complete with a giant bath, sauna and bizarre nude murals. 

And Stacey and her husband Joe Swash made the most of their new bathroom as they shared hilarious snaps ahead of the National Television Awards (NTAs). 

Joking that the bathroom looks almost identical to the bath scene in the 1983 film Scarface, Stacey wowed in her black dress while Joe posed smiled from the bath. 

She penned: ‘Getting ready for the NTAs in the Scarface bathroom. I just can’t with this room.

‘I wholeheartedly love to imagine in my head that this is exactly how the people would dress in this bathroom back in the day couldn’t help myself with these pictures.

‘Happy Wednesday everyone crossing our fingers for tonight.’

Joking that the bathroom looks almost identical to the bath scene in the 1983 film Scarface, Stacey wowed in her black dress while Joe posed smiled from the bath

The mother-of-five made the evening a family affair as her and Joe were joined by Stacey’s eldest children Zach, 18, and Leighton, 14, and her nieces Mila and Willow

The couple are nominated in the Reality Docuseries for their reality show Stacey & Joe, which has been commissioned for a third series

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The couple were nominated in the Reality Docuseries for their reality show Stacey & Joe, which has been commissioned for a third series. 

Stacey has previously gone viral for her frustrations after missing out at the NTAs in previous years so was hoping to bring home the accolade this year – however they lost out to Jeremy Clarkson’s hit Prime Video show Clarkson’s Farm. 

And the mother-of-five made the evening a family affair as her and Joe were joined by Stacey’s eldest children Zach, 18, and Leighton, 14. 

Posing with her sons on the red carpet, the star had also invited her nieces, Mila and Darcy to the glam event. 

After a busy few days moving house, Stacey looked sensational as she slipped into a black one shoulder dress which featured a high leg slit. 

The star swept her brunette locks off her face in an up do and completed the look with black heels.  

Meanwhile Joe opted for a classic black tie look as he was seen grabbing selfies with fans. 

It’s been a busy week for Stacey Solomon and her family after they moved out of their £1.3million home Pickle Cottage last week. 

And fans have joked the master suite in her new Victorian home is ‘bigger than my flat’. 

The television personality gave her followers a tour of her new bedroom – complete with kooky dressing room, the ‘biggest bathroom ever’ and a sauna – on Monday. 

Revealing the extensive renovations required, Stacey asked fans for advice as she showed off their new master suite. 

Stacey looked sensational as she slipped into a black one shoulder dress which featured a high leg slit

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Stacey has previously gone viral for her frustrations after missing out at the NTAs in previous years so will be hoping to bring home the accolade this year

Meanwhile Joe opted for a classic black tie look as he was seen grabbing selfies with fans

The TV presenter, 36, gave fans a tour of her huge en suite bathroom on Tuesday, which is complete with a giant bath, sauna and bizarre nude murals

The spacious bedroom was wallpapered floor to ceiling and had a huge bay window overlooking the countryside. 

Stacey joked her furniture looked like it was from the film The Borrowers because of the sheer scale of the space. She said: ‘It makes everything I’ve got look tiny.’

‘I don’t know what to do here. There is so much space, I need your help. All I know is they have wallpapered every inch of this house, so that’s going to be fun.’ 

Stacey then went on to show the wardrobes which she said had ‘creepy coving’ but she loved their ornateness and the lock and key detail. She also showed even more wardrobe space in the form of a large room with rails and shelves off the suite.

Next up on the tour Stacey said: ‘This was the craziest, biggest bathroom I’ve ever seen in my whole entire life. The tiles they’re actually hand painted. 

‘They’re just loads of naked people. Don’t get me started on this giant swimming pool basically. Last but not least, this room just gets better and better – the sauna.’ 

Stacey said she had no idea how to use the sauna and would need to get it serviced. 

And while the bath looked impressive, the TV star revealed it is unusable at the moment after what debris they found in the tank. 

The future of it is being reviewed

More children are reportedly suffering more head injuries after falling from scooters, a councillor has claimed. The claim has been made as concerns have been raised over a contract to provide e-bikes and scooters across parts of the county.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority currently has a contract with Voi to provide e-bikes and e-scooters across Cambridge and some surrounding areas. They were introduced as part of a trial in 2020 which has since been extended until May 2028.

It is illegal to ride a privately owned e-scooter in public – only those offered by Voi as part of the trial can be legally used in the city. But some councillors have raised concerns over the vehicles blocking pavements, cluttering public spaces and the safety of riders.

The combined authority’s overview and scrutiny panel asked for a report on the “social value” of e-scooters and data on injuries. Cllr Anna Bradnam, of South Cambs District Council, said they had also asked for data on illegal scooters and e-bikes too.

She also asked for information to be provided by organisations that deal with head and brain injuries such as Headway and children’s hospices. The Liberal Democrat councillor said: “Coincidentally, I have visited a hospice and just asked them out of the blue – because the hospice deals with children with life-limiting and life-changing conditions – have you seen more children come in because of falling off scooters?

“They said, ‘oh, yes’ – I was really quite surprised, but of course lots of people on scooters don’t wear helmets.”

Cllr Hugh Clough, of Cambridge City Council, said Voi had not consulted them before deciding where to put designated drop-off points. The Green councillor said: “Voi’s actual responsiveness to concerns raised by the public and councillors is a major issue in our area.

“The lack of any sort of willingness to engage with councillors – that problem was raised too many times. We’ve all got the list of problem sites where people can’t get through, can’t get in – you can’t even get your mobility scooter or wheelchair through. It’s a festering problem which needs to be addressed.”

Cllr Bradnam asked for the topic to be brought to the panel as part of the January 2027 agenda list.