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Old Firm ‘buckle under pressure’ as incredible title race twists again
After a defeat for Celtic and surprise draw for Rangers, where does the latest weekend of drama leave the Scottish Premiership title race?
SUNDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2026, 22:35

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After a defeat for Celtic and surprise draw for Rangers, where does the latest weekend of drama leave the Scottish Premiership title race?

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Wolves say they are “disgusted” after striker Tolu Arokodare was sent racist abuse on social media by “multiple perpetrators” following his side’s 1-0 loss to Crystal Palace.
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Cape Town homeowners who do not qualify for income-linked rebates are paying municipal bills that have significantly outpaced inflation and salary increases over the past decade as a result of spiralling property valuations and a wave of fixed charges that did not exist 10 years ago.

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Liverpool’s late 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest puts the Reds firmly in the Champions League hunt after a “robbery” of a victory at the City Ground.

South Africa
A truck driver lost control, hit three vehicles, fell into a ditch near the Hendrik Verwoerd tunnel.

South Africa
A study by the institution found that 23 sanitary pad brands contained at least two such chemicals.

South Africa
A truck crashed on a mountainous section of the highway near the Hendrik Verwoerd tunnel.

South Africa
The residents lamented this ahead of Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget Speech on Wednesday.

World
The Mexican army killed the leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho,” in an operation Sunday, a federal official said.
World
Along with a growing number of war-wounded amputees, Mykhailo Varvarych and Iryna Botvynska are navigating an altered destiny after Varvarych lost both his legs during the Russian invasion.

World
Iran’s state news agency said students protested at five universities in the capital, Tehran, and one in the city of Mashhad on Sunday.

World
The remains of Italy’s patron saint have only been seen in public once before – for one day in 1978.

Africa
Sudan accuses Uganda of flouting international law by meeting Rapid Support Forces boss Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Africa
A court upholds a challenge about the lawfulness of the orders to remove four men who travelled to the territory.

Africa
In a rare occurence, three soldiers were handed jail terms for killings in the troubled Anglophone region.

Africa
Benni McCarthy says Jose Mourinho should admit his “mistake” following the Benfica manager’s post-match comments after Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr claimed he was racially abused.

Business
Businesses say questions remain after US President Donald Trump announced he will impose global tariffs of 15%.

Business
One of South Africa’s best-performing private schools has officially closed its doors.

Business
South Africa’s citrus industry achieved a record-breaking 2025 export season, shipping over 200 million 15kg cartons worldwide.

Business
Citizens Advice’s Warm and Well scheme in North Yorkshire will receive the money over three years.

Politics
Sibiya is expected to field tough questions on his relationship with Matlala.

Politics
Dlamini was gunned down in Umgababa south of Durban on Saturday night.

Politics
Ramaphosa delivered the eulogy at the funeral service of Hosi Phylia N’wamitwa II in Limpopo.

Politics
Kenny Kunene has criticised Helen Zille and Herman Mashaba’s mayoral capabilities
Sport
Highlights from the Scottish Premiership.

Sport
Rugby Special pundits John Barclay and Sam Warburton analyse Scotland’s winning try against Wales and whether it should have stood.

Sport
Tottenham interim manager Igor Tudor says his side need “to work harder than before” but is confident of avoiding relegation, despite a 4-1 defeat by Arsenal in his first game.

Sport
Eberechi Eze torments Tottenham Hotspur again as Arsenal made a title statement of intent by restoring their lead at the top of the Premier League table to five points with victory in the north London derby.
Education
A student objected to the potential closure of her New York City middle school. The professor, speaking on a hot mic, said, “They’re too dumb to know they’re in a bad school.” The comment was assailed as racist.
Education
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that no remote classes would be held. The last official snow day in the city’s schools was in March 2019.

Education
Labour expected to outline sweeping changes to special educational needs provision with council debt surging
Labour is due to reveal its plans to overhaul the special educational needs and disability (Send) system on Monday. But why are changes needed? And what changes are ministers likely to propose?
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Education
Already struggling to get help, families with children with special needs are concerned changes could make things worse
At the age of 12, May Race’s son Joseph spends almost all of his time in his bedroom, too anxious, burnt out and – she says – traumatised even to join his parents and older brother downstairs most days. Joseph no longer leaves the house at all.
He is autistic and has dyslexia...

Lifestyle
Stormers star Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu – who celebrated his birthday over the weekend – left fans stunned at his impression…

Lifestyle
Hacjivah Dayimani, who has returned to the Stormers, has criticised Cape Town rental agents, he claims have ‘scammed’ him…

Lifestyle
‘I’m trying to lose weight’, bragged Afrikaner refugee Charl Kleinhaus, who has praised his new life in the US…

Lifestyle
Ten days before his aircraft crashed, Durban pilot Leeché Manuel shared a post that many believe was a foreshadow of his tragic death…

Entertainment
A total of R400 000 in jackpots is up for grabs tonight! Here are your winning Daily Lotto and Daily Lotto Plus results for 22 February 2026.

Entertainment
“It was tough going, we managed to win the arm-wrestle, and the team managed to find the energy to break through the Italians and take the bonus point at the end of the match.”

Entertainment
Catch up on the biggest stories of Sunday, 22 February 2026 that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.

Entertainment
Sune Luus was the star of the show, while Sinalo Jafta put in a superb performance in her landmark game to help the Proteas beat Pakistan.
Science/Tech
Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot writes: Researchers have developed a robotic hand that can not only skitter about on its fingertips, it can also bend its fingers backward, connect and disconnect from a robotic arm, and pick up and carry one or more objects at a time. This article in Science News includes footage of the robotic arm reattaching itself to the skittering robot hand, which can...
Science/Tech
Imagine a 280-unit apartment complex offering no on-site leasing office with a human agent for questions. “Instead, the entire process has been outsourced to AI…” reports SFGate, “from touring to signing the lease to completing management tasks once you actually move in.” Now imagine it’s far more than just one apartment complex…At two other Jack London Square apartment buildings, my initial...
Science/Tech
Friday Amazon published a blog post “to address the inaccuracies” in a Financial Times report that the company’s own AI tool Kiro caused two outages in an AWS service in December. Amazon writes that the “brief” and “extremely limited” service interruption “was the result of user error — specifically misconfigured access controls — not AI as the story claims.” And “The Financial Times’ claim...
Science/Tech
A software engineer tried steering his robot vacuum with a videogame controller, reports Popular Science — but ended up with “a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes.”While building his own remote-control app, Sammy Azdoufal reportedly used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engineer how the robot communicated with DJI’s remote cloud servers. But he soon discovered that the same...
Motoring

Motoring
South Africa’s cheapest automatic car won’t cost you more than R200,000.

Motoring
Nissan welcomes Chinese automakers’ push into various countries, saying the competition will only make the industry stronger and benefit the car-buying public.

Motoring
Car theft protection has evolved beyond physical barriers and mechanisms.
Health
The next moon mission, carrying four astronauts, could launch as soon as early March.

Health
The doctors speak to Professor of Immunology, Dan Davis.
Health
A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in later stages of the disease.

Health
Manjit Sangha, from Penn, near Wolverhampton, says her life drastically change in one weekend.