Tottenham finished 17th 12 months ago, but were never really in danger of relegation as then-boss Ange Postecoglou juggled an injury-hit squad with a focus on Europe.

However, they have endured a truly disastrous campaign this time around, once again not helped by a lengthy injury list.

Their season has encompassed three head coaches and multiple unwanted records, including losing six games in a row for the first time in their history and going on a 15-game winless run in the league.

Thomas Frank, who succeeded Postecoglou last June, was dismissed in February.

His replacement Igor Tudor’s reign was a new nadir, with the club collecting just one Premier League point from a possible 15 before his 44-day tenure was brought to an end.

De Zerbi then took on the unenviable task of ending their tailspin.

Draws against Brighton and Leeds that bookended wins over Wolves and Aston Villa provided light at the end of the tunnel, and they are now on course to escape – unless there is a dramatic plot twist.

Speaking to BBC Match of the Day, former Tottenham midfielder Danny Murpy said: “The mentality at Tottenham has to be, four or five weeks ago we were written off.

“If you’d said to Tottenham fans and players it’s going to go down to the last day and you’ve got to get a draw or a win at home to Everton, they would have bitten your hand off.

“The dilemma you have when you know a draw will suffice is that plays on your mind, and you really can’t let it.

“They’re at home against an Everton side who have petered out a little bit at the end of the season, they’ve got to be on the front foot and try to win the game, rather than be cautious and protective of that 0-0.”

The possible consequences of relegation do not bear thinking about for supporters, but will surely include a mass exodus of big-name players.

Dejan Kulusevski, Guglielmo Vicario, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Xavi Simons and James Maddison would all likely consider their options, while youngsters Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall are also attracting admiring glances from elsewhere.

If you want the creamiest scrambled eggs possible, you might want to rethink reaching for butter or milk – a chef has shared two surprising ingredients that could make all the difference

Nobody wants rubbery scrambled eggs to start their morning, so if your egg-making abilities aren’t quite hitting the mark and you’re ending up with a less-than-appetising result, two key ingredients could well be your saving grace.

When prepared properly, scrambled eggs are flavoursome, delicious and the ideal protein-packed way to kick off the day. A single egg contains 6g of protein, and a decent portion of scrambled eggs requires considerably more than just one. However, if you’d instinctively reach for butter or milk in pursuit of that perfect, slightly softer texture, you might want to think twice – because according to one chef, this isn’t actually the right approach. In fact, the secret ingredients are likely ones you’d never have considered adding yourself.

So if the answer isn’t milk or butter — which you’d naturally assume would make eggs as creamy as possible — what exactly should you be using instead?

TikTok user @foodmymuse revealed if you want to make “the best eggs,” you need to follow her recipe, because they’ll be incredible every single time.

She said: “Crack your eggs into a bowl, and the secret here is adding an extra yolk, trust me. Whisk them and strain, add butter to a pan and cook the eggs on low, undisturbed.

“Once they start setting, push them in so they all cook. Once almost done, add in crème fraîche.”

She explained she prefers to season her food right at the end, and that’s precisely what she recommends — though naturally, if you’d rather season throughout the cooking process, that’s entirely your call.

When she presented them in the video, she remarked on “how creamy” they look, noting she prefers to serve hers with chives. The finished result looked so mouth-watering that it had viewers drooling in the comments section.

One viewer described the recipe as “elegant and decadent,” while others said they definitely “want to try” incorporating these two additional ingredients into their own cooking.

“Yes, the crème fraîche makes them so creamy and good!” one woman enthused. Another pointed out that sourcing “good eggs” rather than budget ones can also make a tremendous difference to the overall quality.

Why does an extra egg yolk and crème fraîche make a difference?

Both crème fraîche and an additional egg yolk make scrambled eggs creamier by altering the balance of water, fat, and proteins in the pan, slowing the tightening process and encouraging a softer set.

Eggs transform from liquid to curds when their proteins unfold and bond together as they heat up. Introducing crème fraîche brings extra fat and a touch of acidity.

The fat coats and separates some of the egg proteins, making it more difficult for them to form a dense network, which keeps the curds tender and soft.

The subtle acidity also encourages the proteins to coagulate more gently, helping them set into a finer, silkier texture rather than seizing up abruptly.

An additional yolk works for a somewhat different reason. Yolks are packed with fat and, importantly, emulsifiers such as lecithin. Yolks also contain fewer of the “firm-setting” proteins present in whites, so adjusting the balance towards yolk naturally shifts the final texture towards softer, richer curds.

Combined, you’re boosting fat and emulsifiers while slightly tempering protein bonding, which results in smaller curds, reduced moisture loss, and a markedly more velvety scramble.

The planning application for a care home said Brexit saw the hotel’s business slump as migrant workers who had previously stayed at the hotel returned to their country of origin

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Plans to turn a hotel that once housed asylum seekers in Peterborough into a residential care home have been withdrawn.

Zenia Care submitted plans to Peterborough City Council requesting permission to turn the Hub at Fengate into a care home for the elderly on March 13, 2026. That application has now been withdrawn.

The initial planning submission, which was submitted on Zenia Care’s behalf by AM Planning Consultants, outlined the background of the hotel. It said: “The owner purchased the hotel site in 2013 and had many successful years.

“However, since Brexit in January 2019, when the majority of the hotel’s regular migrant worker clients returned to their country of origin the business has slumped by 70 per cent as they were the hotel’s core business.”

It continued: “In 2021 planning permission was granted for the change of use of the hotel to a residential care home… however, this was not implemented due to unforeseen circumstances, and the hotel has been used to provide accommodation for asylum seekers.”

The hotel – which was once known as The Verve – hit headlines in 2022 when it was requisitioned by Serco, the organisation responsible for finding accommodation in the region for asylum seekers on behalf of the Home Office.

The move sparked protests and demands for local consultation from residents and politicians when 40-80 asylum seekers arrived in November 2022 as part of a plan to relieve severe overcrowding at the Manston processing centre in Kent.

Led to vast, elegant adjoining suites, they have their own paradise to explore – as do the adults. I adored the understated style, the enormous bed, the textures of heavy silk bedcover, pale purple marble bathroom walls, Japanese loos, remote control for the curtains. The hand-painted de Gournay silk wallpaper is luxurious, in an understated way. The children loved the golden rubber ducks in the en-suite along with a toiletry pack with gorgeous all-natural cleanser and shampoo from The Botanist and The Chemist, panda bear towel and slippers, a big, soft teddy in a Mandarin Oriental jumper on the bed, and a little pile of presents, which for them included a ‘Little People, Big Dreams’ book, ‘Draw your own cartoon’ graphic book and dressing up pieces from party planner Meri Meri – who styled Prince George’s first birthday – to take home (the silver and blue superhero cape with matching leatherette red wrist bands and eye mask remain a source of absolute delight to my son).

Michael Carrick will name his first team as Man United’s permanent head coach this afternoon against Brighton and Hove Albion

Manchester United will end their Premier League season with a new permanent head coach as they travel to Brighton and Hove Albion this afternoon. Michael Carrick has signed a two-year deal with the Reds to extend his stay in Manchester. The former midfielder has lost just two matches since returning to Old Trafford.

In his pre-match press conference, Carrick spoke about needing to take this game seriously but admitted it could be an opportunity for younger players to gain some valuable first-team experience. It is hard to predict how Carrick will find that balance but it is safe to assume changes are coming.

First could be in goal. Senne Lammens has been superb but Sunday could be the chance for his back-up Altay Bayindir to play. The Turkey international looks set to leave the club this summer so Carrick could hand him one final appearance for the Reds.

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The defence should remain consistent despite options being available to Carrick. Harry Maguire hit the headlines this week after he missed out on the World Cup and he will be desperate to show Thomas Tuchel what he is missing. Luke Shaw also missed out on the England squad and will have started every single Premier League game if he is named in the starting XI.

In midfield, we know Casemiro will not be part of the squad. Kobbie Mainoo is the future of United’s midfield and could be the experienced head today. Tyler Fletcher will help the Scotland World Cup squad before they fly to America and starting him with Mainoo will be a great test for the youngster.

In attacking midfield, Bruno Fernandes is almost guaranteed to start. He still needs one assist to surpass Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne’s joint record for the most assists in a single Premier League season. After the campaign he has had, it would be cruel of Carrick not to give him the opportunity to smash that record.

Matheus Cunha has been in fine form recently and should start on the left. On the right, this could be the time to give Shea Lacey another shot.

He has not played for the senior team since his red card against Brighton in the FA Cup. Today would be a great chance to banish those demons. Mbeumo can lead the line.

United predicted XI vs Brighton: Bayindir; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw; Mainoo, T. Fletcher; Lacey, Fernandes, Cunha; Mbeumo

The inspector wrote in a report that they had to leave the pub without inspecting it.

A Cambridgeshire pub has been given a zero food hygiene rating after an inspector was refused entry. The Railway Vue in Impington was visited by the food hygiene inspector on Saturday, March 21, but left without assessing the premises.

According to the food hygiene report, the inspector was told that the owner had “recently took over the business”. The report said the owner suggested the inspection was for the previous food business operator and that they considered the inspection ‘irrelevant’ to them.

The inspector was also told that the kitchen was “not ready for inspection”. The owner told the inspector they “did not want an inspection on a weekend”, as they had never had an inspection on a weekend after 25 years of being in the trade.

The owner was told these are “not valid grounds” to refuse entry and the owner reportedly became ‘threatening’. The inspector noted that the pub was open and serving food at the time of the visit.

The inspector left the pub without assessing it and did not offer the owner a chance to sign off on the report for “safety reasons”. As a result, the Railway Vue was given a hygiene rating of zero.

Punch Pubs & Co, who look after the Railway Vue, said it expects its pubs to “meet the highest standards of food safety and hygiene”. The company will work with the pub’s team to “ensure all required improvements have been completed swiftly” and wants the Railway Vue to “achieve a significantly improved rating upon re-inspection”.

Punch Pubs & Co Operations Manager, David Hill, confirmed that The Railway Vue pub will be under new management from June. He said the company would like to thank the former manager for his hard work and wish him success.

He continued: “We know how much this pub means to the local community, so it remains our priority to keep the doors open. We will therefore continue trading as the transition takes place.

“We would like to reassure our guests that the pub will continue to operate as normal, with the addition of a new food offering coming in the near future. We look forward to updating the community in the coming weeks.”

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke about what the next manager needs to do after he is gone

Pep Guardiola has two words of advice for the next Manchester City manager: be yourself. As one of the greatest coaches in the game says goodbye to the Etihad after ten years, he believes the next man should leave him in the past.

Enzo Maresca is expected to be the successor, having gone on to have success with Leicester and Chelsea in recent years after time with City in their academy and then as one of Guardiola’s assistants during the Treble season. The Italian has been out of work since leaving Stamford Bridge in January is expected to come in for the toughest job since David Moyes stepped into Sir Alex Ferguson’s shoes at United.

Guardiola has taken on an ambassadorial role within the City Football Group as he leaves Manchester, but his priority is rest. Friends do not believe he can go more than three months without itching to be back involved in the game, yet that is another personal challenge he is determined to win.

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That space should give Maresca the opportunity to be his own man at City, and that is exactly what Guardiola thinks he needs to be. The 55-year-old leaves because he does not think he will have the energy to keep going next season, and believes that changes are needed to keep the club fresh.

“Be themselves. A manager has to be himself. Unique,” he said when asked for words of advice for the next manager. “The club will be there to support him unconditionally. Like they have done it to me, they will do it to him and his staff.”

Guardiola has said previously that City would be his last club role in coaching while indicating that he would be interested in international management. Two of the upcoming major tournaments will be in countries he knows well, with England one of the hosts for Euro 2028 and Spain for the World Cup in 2030.

He did not rule anything out on Friday when asked about a City return or the England job in his future. His first priority, though, is trying to get some focus for Sunday’s game with Aston Villa as he looks for a big farewell.

Cork and Clare go head to head in the final round of the Munster Hurling Championship on Sunday 24 May, with a place in the Munster Final on the line — here’s what TV channel it’s on, throw-in time and the latest betting odds

Cork and Clare face each other in the final round of the Munster Hurling Championship today.

Following a turbulent championship so far, there are three possible Munster Final pairings that could emerge; Cork v Clare, Cork v Limerick or Clare v Limerick.

Cork sit top of the table with three victories from three matches, and a draw against the Banner County would be sufficient to secure their place in the Final. Even in defeat, they would still reach the final if Tipperary overcome Limerick, though a clean sweep would help the reigning champions maintain their momentum.

Clare are currently in third position, and if they draw with Cork they will reach the final provided Limerick are defeated. They have already secured their place in the knockout stages following the final. Clare’s last Munster Championship triumph came in 1998.

Should Clare win and Limerick win, the top three sides would all be level on points and score difference would determine the top two, reports the Irish Mirror.

Here’s everything you need to know about the match:

Date

The match takes place this Sunday the 24th of May.

Throw-in time

The action begins at 4pm.

Venue

The fixture is at Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork.

TV and stream information

The match will be broadcast live on RTÉ 2 and GAA+.

Betting odds

Cork 4/7

Clare 13/8

Draw 8/1

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The Moses Gate Supersaver is coming to town from Saturday, May 23 to Sunday, May 31.

Visitors can ride most attractions for £1 per ride when purchasing a £2.50 wristband, which organisers believe is “one of the best-value family days” out in the area this summer.

The fair will feature rides designed for all ages, games, food stalls, and various other attractions.

A spokesperson from the organising team said: “At a time when many families are feeling financial pressure, we wanted to create something affordable that local people can still enjoy together.”

They added: “Our family has worked in the fairground industry for generations, and keeping fairs accessible and affordable for local communities has always been important to us.”

An event poster states: “Please bring cash. Due to poor service our card readers are not reliable at this event.”

Cristian Mungiu’s Norway-set drama about political polarization, “Fjord,” has won the Palme d’Or, handing the Cannes Film Festival ’s top honor for the second time to Mungiu, the Romanian director of “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.”

At a 79th Cannes Film Festival that saw few films cause a stir, “Fjord” found wide admiration for its engrossing tale of what Mungiu called “left-wing fundamentalism.” It stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as Romanian Evangelicals who move to Norway, but soon after have their children taken from them by child services for spanking them.

“Today the society is split. It’s divided. It’s radicalized,” said Mungiu. “This film is a pledge against any type of fundamentalism. It’s a pledge for these things we quote very often, like trauma and inclusion and empathy. These are lovely words but we need to apply them more often.”

Mungiu becomes just the 10th filmmaker to win the Palme d’Or twice. His “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” a Romanian abortion drama, won the award in 2007.

The win for “Fjord” extends one of the movies’ most extraordinary streaks. Neon, the specialty label, has now taken seven Palme d’Or winners in a row. “Fjord” adds to its unparalleled run, including last year’s champion, Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident,” and the 2024 winner, “Anora.” The latter went on to win best picture at the Oscars.

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The Grand Prix, or second prize, went to “Minotaur,” Andrey Zvyagintsev’s domestic thriller set against Russia’s war with Ukraine. Loosely based on Claude Chabrol’s 1969 film “The Unfaithful Wife,” “Minotaur” is about a Russian businessman suspicious of his wife’s indiscretions. At the same time, he’s tasked with conscripting 150 of his workers for Vladimir Putin’s war machine.

“The only person who can stop this butchery is you, Mr. President of the Russian Federation,” Zvyagintsev said, accepting his award. “Put an end to this slaughter. The whole world is waiting for this.”

By wide consensus, it wasn’t a banner festival. Hollywood largely sat out this year’s edition. Many of the selections struggled to bowl over critics. The global buzz that Cannes typically generates was fitful at best.

But the awards handed out Saturday as the 79th Cannes drew to a close will significantly raise the international profiles of the winners. Last year’s Cannes produced a long string of Oscar nominees, including “Sentimental Value” and “The Secret Agent.”

The nine-member jury that decided the awards was headed by Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook. Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao and Stellan Skarsgård were also jurors. Chan-wook, a Cannes regular including last year with his satirical thriller “No Other Choice,” joked that he preferred not to give away the Palme.

“To be honest, I didn’t want to award the Palme d’Or to any of the films, because it’s an award I myself have never gotten,” Chan-wook told reporters after the ceremony. “But I had no other choice.”

Two films won for best director: the Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski, for his postwar drama “Fatherland,” and the Spanish creative duo Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo for “The Black Ball,” a generation-spanning queer epic “The Black Ball.”

It was Pawlikowski’s second time winning the same Cannes prize in as many films, following his “Cold War” in 2018. But the award marked a breakthrough for Ambrossi and Calvo in their first Cannes entry.

“No one knew us. Thierry didn’t know us,” Ambrossi told reporters, referring to Thierry Fremaux, Cannes artistic director. “It was just that the movie spoke.”

Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto, the two stars of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden” shared the best actress award. In the elegantly empathetic drama, the two play women brought together in friendship out of their mutual sense of care for others.

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Saturday’s ceremony was missing its tribute honoree. Barbra Streisand was to receive an honorary Palme d’Or, but a knee injury prevented her from attending. Isabelle Huppert nevertheless celebrated Streisand during the ceremony, and Streisand appeared in a taped video message.

The Camera d’Or, Cannes’ award for best first film, went to Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo’s post-genocide drama “Ben’Imana,” the first Rwandan film to be officially selected for the festival.