No country supports the Ukrainian war effort more passionately than Poland, and no country shelters more Ukrainian refugees. Ukrainian-Polish relations have never been better. Polish political parties might disagree about everything else, but they all strongly support Ukraine and her borders. Russian imperialist ambitions also threaten Polish security. Since PolandContinue Reading
MICHAEL VAUGHAN and three other ex-England players have been charged with bringing cricket into disrepute over racism allegations. Their county Yorkshire was also charged and it comes little more than a week before the Third Test against New Zealand starts at Headingley. 2 Michael Vaughan is one of four ex-EnglandContinue Reading
The war in Ukraine shows no signs of ending soon. Ukraine is suffering between 600 and 1,000 casualties a day. A fifth of Ukraine is now controlled by Russia and its proxies. Wars generate well-known “rally-around-the-flag” effects in public opinion – though the nature and sincerity of this is disputed.Continue Reading
Professor Breda Smyth has been appointed as interim chief medical officer at the Department of Health, Minster for Health Stephen Donnelly has confirmed. Prof Smyth will replace Dr Tony Holohan who is due to resign on July 1st after 14 years in the role. Prof Smyth is currently the professorContinue Reading
A flight chartered to send asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda as part of a new government policy was grounded following an intervention by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The plan to deport asylum seekers for processing in Rwanda is intended, the government says, to deter peopleContinue Reading
EX-LEEDS manager Marcelo Bielsa is reportedly being lined up by Athletic Bilbao as their potential new manager. Bielsa, 66, was sacked as Leeds boss despite being a popular figure at the club back in February as the team were dragged into a relegation battle. 1 Marcelo Bielsa could make aContinue Reading
Recovery team members Mark Campbell, Guilherme Pessoa-Amorim and Leon Peto photographed at the Big Data Institute in Oxford Photograph: Adam Gasson/UKRI, CC BY-SA Guilherme – June 16, 2020. Evening TV news shows across the world were suddenly opening with the result of our research, and rightly so. Dexamethasone was theContinue Reading
Is Iron Man 3 better than Iron Man 2? Here’s our definitive ranking of all 28 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe—and where to stream them.Continue Reading
The EU is taking legal action against the UK in response to the government’s plan to revise the Northern Ireland protocol. The UK government released a bill proposing to unilaterally amend the legal mechanism that ensures smooth trade of goods between Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Europe. The EU saidContinue Reading
Raising the smoking age is just one of 15 proposals to help England become smoke-free by 2030. Krakenimages.com/ Shutterstock Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the UK – accounting for nearly 100,000 deaths each year. In England alone, smoking caused nearly 75,000 deaths in 2020.Continue Reading
