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1. Chelsea injury update: Cole Palmer, Tosin Adarabioyo, Filip Jorgensen latest news and return dates

   Injury concerns remain as Chelsea face massive game against Napoli

2. Fix capital's homes crisis to stop Londoners' pay being swallowed up by housing costs, new report says

   Centre for Cities highlights how much many young people in London are having to pay in sky-high rent or to get their foot on the property ladder

3. Arsenal injury update: Riccardo Calafiori, Kai Havertz, Max Dowman latest news and return dates

   Gunners return to Champions League action after Premier League struggles continue

4. Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Monday, January 26, 2026

   Read what the stars mean for you today, from Aquarius to Gemini

5. £7m flat on Southbank listed for same price it was bought for in 2020

   This three-bedroom apartment with views of the Shard hasn’t increased in value since it was first purchased in 2020

6. The perfect storm fuelling London’s housebuilding crisis

   Labour has vowed to build 1.5m new homes by 2029 — but with construction halted at dozens of site across the capital, that target looks impossibly ambitious

7. Farage to pardon convicted Troubles veterans under Reform government

   The party said military personnel had been ‘unfairly hounded’.

8. Fatal accident inquiry into train crash which killed three due to begin

   Three men died when the train derailed near Stonehaven on August 12, 2020.

9. Mahmood to present radical policing reforms to MPs

   The Home Secretary is expected to make a statement to the Commons on Monday afternoon on her proposals.

10. Starmer faces backlash as Labour blocks Burnham by-election bid

    A 10-strong group from Labour’s National Executive Committee, including the Prime Minister himself, voted to deny Mr Burnham permission to stand.