Teams are running further and set-piece strikes are in decline as end-to-end football takes over the division
Goals in the Premier League are up. Chaos is returning. End-to-end football is back. The division is more open, in more ways than one.
The figures show a rise from 2.75 goals per game last season to 2.82 so far this year, which is a small average increase – but one that could easily widen. The goals-per-game rate was at least 0.21 higher across the final 330 games than it was for the first 50 in four of the past five seasons. If 2026-27 sees a similar upturn, it will become the second highest scoring season in the Premier League era.
Continue reading...US president reportedly changed his mind over Saudi Arabia’s pleas for assistance as bombs were being loaded
Houthi fighters are moving to seize strategic heights in Yemen that would cut the Red Sea coast off from areas held by Saudi-backed forces after Donald Trump called off US strikes on the group at the last minute, reportedly as bombs were being loaded on to aircraft.
Amid increasingly heavy fighting in Yemen, which has displaced tens of thousands of people in recent weeks, the New York Times reported on Monday that the US president had flip-flopped wildly in recent days after a call from Saudi Arabia for US strikes on the Houthis.
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Oh my goodness, I love the look of these cups.



They were made by Indonesian potter Nabila Nareswari using the nerikomi technique. From her about page:
Nerikomi is a technique in pottery that creates decorative patterns by stacking, rolling, and slicing colored clay. Patterns produced by it are structural rather than painted on, which allows the potter to make detailed images or complex repetitive patterns on both sides of the clay slabs.
Nareswari posts videos of her process on Instagram; it is painstaking.
Nerikomi takes a lot of patience and heart 🤍
I think Iris is the epitome of trusting a process. No other work of mine takes as much patience as these lovely mugs and cups do. There isn’t really a shortcut to having them done quicker, you just have to do one thing after another, after another, and before you know it, it’s there in your hands! Albeit two months later😜
She has a shop but all of her Iris collection is currently sold out.
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ANTWERPEN (ANP) - In Antwerpen is een Nederlandse vader (47) veroordeeld tot een gevangenisstraf van 23 jaar voor de moord op zijn 14-jarige zoon. In januari 2022 overleed de jongen in het huis van zijn vader in Turnhout, waar hij pas acht weken later door de politie werd gevonden. Al die tijd wisten zijn moeder en broers niet waar hij was. In het lichaam van de jongen werd ketamine gevonden.
Vier andere personen die destijds in het huis van de vader woonden, kregen gevangenisstraffen tussen de een en drie jaar. Zij werden schuldig bevonden aan het onthouden van voedsel en verzorging.
De rechter verklaarde dat de man heeft geprobeerd zijn kinderen te isoleren en te indoctrineren met zijn geloofsovertuiging. Daarbij heeft hij volgens de rechter onherstelbaar leed veroorzaakt bij zijn moeder en broers.
Bij het bepalen van de strafmaat heeft de rechter er rekening mee gehouden dat de redelijke termijn voor een veroordeling ruim verstreken is.