• Chelsea open talks to sign wantaway star ahead of Liverpool and Man Utd
• Hundreds flock to abandoned sofa after it becomes village’s biggest tourist attraction
• Jet2 flight forced to land mid-air after unruly passengers cause disruption
• I brushed off my worrying symptoms as extreme morning sickness
• Locals say life is ‘horrendous’ after village cut in half by 700m HS2 tunnel