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• James Blunt bags first number one album in almost 20 years after Traitors stint

  James Blunt has secured his first UK number one album in almost two decades, just weeks after missing out on victory on The Celebrity Traitors.

• Police probing number of sex offence allegations against David Walliams

  The force says it has received a number of non-recent allegations against the former Britain’s Got Talent judge “in recent days”

• Mauricio Pochettino breaks down in tears during United States press conference

  Manchester United’s new head coach Mauricio Pochettino broke down in tears on Friday as he said leaving his role with the United States had been “one of the most difficult decisions” of his whole career.

• Piddington will bring legal challenge over asylum base plans parish council

  The Government will face a legal challenge over plans to convert a Ministry of Defence site near the Oxfordshire village of Piddington into accommodation for more than 1,200 detained asylum seekers, the parish council chairman has said.

• Manchester United confirm Mauricio Pochettino will be new head coach

  Manchester United have reached an agreement for Mauricio Pochettino to become their new head coach.

• Microsoft outage could cause issues for those moving home on unlucky Friday 13

  Microsoft’s global outage may cause stress and disruption for people moving on “unlucky” Friday 13, but a property expert said many firms use purpose-built portals which will help

• Ian McKellen backs project to bring live theatre to youngsters across country

  Sir Ian McKellen said live theatre has become “increasingly costly” as he spoke about a new £15 million project by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for the National Theatre.

• England suffer more Perth woe with first ODI thrashing at hands of Australia

  England crashed to a heavy defeat in the first game of their latest Australian tour, with a rousing debut from 21-year-old Mahli Beardman diverting some of the home side’s attention from the ongoing sandpaper scandal.

• Cheltenham ask racegoers to arrive early after Microsoft outage

  Cheltenham has urged racegoers to arrive early on Friday for the first day of the November meeting as a worldwide Microsoft outage could cause issues with digital tickets.

• Thomas Tuchel relishing Englands winner takes it all test against Spain

  Thomas Tuchel says the “winner takes it all” as England end 2026 with the opportunity to top their Nations League group in Sunday’s “final” at world champions Spain.

• Mauricio Pochettino poised to agree two and a half year Man Utd contract

  Manchester United are set to agree a two-and-a-half-year contract with Mauricio Pochettino to succeed Michael Carrick, the Press Association understands.

• BBC confirms complaints over charities chosen by winners of Celebrity Traitors

  The BBC has responded after complaints were made about the charities the Celebrity Traitors winners donated to.

• Microsoft scrambles to fix global outage

  Microsoft said it is seeing “early signs of stabilisation” but has not yet been able to fully restore services after a global outage left millions without access to emails and Teams around the world.

• Microsoft seeing signs of stabilisation in scramble to fix global outage

  Microsoft said it is seeing “early signs of stabilisation” but has not yet been able to fully restore services after a global outage left millions without access to emails and Teams around the world.

• Wartime plotting room rediscovered under white cliffs of Dover opens to visitors

  A rediscovered Second World War plotting room hidden under the white cliffs of Dover is set to open to visitors for the first time, the National Trust has revealed.

• 27 fall in first time buyer inquiries seen by Zoopla as people pause and wait

  First-time buyer inquiries for homes have fallen by 27% in the past week, compared with the same period a year earlier, according to a property website.

• Microsoft outages continue as tech giant works to restore services

  Microsoft users continued to experience disruption on Friday as the tech giant worked to resolve outages impacting some of its most popular services.

• King shown plans for his charitys flagship Australian conservation project

  The King has been pictured reviewing plans for his charity’s flagship Australian regeneration project.

• Plans approved to turn former MoD barracks near Piddington into asylum centre

  Communities Secretary Angela Rayner has approved full planning permission for a Ministry of Defence site near the village of Piddington in Oxfordshire to be turned into accommodation for more than 1,200 detained asylum seekers.

• Harry Kane wins record 126th cap after being named in England line up

  Harry Kane will become England’s most-capped player after being named in the starting XI for their Nations League clash with Croatia.

• Harry Kane to win record 126th cap after being named in England line up

  Harry Kane will become England’s most-capped player after being named in the starting XI for their Nations League clash with Croatia.

• Robert Carlyle shown as armed officer in first look at Line Of Duty series seven

  Scottish actor Robert Carlyle has stepped into the world of Line Of Duty for the first time as a specialist rifle officer.

• Nvidia boss Jensen Huang resigns over affair scandal

  Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has resigned after his extramarital affair raised national security concerns.

• Drummer Roger Taylor quits Duran Duran due to worsening tinnitus

  Drummer Roger Taylor has announced he is quitting Duran Duran due to the worsening of his recently diagnosed tinnitus.

• Five people shot in area within walking distance of the White House say police

  Five people were shot in a trendy Washington DC neighbourhood within walking distance of the White House, said police, who were responding to multiple locations.