He added: “So my message to Downing Street tonight is very, very clear – they have got a lot of listening to do to the fact that Labour have been hammered here in Scotland and an SNP Government, after 19 years in office, has just been emphatically returned to office, and Scotland needs respect as a consequence of that election outcome.”
The National Lottery offered the chance to win £54m in tonight’s game. The EuroMillions draw takes place twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The EuroMillions jackpot will be claimed by players who pick five correct numbers from one to 50 as well as two Lucky Star numbers from one to 12.
The Thunderball draw also took place tonight. The winner will claim £500,000 if they match five numbers from one to 39 as well as the all-important Thunderball number from one to 14.
There is no doubt Manchester United have given Bruno Fernandes a push to get this award.
United have been playing up Fernandes’ claims and also ensured the Portugal playmaker was promoted through some recent media engagements.
However, this would have been pointless had Fernandes not delivered at a time in the season when United needed him to deliver.
In October, when Fernandes spoke about qualification for the Champions League, few thought it was likely.
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In January, when technical director Jason Wilcox told the United squad that was the aim despite Ruben Amorim’s dismissal, it seemed a tall order.
That they have achieved it with three matches to spare and could yet end the campaign nearer in points terms to the eventual champions than in any other season since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement 13 years ago, owes a huge amount to Fernandes.
Since returning from a rare injury against Burnley, Sunday’s victory over Liverpool was only the third match out of 16 in all competitions when Fernandes has not either scored a goal or created one.
His performances across the season have been consistently high and worthy of wider recognition.
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Twelve months ago, when the debate over Fernandes’ United future raged, the question being asked was simply this: where would they be without him? The suspicion was they would have been much closer to relegation than they actually were.
The same could be asked now. The answer? They surely would not be looking forward to a Champions League return.
The household names had been absent from their normal slots on the radio station
21:01, 08 May 2026Updated 21:08, 08 May 2026
Five top presenters from local radio station U105 are to leave the airwaves after a shock announcement tonight.
Linda Cullen, Denise Watson, Rick Nugent, Stephen Woods, and David Johnson are all set to depart after being missing from our airwaves for several weeks. There has been speculation that talks were being held as part of a possible takeover.
It’s believed the five and bosses could not agree terms in new contract negotiations.
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In a short statement on Friday May 8 the station said: “We wanted to update listeners that Denise Watson, David Johnson, Linda Cullen, Rick Nugent and Stephen Woods are leaving the U105 schedule, as we have been unable to reach mutually agreeable terms for new contracts.
“We would like to thank Denise, David, Linda, Rick and Stephen for their significant contribution to U105, we know they will be missed by many listeners. We wish them all the very best for the future.”
Last time Sverre Nypan faced Manchester United he was strutting his stuff as football’s next big thing during a pre-season clash in 2024.
Nypan was only 17 at the time, but he was already a first team starter for his then club Rosenborg and delivered an assured performance at Old Trafford.
A little under two years and a £12.5million move to Manchester City later and Nypan was back in action against United. He lined up for the Blues Under-21s side in the Premier League 2 play-off semi-final, playing off Mahamadou Sangare in attacking midfield role.
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It’s a big summer for Nypan, who was on loan at Championship side Middlesbrough in the first half of the season but returned to City in the winter window to continue his progress under the watchful eye of Pep Guardiola and the Academy staff.
The 19-year-old was with the first team at Wembley when the Blues won the Carabao Cup and was on the pitch and involved in the celebrations after the game. He is held in high regard by the club, who have faith in a talent that was wanted by many of Europe’s big-hitters before signing for City.
His pricetag reflects the ability that is clearly there and he showcased some of it during the defeat to United on Friday night at the Joie Stadium even if not everything went to plan.
With City a goal to the good early on, the Norwegian sidefooted wide of the target when clean through, while shortly after he didn’t quite get his pass away to Reigan Heskey when leading a counter-attack.
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But he was calm and composed on the ball and adept at finding space in the final third. He fashioned a chance for himself late in the first half but screwed his shot wide before only a superb finger-tip save from United keeper William Murdock on the stroke of half-time kept him from getting on the scoresheet.
Nypan’s work-rate was noticeable too. The last action of the first 45 was the midfielder clearing his lines after tracking back to help thwart a United attack.
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The teenager continued to press well from the front as City chased a way back into the contest, having fallen 3-1 down by half-time and 4-1 shortly after. The Blues did find an immediate response from Sangare and set up a grandstand finish when Samba scored again with eight minutes to play but couldn’t force a leveller.
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That ends the Under-21 campaign, and Nypan is likely to begin next season with City’s first team in Asia for pre-season. He’ll hope for another summer chance to showcase his skills.
Shaw looks set to leave City this summer after talks stalled over a new contract.
Chelsea, who won six titles in a row before City’s recent success, are favourites to sign Shaw, who previously had no desire to leave the club.
But a breakdown in communications led to her exploring other options and Chelsea are understood to have offered at least one more year on a contract than City were willing to agree to.
Reports suggest Chelsea are ready to pay Shaw up to £1m a year and while boss Sonia Bompastor gave no hint as to whether Shaw’s future lying with the club, she admitted in a news conference on Thursday that signing a number nine is high on the Blues’ priority list.
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Speaking on Friday, City manager Andree Jeglertz said: “I still hope she’s signing a new contract with Manchester City, definitely, but that’s more of a discussion for the player and for people at the club.
“Right now, the most important thing is to enjoy our player, and she’s here to compete with us, and do everything she can.”
City face Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals on Sunday (15:30 BST), with the winner playing either Liverpool or Brighton at Wembley on 31 May.
A newly elected Reform councillor’s inflammatory and conspiracy theory-fuelled social media posts have come under scrutiny (Picture: Getty Images)
A Reform UK candidate who allegedly said the Holocaust was a hoax has won a seat in the local elections.
Jay Cooper, who won one of three seats in the Sefton Council for the Bootle West ward, has been accused of spewing out conspiracy theories and labelling the genocide of millions of Jewish people ‘propaganda.’
The earlier social media comments made by the newly elected councillor from Merseyside Reform have come under scrutiny following his win with 705 votes.
In a since-deleted Facebook post made last September, Cooper referred to the death of US right-wing activist Charlie Kirk with caption ‘Heartbreaking. Murdered for having an opinion,’ the Liverpool Echo reported.
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Nigel Farage was quizzed about the newly elected Reform UK councillor’s questionable social media comment about the Holocaust (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)
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A comment made by another user said that Adolf Hitler had an opinion and asked ‘did he deserve to die?’
Coope responded: ‘I don’t agree with him murdering innocent people. But the Hallocaust [sic] is a hoax.
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‘There wasn’t [sic] even 6 million Jews in Europe at the time. Propaganda.’
He has made a series of other conspiracy theory-fuelled comments online since, including claiming a link between the Labour government and the Southport attacks.
A post made in February, which is still online, said along with a link to a poll: ‘These polls have got to be wrong about Liverpool how are people in the right mind still thinking it’s acceptable to vote for Labour.
‘The 3 young girls in Southport slaughtered by the hands of Labour should have been the turning point. Makes me ashamed to be from Liverpool.’
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In March, he reposted an AI image from a local page depicting Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a hijab with text with it: ‘Labour have given up winning elections with policies. They focus on demographics instead.
They import votes because the public hate their policies. Import the 3rd world and bribe them with taxpayer benefits.Terror comes with it and they don’t care.’
In January 2024 he shared a video suggesting that the 9/11 terror attacks in the US were not real.
The video repost, which is still up on Cooper’s profile, said: ‘Ultimate proof. 9/11 is not what we thought it was.’
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Reform’s leader Nigel Farage hinted that the newly elected councillor would not be welcome in the party.
Farage told the Echo today: ‘When you are putting up 5,000 people, do some slip through the net because they don’t tell you their social media handles or tell you the truth? Yes. Do we welcome people with these ideas? No, we absolutely don’t.’
When told that Cooper was now elected, he said he ‘could not speak to that’ before adding ‘But I tell you what, he’s not welcome.’
Metro approached Cooper and Reform UK for a comment.
The first minister of Wales Eluned Morgan has just lost her seat as Labour’s day of historic losses continues.
Morgan has led the Welsh devolved government since 2024, while Labour has been in control of the Senedd since devolution in 1999.
Plaid Cymru’s Elin Jones won the seat with 35.8% of the vote, while Labour came in fourth on just 7.3%.
Reform UK came in second, on 25.8%, and the Conservatives came in third on 16.6%.
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The Greens were hot on Labour’s heels in fifth place on 7.1% and the Lib Dems on 5.2%.
Morgan said today’s results have been “catastrophic” and urged the party to take a long hard look at itself.
She confirmed she would be stepping down as leader and took full responsibility for the decline in support.
The loss of Labour’s most senior representative in Wales comes on top of an already gruelling day for the party.
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It has already taken major losses in the local elections in England amid Reform UK’s surge, while Plaid Cymru has eaten into Labour strongholds in Wales.
Morgan, who is also in the House of Lords, refused to back Starmer as Labour leader beyond “this point in time” earlier this week.
While the full results for the 96 seats in the Senedd are yet to be announced Labour warned after counting began that it expects to take just 10 seats – out of 96.
Forty-nine seats are required for a majority.
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Labour held 29 seats out of 60 before the Senedd expanded ahead of this current election.
The party has also been a dominant political force in the country for more than a century but major dissatisfaction with Keir Starmer’s government meant forecasters had predicted a bloodbath for Labour support in Wales.
Labour’s deputy first minister Huw Irranca-Davies, who has kept his seat in Afan Ogwr Rhondda, predicted it was going to be an “exceptionally tough day” early on Friday.
He said he would take defeat personally, adding: “All of us come into politics to do things and change the country, our community, the nation, to be better, to improve people’s lives, and to be rejected in that way is hard to take.
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“But I think that is part of politics as well.”
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Hosting season is on the horizon, and homeowners are transforming their gardens into stylish, functional spaces for entertaining and whiling away the hours together, but according to new survey from Furniturebox in conjunction with YouGov, 17% of Brits admit their garden isn’t in good enough condition to host guests.
The Jill Kelly Skincare Clinic, located near the town centre and Scarborough Railway Station, can be converted into a three-bed house after plans were approved by the council.
The owner, who is approaching retirement age, has “owned the building for several years and has run a successful skincare business within it”.
According to submitted plans, the owner has been “winding the business down for several years, allowing previous employees to take some of her clientele” and is hoping to sell the building as a dwelling.
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The Grade-II listed property, at 53 Falsgrave Road, is part of a group of terraced properties, constructed around 1830-1840 from red brick and with slate tiled roofs.
According to submitted plans, there will be no changes to the fabric of the building or its external appearance.
“The only change externally is to remove the signage from above the door and the small panel adjacent to the front door,” the applicant said.
Scarborough’s conservation officer raised no objections and said the proposal would “not result in structural alteration or loss of historic fabric and would not result in a detrimental impact to the designated heritage asset”.
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According to the owner of the skincare clinic, the property is suitable for conversion and can “easily be adapted to a dwelling, as there is an existing kitchen and bathroom and the other rooms have no fixed furniture”.
North Yorkshire Council said the proposal was “acceptable and would not result in harm to the designated heritage asset”.
The application was approved subject to conditions.
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