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Premier League crisis club of the week 2023/24: Sheffield United

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Another week, another Premier League club in crisis. At 4pm on Sunday, Chelsea looked all set to be the topic of this article once again following yet another defeat at Stamford Bridge. However, one club stepped forward at 4.30pm to spare their blushes. That club was Sheffield United. What's the crisis? Well...they lost 8-0 to Newcastle United at Bramall Lane on Sunday. That is the club's worst ever tanking, and the joint-second biggest defeat any club has ever suffered during the Premier League era. All of that is bad enough to earn the ' crisis club of the week' tag, but then you add in the fact that the Blades have taken just one point from their opening six Game s of the season and, oh brother, do you have a Football club in a deep, deep crisis . Bad day at the office for the Blades / James Gill - Danehouse/GettyImages LISTEN TO THE LATEST EPISODE OF 90MIN'S TALKING TRANSFERS PODCAST: HARRY KANE, IVAN TONEY, AARON RAMSDALE & MORE Why are they in crisis? ...

UK household energy bills to fall in July, bringing some relief in cost-of-living crisis

Britain’s energy regulator says the typical household energy bill will come down by around $495 a year starting in July as global wholesale energy prices decline LONDON -- Britain's energy regulator said Thursday that the typical household energy bill will come down by around 400 pounds ($495) a year starting in July as global wholesale energy prices decline. The drop brings some relief to millions of people and businesses that have struggled to cope with sharply higher electricity and gas bills over the past 18 months. But many on lower incomes are still in the throes of a lingering cost-of-living crisis, as food prices soar at the fastest rate in decades. The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, or Ofgem, said it was cutting its price cap — the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge household s per unit of energy — to 2,074 pounds ($2,567) a year starting July 1. Since October, people have been partly shielded from gas price rises by the British government's “en...