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Rate, comment and share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. Today’s podcast: Liverpool beat Southampton 3-0 to bring more cup joy to young players. Are we being too harsh on Jurgen Klopp’s academy players after the Carabao Cup final? Maybe with kids you really can win anything. Elsewhere, Chelsea beat Leeds United with their homegrown hero, Erling Haaland scoring a raft of goals against Luton, while Newcastle’s draw luck continued. Plus: Premier League preview, including Manchester derby, plus answers to your questions. Photo: Andrew Powell/Liverpool Football Club/Getty Images…

Richard, 68, GloucestershireOccupation Retired presentation coachVoting record Mostly Tory. Also Lib Dem and the Monster Raving Loony party when his local incumbent needed “a kick up the bum”Amuse bouche Four of his five children are aged 26 (“I have a daughter and boy-girl twins, then I divorced and remarried a woman with boy-girl twins of the same age”)Will, 31, OxfordOccupation Occupational therapist at a forensic mental health centreVoting record Green, and tactically LabourAmuse bouche Five years ago he quit his job and went to Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, Peru and Argentina. His Spanish is good, his accent somewhat chaoticFor startersRichard…

Will the Bears trade the No. 1 pick?What the Bears do with the No. 1 pick in the draft is a key point in the offseason. They have three options: They could take Caleb Williams, the best quarterback in the class, and trade for Justin Fields They could trade picks with Fields and hold on They could draft Williams and Keep field The third option makes sense from a team-building perspective. That leaves the Bears with two throws on the quarterback dartboard, or at least letting Williams work in the background until he’s ready to replace Fields as the starter.…

After having an emergency caesarean section in July 2021, Josie found herself in a Bristol hospital feeling “pretty rotten”. Originally from Bedfordshire, she had moved to the area for her job in the civil service and didn’t have family living nearby. While lying in the hospital bed, she remembers overhearing someone speaking Welsh next to her. “Sarah was having a long video call,” she says. “I loved her accent and thought it sounded as if she was having a really good time talking to her family.”The next day, Josie’s baby was taken to the neonatal intensive care unit (Nicu) for…

Several members of Ukrainian special forces were reportedly killed in an attack on the Tendera Spit in Kherson Oblast. Ukrainian special operations forces confirmed the deaths and said the dead were left behind to ensure the escape of the main force. Russia claimed on Thursday that its military Re-entering the village of Robotyne, which Ukraine recaptured from its occupiers in August 2023. Russia’s state-run Interfax news agency quoted the Defense Ministry as saying that troops had occupied some buildings, but it was not clear whether Ukrainian troops had completely withdrawn. This has not been confirmed by reliable sources. Robotyne is…

The US has said it is closely watching the situation in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, after pro-Russian officials in the territory appealed to Moscow for “protection”.Transnistria, which borders war-stricken Ukraine to the east, has maintained autonomy from Moldova for three decades with support from Russia, which has more than a thousand troops stationed there since a brief war in 1992.Since Moscow began its full-scale assault on Ukraine, Chișinău has been concerned the Kremlin could use Transnistria to open a new front in the south-west, in the direction of Odesa.The request for Russia to help Transnistria’s economy withstand Moldovan…

Mauricio Pochettino called his players “brave” after Chelsea lost to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final and beat Leeds United 3-2 to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.Dubbed “Blue’s billion-pound bottle job” by Gary Neville after defeat at Wembley, Chelsea responded to questions about their character, overcoming a nervy performance against Championship rivals and finishing with Connor · Gallagher’s last minute goal tied Leicester City at home.”As much as I love Gary, it’s unfair to use that word [bottling] For a team that is so brave and a club that always shows it is fighting for big things,” Pochettino said. “What…

Ultra-processed food (UPF) is directly linked to 32 harmful effects to health, including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death, according to the world’s largest review of its kind.The findings from the first comprehensive umbrella review of evidence come amid rapidly rising global consumption of UPF such as cereals, protein bars, fizzy drinks, ready meals and fast food.In the UK and US, more than half the average diet now consists of ultra-processed food. For some, especially people who are younger, poorer or from disadvantaged areas, a diet comprising as much as…

HBut things are developing differently and Moises Caicedo and Mihailo Mudric could be in action this week as they prepare for Arsenal’s Premier League clash with Sheffield United on Monday night Prepare for the game. Instead, the pair of players who could end up costing Chelsea nearly £200m to sign find themselves thrust into the firing line again three days after a humiliating defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final.However, despite the contribution of both men, Mauricio Pochettino’s side ended up beating Leeds United only to progress to the sixth round without spending anything on one player. Ironically, Conor…

The US supreme court agreed on Wednesday to take up the unprecedented claim that Donald Trump has absolute immunity from prosecution in the criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, throwing into jeopardy whether it goes to trial before the 2024 election.The justices set oral arguments for the week of 22 April to consider a recent ruling by a three-judge panel at the US court of appeals for the DC circuit which categorically rejected Trump’s immunity claim in a decision earlier this month.Trump’s criminal case will remain on hold until the supreme court ultimately rules on…