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Caroline Weir reflects on her Ballon d'Or nomination while eyeing a World Cup spot with Scotland.
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Dunfermline meet Queen of the South in Scottish Cup
Last season's finalists Dunfermline Athletic will visit Queen of the South in the third round of the Scottish Cup.
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Premier League
All of this weekend's talking points from the Premier League.
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Pressure grows on Sage as fans turn on Palace boss
Crystal Palace boss Pierre Sage had a tough act to follow in Oliver Glasner - and four months into the job the Frenchman is already under big pressure.
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Chaos or concern - Hanley's striker cameo poses questions for Hibs
Grant Hanley was called upon to be a makeshift striker for Hibs against Celtic, but what does it signal for the Scottish Premiership's bottom side?
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Isak finally living up to price tag as Liverpool patience rewarded
Alexander Isak scores his sixth Premier League goal of the season as Liverpool make it four wins out of their last four under Andoni Iraola.
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Malard stars as Chelsea beat Palace to extend unbeaten start
Melvine Malard scores twice and wins a penalty as she helps Chelsea come from behind to beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in the Women's Super League, as the away side extend their unbeaten start to the season to seven matches.
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Sea bass: a fish by any other name | Brief letters
Sea bass names | Healthy NHS | Globe destroying | No pictures | Clean sweep from the 60s Dicentrarchus labrax is properly called the European seabass in English ( Letters, 20 October ). Or sea bass; either is fine. In the US, the fish is most commonly referenced as branzino, although I prefer the more exciting French name loup de mer (literal translation “wolf of the sea”), all flashing teeth and the small thrill of danger. Good fishing to all. Andrew J Dolson Richmond, Virginia, US • Your report ( Public support for founding principles of NHS is falling across UK population, 20 October ) can be summed up in one sentence. Generally, the majority of people want an NHS that is free at the point of need, but very few want to pay for it. Pete Lavender Woodthorpe, Nottingham
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Plague risks in Russia and a dangerous delay on WHO pandemic agreement | Letters
Responding to an editorial on a potential plague outbreak, Dr Darren Mann deplores delays to the agreement, while Kent Buse says Britain could do more Your editorial on the silence from Siberia after a worker died at a plague research institute there is right that the lack of information is the real worry ( The Guardian view on plague in Russia: what is most worrying is the lack of information, 18 October ). But the deeper failure is not Russian. It is that, six years after Covid, we still have no agreed system for sharing pathogens, or for sharing what is made from them. I spent three decades in Hong Kong, through bird flu, Sars and Covid, working on outbreak surveillance and sample-sharing between Hong Kong and the UK. It is also where this territorial argument began. In June 1894,
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Carrick 'saddened' by Man Utd situation after Bournemouth loss
Manchester United manager Micheal Carrick reflects on a 'tough day' after his side lost 3-0 at home to Bournemouth with his future in doubt with United without a win in their last eight games.
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On dementia, we need to tell it how it is | Letter
David Lee responds to a letter questioning the use of language about people with dementia Sally Byers takes Polly Toynbee to task ( Letters, 19 October ) for using what she considers to be “deeply troubling language” about people with dementia, in particular the phrases “glazed stares or sleeping mouths agape” and “that terrible human vacancy” in Toynbee’s article ( In Liverpool I saw the tough choices Louise Casey faces on social care – starting with who will pay?, 13 October ). I looked at the Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project language guide for journalists highlighted in the letter. It gives a list of words and descriptions to avoid, including “dementia sufferer”, and lists alternative phrases to be used as “person/people with dementia”, “person/people living with dementi
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Carrick future under major threat - can he survive?
Michael Carrick's future as Manchester United manager is under major threat following the home loss to Bournemouth on Sunday.
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