thedailymirror--2020-06-16--ADVERTORIAL: Ikea issues customer warning which could save shoppers a LOT of time

IKEA is undertaking considerable planning for a safe and phased reopening of its stores right now with limited numbers of customers .
But its bosses have released a message to customers with a request they hope will be followed .
Peter Jelkeby , IKEA ’ s Country Retail Manager for the UK and Ireland , has announced a list of measures the business is rolling out to keep staff and customers safe .
And it includes a plea to shoppers who might be thinking of trying to queue up to return unwanted items .
It reads : `` Those wishing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do so at a later date .
IKEA has a 365 day returns policy . ''
Customers are also urged to come prepared with ready-made lists and their own bags in a bid to speed up the shopping process and limit the chances of virus transmission .
IKEA says its UK plans incorporate learnings from reopening IKEA stores in China , North America and the rest of Europe , alongside the specific requirements set out in the UK government ’ s workplace guidance and the guidance developed by the British Retail Consortium , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changes customers will find in-store include the introduction of Social Distance Wardens , cashless tills , plastic screens around the store and the closure of restaurants .
However , Swedish Food Market will be open , with the Bistro offering a takeaway service .
This UK government advice only applies in England .
Mr Jelkeby said the safety of workers and customers was IKEA 's biggest priority .
He added : `` We are working to a comprehensive global Reopening Manual , which is adapted and fully aligned to meet and support UK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The plan is developed nationally and then adapted to each region , nation and store .
Risk , legal and Public Affairs have maintained a consistent dialogue with the authorities , including the UK government , devolved administrations , Primary Authority , health bodies and others to ensure we have clarity at all times on what the plan needs to deliver . ''

New plea to customers who might be thinking of trying to return unwanted items
IKEA is undertaking considerable planning for a safe and phased reopening of its stores right now with limited numbers of customers.
But its bosses have released a message to customers with a request they hope will be followed.
Peter Jelkeby, IKEA’s Country Retail Manager for the UK and Ireland, has announced a list of measures the business is rolling out to keep staff and customers safe.
And it includes a plea to shoppers who might be thinking of trying to queue up to return unwanted items.
It reads: "Those wishing purely to return items are encouraged to do so at a later date. IKEA has a 365 day returns policy."
Image: Getty Images) Getty Images)
Customers are also urged to come prepared with ready-made lists and their own bags in a bid to speed up the shopping process and limit the chances of virus transmission.
IKEA says its UK plans incorporate learnings from reopening IKEA stores in China, North America and the rest of Europe, alongside the specific requirements set out in the UK government’s workplace guidance and the guidance developed by the British Retail Consortium, with its Union, Usdaw.
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Other changes customers will find in-store include the introduction of Social Distance Wardens, cashless tills, plastic screens around the store and the closure of restaurants. However, Swedish Food Market will be open, with the Bistro offering a takeaway service. This UK government advice only applies in England.
Mr Jelkeby said the safety of workers and customers was IKEA's biggest priority.
He added: "We are working to a comprehensive global Reopening Manual, which is adapted and fully aligned to meet and support UK guidance and social distancing requirements.
"The plan is developed nationally and then adapted to each region, nation and store. Risk, legal and Public Affairs have maintained a consistent dialogue with the authorities, including the UK government, devolved administrations, Primary Authority, health bodies and others to ensure we have clarity at all times on what the plan needs to deliver."


thedailymirror--2020-06-16--ADVERTORIAL: New shopping rules will see clothes and shoes 'quarantined' if they get tried on

Shops are finally reopening - but the High Street is set to look very different to the one we all remember .
Social distancing rules will be in place to keep customers and staff safe and to stop the spread of the virus .
And other measures - such as plastic screens and cashless payments - will be among the most noticeable changes .
But behind the scenes , stores are implementing a raft of new measures to stop the spread of the virus .
One of the biggest changes shoppers wo n't necessarily see first hand will be regarding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying stuff on is key part of buying and browsing for your next outfit or shoes .
Yet now - to reduce transmission through contact with objects - stores have been issued with strict guidance on what they must do with items which get tried on .
Fitting rooms are to be closed wherever possible but if something needs to be tried on then new protocols are in place - which involve a kind of 'quarantine ' for items .
This UK government advice applies in England only .
The guidance states that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on should be `` storied in a container or separate room for 72 hours ... before displaying them on the shop floor . ''
It goes on : `` Fitting rooms should be closed wherever possible given the challenges in operating them safely .
`` Where fitting rooms are essential , for example to support key workers buying critical protective clothing , they should be cleaned very frequently , typically between each use . ''
The advice is part of a huge UK government document for people who work in or run shops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It sets out guidance on how to work safely and gives practical considerations of how this can be applied in the workplace .
It adds : `` Each business will need to translate this into the specific actions it needs to take , depending on the nature of their business , including the size and type of business , how it is organised , operated , managed and regulated . ''

UK government issues guidance to all retailers to reduce transmission through contact with objects
Drastic new shopping rules will see clothes and shoes 'quarantined' if tried on
Shops are finally reopening - but the High Street is set to look very different to the one we all remember.
Social distancing rules will be in place to keep customers and staff safe and to stop the spread of the virus.
And other measures - such as plastic screens and cashless payments - will be among the most noticeable changes.
But behind the scenes, stores are implementing a raft of new measures to stop the spread of the virus.
One of the biggest changes shoppers won't necessarily see first hand will be regarding clothes and shoes.
We all know trying stuff on is key part of buying and browsing for your next outfit or shoes.
Yet now - to reduce transmission through contact with objects - stores have been issued with strict guidance on what they must do with items which get tried on.
Fitting rooms are to be closed wherever possible but if something needs to be tried on then new protocols are in place - which involve a kind of 'quarantine' for items. This UK government advice applies in England only.
The guidance states that shoes or clothes which have been tried on should be "storied in a container or separate room for 72 hours...before displaying them on the shop floor."
It goes on: "Fitting rooms should be closed wherever possible given the challenges in operating them safely.
"Where fitting rooms are essential, for example to support key workers buying critical protective clothing, they should be cleaned very frequently, typically between each use."
The advice is part of a huge UK government document for people who work in or run shops, branches, stores or similar environments.
It sets out guidance on how to work safely and gives practical considerations of how this can be applied in the workplace.
It adds: "Each business will need to translate this into the specific actions it needs to take, depending on the nature of their business, including the size and type of business, how it is organised, operated, managed and regulated."


thedailymirror--2020-06-16--ADVERTORIAL: 9 ways shopping at IKEA will be different - including important meatball update

If you 've been craving Swedish meatballs and missing your flat pack fix , the wait is finally over !
After initially closing all of its 22 UK stores , IKEA is now undertaking considerable planning for a safe and phased reopening .
But things are set to be pretty different in stores as bosses roll out new rules to keep staff and customers safe amid the coronavirus crisis .
Peter Jelkeby , IKEA ’ s Country Retail Manager for the UK and Ireland , said plans to reopen stores in England incorporate all the company 's learnings from reopening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rest of Europe , coupled with the Government ’ s workplace guidance and the guidance developed by the British Retail Consortium and its Union , Usdaw .
So how will shopping at IKEA be different when stores re-open ... ?
Measures IKEA will introduce to ensure co-worker and customer safety include , but are not limited to the following list below .
This advice applies in England only .
1 .
There will be fewer customers Limited numbers of customers granted entry in store at any one time .
A staggered entry system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ line with guidance , one adult and one child per household will be permitted .
These will be dotted throughout the store to help customers find their way round the new one-way system and ensure new social distancing measures are being followed .
3 .
Returns are being discouraged for now Those wishing purely to return items , are encouraged to do so at a later date .
IKEA has a 365 day returns policy .
4 .
There will be lots more hand sanitiser As with all retail outlets , ddditional hand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ routines for bags , trolleys , bathrooms , rest areas , equipment and touchscreens .
5 .
New screens throughout the store Screens at key areas such as checkouts , service points and customer returns , to enable social distancing .
6 .
No more planning services in stores Planning services will only be available online for now , so make sure you do all that at home online or via the app before you travel .
Cashless payments only , by card and contactless , are the only ways to pay .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ closed It 's bad news for kids and grown-ups alike , as all play areas and customer restaurants will remain closed .
9 .
But you can now get takeaway food !
The Swedish Food Market - where you can get those famous delicious meatballs - WILL be open , with the Bistro offering a takeaway service .

IKEA is undertaking considerable planning for a safe and phased reopening - here's how things have changed
9 ways shopping at IKEA is now different - including important meatball update
If you've been craving Swedish meatballs and missing your flat pack fix, the wait is finally over!
After initially closing all of its 22 UK stores, IKEA is now undertaking considerable planning for a safe and phased reopening.
But things are set to be pretty different in stores as bosses roll out new rules to keep staff and customers safe amid the coronavirus crisis.
Peter Jelkeby, IKEA’s Country Retail Manager for the UK and Ireland, said plans to reopen stores in England incorporate all the company's learnings from reopening in China, North America and the rest of Europe, coupled with the Government’s workplace guidance and the guidance developed by the British Retail Consortium and its Union, Usdaw.
So how will shopping at IKEA be different when stores re-open...? Measures IKEA will introduce to ensure co-worker and customer safety include, but are not limited to the following list below. This advice applies in England only.
Image: Getty) Getty)
1. There will be fewer customers
Limited numbers of customers granted entry in store at any one time. A staggered entry system and restricted car parking and, in line with guidance, one adult and one child per household will be permitted.
2. Social Distance Wardens will guide shoppers
These will be dotted throughout the store to help customers find their way round the new one-way system and ensure new social distancing measures are being followed.
3. Returns are being discouraged for now
Image: Cristina Arias) Cristina Arias)
Those wishing purely to return items, are encouraged to do so at a later date. IKEA has a 365 day returns policy.
4. There will be lots more hand sanitiser
As with all retail outlets, ddditional hand sanitiser facilities and more frequent deep cleaning routines for bags, trolleys, bathrooms, rest areas, equipment and touchscreens.
5. New screens throughout the store
Screens at key areas such as checkouts, service points and customer returns, to enable social distancing.
6. No more planning services in stores
Image: Bloomberg) Bloomberg)
Planning services will only be available online for now, so make sure you do all that at home online or via the app before you travel.
7. No more cash payments
Cashless payments only, by card and contactless, are the only ways to pay.
8. Play and restaurants will be closed
It's bad news for kids and grown-ups alike, as all play areas and customer restaurants will remain closed.
9. But you can now get takeaway food!
Image: AFP) AFP)
Here's a new idea for getting your meatball fix. The Swedish Food Market - where you can get those delicious things - WILL be open, with the Bistro offering a takeaway service.


thedailymirror--2020-06-16--House bursts into flames after being struck by lightning during thunderstorm

A house burst into flames after being struck by lightning during a huge storm in Merseyside .
Emergency crews rushed to the home in Wirral , shortly before 8pm when the city was being battered by heavy rain and thunder .
It is believed that a fork of lightning hit the house causing the fire , the Liverpool Echo reports .
It is not yet clear whether anyone was inside at the time of the incident .
Police officers closed the road in both directions as fire crews put out the blaze and made the property safe .
Images taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and multiple police cars guarding the house .
Extensive damage has been caused to the roof of the property and an attached garage .
A cordon was put in place around the area at around 8.15pm but fire crews are expected to be working at the scene for the rest of the eveing .
Emergency services have not yet confirmed any injuries but more details are expected later in the evening .
A spokesperson for Merseyside Fire and Rescue confirmed that crews were called to the area after reports of a lightning strike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : `` A551 Barnston Road in both directions closed due to building fire around Sparks Lane .
`` The road was closed at around 20:15 after a house was struck by lightning . ''
The lightning which struck the home came during a massive storm across all areas of Merseyside on Tuesday night .
Severe flooding was reported in a number of areas of south Liverpool as firefighters were forced to rescued from their cars .
Mersey Fire issued a number of warnings on their Twitter account telling people to avoid the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They said : `` Fire crews are in attendance at multiple instances of domestic flooding in the area around Whinfield Rd .
pumping water away from properties after heavy rain .
`` Crews have rescued a number of people from cars stuck in floodwaters in the area .
`` Please do not attempt to drive through floodwaters , you may become trapped .
`` Garston Way severely flooded causing traffic problems- please avoid the area . ''
St Mary 's Road was one of the worst hit areas as flood water ran down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as `` the worst in over 80 years '' .
Cara Jensen said they could hear the noise of the rain and the water running down the street from their living room .
The 25-year-old , who lives on St Mary 's Road in Garston , said : `` Me and my partner jumped up and ran to the window and the entire road was just swimming with water .
`` The rain was so heavy it was coming through the window , we 've just had to put towels down to stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had to pull over because they ca n't drive through it and some poor lad was jogging down the footpath in his shorts and a vest . ''
Cara said that she showed her nan , who has lived on the road her entire life , and she was surprised it was so bad .

Emergency crews rushed to the home in Wirral, Merseyside, after the house was reportedly hit by lightning as a heavy storm battered the area, leaving some parts of Liverpool flooded
House bursts into flames after being struck by lightning during thunderstorm
A house burst into flames after being struck by lightning during a huge storm in Merseyside.
Emergency crews rushed to the home in Wirral, shortly before 8pm when the city was being battered by heavy rain and thunder.
It is believed that a fork of lightning hit the house causing the fire, the Liverpool Echo reports.
It is not yet clear whether anyone was inside at the time of the incident.
Police officers closed the road in both directions as fire crews put out the blaze and made the property safe.
Images taken at the scene show three fire engines and multiple police cars guarding the house.
Extensive damage has been caused to the roof of the property and an attached garage.
A cordon was put in place around the area at around 8.15pm but fire crews are expected to be working at the scene for the rest of the eveing.
Emergency services have not yet confirmed any injuries but more details are expected later in the evening.
A spokesperson for Merseyside Fire and Rescue confirmed that crews were called to the area after reports of a lightning strike at a house.
Travel site INRIX said: "A551 Barnston Road in both directions closed due to building fire around Sparks Lane.
"Traffic is coping well.
Image: Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo) Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo)
"The road was closed at around 20:15 after a house was struck by lightning."
The lightning which struck the home came during a massive storm across all areas of Merseyside on Tuesday night.
Severe flooding was reported in a number of areas of south Liverpool as firefighters were forced to rescued from their cars.
Mersey Fire issued a number of warnings on their Twitter account telling people to avoid the areas which had been worst affected.
They said: "Fire crews are in attendance at multiple instances of domestic flooding in the area around Whinfield Rd. pumping water away from properties after heavy rain.
"Please avoid the area.
"Crews have rescued a number of people from cars stuck in floodwaters in the area.
"Please do not attempt to drive through floodwaters, you may become trapped.
"Dakota drive is extensively flooded.
"Garston Way severely flooded causing traffic problems- please avoid the area."
Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo) Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)
St Mary's Road was one of the worst hit areas as flood water ran down the streets in what one woman described as "the worst in over 80 years".
Cara Jensen said they could hear the noise of the rain and the water running down the street from their living room.
The 25-year-old, who lives on St Mary's Road in Garston, said: "Me and my partner jumped up and ran to the window and the entire road was just swimming with water.
"The rain was so heavy it was coming through the window, we've just had to put towels down to stop it soaking everything.
"Cars have had to pull over because they can't drive through it and some poor lad was jogging down the footpath in his shorts and a vest."
Cara said that she showed her nan, who has lived on the road her entire life, and she was surprised it was so bad.


thedailymirror--2020-06-16--Premier League clubs urged to seek environmentally friendly subs for supporters

Football clubs are being asked to think inside the box and turn to environmentally friendly ways of filling up their empty stadiums for the rest of the season .
As the Premier League prepares for a behind closed doors comeback on Wednesday night , fully recyclable cardboard cut-outs made by companies that normally sell boxes to businesses have been touted as the most sustainable substitute for supporters .
While a number of top clubs , including Chelsea , Everton , Aston Villa and Norwich City , have asked fans to send in flags and banners to drape over the stands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or plastic dressing , the cardboard option is biodegradable .
Brighton are so far the only Premier League club to have confirmed that fans can have cardboard cut-outs of themselves on display inside their ground .
The club explained : “ We are asking fans to don their blue and white matchday attire and send in their picture to be part of the remainder of the season at the Amex Stadium and provide the team with some visual support for these important games.
” The offer is only open to season ticket holders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cut-outs will not be picked up by TV cameras – apparently to reduce the risk of supporters submitting memes rather than genuine self-portraits .
Seagulls regulars will have to pay £20 for the privilege of appearing throughout their last five home games of the campaign , with a percentage of the profits going to local charities affected by coronavirus and some straight to the cash-strapped club .
But James Lomax , from packaging company DS Smith , said that cardboard is the most responsible choice : “ It ’ s the ideal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blank canvas that can be fully customised , while ensuring it can be reused or recycled.
” The scheme – under the slogan ‘ Stay at Home – Be at the Game ’ – is the brainchild of Borussia Monchengladbach fan Ingo Muller , who came up with the idea when he discovered he would be unable to watch his Bundesliga team from the stands .
Muller managed to organise nearly 13,000 cardboard cut-outs for his side ’ s first fixture after lockdown against Bayer Leverkusen – though with Monchengladbach slipping to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to say that the fans were somewhat flat .

How will the Premier League look when it restarts?
How will the Premier League look when it restarts?
The Premier League will return on Wednesday night but without fans present and clubs have been urged to look for ways to artificially fill stadiums for the remainder of the season
Football clubs are being asked to think inside the box and turn to environmentally friendly ways of filling up their empty stadiums for the rest of the season.
As the Premier League prepares for a behind closed doors comeback on Wednesday night, fully recyclable cardboard cut-outs made by companies that normally sell boxes to businesses have been touted as the most sustainable substitute for supporters.
While a number of top clubs, including Chelsea, Everton, Aston Villa and Norwich City, have asked fans to send in flags and banners to drape over the stands for their home matches – unlike fabric or plastic dressing, the cardboard option is biodegradable.
Image: Getty Images) Getty Images)
Brighton are so far the only Premier League club to have confirmed that fans can have cardboard cut-outs of themselves on display inside their ground.
The club explained: “We are asking fans to don their blue and white matchday attire and send in their picture to be part of the remainder of the season at the Amex Stadium and provide the team with some visual support for these important games.”
The offer is only open to season ticket holders in the famously environmentally conscious city and the cut-outs will not be picked up by TV cameras – apparently to reduce the risk of supporters submitting memes rather than genuine self-portraits.
Seagulls regulars will have to pay £20 for the privilege of appearing throughout their last five home games of the campaign, with a percentage of the profits going to local charities affected by coronavirus and some straight to the cash-strapped club.
But James Lomax, from packaging company DS Smith, said that cardboard is the most responsible choice: “It’s the ideal sustainable solution, providing clubs with a blank canvas that can be fully customised, while ensuring it can be reused or recycled.”
The scheme – under the slogan ‘Stay at Home – Be at the Game’ – is the brainchild of Borussia Monchengladbach fan Ingo Muller, who came up with the idea when he discovered he would be unable to watch his Bundesliga team from the stands.
Muller managed to organise nearly 13,000 cardboard cut-outs for his side’s first fixture after lockdown against Bayer Leverkusen – though with Monchengladbach slipping to a 3-1 defeat, it would be fair to say that the fans were somewhat flat.


thedailymirror--2020-06-16--Rebel Wilson cuts a slender figure as she shows off weight loss in busty dress

Rebel Wilson has showcased her fantastic weight loss in a busty snap .
The actress , 40 , who is best known for her role in Pitch Perfect , took to Instagram on Tuesday to unveil her new look .
The star has been sticking to an intense health regime after revealing she wants to get to her target goal of 165lbs by the end of 2020 .
She cut a very slender frame in a plunge neck royal blue dress , oozing utter confidence from every angle .
The stunning actress flaunted her incredible curves from side-to-side during a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her new show LOL : Last One Standing which is coming to Amazon Prime Video on Friday , but her recent weight loss did n't go unnoticed among fans .
Rebel received lots of attention from her followers who were begging to know her weight loss secrets .
`` Looking good rebel .
Your post are motivating me to get back into the gym and reach 75kgs to , '' one penned .
Another quizzed : `` What is your secret ?
What have you done to look so good ?
? ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ revealed her goals for the year .
Her ambitious aim is to slim down to 11.8 stone by the end of 2020 , and it appears she is on track so far .
The infamous star told her Instagram followers : `` Even if you have to crawl towards your goals , keep going - it would be worth it .
`` Try and give a little bit of effort each day , I know some days are frustrating as hell , you feel like giving up , you get annoyed at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 as `` The Year of Health '' way back in January .
`` So I put on the athleisure and went out for a walk , deliberately hydrating on the couch right now , '' Rebel continued .
`` And [ I 'm ] trying to avoid the sugar and junk food , which is going to be hard after the holidays I 've just had but I 'm going to do it ! ''
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Rebel Wilson has proudly showed off her dramatic weight loss as she works towards her goal weight of 165lbs (75kg) by the end of this year
Rebel Wilson cuts a slender figure as she shows off weight loss in busty dress
Rebel Wilson has showcased her fantastic weight loss in a busty snap.
The actress, 40, who is best known for her role in Pitch Perfect, took to Instagram on Tuesday to unveil her new look.
The star has been sticking to an intense health regime after revealing she wants to get to her target goal of 165lbs by the end of 2020.
She cut a very slender frame in a plunge neck royal blue dress, oozing utter confidence from every angle.
The stunning actress flaunted her incredible curves from side-to-side during a quick hotel photoshoot.
Image: Rebel Wilson/Instagram) Rebel Wilson/Instagram)
She was promoting her new show LOL: Last One Standing which is coming to Amazon Prime Video on Friday, but her recent weight loss didn't go unnoticed among fans.
Rebel received lots of attention from her followers who were begging to know her weight loss secrets.
Image: Rebel Wilson/Instagram) Rebel Wilson/Instagram)
"Looking good rebel. Your post are motivating me to get back into the gym and reach 75kgs to," one penned.
Another quizzed: "What is your secret? What have you done to look so good??"
While a third added: "Skinny legend."
Image: WireImage) WireImage)
Rebel's incredible transformation comes after she revealed her goals for the year.
Her ambitious aim is to slim down to 11.8 stone by the end of 2020, and it appears she is on track so far.
The infamous star told her Instagram followers: "Even if you have to crawl towards your goals, keep going - it would be worth it.
Image: Rebel Wilson/Instagram) Rebel Wilson/Instagram)
"Try and give a little bit of effort each day, I know some days are frustrating as hell, you feel like giving up, you get annoyed at the lack of progress."
She labelled 2020 as "The Year of Health" way back in January.
"So I put on the athleisure and went out for a walk, deliberately hydrating on the couch right now," Rebel continued.
"And [I'm] trying to avoid the sugar and junk food, which is going to be hard after the holidays I've just had but I'm going to do it!"
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thedailymirror--2020-06-16--Lionel Messi on target as Barcelona cruise past Leganes to extend La Liga lead

Barcelona opened up a five-point lead at the top of La Liga thanks to goals from Ansu Fati and Lionel Messi .
The 17-year-old begun the scoring at a fan-less Nou Camp against the league 's basement side Leganes .
His first-half strike was then added to by Lionel Messi who converted from the spot .
Fati started in the place of Luis Suarez who continues to make his return from injury .
The Catalans dominated for large periods , enjoying more than 70 per cent possession , but struggled to create an abundance of opportunities .
And coach Quique @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plenty to come while defending the performance of forward Antoine Griezmann .
He said : `` We knew the game was going to be difficult , especially because we did n't have the fortune to score at the beginning .
`` We have lacked in overcoming a team that press very well and we are still not very fine with the ball and it is difficult for us to find the spaces .
`` For players like Griezmann these types of games without spaces are not easy , he has worked very well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ successful but he does a commendable job and is very important to us . ''
The Spaniard also claimed Fati 's early withdrawal was a precaution as he added : `` The substitution of Ansu Fati ?
He has been suffering from discomfort for some time and has not been able to train at the same pace as his teammates . ''
Barcelona 's title rivals Real Madrid will have a chance to respond when they host Valencia on Thursday .
A win for Zinedine Zidane 's side would again cut the gap @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remaining .
Barcelona 's next outing will be at third-placed Sevilla , who have lost just twice at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuán this season , on Friday .

Lionel Messi and Ansu Fati both scored as Barcelona beat La Liga's bottom side Leganes to open up a five-point gap to rivals Real Madrid before Los Blancos play on Thursday
Barcelona opened up a five-point lead at the top of La Liga thanks to goals from Ansu Fati and Lionel Messi.
The 17-year-old begun the scoring at a fan-less Nou Camp against the league's basement side Leganes.
His first-half strike was then added to by Lionel Messi who converted from the spot.
Fati started in the place of Luis Suarez who continues to make his return from injury.
The Catalans dominated for large periods, enjoying more than 70 per cent possession, but struggled to create an abundance of opportunities.
And coach Quique Setien feels as if there is still plenty to come while defending the performance of forward Antoine Griezmann.
He said: "We knew the game was going to be difficult, especially because we didn't have the fortune to score at the beginning.
"We have lacked in overcoming a team that press very well and we are still not very fine with the ball and it is difficult for us to find the spaces.
"For players like Griezmann these types of games without spaces are not easy, he has worked very well. Griezmann may be more or less successful but he does a commendable job and is very important to us."
The Spaniard also claimed Fati's early withdrawal was a precaution as he added: "The substitution of Ansu Fati? He has been suffering from discomfort for some time and has not been able to train at the same pace as his teammates."
Barcelona's title rivals Real Madrid will have a chance to respond when they host Valencia on Thursday.
A win for Zinedine Zidane's side would again cut the gap down to two points with nine games remaining.
Barcelona's next outing will be at third-placed Sevilla, who have lost just twice at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuán this season, on Friday.


thedailymirror--2020-06-16--John Terry recalls moment Dennis Wise grabbed him around the throat

John Terry has revealed that Dennis Wise once grabbed him round the throat as a youngster at Chelsea after he bought a new car .
The Blues legend came through the ranks but was taught a lesson by the then club captain .
After receiving a Champions League bonus Terry went out and splashed the cash on a new car .
Wise though was not impressed and in front of the rest of the team confronted a teenage Terry and demanded he take his new motor back .
The now Aston Villa coach admits he lost money on the car @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and he later helped him get on the property ladder .
`` He was club captain at the time , '' Terry told The Footballers Guide to Football podcast .
`` I remember I was in the first team and got a Champions League bonus and I went out and stupidly bought a car with the bonus I was on .
`` I was 19 at the time .
I come in with my car and Wisey got me up round the throat in the corridor in front of everyone : 'Who do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take the car back . '
`` So he made me go and take the car back , which I lost money on , took me around and helped me find a house , buy a house , so it was the best bit of advice .
`` I was embarrassed at the time but it was the best bit of advice that I could have had .
`` So I 'm really grateful for all those little bits along the way , guiding the younger players , and he always not only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but had an interest in the younger boys . ''
Terry wore the armband at Chelsea for over a decade and feels as if youth players nowadays do n't go through the same kind of processes he had to which can lead to a disconnect between the first team and their younger counterparts .
`` I do , personally ( think today 's young players miss out ) , '' he added .
`` I think it 's little things like that .
Every first team player knew the YTS ' names .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ can come and train with you – or the younger ones – and the first team lads would n't know who they were . ''

John Terry was given a reality check as a youngster at Chelsea by former captain Dennis Wise after he took exception to a flash new purchase
John Terry has revealed that Dennis Wise once grabbed him round the throat as a youngster at Chelsea after he bought a new car.
The Blues legend came through the ranks but was taught a lesson by the then club captain.
After receiving a Champions League bonus Terry went out and splashed the cash on a new car.
Wise though was not impressed and in front of the rest of the team confronted a teenage Terry and demanded he take his new motor back.
The now Aston Villa coach admits he lost money on the car, but Wise only had positive motives and he later helped him get on the property ladder.
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"He was club captain at the time," Terry told The Footballers Guide to Football podcast.
"I remember I was in the first team and got a Champions League bonus and I went out and stupidly bought a car with the bonus I was on.
"I was 19 at the time. I come in with my car and Wisey got me up round the throat in the corridor in front of everyone: 'Who do you think you are? Go and take the car back.'
"So he made me go and take the car back, which I lost money on, took me around and helped me find a house, buy a house, so it was the best bit of advice.
"I was embarrassed at the time but it was the best bit of advice that I could have had.
"So I'm really grateful for all those little bits along the way, guiding the younger players, and he always not only had his eye on the first team but had an interest in the younger boys."
Terry wore the armband at Chelsea for over a decade and feels as if youth players nowadays don't go through the same kind of processes he had to which can lead to a disconnect between the first team and their younger counterparts.
"I do, personally (think today's young players miss out)," he added.
"I think it's little things like that. Every first team player knew the YTS' names. Nowadays, I think the YTS boys can come and train with you – or the younger ones – and the first team lads wouldn't know who they were."


thedailymirror--2020-06-16--EastEnders' Danny Dyer jokes lockdown has made affair with on-screen wife harder

EastEnders actor Danny Dyer made a joke about his co star Kellie Bright which will likely put him in the doghouse with his wife .
Danny joked that the coronavirus lockdown , which has halted the soap 's filming , has made his illicit affair with Kellie harder .
Tuesday marked the final episode of EastEnders before it went on a break for at least five weeks , with cast and crew expected to return to filming at the end of the month .
Instead of the usual episodes , classic episodes from over the years will be aired , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from behind the scenes called Secrets From the Square .
The show is hosted by Stacey Dooley , and she caught up with Danny and Kellie , who play Linda and Mick Carter , who have been working on set together but adhering to social distancing rules .
The co stars joked with each other as Danny mocked his `` slickback '' hairdo and Kellie told him `` you 've grown some nice moobs '' .
When Stacey asked Kellie how it felt to return to the set , she revealed : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I can sort of get my head around the distant working thing , but you just want to hug people .
“ I want to hug him [ Danny , I want to give him a squeeze and say ‘ Oh my god , it ’ s so good to see you ’ .
” She added : “ I think it ’ s the first time in nearly seven years , apart from my maternity leave , that I haven ’ t seen Danny in all that time.
” Danny quipped : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hard to carry on the affair.
” The final episode , dubbed the `` season finale '' by fans , was a shocker as Sharon Watts bought the pub from Linda and Mick , blindsiding Phil , who was desperate to get his hands on the keys .
Phil arrived at the pub ready for Mick and Linda to sign it over , and Mick told him `` thanks , but no thanks '' revealing he had found another buyer .
Baffled , Linda asked him who on earth he was talking about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bar , with Sharon sitting inside with Ian Beale .
Sharon stared at a speechless Phil and said : `` Hello Phil , what can I get you ? ''
Ian smirked as a furious looking Phil realised he was looking at the new landlady of the Queen Vic .

EastEnders star Danny Dyer made a crude joke about having an affair with his on-screen wife Kellie Bright
EastEnders actor Danny Dyer made a joke about his co star Kellie Bright which will likely put him in the doghouse with his wife.
Danny joked that the coronavirus lockdown, which has halted the soap's filming, has made his illicit affair with Kellie harder.
Tuesday marked the final episode of EastEnders before it went on a break for at least five weeks, with cast and crew expected to return to filming at the end of the month.
Instead of the usual episodes, classic episodes from over the years will be aired, as well as a spin off show from behind the scenes called Secrets From the Square.
Image: BBC) BBC)
The show is hosted by Stacey Dooley, and she caught up with Danny and Kellie, who play Linda and Mick Carter, who have been working on set together but adhering to social distancing rules.
The co stars joked with each other as Danny mocked his "slickback" hairdo and Kellie told him "you've grown some nice moobs".
When Stacey asked Kellie how it felt to return to the set, she revealed: “I felt a little bit emotional, I can sort of get my head around the distant working thing, but you just want to hug people.
Image: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
“I want to hug him [Danny, I want to give him a squeeze and say ‘Oh my god, it’s so good to see you’.”
She added: “I think it’s the first time in nearly seven years, apart from my maternity leave, that I haven’t seen Danny in all that time.”
Danny quipped: “Yeah, it’s been hard to carry on the affair.”
Image: BBC) BBC)
The final episode, dubbed the "season finale" by fans, was a shocker as Sharon Watts bought the pub from Linda and Mick, blindsiding Phil, who was desperate to get his hands on the keys.
Phil arrived at the pub ready for Mick and Linda to sign it over, and Mick told him "thanks, but no thanks" revealing he had found another buyer.
Baffled, Linda asked him who on earth he was talking about, and he opened the door to the bar, with Sharon sitting inside with Ian Beale.
Sharon stared at a speechless Phil and said: "Hello Phil, what can I get you?"
Ian smirked as a furious looking Phil realised he was looking at the new landlady of the Queen Vic.


thedailymirror--2020-06-16--Marcus Rashford details what he discussed during phone call with Boris Johnson

Marcus Rashford has revealed that he spoke Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday after the Government 's screeching U-turn on school meals during summer holidays .
The Manchester United striker had initially been met with resistance over his campaign to see struggling families provided with provide school food vouchers .
The Government had been warned for a number of weeks over the issue , but it took the determination of the 22 year-old England star to force the issue - and ultimately their hand .
British ministers originally said school food vouchers would not be available .
But Johnson 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be providing a COVID summer food fund costing around £120million pounds , which would benefit around 1.3million children .
Johnson claimed he had been ignorant of the campaign until Tuesday .
Johnson hailed Rashford during his public briefing on Tuesday , stating : `` I talked to Marcus Rashford earlier today to congratulate him on his campaign , which to be honest I only became aware of very recently - well , today .
`` And I thank him for what he 's done , I think he 's right to draw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was quite the statement from Johnson , considering his official spokesman had been aware of Rashford 's campaign on Monday lunchtime , where he had dismissed it .
Rashford , speaking to the BBC , has revealed that Johnson thanked him for his tenacity and for speaking out .
He added : `` I am grateful that the Prime Minister did change his decision , '' he said .
`` He understood .
`` I spoke to him and just thanked him for that - it was a nice conversation to have .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` He was just obviously saying thank you for using what I 've sort of built in a positive manner . ''
The United forward , who returns to Premier League action on Friday when the Red Devils face Tottenham Hotspur , added that the Prime Minister said told him that he was grateful `` that someone had an opinion and shared it with people . ''
He also praised him for `` being that voice for people who did n't really have the platform to speak out as much as they would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Mirror Football email here for the latest news and transfer gossip .

The Prime Minister spoke to the Manchester United striker over the phone on Tuesday, following the Government U-turn over school meals
Marcus Rashford details what he discussed during phone call with Boris Johnson
Marcus Rashford has revealed that he spoke Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday after the Government's screeching U-turn on school meals during summer holidays.
The Manchester United striker had initially been met with resistance over his campaign to see struggling families provided with provide school food vouchers.
The Government had been warned for a number of weeks over the issue, but it took the determination of the 22 year-old England star to force the issue - and ultimately their hand.
British ministers originally said school food vouchers would not be available.
But Johnson's spokesman declared on Tuesday that the government would be providing a COVID summer food fund costing around £120million pounds, which would benefit around 1.3million children.
Johnson claimed he had been ignorant of the campaign until Tuesday.
Image: Manchester United via Getty Images) Manchester United via Getty Images)
Johnson hailed Rashford during his public briefing on Tuesday, stating: "I talked to Marcus Rashford earlier today to congratulate him on his campaign, which to be honest I only became aware of very recently - well, today.
"And I thank him for what he's done, I think he's right to draw attention to this issue."
It was quite the statement from Johnson, considering his official spokesman had been aware of Rashford's campaign on Monday lunchtime, where he had dismissed it.
Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Layla Moran labelled the PM's claim as "Utterly bizarre."
Image: PA) PA)
Rashford, speaking to the BBC, has revealed that Johnson thanked him for his tenacity and for speaking out.
He added: "I am grateful that the Prime Minister did change his decision," he said. "He understood.
"I spoke to him and just thanked him for that - it was a nice conversation to have. I felt we understood each other.
"He was just obviously saying thank you for using what I've sort of built in a positive manner."
The United forward, who returns to Premier League action on Friday when the Red Devils face Tottenham Hotspur, added that the Prime Minister said told him that he was grateful "that someone had an opinion and shared it with people."
He also praised him for "being that voice for people who didn't really have the platform to speak out as much as they would like to."
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thedailymirror--2020-06-17--'Amazing' girl, 11, becomes one of the UK's youngest victims of coronavirus

An 11-year-old girl has become one of the country 's youngest people to have died of coronavirus .
Fabiana Zoppelli fell seriously unwell despite having few symptoms of the killer virus .
The youngster from Oldham was treated at Alder Hey Children 's Hospital , before dying on Sunday .
Fabiana had a rare genetic disorder known as Floating Harbor Syndrome , Manchester Evening News reports .
Tributes have poured in for the popular girl who was in her first year at New Bridge School in Hollinwood , having previously been a pupil at Corpus Christi RC Primary School .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , click here Teachers and staff at both schools have released tributes to Fabiana , while a fundraising page has been set up to support her family .
The teachers at Corpus Christi described Fabiana as `` amazing and popular '' and said she made huge progress during her four years at the school .
They said one particular highlight of her time at the school was a trip to Paris .
A statement read : `` She was an amazing girl .
Fabiana enriched both our school and the whole community with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She was a friend to everyone and tried her best in everything she did .
`` Fabiana tried her hand at everything .
She trained with the school football team , read with confidence in assembly , visited Paris with her friends , created amazing artwork and had a smile that lit up every room she entered .
`` Please remember Fabiana and her family at this difficult time .
Let us be thankful that we spent time with her and pray that her family feel supported at this time .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have proved their high levels of care and compassion through their actions and words .
Flowers have already been sent to Fabiana ’ s family on behalf of the whole community and we have contacted her parents to offer our support and condolences throughout the week . ''
Teachers also spoke about Fabiana 's friendship with dinner lady Debbie O'Connell , who took her `` under her wing '' , taking her shopping and on trips out with her son .
Staff at New Bridge School have also released an emotional tribute to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news comes as a huge shock to all of us who knew her as a bright young girl with a vibrant energy and a beautiful smile .
We send our love and deepest condolences to her family and all who knew her , and our thoughts are with you at this difficult time .
`` To us , Fabiana was a beautiful soul , with whom we had the privilege to share so many wonderful moments .
She possessed a fantastic ability to spread happiness wherever she went and she was a delight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our New Bridge family .
`` Many of us remember the smile that crept across our faces as we watched her joyous performance of the lindy hop in last year ’ s Christmas Extravanganza .
`` She was always happy to help , nothing was ever too much .
A talented artist , a brilliant dancer , a hard-working pupil , a generous friend .
You will be missed dearly by us all , children and adults alike . ''
Mrs Holland , speaking on behalf of Fabiana 's form group , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a massive hole that will never be filled .
We are going to miss her kind , caring beautiful soul .
`` Beautiful inside and out , Fabiana fully involved herself in New Bridge life and took every challenge that was offered to her .
She did this with great enthusiasm and a huge beaming smile .
We have learned so much from her over such a short time and we are saddened that our school has lost this superb young lady . ''

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Popular Fabiana Zoppelli fell seriously unwell after contracting covid-19 and was treated at Alder Hey Children's Hospital
'Amazing' girl, 11, becomes one of the UK's youngest victims of coronavirus
An 11-year-old girl has become one of the country's youngest people to have died of coronavirus.
Fabiana Zoppelli fell seriously unwell despite having few symptoms of the killer virus.
The youngster from Oldham was treated at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, before dying on Sunday.
Fabiana had a rare genetic disorder known as Floating Harbor Syndrome, Manchester Evening News reports.
Tributes have poured in for the popular girl who was in her first year at New Bridge School in Hollinwood, having previously been a pupil at Corpus Christi RC Primary School.
For the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, click here
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Teachers and staff at both schools have released tributes to Fabiana, while a fundraising page has been set up to support her family.
The teachers at Corpus Christi described Fabiana as "amazing and popular" and said she made huge progress during her four years at the school.
They said one particular highlight of her time at the school was a trip to Paris.
Image: MEN MEDIA) MEN MEDIA)
A statement read: "She was an amazing girl. Fabiana enriched both our school and the whole community with her great enthusiasm and love for life. She was a friend to everyone and tried her best in everything she did.
"Fabiana tried her hand at everything. She trained with the school football team, read with confidence in assembly, visited Paris with her friends, created amazing artwork and had a smile that lit up every room she entered.
"Please remember Fabiana and her family at this difficult time. Let us be thankful that we spent time with her and pray that her family feel supported at this time.
"The staff in school are devastated and have proved their high levels of care and compassion through their actions and words. Flowers have already been sent to Fabiana’s family on behalf of the whole community and we have contacted her parents to offer our support and condolences throughout the week."
Teachers also spoke about Fabiana's friendship with dinner lady Debbie O'Connell, who took her "under her wing", taking her shopping and on trips out with her son.
Staff at New Bridge School have also released an emotional tribute to Fabiana.
It read: "This news comes as a huge shock to all of us who knew her as a bright young girl with a vibrant energy and a beautiful smile. We send our love and deepest condolences to her family and all who knew her, and our thoughts are with you at this difficult time.
Image: MEN MEDIA) MEN MEDIA)
"To us, Fabiana was a beautiful soul, with whom we had the privilege to share so many wonderful moments. She possessed a fantastic ability to spread happiness wherever she went and she was a delight to have her beaming presence as part of our New Bridge family.
"Many of us remember the smile that crept across our faces as we watched her joyous performance of the lindy hop in last year’s Christmas Extravanganza.
"She was always happy to help, nothing was ever too much. A talented artist, a brilliant dancer, a hard-working pupil, a generous friend. You will be missed dearly by us all, children and adults alike."
Mrs Holland, speaking on behalf of Fabiana's form group, added: "7LHA will forever have a massive hole that will never be filled. We are going to miss her kind, caring beautiful soul.
"Beautiful inside and out, Fabiana fully involved herself in New Bridge life and took every challenge that was offered to her. She did this with great enthusiasm and a huge beaming smile. We have learned so much from her over such a short time and we are saddened that our school has lost this superb young lady."


thedailymirror--2020-06-17--North Korea blows up office used for talks with South in huge blast aired on TV

North Korea has aired footage of a huge explosion bringing down an office used for talks with the South , The country 's state-run television KRT aired a video showing the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong being destroyed in a blast .
North Korea 's state news agency KCNA said the liaison building was `` ruined with a terrific explosion '' .
The office building was seen being blown up and a neighbouring 15-story block also partially collapsed in a large explosion .
Destruction of the building , closed since January due to coronavirus fears , represented a major setback @ @ @ @ @ @ @ efforts to coax North Korea into cooperation .
It also appeared to be a further blow to U.S. President Donald Trump 's hopes of persuading North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and open up to the world .
Maxar Technologies , a U.S. space technology company , released a series of four still images showing the Kaesong Industrial Complex , where the office was located .
The company says one of the images from the day before the office was destroyed shows cargo trucks in the area that are not usually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today rejected South Korea 's offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tensions over defector activity and stalled reconciliation efforts and vowed to redeploy troops to border areas .
Satellite images released on Wednesday ( June 17 ) show an inter-Korean liaison office before it was destroyed amid rising tensions between the North and South Korea .
Relations between the two Koreas have plunged to their lowest since Moon took office in 2017 vowing to work to end decades-old confrontation and be a mediator in nudging North Korea to give up its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ South Korea 's ally the United States showing no sign of easing pressure on North Korea , despite President Donald Trump 's efforts to woo leader Kim Jong Un , Moon has found himself stuck between escalating threats from North Korea and sanctions against it .
In the absence of sanctions relief , North Korea has increasingly derided Moon 's calls for engagement between the two Koreas as meaningless .
Moon initially sought to quietly send envoys to defuse the rising tensions this week , but Pyongyang publicly rejected that , triggering a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has to come up with a way of achieving progress with North Korea within the confines of the sanctions , said Jenny Town , a Korea specialist at the Washington-based Stimson Center think-tank .

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The country's state-run television KRT aired a video showing the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong being destroyed in a blast - shattering hopes of cooperation between North and South Korea
North Korea airs dramatic footage of office blast at base used for talks with South
North Korea has aired footage of a huge explosion bringing down an office used for talks with the South.
The country's state-run television KRT aired a video showing the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong being destroyed in a blast.
North Korea's state news agency KCNA said the liaison building was "ruined with a terrific explosion".
The office building was seen being blown up and a neighbouring 15-storey block also partially collapsed in a large explosion.
Destruction of the building, closed since January due to coronavirus fears, represented a major setback to South Korean President Moon Jae-in's efforts to coax North Korea into cooperation.
Image: via REUTERS) via REUTERS)
It also appeared to be a further blow to the US.
President Donald Trump's hopes of persuading North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and open up to the world.
Maxar Technologies, a US space technology company, released a series of four still images showing the Kaesong Industrial Complex, where the office was located.
Image: via REUTERS) via REUTERS) Image: via REUTERS) via REUTERS)
The company says one of the images from the day before the office was destroyed shows cargo trucks in the area that are not usually in that location.
North Korea today rejected South Korea's offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tensions over defector activity, stalled reconciliation efforts and vowed to redeploy troops to border areas.
Satellite images released on Wednesday (June 17) show an inter-Korean liaison office before it was destroyed amid rising tensions between the North and South Korea.
Image: WALLACE WOON/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) WALLACE WOON/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
Relations between the two Koreas have plunged to their lowest since Moon took office in 2017 vowing to work to end decades-old confrontation and be a mediator in nudging North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programmes.
But with South Korea's ally the United States showing no sign of easing pressure on North Korea, despite President Donald Trump's efforts to woo leader Kim Jong Un, Moon has found himself stuck between escalating threats from North Korea and sanctions against it.
In the absence of sanctions relief, North Korea has increasingly derided Moon's calls for engagement between the two Koreas as meaningless.
Moon initially sought to quietly send envoys to defuse the rising tensions this week, but Pyongyang publicly rejected that, triggering a rebuke from Seoul.
South Korea now has to come up with a way of achieving progress with North Korea within the confines of the sanctions, said Jenny Town, a Korea specialist at the Washington-based Stimson Center think-tank.


thedailymirror--2020-06-17--Lucas Radebe backs Leeds to return to the Premier League this season

Lucas Radebe insists this is the year when Leeds will finally win promotion back to the Premier League .
Radebe was at Leeds when they were last in the top flight in 2004 and the Elland Road great is desperate to see his old side return .
Marcelo Bielsa ’ s Championship leaders hold a seven-point lead over third-placed Fulham with nine games to go and The Chief is confident they can finally get over the line after so many past disappointments .
Radebe , who made 256 appearances for Leeds between 1994 and 2005 , said : “ This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to come up .
“ Once the club does well , the city buzzes and we need that back .
I ’ m sure this is the year for that to happen.
” Radebe , 51 , has followed Leeds closely since he left 15 years ago and feels owner Andrea Radrizzani has transformed the club from being perennial under-achievers .
The former centre-half says the Italian has instilled a winning mentality at Elland Road and Bielsa ’ s side won their last five games without conceding before the shutdown in mid-March .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and believes they will go on to challenge for honours if they do go up this season .
“ Andrea Radrizzani has changed the club as a whole and instilled a winning mentality , ” said the former South African star .
“ The Premier League misses Leeds United and I think they will be able to challenge for prizes if they come up .
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The Leeds legend was at Elland Road when they were last in the top flight in 2004 and says their long wait will soon be over
Lucas Rabebe claims this is finally the year Leeds will return to the Premier League
Lucas Radebe insists this is the year when Leeds will finally win promotion back to the Premier League.
Radebe was at Leeds when they were last in the top flight in 2004 and the Elland Road great is desperate to see his old side return.
Marcelo Bielsa’s Championship leaders hold a seven-point lead over third-placed Fulham with nine games to go and The Chief is confident they can finally get over the line after so many past disappointments.
Radebe, who made 256 appearances for Leeds between 1994 and 2005, said: “This is the year when Leeds United have to come up.
“Once the club does well, the city buzzes and we need that back. I’m sure this is the year for that to happen.”
Image: Getty Images) Getty Images)
Radebe, 51, has followed Leeds closely since he left 15 years ago and feels owner Andrea Radrizzani has transformed the club from being perennial under-achievers.
The former centre-half says the Italian has instilled a winning mentality at Elland Road and Bielsa’s side won their last five games without conceding before the shutdown in mid-March.
Image: Getty Images) Getty Images)
Radebe knows the huge potential at Leeds and believes they will go on to challenge for honours if they do go up this season.
“Andrea Radrizzani has changed the club as a whole and instilled a winning mentality,” said the former South African star.
“The Premier League misses Leeds United and I think they will be able to challenge for prizes if they come up.”


thedailymirror--2020-06-17--Police review if Maddie McCann suspect linked to murder of girl, 11, set on fire

German police are investigating whether the suspect in Madeleine McCann 's disappearance is behind the gruesome murder of a young schoolgirl 24 years ago .
Claudia Ruf was only 11 when police say she was abducted while walking her neighbour 's dog in the town of Grevenbroich , near Cologne and Dusseldorf , in May 1996 .
Her killer raped and strangled her before dousing her body in petrol and setting it on fire .
Her remains were found more than 40 miles away , near Bonn , two days after she disappeared .
In the years since then police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carried out mass DNA testing on around 1,000 men , but have never charged a suspect .
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After paedophile Christian Brueckner , 43 , was identified as the new prime suspect in the McCann case , German police began taking another look at the Ruf case to find out if he was involved , Bild reported .
A spokesman for Bonn police said it was a `` routine process '' .
Police forces across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murders of children , and rapes of women to find out if there is a connection to the McCann suspect .
In the Ruf case , police announced last year they had sent letters to at least 900 men inviting them to voluntarily provide a DNA sample as part of efforts to identify a potential killer and rule out local residents from the suspect pool .
Last November , the first saliva swab tests were taken from men who were aged between 14 and 70 at the time of Claudia 's disappearance and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ samples on the first day .
The results were expected in four to eight weeks .
More than six months on , no one has been charged .
An earlier mass testing campaign , which analysed the DNA of about 350 men in 2010 , was unsuccessful .
Police said last year 's testing was based on new clues , and they suspect the killer had close ties to the town .
Murder detective Reinhold Jordan , of Bonn police , said officers suspected the offender used a cellar , garage or shed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ received dozens of new tips as part of the renewed effort to solve the crime .
In November , Claudia 's father begged members of the public to help police to catch his daughter 's killer .
He said in a video posted online : `` After more than 23 years , there 's a big opportunity to solve the sad fate of my daughter .
`` The perpetrator has , for too long , been able to hide behind us all . ''
German prosecutors suspect Brueckner abducted and murdered three-year-old Madeleine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Praia da Luz on the night of May 3 , 2007 .
The paedophile was living nearby at the time and was travelling around the Algarve in a VW camper van , according to investigators .
He has twice been convicted in Germany of sexually abusing a child .
He is serving a 15-month prison sentence in Kiel for drug dealing and could be freed as early as July 17 if the European Court of Justice overturns his conviction for the rape of the 72-year-old American woman in Portugal .
Brueckner is appealing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the woman , also at Praia da Luz , for which he was sentenced to seven years in jail .
His lawyers are appealing , claiming that German police broke law by extraditing him from Portugal on a drugs charge but then putting him on trial for rape .
He was previously investigated after five-year-old Inga Gehricke , dubbed the `` German Maddie '' , vanished in May 2015 during a family picnic near Stendal , but there was no evidence linking him to the girl 's disappearance and he was n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this month , among others .
Less than a year after Inga disappeared in a forest , police raided a disused factory site near Braunschweig and seized a red and white Tiffin Allegro Bay motorhome he bought in Germany in 2010 , three years after Maddie 's disappearance .
A new TV documentary claimed girls ' swimming costumes , children 's clothes and 8,000 child abuse images were found by police .
Brueckner does not have any children .
He also allegedly boasted a motorhome he owned and drove repeatedly between Germany and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and children '' .
Brueckner has told his lawyer that he was n't involved in the McCann disappearance .
The suspect , currently in jail in Kiel in northern Germany , has refused to speak to detectives .
Germany 's Spiegel TV has claimed in a documentary that police seized the motorhome in May 2016 , as part of an investigation into the disappearance of five-year-old Inga Gehricke - the so-called German Maddie .
During a six-day examination of the site , police found girls ' swimming costumes ' , children 's clothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8,000 files , mostly containing pictures and videos of child abuse , the documentary said .
It alleged some of the victims in the images were infants and about 100 of the files were photos of Brueckner partly naked or wearing black stockings and committing a sex act .
The items were in a carrier bag buried beneath the body of Brueckner 's dog .
Brueckner was charged in relation to the child pornography , but not in relation to Inga .
A friend of Brueckner 's , identified in the documentary as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behaviour while he lived near holiday resorts in Portugal .
`` Alcohol sometimes loosened his tongue .
He said that he was in Portugal and he got in everywhere and stole cameras , '' Bjorn R said .
A former ambulance driver who met Brueckner and saw the RV alleged : `` He told me , ' I can transport children , kids , in this space .
Drugs and children , you can transport them in this van , it 's a safe space in the van , nobody can find them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' While living in Braunschweig , Brueckner ran a kiosk between 2013 and 2015 .
Bjorn R told the documentary he had been contacted in 2013 by police investigating Madeleine 's disappearance .
He said : `` One day I came into the kiosk and he was a little bit distraught and said , 'Hey , look what I 've got here ' - and he showed me a subpoena for the Madeleine McCann case .
`` You could see it churned him up a bit but he was n't panicking and he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heels ' .
`` I think he said he had been there but that he had nothing to do with it and that was that . ''
Brueckner has racked up 17 convictions across Europe , including for sex offences against children , drug offences , theft and forgery .
It emerged this week that Brueckner is also under investigation for the brutal rape and murder of 13-year-old Tristan Brubach in Frankfurt .
The boy 's throat had been slashed and his body mutilated , with his testicles and flesh from his buttocks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parts have never been found .
Tristan 's body was found in an underpass near the Frankfurt-Hochst train station after he was killed .

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner: Everything you need to know
Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner: Everything you need to know
Claudia Ruf, 11, was walking her neighbour's dog in Grevenbroich, near Cologne, Germany, when she was abducted, and her body was found two days after after being doused in petrol and burnt
Police review if Madeleine McCann suspect linked to murder of girl, 11, set on fire
German police are investigating whether the suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance is behind the gruesome murder of a young schoolgirl 24 years ago.
Claudia Ruf was only 11 when police say she was abducted while walking her neighbour's dog in the town of Grevenbroich, near Cologne and Dusseldorf, in May 1996.
Her killer raped and strangled her before dousing her body in petrol and setting it on fire.
Her remains were found more than 40 miles away, near Bonn, two days after she disappeared.
In the years since then police have pursued a number of leads and carried out mass DNA testing on around 1,000 men, but have never charged a suspect.
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After paedophile Christian Brueckner, 43, was identified as the new prime suspect in the McCann case, German police began taking another look at the Ruf case to find out if he was involved, Bild reported.
A spokesman for Bonn police said it was a "routine process".
Police forces across Europe are currently reviewing unsolved disappearances or murders of children, and rapes of women to find out if there is a connection to the McCann suspect.
In the Ruf case, police announced last year they had sent letters to at least 900 men inviting them to voluntarily provide a DNA sample as part of efforts to identify a potential killer and rule out local residents from the suspect pool.
Last November, the first saliva swab tests were taken from men who were aged between 14 and 70 at the time of Claudia's disappearance and lived nearby.
Almost 500 men gave samples on the first day.
The results were expected in four to eight weeks.
More than six months on, no one has been charged.
An earlier mass testing campaign, which analysed the DNA of about 350 men in 2010, was unsuccessful.
Police said last year's testing was based on new clues, and they suspect the killer had close ties to the town.
Murder detective Reinhold Jordan, of Bonn police, said officers suspected the offender used a cellar, garage or shed to carry out the crime.
Officers received dozens of new tips as part of the renewed effort to solve the crime.
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In November, Claudia's father begged members of the public to help police to catch his daughter's killer.
He said in a video posted online: "After more than 23 years, there's a big opportunity to solve the sad fate of my daughter.
"The perpetrator has, for too long, been able to hide behind us all."
German prosecutors suspect Brueckner abducted and murdered three-year-old Madeleine from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the night of May 3, 2007.
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The paedophile was living nearby at the time and was travelling around the Algarve in a VW camper van, according to investigators.
He has twice been convicted in Germany of sexually abusing a child.
He is serving a 15-month prison sentence in Kiel for drug dealing and could be freed as early as July 17 if the European Court of Justice overturns his conviction for the rape of the 72-year-old American woman in Portugal.
Brueckner is appealing his conviction for the September 2005 attack on the woman, also at Praia da Luz, for which he was sentenced to seven years in jail.
His lawyers are appealing, claiming that German police broke law by extraditing him from Portugal on a drugs charge but then putting him on trial for rape.
He was previously investigated after five-year-old Inga Gehricke, dubbed the "German Maddie", vanished in May 2015 during a family picnic near Stendal, but there was no evidence linking him to the girl's disappearance and he wasn't charged.
Police were reviewing that case this month, among others.
Less than a year after Inga disappeared in a forest, police raided a disused factory site near Braunschweig and seized a red and white Tiffin Allegro Bay motorhome he bought in Germany in 2010, three years after Maddie's disappearance.
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A new TV documentary claimed girls' swimming costumes, children's clothes and 8,000 child abuse images were found by police. Brueckner does not have any children.
He also allegedly boasted a motorhome he owned and drove repeatedly between Germany and Portugal was ideal for hiding "drugs and children".
Brueckner has told his lawyer that he wasn't involved in the McCann disappearance. The suspect, currently in jail in Kiel in northern Germany, has refused to speak to detectives.
Germany's Spiegel TV has claimed in a documentary that police seized the motorhome in May 2016, as part of an investigation into the disappearance of five-year-old Inga Gehricke - the so-called German Maddie.
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During a six-day examination of the site, police found girls' swimming costumes', children's clothing and computer memory sticks with more than 8,000 files, mostly containing pictures and videos of child abuse, the documentary said.
It alleged some of the victims in the images were infants and about 100 of the files were photos of Brueckner partly naked or wearing black stockings and committing a sex act.
The items were in a carrier bag buried beneath the body of Brueckner's dog.
Brueckner was charged in relation to the child pornography, but not in relation to Inga.
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A friend of Brueckner's, identified in the documentary as Bjorn R, spoke of Brueckner's behaviour while he lived near holiday resorts in Portugal.
"Alcohol sometimes loosened his tongue. He said that he was in Portugal and he got in everywhere and stole cameras," Bjorn R said.
A former ambulance driver who met Brueckner and saw the RV alleged: "He told me, 'I can transport children, kids, in this space. Drugs and children, you can transport them in this van, it's a safe space in the van, nobody can find them. Nobody can catch you'."
While living in Braunschweig, Brueckner ran a kiosk between 2013 and 2015.
Bjorn R told the documentary he had been contacted in 2013 by police investigating Madeleine's disappearance.
He said: "One day I came into the kiosk and he was a little bit distraught and said, 'Hey, look what I've got here' - and he showed me a subpoena for the Madeleine McCann case.
"You could see it churned him up a bit but he wasn't panicking and he wasn't saying 'they are on my heels'.
"I think he said he had been there but that he had nothing to do with it and that was that."
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Brueckner has racked up 17 convictions across Europe, including for sex offences against children, drug offences, theft and forgery.
It emerged this week that Brueckner is also under investigation for the brutal rape and murder of 13-year-old Tristan Brubach in Frankfurt.
The boy's throat had been slashed and his body mutilated, with his testicles and flesh from his buttocks and thighs cut off.
The body parts have never been found.
Tristan's body was found in an underpass near the Frankfurt-Hochst train station after he was killed.


thedailymirror--2020-06-17--Keisha Buchanan says she was 'thrown under bus' after Sugababes exit

Keisha Buchanan has spoken out over racism she faced in the music industry , discussing what happened with her exit from the Sugababes .
The singer left the band in 2009 , and was the only original band mate left after the previous departures of Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy .
Around the time , there was rumours of bullying in the band and claims of the girls , including Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah , having a fallout leading to her exit .
At the time , Keisha has now revealed she had no idea about the rumours until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It 's then that she got in contact with someone in a senior position at the record company to find out what had gone on .
Speaking on This Morning on Wednesday , she repeated some of the conversation she then had with the person to hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield .
She claimed it was at this point she realised she was being `` thrown under the bus '' because she was leaving the band - while she also believes a lot of the rumours , and other things said about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within the industry , was because she is a black woman .
Clearly still struggling to talk about it while saying she was ready to finally speak out , Keisha revealed it still affected her now .
Keisha told the hosts : `` Within the music industry the clearest example was I was speaking to someone senior at the record company at the time and I was asking them , ‘ What ’ s going on with all of these rumours ?
’ '' And they pretty much told me that I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sense to the story that they wanted to put out , because they felt like the girls ’ album was getting a lot of backlash and wasn ’ t doing very well .
`` So I was like , ‘ That means throwing me under the bus ?
’ and this person was like , ‘ Well , this isn ’ t coming from me.. ’ .
`` But it was very clear to me that they used the fact that I ’ d had things written about me in the past and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
Keisha said she never faced racism from the fans , and that they were and still are supportive - even stating that it was fans who made her see she was the victim of racism in the industry .
The singer also shared other instances that she did n't realise at the time was racism , but looking back she said it was `` 100 percent systematic racism '' .
She said : `` I ’ m saying that definitely , 100 percent , I believe that systemic racism comes in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that if you ’ re using someone ’ s character to manipulate them and it ’ s based upon perception , ” From being made to think it was `` bullying '' when she asked for a share in songwriting credentials , to being called `` difficult '' when it came to contracts , Keisha shared her experiences .
Viewers tuning in raced to share their support for the star , with one fan commenting : `` Horrible to listen @ Keisha_Buchanan recount what happened to her - used to love # Sugarbabes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cruel to consider how young she was when she was treated so brutally .
Articulate & sharp . ''
Another said : `` I ’ m so glad Keisha from the Sugababes has spoken up about her own experiences of racism in the music industry .
She was clearly emotional .
It was hard to watch . ''
A third added : `` Watching Keisha Buchanan on # thismorning recount her experiences was moving . ''
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV .

The former Sugababes original said on This Morning she was used as a 'scapegoat', after leaving the band
Keisha Buchanan says she was 'thrown under bus' after Sugababes exit by racist industry
Keisha Buchanan has spoken out over racism she faced in the music industry, discussing what happened with her exit from the Sugababes.
The singer left the band in 2009, and was the only original band mate left after the previous departures of Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy.
Around the time, there was rumours of bullying in the band and claims of the girls, including Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah, having a fallout leading to her exit.
At the time, Keisha has now revealed she had no idea about the rumours until she saw them in the press.
It's then that she got in contact with someone in a senior position at the record company to find out what had gone on.
Image: ITV) ITV)
Speaking on This Morning on Wednesday, she repeated some of the conversation she then had with the person to hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.
She claimed it was at this point she realised she was being "thrown under the bus" because she was leaving the band - while she also believes a lot of the rumours, and other things said about or to her at the time including within the industry, was because she is a black woman.
Clearly still struggling to talk about it while saying she was ready to finally speak out, Keisha revealed it still affected her now.
Image: Getty Images) Getty Images)
Keisha told the hosts: "Within the music industry the clearest example was I was speaking to someone senior at the record company at the time and I was asking them, ‘What’s going on with all of these rumours?’
"And they pretty much told me that I was being used as collateral because it made sense to the story that they wanted to put out, because they felt like the girls’ album was getting a lot of backlash and wasn’t doing very well.
"So I was like, ‘That means throwing me under the bus?’ and this person was like, ‘Well, this isn’t coming from me..’.
"But it was very clear to me that they used the fact that I’d had things written about me in the past and I was used as a scapegoat really."
Keisha said she never faced racism from the fans, and that they were and still are supportive - even stating that it was fans who made her see she was the victim of racism in the industry.
The singer also shared other instances that she didn't realise at the time was racism, but looking back she said it was "100 percent systematic racism".
Image: ITV) ITV)
She said: "I’m saying that definitely, 100 percent, I believe that systemic racism comes in all different forms, and I believe that if you’re using someone’s character to manipulate them and it’s based upon perception,”
From being made to think it was "bullying" when she asked for a share in songwriting credentials, to being called "difficult" when it came to contracts, Keisha shared her experiences.
Image: Getty Images) Getty Images)
Viewers tuning in raced to share their support for the star, with one fan commenting: "Horrible to listen @Keisha_Buchanan recount what happened to her - used to love #Sugarbabes early stuff #Racism is everywhere - cruel to consider how young she was when she was treated so brutally. Articulate & sharp."
Another said: "I’m so glad Keisha from the Sugababes has spoken up about her own experiences of racism in the music industry. She was clearly emotional. It was hard to watch."
A third added: "Watching Keisha Buchanan on #thismorning recount her experiences was moving."
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV.