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With Farrell rolling the dice in his selection – dropping James Lowe as well as giving Cian Prendergast a rare start – there were interesting subplots aplenty as the game neared. Such was the nature of the Paris performance, however, that few such themes could be given fair scrutiny. Ireland …

Palmer set the bar so high in his first couple of years with the club, with 43 goals across his first two seasons at Stamford Bridge. Undoubtedly, there is still time for him to reach those heights again with the Blues and under Rosenior. But with a World Cup on …

[ As Hong Kong moves toward implementing landmark legislation to protect people’s end-of-life care wishes, a research team at the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed and tested a pioneering tool to improve crucial conversations behind those decisions. The “Advance Care Planning Communication …

Team GB survive a late Czech Republic fightback to win 8-7 to maintain their perfect winning record in the curling mixed doubles at the 2026 Winter Olympics. READ MORE: Team GB retain 100% record after Czech fright WATCH MORE: Winter Olympics videos Available to UK users only. BBC News

Three members of Team Mouat are from Stranraer – home to an ice rink built in a hotel. BBC News

Anthropic’s “smartest model” is getting a major boost, the company said in a blog post announcing Claude Opus 4.6. It called the new model a “direct upgrade” from its predecessor in a release, noting that it can better take on complex, multi-step tasks and get “much closer to production-ready quality …

Scotland have lost only one of their past 15 matches against Italy, but that came on their last visit to the Stadio Olimpico in 2024. That was another Scottish second-half collapse as the hosts came from behind to win 31-29. Townsend is not underestimating the Italians as the Scots aim …

A tribunal has ruled Liverpool must pay at least £2.8m to Premier League rivals Chelsea for winger Rio Ngumoha. The 17-year-old left Chelsea‘s academy in September 2024 to join the Reds and signed his first professional contract with them a year later. The Professional Football Compensation Committee (PFCC) tribunal has …

He added: “I wish to reassure everybody in Blackburn and all concerned parties who have been contacting the family, the Moroccan authorities and the Foreign Office, that search and rescue efforts continue, as confirmed by both the Civil Protection Team and by the Foreign Office.” BBC News

Sri Lanka have written to the Pakistan Cricket Board asking them to reverse their refusal to face India in their T20 World Cup group. The fixture, the biggest and most lucrative in the global game, is due to be played in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on 15 February but Pakistan’s …

I am at this game and we are getting to the stage where it really matters how the teams fighting relegation do in their head-to-head-battles like this. I think the bottom two, Wolves and Burnley are down, but you don’t know what West Ham will do from here. There are …

Fellow Canadians slam the promotional video on NBC as the country’s relationship with the US hits new lows. BBC News

England Test captain Ben Stokes suffered a facial injury after being hit by a ball while coaching Durham’s academy. Stokes, 34, is back in the UK following England’s sorry Ashes defeat and was working with youngsters at his county. It is understood he was struck by a ball hit by …

Anthropic’s most powerful Claude model is leveling up, with the company saying in a blog post Thursday that Claude Opus 4.6 will be even better at coding and creating projects on the first go. Claude Opus 4.5 is already a powerful coding model, with its release in November setting up …

Jack Draper claimed an emphatic victory on his long-awaited return from injury to give Great Britain a 1-0 lead over Norway in Davis Cup qualifying. British number one Draper has spent five months on the sidelines with a bruised bone in his service arm. His comeback was delayed twice by …

[ In light gray, tumor cells. Among the infiltrating neutrophils, some do not express CCL3 (blue), while others are CCL3 positive (red). Credit: Mikaël Pittet—UNIGE Predicting tumor progression is one of the major challenges in oncology. Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research …

Sir Keir Starmer risks being toppled by the fiasco around Lord Mandelson “unless he takes action”, Baroness Harman has warned. The former deputy Labour leader said the prime minister “seems to have drifted so far away from [his] values in appointing Peter Mandelson” to be US ambassador, and that he …

Curling continues at the 2026 Winter Olympics as Team GB face Czechia in the mixed doubles BBC News

Tandy is looking forward to his opening Six Nations game in charge of his home country. “The Six Nations is the biggest tournament in the world outside of the World Cup and we are fortunate to be a part of it,” said Tandy. “I feel grateful to have an opportunity …

Britain’s Matt Richardson sealed a double success at the European Track Cycling Championships as he took gold in the men’s keirin on the last day in Turkey. Fresh from being crowned sprint champion on Wednesday, the 26-year-old powered through the keirin rounds and launched a late move in the final …