47+ min ago (441+ words) Enzo Maresca has criticised referee Anthony Taylor for not sending off Arsenal's Piero Hincapie for his elbow to Trevoh Chalobah's face. Chalobah was seen using ice on a cut by his cheekbone at half-time after replays late in the first half showed he had received a rogue elbow to the face from the Ecuadorian centre-back. It came just three minutes after Chelsea went down to ten men when Moises Caicedo had a yellow card for a studs-first challenge on Mikel Merino upgraded to straight red by the VAR. Chelsea had to play the game with ten men after Caicedo's 38th-minute red card but Maresca explained after the game that he believed Arsenal's Hincapie should have been sent off, too, and that the game should have been ten against ten. Maresca was informed after the game that his captain, Reece James,…...

51+ min ago (539+ words) Actress Alex Kingston has become the eighth celebrity to be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing. The Doctor Who star and her professional dance partner Johannes Radebe have left the show after losing the dance battle to EastEnders'actress Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon. The couples performed their routines from Saturday night, with Kingston and Radebe dancing their cha cha cha to Anita Ward's Ring My Bell. They failed to make it through to the quarter-final after the majority of the judges chose to save Sopal and Caillon, who danced a jive to Right Back Where We Started From by Maxine Nightingale. Sunday-night's leaderboard was the first to have extra points from the brand new instant dance challenge, which offered a maximum of six additional points to the team who impressed the judges the most. Following the performances, the judges cast their…...

59+ min ago (748+ words) Jeremy Corbyn's new left-wing movement decided to make the name Your Party permanent at the conclusion of its tense inaugural conference. The former Labour leader announced the interim name will be kept as he wrapped up the weekend which also saw his preferred leadership set-up rejected. Members voted for the name Your Party over the alternatives Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many. They also voted narrowly against having a single elected leader, opting instead for a collective model favoured by his rival Zarah Sultana that puts a committee of members in charge. Mr Corbyn acknowledged there had been "frustrations" in the establishment of the outfit but said "we have come a long way" as he closed the gathering in Liverpool on Sunday. The first day of the founding conference was marred by a dispute over the expulsion of…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (283+ words) William Saliba will undergo a test on Monday as Arsenal seek to learn the extent of the injury that forced him to miss Sunday's game at Chelsea. Saliba was left out of the squad entirely for the high-profile Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge, which ended in a 1-1 draw, after picking up a knock in training on Saturday. Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is unsure how long the Frenchman will be on the sidelines as he prepares to undergo further examination by medical staff. Arsenal are next in action on Wednesday night, when they host Brentford. "I think he has got another test tomorrow, Willy, see to the extent of that feeling, that sensation that he had, and we will know more," said Arteta. Arsenal also remained without Saliba's regular centre-back partner Gabriel on Sunday due to a thigh injury. The…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (556+ words) A report on a proposal to rename Herzog Park in Dublin is set to be withdrawn from the agenda of a council meeting on Monday. Lord Mayor Ray McAdam said the chief executive of Dublin City Council Richard Shakespeare had indicated to him he intends to withdraw the report, stating that legislation pertaining to renaming of place names had not been "fully commenced. The council proposal had been criticised by Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Tanaiste Simon Harris. The Office of the President of Israel had also expressed concern over the proposed renaming of the park in south Dublin. It is named after Chaim Herzog, who was was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin. He was the sixth president of Israel between 1983 and 1993. Dublin city councillors had been expected to vote on a motion to rename the park at their…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (713+ words) Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower has revealed his favourite episode from the new series, teasing that there were some "very important visitors. The 37-year old British actor plays antagonist Vecna in the hit supernatural Netflix show which premiered part of its final season last week. The first series of the coming-of-age drama follows a psychokinetic girl named Eleven, played by Millie Bobby Brown, as she escaped from a laboratory in Hawkins and makes friends with a group of local kids who embarked on a mission to find their friend Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) after he became lost in an alternative reality called the Upside Down. Its fifth series sees Hawkins placed under a military quarantine and intensified hunt to find Eleven, as the group of friends come up against the evil Vecna for one final time. Speaking at MCM…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago (631+ words) Arsenal went five points clear at the top of the Premier League table after drawing at Chelsea. The Blues put in a spirited display to earn a share of the spoils after they played over half of the match with 10 men following Moises Caicedo's red card. Trevoh Chalobah put the hosts ahead early in the second half and gave them hope of a memorable victory. Arsenal, however, equalised through Mikel Merino to go five points clear of Manchester City at the top-flight summit. In the immediate aftermath of this game, Arsenal will feel like it was two points dropped rather than one gained. Before kick-off, a draw may have been viewed as a good result given that Arsenal were without both their first-choice centre-backs, Gabriel and William Saliba, due to injury. Chelsea, however, played over 50 minutes of this game with…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago (854+ words) The Irish Government needs to "step up" and establish mechanisms to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles "at pace", a new report from MPs has said. The cross-party Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has published the report which it said highlights concerns from victims and veterans over new Westminster legislation aimed at addressing legacy issues. The UK and Irish governments unveiled their new legacy framework in September. As part of that, the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill is expected to reach committee stage at Westminster in the coming weeks. The framework also included a commitment from the Irish Government for the "fullest possible" co-operation with the new'legacy'commission and the creation of a dedicated'legacy'unit within the Irish police force, An Garda Siochana. The NIAC report said it welcomed the commitment on co-operation over legacy by the two governments. It added:…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago (309+ words) The Post Office has urged people to organise sending their parcels ahead of the expected busiest day at its branches on December 8. Britons are planning on sending more gifts this Christmas compared to last year " up from 20% to 33%, according to a survey for the Post Office. The poll found that 34% of Britons consider sending Christmas parcels and cards to be an important festive tradition. However, just 33% plan to post their gifts and cards by early to mid-December, while 8% admit to sending everything in the week leading up to Christmas. Post Office branches can be used to collect or drop off prepaid parcels, not only with Royal Mail and Parcelforce, but Amazon, DPD, DHL and Evri in selected branches as well. Post Office mails and parcels director Candice Ohandjanian said: "This Christmas is shaping up to be one of the busiest…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago (734+ words) Geologists have been given a "one-of-a-kind" window into Scotland's geological past as they analyse core rock drilled from the Great Glen Fault during investigations for a hydro-storage scheme. The Great Glen Fault is the largest geological fault structure in the UK at more than 1,000km long and 40km deep, stretching from Ireland through Scotland to Norway. Tremors and minor earthquakes are sometimes reported in the area, though rocks associated with the fault zone generally remain mostly hidden to the human eye by the waters of Loch Ness, Loch Oich and Loch Lochy. Deep drill core was extracted from beneath the Great Glen as part of investigations for a proposed SSE Renewables pumped hydro storage scheme at the Coire Glas site on the shores of Loch Lochy. Scientists from the British Geological Survey (BGS) were given the opportunity to study 10 metres of the…...