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...and for Moyes to make an emotional Goodison return

With Dyche's contract expiring this summer, there was an inevitability about the parting of the ways, even if it came at an unexpected moment. The task of the new, permanent manager will be to ensure the first season in the club's stunning, fresh dockside stadium is in the top flight. TFG will not want a bespoke firefighter, they will want someone who can not only grind out the results needed to stay up, but who can begin building a team to compete among the elite.

Agbadou signs for Wolves

WOLVES have signed Ivory Coast defender Emmanuel Agbadou from French club Reims for £15million.

Drop in permanent hires as labour market feels squeeze

FIRMS are increasingly reluctant to make permanent hires as the labour market continues to experience a squeeze from Budget changes, research suggests.

A little help getting buy

PROSPECTIVE property buyers in Wales were given an extra Christmas present last month when The Welsh Government extended Help To Buy in Wales until September 2026. This means first-time buyers or homeowners hoping to downsize or move to a larger home will be able to buy from one of 50 registered developers in Wales with just a five per cent deposit.

Bubbles down to a tea

THESE days, I must confess, I struggle to keep abreast of what's fashionable. A stroll down our local high street provides a painful illustration of this. There are countless retail outlets which clearly aren't designed for the likes of me. For example, have you ever been into a branch of Hollister, the clothing store? I'm personally about as far removed from its target market, age-wise, as it's possible for a chap to be while still being clinically alive, but I went into our local branch with my daughter last week and I couldn't believe how ludicrously, fashionably \"subdued\" the lighting was.

Never too late to take control of your finances

Millennials and Gen Zs can follow a different path from their parents, finance expert Charlotte Jessop reveals

WHY CLIVE SINCLAIR WAS THE ORIGINAL PIONEER OF ELECTRIC DREAMS

The eccentric British entrepreneur hoped his Sinclair C5 would launch a transport revolution. It bombed but now, 40 years on, the quirky vehicle boasts a cult following

A Starr is reborn

There is no calculation about Ringo's return to country, no Svengali telling him it's the 'in' market to crack. Instead, these eleven songs are fuelled by his genuine love of the genre, apparent from the Beatles era onwards.

Primal screams

Writer-director Halina Reijn's unflinching study of female sexuality is bookended by orgasms, all captured in exquisite, unabashed close-up on the face of Nicole Kidman. The first is loudly faked for a partner, who subsequently punctuates his sweat-glistened pleasure with three whispered words (\"I love you\"), and the second is intense, raw and genuine, reflecting a rare intimacy and vulnerability that requires no verbal outburst. Nothing is faked by Kidman. She delivers a fearless, gut-wrenching portrayal of a businesswoman, wife and mother ashamed of the animalistic desires in her head - until an abuse of power with a male subordinate allows BDSM-charged fantasy to become intoxicating reality.

DA YA THINK I'M EIGHTY? (Of course not Sir Rod!)

As our most enduring rocker becomes an octogenarian, his biographers reveal how, aside from his 10-day superyacht birthday bash, he's largely swapped his wild lifestyle for a quiet life in the country with third wife Penny

Rivals rally to help strongest man fight devastating injury

ENGLAND'S strongest man fears a serious injury will keep him out of competitions for a year and could even wreck his career.

Goal-den day you couldn't miss

ENGLAND'S 1966 World Cup win, the Beatles performing live, the building of Stonehenge and Queen's 1985 Live Aid performance are the top moments in history we wish we had witnessed.

Natural treasure... 250,000 hectares to fight climate crisis

PLANS to rewild an area one-and-a-half times the size of Greater London have been unveiled by the National Trust to mark its 130th birthday.

Energy woe soars

CHARITY Citizens Advice helped one household with energy bills every two working minutes last year.

Violin for sale...how does £14m sound?

ONE of the world's most famous violins is expected to fetch a staggering £14.5million at auction.

Brand £3k fine for speeding at 95mph

RUSSELL Brand was yesterday fined more than £3,000 for speeding.

£3.3bn for repair bills

PRIVATE providers of social housing saw their costs for major repairs - including cladding removal - reach a record £3.3billion last year.

Lauren's new show after cancer ordeal

LAUREN Laverne is leaving her BBC Radio 6 Music breakfast show after six years following a \"tricky time\" last year when diagnosed with cancer.

Cancer doesn't just take a physical toll so care must evolve

Having been diagnosed with bowel cancer in June 2023 aged 43, I am facing the stark statistic that just 11% of people with my condition last longer than five years. Late at night, I sometimes find myself wondering what life will be like once my cancer becomes terminal or whether, at some point, a surgeon might be able to operate.

Star's court order after abusing wife

EX-SCOTLAND rugby union captain Stuart Hogg was yesterday given a community order after he admitted abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years.

Biden insists: I would have won last year's American election

JOE Biden says he thinks he would have beaten Donald Trump had he not withdrawn from November's election.

Jail for woman who bit nurse and kicked cop

A SERIAL offender who kicked a police officer and bit a nurse who was trying to care for her has been jailed for seven months. Despite being just 20 years old, Paris Willows already had more than 100 previous convictions when she was found at a bus station in possession of cannabis and the Class C drugs pregabalin and clonazepam.

Gas man's machete assault on tenant

A TENANT was stabbed in the face at his home with a machete - by his gas engineer.

Cancer doesn't just take a physical toll so care must evolve

The elderly man was exclaiming angrily, as his daughter pushed his wheelchair towards the admittedly overpriced hospital coffee shop: \"Why should I want a sandwich?\" After explaining that he clearly needed to keep his strength up by eating, they settled on a slice of cake instead.This minor family drama about a couple of slices of bread was, in some ways, an amusing vignette of life and I think of them often. But it also shows the need for better mental health support for cancer patients like him and me.

Flood misery hits Monty and wife

MONTY Don said he and his wife were trapped in their house after it flooded this week.

Five presidents unite for Jimmy Carter's funeral

ALL five living US presidents gathered to pay their respects at Jimmy Carter's funeral yesterday. It was the first time the former and current leaders had been together since Donald Trump won a second term in the White House.

Hostage's body is found in Gaza tunnel

ISRAELI troops have found the body of Bedouin Arab Yousef Zyadna who was taken captive by Hamas.

New probe into stars' osteopath

AN osteopath to the stars who admitted spying on female university students for sexual kicks is under further police investigation after the discovery of more recording devices.

Drones drive up Ukraine's civilian casualties to 12,300

MORE than 12,300 civilians have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the United Nations claimed yesterday. Its spokesman said there had been a sharp rise in casualties due to the use of drones, long-range missiles and glide bombs.

Mariella's plea over bone care

HEALTH Secretary Wes Streeting is being urged to end the NHS postcode lottery of osteoporosis care.