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Arsenal defender Gabriel should have received a red card for headbutting Erling Haaland, a Premier League panel has concluded.The Brazilian escaped a dismissal after nudging his forehead into the striker's face during last month's clash at the Etihad.Neither referee Anthony Taylor nor the VAR John Brooks deemed the incident worthy of a red card, with both Gabriel and Haaland cautioned. Brooks decided that the headbutt was 'not excessively aggressive or violent', so did not intervene.Yet, the league's key match incidents…

A small village located in northern Spain is offering free houses and a secure job for anyone willing to move there. Tucked away in the region of Castile and León is Arenillas, a quaint community with only around 40 inhabitants.In a bid to increase the local population and build a thriving village, local authorities have opened up the area to outsiders after battling with depopulation since the 1980s. The 'repopulation package' offers people the chance to move to Arenillas, but they have to be…

The Real Greek restaurant chain will close nine of its 28 UK sites with 151 job lost in the latest blow for the hospitality sector - its central kitchen will also be shut down18:51, 01 May 2026View 2 ImagesThe Real Greek will shut 9 restaurants(Image: PAUL GILLIS / Reach Plc)The Real Greek is set to close nine of its restaurants resulting in 151 job losses, after the hospitality chain entered administration. Karali Group, owner of Cote, confirmed on Friday that it has brokered a rescue deal for the business following the…

I have just returned from the Tuscan hills where the bells are tolling for far more funerals than weddings.A few months back, I was in Tokyo where the kindergarten playgrounds were eerily deserted.Across the European continent, from Portugal to the Balkans, bus routes are being cancelled as waves of elderly customers take their last subsidised freedom pass to the sky.In China the population is falling so fast that there are now miles of virtually uninhabited high-rise blocks, built for families that never arrived.In…