Vitaly Janelt (Brentford): He obviously gets a goal – wonderful header – but I actually thought he was just the best player on the pitch in the 3-2 win at Newcastle. I agree with Jordan Henderson in the sense he should have had the man of the match but he played well, kept it simple, broke up the game, broke forward when he needed to. A real solid midfielder’s performance.

Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United): What a difference a manager makes – being able to be free, get on the ball, go wherever he wants and be creative. I think Michael Carrick takes a lot of credit for that but again, another goal for him against Spurs, another win for United – he has to go in.

Rayan (Bournemouth): He was fantastic in the draw with Aston Villa. We have to look at Lucas Digne defensively but everything he did, running forward with pace, power, direct. He caused problems throughout the day. He’s a big strong boy that gets his team up the pitch and he gets at the opposition – and Digne had no answers for him.

Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool): We’re going to put him in the 10 even though he played right-back, but when you score a goal like that you’re in. Unbelievable free-kick against Manchester City with pure technique to slice across the ball to make it swing from left to right and leave Donnarumma stranded.

Cole Palmer (Chelsea): His first start back under Liam Rosenior, talking about getting his fitness back up. He loses a few points because he was against a very bad Wolves team. However fantastic, a hat-trick, goals, penalties, confidence. The most important thing is he’s smiling again – that’s great for Chelsea and great for England so he deserves that, as does Rosenior for giving him that.

NURSERIES must stop making parents pay sneaky extra charges to use their “free” childcare hours, the Government has warned.

Ministers are cracking down on hidden fees which can cost families hundreds of pounds per year.

Children aged nine months to four years can get between 15 and 30 hours per week of Government-funded childcare during school term-time, often called “funded” or “free” hours.

Nurseries are not meant to force parents who use funded hours to pay extra charges on top, but parents have reported being hit with extra costs – including top-up fees, upfront registration fees and charges for things like books and craft materials.

Now new guidance issued by the Government is making clear exactly what nurseries can and cannot charge.

The update makes clear nurseries must not charge parents any “top-up” fees to make up the difference between their private rates and the funding they receive from the Government for funded hours.

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They also cannot force parents to buy extra paid-for hours, if they only want to use the free 15 or 30 hours. But if parents want more hours, they are allowed to charge for these at a private rate.

Parents using funded hours must not be charged non-refundable deposits or registration fees to secure a place for their child. Nurseries can charge deposits but these must be refunded, unless parents do not take up the space.

Nurseries are also banned from charging parents for essential learning items, like toys, books, craft supplies, crayons, paper and musical instruments.

They must also not pass on the costs of cleaning, staffing, rent, insurance or fuel bills to parents – or charge for any extra SEND support for children with additional needs during the funded hours.

‘I know how complicated childcare is for parents… they should not be pressured into paying extra’

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson tells The Sun:

“A child’s early years shape so much of their future – but I know how complicated childcare can be for parents.

“When you’re juggling work, family life and household bills, you don’t always have the time to pore over every line of small print or question whether a charge is really optional or not.”

“Parents are saving up to £7,500 a year thanks to our 30 hours of funded childcare, and they should not have the value of these savings quietly chipped away at by small charges building up week after week.

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“Every pound matters when money is tight. That’s why we are tightening up guidance and making it clearer what parents should and should not be charged for.

“Funded hours must be delivered without hidden costs, and parents should not feel pressured into paying extra.

“If parents notice a charge they weren’t expecting, they should feel comfortable asking their childcare provider to explain it clearly.

“If concerns remain, they can speak to their local authority, which oversees funded places and has powers to act if the rules are being broken.”

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The Government is also cracking down on what it calls “vague” charges for things like “sustainability”, “enhanced ratios” or “enrichment”.

It said all extra charges must be clearly explained and itemised on invoices, so parents know exactly what they’re paying for.

The Sun previously revealed how parents were being stung by extra nursery fees to cover food and admin costs, at the same time free childcare hours was being expanded by the government.

Nurseries can charge for some optional extras – but only if parents can choose to opt out of these without losing their free place.

These include nappies, suncream, snacks and meals. Parents must have the option to supply their own nappies, creams or packed lunches and snacks.

Nurseries can also charge for other optional extras like trips, events and special classes like music or foreign language classes.

The Department for Education said the updated guidance would “stop quiet, recurring charges from chipping away at childcare savings” and make bills easier to understand.

It said parents who think they are being overcharged should ask their nursery to explain and itemise charges. If the issue is not resolved, parents can contact their local council, which has the power to investigate.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.

“Take the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator whose boss has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines. “We have a solution for our problem.”

Oz, a heart surgeon, defended some recently revised federal vaccine recommendations as well as past comments from President Donald Trump and the nation’s health chief, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., about the efficacy of vaccines. From Oz, there was a clear message on the measles.

“Not all illnesses are equally dangerous and not all people are equally susceptible to those illnesses,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But measles is one you should get your vaccine.”

An outbreak in South Carolina in the hundreds has surpassed the recorded case count in Texas’ 2025 outbreak, and there is also one on the Utah-Arizona border. Multiple other states have had confirmed cases this year. The outbreaks have mostly impacted children and have come as infectious disease experts warn that rising public distrust of vaccines generally may be contributing to the spread of a disease once declared eradicated by public health officials.

Asked in the television interview whether people should fear the measles, Oz replied, “Oh, for sure.” He said Medicare and Medicaid will continue to cover the measles vaccine as part of the insurance programs.

“There will never be a barrier to Americans get access to the measles vaccine. And it is part of the core schedule,” Oz said.

But Oz also said “we have advocated for measles vaccines all along” and that Kennedy “has been on the very front of this.”

Questions about vaccines did not come up later in a Kennedy interview on Fox News Channel’s “The Sunday Briefing,” where he was asked about what kind of Super Bowl snack he might have (probably yogurt). He also said he eats steak with sauerkraut in the mornings.

Critics of Kennedy have argued that the health secretary’s longtime skepticism of U.S. vaccine recommendations and past sympathy for the unfounded claim that vaccines may cause autism may influence official public health guidance in ways contrary to the medical consensus.

Oz argued that Kennedy’s stance was supportive of the measles vaccine despite Kennedy’s general comments about the recommended vaccine schedule.

“When the first outbreak happened in Texas, he said, get your vaccines for measles, because that’s an example of an ailment that you should get vaccinated against,” Oz said.

The Republican administration last month dropped some vaccine recommendations for children, an overhaul of the traditional vaccine schedule that the Department of Health and Human Services said was in response to a request from Trump.

States, not the federal government, have the authority to require vaccinations for schoolchildren. While federal requirements often influence those state regulations, some states have begun creating their own alliances to counter the administration’s guidance on vaccines.

U.S. vaccination rates have dropped and the share of children with exemptions has reached an all-time high, according to federal data. At the same time, rates of diseases that can be protected against with vaccines, such as measles and whooping cough, are rising across the country.

Kennedy’s past anti-vaccine activism

Kennedy’s past skepticism of vaccines has come under scrutiny since Trump first nominated him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

During his Senate confirmation testimony last year, Kennedy told lawmakers that a closely scrutinized 2019 trip he took to Samoa, which came before a devastating measles outbreak, had “nothing to do with vaccines.”

But documents obtained by The Guardian and The Associated Press undermine that testimony. Emails sent by staffers at the U.S. Embassy and the United Nations said that Kennedy sought to meet with top Samoan officials during his trip to the Pacific island nation.

Samoan officials later said Kennedy’s trip bolstered the credibility of anti-vaccine activists before the measles outbreak, which sickened thousands of people and killed 83, mostly children under age 5.

Mixed messaging on autism, vaccines

Oz’s comments mark a broader pattern among administration officials of voicing discordant and at times contradictory statements about the efficacy of vaccines amid an overhaul of U.S. public health policy.

Officials have walked a fine line in criticizing past U.S. vaccine policy, often at times appearing to express sympathy for unfounded conspiracy theories from anti-vaccine activists, while also not straying too far from established science.

During a Senate hearing Tuesday, Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, said no single vaccine causes autism, but he did not rule out the possibility that research may find some combination of vaccines could have negative health side effects.

But Kennedy, in Senate testimony, has argued that a link between vaccines and autism has not been disproved.

He has previously claimed that some components of vaccines, like the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal, may cause childhood neurological disorders such as autism. Most vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella do not contain thimerosal. A federal vaccine advisory board overhauled by Kennedy last year voted to no longer recommend thimerosal-containing vaccines.

Administration public health officials often cite the need to restore trust in public health systems after the coronavirus pandemic, when vaccine policy and the general public health response to the deadly pandemic became a highly polarizing topic in American politics.

Misinformation and conspiracy theories about the public health system also spread during the pandemic, and longtime anti-vaccine activist groups saw a swell in interest from the wider public.

Kennedy, who for years led the anti-vaccine activist group Children’s Health Defense, has been criticized for ordering reviews of vaccines and public health guidelines that leading medical research groups have deemed settled science.

Public health experts also criticized the president for making unfounded claims about highly politicized health issues. During a September Oval Office event, Trump asserted without evidence that Tylenol and vaccines are linked to a rise in the incidence of autism in the United States.

With Alisson marooned upfield for a set-piece as Liverpool searched for a late equaliser, Rayan Cherki kicked the ball towards an empty net from just inside his own half.

Haaland gave chase and was clearly going to outpace Dominik Szoboszlai.

The City striker had overtaken Szoboszlai 25 yards from goal and looked certain to win the race – but he was pulled back.

It was a clear foul which referee Craig Pawson identified, but he played an advantage.

As the ball rolled towards the goal with the same two players still jostling to reach it, Liverpool‘s Hungary international was about to slide in and clear it off the line.

Before Szoboszlai could do so, however, Haaland pulled him back, and that stopped the home player from keeping the ball out of the net.

The first pull on the Norway striker muddies the waters. After all, it seemed Haaland was definitely going to score.

But they are two distinct situations. You have to separate the first foul by Szoboszlai and the subsequent offence from Haaland.

Would Szoboszlai have prevented the goal had he not been fouled? There is a high chance.

On that basis it is impossible for the goal to stand.

Remember that Pawson played advantage. Had Szoboszlai been allowed to successfully keep the ball out, the play would have been brought back and he would have been sent off.

The end result would be the same as the outcome of the VAR intervention: no goal and Szoboszlai sent off for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity.

If you take out the first pull on Haaland, it is hard to see how anyone could have a problem with the goal being disallowed.

This is not the first time, or the last, that the VAR has correctly disallowed a goal and people really struggle to stomach it.

Yes, the goal could be important for Manchester City at the end of the season. But the goal conceded could also turn out to be vital for Liverpool.

The owner of more than 100 Burger King franchises in Wisconsin has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in fines after officials found over 1,500 violations of child labor laws.

Cave Enterprises, LLC, has been ordered by Wisconsin officials to pay $237,000 to child workers and a $828,000 penalty to the state, Fox 6 Now reported.

Wisconsin officials launched an investigation into Cave Enterprises, LLC, after 33 separate complaints were filed from 2023 to 2025, alleging violations of child labor and wage laws, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Cave Enterprises, which operates 105 franchises of the fast food chain across the state, was found to have violated Wisconsin child labor laws at least 1,656 times.

At least 600 kids were involved in the company’s infractions.

“It was still shocking even to our investigators to see that out of 105 locations around the state, violations were found at 103 locations, involving over 600 minor workers,” said Amy Pechacek, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary.

“This is the largest case that we have seen of youth working violations in modern history. We have quite honestly not seen anything to the depth and breadth of what this audit uncovered,” Pechacek added.

The state says it found that 593 children ages 14 and 15 were allowed to work at the Burger King franchises without a child labor work permit, which is required by the state.

The investigation also found that 627 teenage employees worked shifts of six hours or longer without a meal break, violating state law.

The state found violations at locations in Menomonee Falls, Oak Creek, Oconomowoc, Waukesha, West Bend, West Allis, Kenosha, Beaver Dam and Racine, according to Fox.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, blamed Republican lawmakers for eroding child labor laws in the state.

“After years of Republican lawmakers working to get rid of Wisconsin’s basic child labor law protections, I’m proud my administration is working to do the opposite by making sure bad actors are held accountable for taking advantage of kids in the workplace,” Evers said in a statement.

The Independent has contacted Cave Enterprises for comment.

A PAIR of contestants on Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win went home without a single penny after incorrectly answering a question about a chocolate bar.

Friends Abbi and Amy entered the show hopeful to take home some money to spend and save for the future.

But their enthusiasm was rapidly dashed as they failed to stay on the ladder after only the second question.

Fuelled by the motivation of getting their first easy question right – what’s the maximum number a person can roll on two standard dice – the ladies looked up at the screen as the killer chocolate question popped up.

Read aloud by Dec, he asked them: “If the two chocolate bars in a standard 50g pack of Twix were laid end to end, what would the total length be in centimetres?”

As early on quiz show questions go, this one was incredibly tough.

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Abbi and Amy looked to one another baffled, and commented on how the size of Twix bars keeps shrinking so it’s hard to keep up.

One of them noted that they had actually measured the size of a KitKat before, which they were trying to mentally envision to use as a point of comparison.

“The KitKats were around 11 centimetres, I feel like it’s a bit bigger than that,” they discussed, agreeing 11 sounded too small.

Dec added pressure, reminding them: “Remember, one over and it’s game over. Exact answers bank you cash.”

After not knowing what else to think and beginning to second guess themselves the duo locked in 22, estimating 11 centimetres per Twix.

Abbi and Amy had only £1k in the bank as they waited with anticipation to see if they got the answer correct.

But the studio’s lights flooded with red, and they were both sent home empty handed.

“Ah, you’ve gone over so it’s game over,” said a shocked Ant.

“What was the answer, what was the exact answer please,” he continued, asking for the correct answer to appear for all to see.

The correct answer was 19 centimetres.

Voicing how they were “gutted”, the audience gave them a round of applause before they left the stage.

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Limitless Win is airs at 8pm on ITV.

Manchester City have not won a Premier League game at Anfield in front of fans since Pep Guardiola’s appointment in 2016, but in the eyes of many they need to change that record today to keep the title race alive.

Arsenal’s victory over Sunderland yesterday leaves City staring at the prospect of finishing the weekend nine points adrift. In a Premier League where gimme fixtures are scarce, and with 13 games to go, it would probably be premature to declare it done and dusted but City’s chances would be remote.

City’s form is just as worrying as the points deficit to Arsenal. They have won just one of their last six league games, fading badly in second halves and conceding leads, with two points thrown away at Spurs last Sunday.

Pep Guardiola could welcome back Ruben Dias to add some ballast to his defence, but it would be a risk to return from injury in a game of this magnitude.

There is plenty riding on the game for Liverpool too, who watched Chelsea and Manchester United win yesterday in the race for Champions League football.

Arne Slot’s team have scored 15 goals in their last four games in all competitions, with Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz beginning to strike up a fruitful partnership.

Dominik Szoboszlai will deputise at right-back, something City could look to exploit with Antoine Semenyo. The key selection decision for Slot is whether to bring Curtis Jones into a true midfield three, or stick with a 4-2-3-1 shape with a front four of Mohamed Salah, Ekitike, Wirtz and Cody Gakpo to tear into a vulnerable City defence.

Goals have been in short supply for Erling Haaland of late, and there have been suggestions that City should start him on the bench for this one. Surely not?

Full team news on the way shortly. 

Lindsey Vonn, 41, said she was willing to risk everything to become the oldest Alpine skiing medallist.

Not even rupturing the ACL in her left knee racing nine days before the event was going to stop the 41-year-old American.

“As long as there’s a chance,” she said after arriving in Italy, “I will try.”

Hers was the most-anticipated event. It would have been even without the drama of the injury in Switzerland.

Even if you are not the biggest Winter Olympics fan, you probably know her name.

She came out of retirement last year at the age of 41, chasing the dream of a second Olympic gold to add to her 2010 downhill title.

Could her body cope? Not only with the fresh injury, but racing on a right knee that was rebuilt from an injury in 2013.

There was shock and despair in Cortina when she crashed 13 seconds out of the starting gate.

The fall may have been softened by the mandatory safety airbag that inflated after losing control, but screams could be heard from Vonn after landing awkwardly at high speed.

And in a repeat of the scenes witnessed nine days earlier in Crans-Montana, she was taken to hospital on a stretcher dangling from the bottom of a helicopter.

Medics will now be assessing the long-term damage caused following surgery on her broken left leg.

It could be a dramatic and horrific end to the career of one of the most successful female skiers of all time.

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And questions will be asked whether the American team should have allowed Vonn to compete and whether it was a risk too far.

A generation of Manchester City supporters had not experienced a winning feeling at Anfield – but all that changed on a highly dramatic Sunday evening.

Trailing 1-0 to Liverpool in the 84th minute, it was turning into a theme familiar for the Citizens faithful until captain Bernardo Silva and the ice-cool Erling Haaland both netted in the dying stages to hand Pep Guardiola’s side a memorable victory.

City supporters were riotous when Rayan Cherki rolled in a third into an empty net from just inside his own half, but the goal was eventually ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR).

It mattered little as they stayed well after the final whistle to celebrate their side’s triumph – only a third in the league since 1981.

It was also result that keeps City in the title race. Just.

Boss Pep Guardiola joked afterwards about their last victory at Anfield five years ago, which came behind closed doors during Covid restrictions, saying: “That doesn’t count, right?”

But this brilliant turnaround meant City are only six points adrift of leaders Arsenal with 13 games to play, having been staring at a nine-point deficit in the closing stages.

“It is so difficult, Anfield is Anfield – the tradition, the history and the crowd,” added Guardiola. “It always looks smaller, tighter here and the pitch doesn’t look like Etihad Stadium – and the players that they have, and everything.

“Of course we would be disappointed and all the questions would be over and over [about the title race] but six points is better than nine. It is still a lot considering how strong Arsenal are in all departments.

“The last 10 games, from my experience, it is so difficult. The important thing is to try to be there and improve because the second half was not good enough again.

“All we can do is breathe down the neck of Arsenal and being there, try if they go slip [up] and use it.”