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Manchester United’s 1-0 derby defeat by Manchester City at Old Trafford has left Michael Carrick facing questions over his side’s lack of attacking sharpness, after City played with ten men for more than an hour. Phil Foden was dismissed in the 23rd minute, but Erling Haaland still scored the decisive goal shortly after the hour. United controlled much of the match, enjoying 55 per cent possession and registering 16 shots to City’s six, yet could not turn that dominance into an equaliser. United’s pressure fails to produce a goal United’s attacking numbers highlighted the problem. Only three of their 16…

Nathan Cleary has spoken to 9News after suffering an injury during a match against the Roosters. The nature of the injury was not disclosed.

A 30-minute, needle-free treatment at a clinic near London’s Harley Street has left Alice Smellie’s crepey, sun-marked hands looking smoother and more luminous. The Hands Back Time treatment, created by aesthetic doctor Dr Paris Acharya, combines skincare ingredients, microcurrent and LED light therapy. Smellie, 53, had noticed a decline in the quality of her hands, including age spots, sagging and a parchment-like texture that hand cream had failed to improve. She said the changes were particularly noticeable while driving. Dr Acharya said the skin’s collagen structure becomes less stable from the late forties and into the fifties, while elasticity decreases…

Wilfried Zaha has reportedly been offered to Málaga as the former Manchester United and Crystal Palace winger considers his next move after leaving Charlotte FC. The 33-year-old is available following the end of his loan spell in Major League Soccer, where he spent the past year and a half after joining Charlotte from Galatasaray. Málaga are considering whether the Ivory Coast international would be a suitable addition as they assess experienced options to strengthen their forward line. Wilfried Zaha offered to Málaga after productive MLS spell Zaha’s time in Charlotte ended on June 30, with the club confirming in May…

Millions of people are bracing for a cold snap in Australia as a front moves across the south-east, sending temperatures sharply lower. The mercury is expected to fall to as much as 8C below average in some major cities as the frigid conditions spread. The cold front is bringing a marked drop in temperatures across the region, with residents preparing for an unusually severe spell of winter weather.

Bangladesh’s measles epidemic has killed more than 1,000 people since March despite an emergency vaccination campaign that has delivered nearly 20 million doses, exposing gaps in both the country’s immunisation estimates and coverage. Health authorities had recorded 1,009 deaths by September 9, including 100 among laboratory-confirmed measles patients and 909 classified as suspected measles deaths. Official figures show that 19.75 million children have been vaccinated since the campaign began in April, exceeding the original target of 18 million. Public health experts say the apparently successful total masks a more complex problem: the initial estimate of eligible children was likely too…

Erling Haaland’s goal for Manchester City against Manchester United should have been disallowed because team-mate Enzo Fernandez was offside, Pro Ref has confirmed, despite the decision being overturned by VAR during Sunday’s Manchester derby. The goal was initially ruled out for offside against Haaland. A review correctly established that the striker had been played onside by Manchester United defender Patrick Dorgu, but failed to account for Fernandez’s position as he attempted to play the ball before it reached Haaland. Pro Ref, the organisation for professional match officials formerly known as PGMOL, described the decision to award the goal as “an…

Australia risks becoming a “supplicant state” without a sovereign artificial intelligence model, Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie has warned, as OpenAI confirmed it is in negotiations with the Albanese government over copyright rules. Speaking at the Sydney Dialogue in New South Wales, Mr Hastie said Australia needed a frontier AI model operating at the leading edge of the technology if it was to remain influential. “Without a frontier AI model, we are going to be a supplicant state, not a sovereign state,” he said. “This is big stuff here. People think it’s making memes on ChatGPT, (but) we’re talking about the…

Trade unions are pressing Andy Burnham to respond to £72 million in donations made to Reform, as ministers prepare to back restrictions on political funding from overseas donors. Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, said the contributions from cryptocurrency billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo highlighted the growing influence of the “super-rich” over British politics. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme before addressing the TUC conference in Brighton, Mr Nowak was asked whether the donations should be blocked retrospectively. “I’m not quite sure what the detail of the law would look like, but I am quite…

ECB policymaker Peter Kazimir has shifted his focus to gas prices, warning of an upside risk to inflation. The change in emphasis highlights the potential impact of higher gas costs on the inflation outlook, with Kazimir seeing the risk that price pressures could move higher.