YouTube’s Olympics Highlights Are Riddled With Propaganda
The platform’s search engine is funneling sports fans into watching political content about China.Continue Reading
2022-02-11
Arsenal news LIVE: Wolves in reaction, Douglas Luiz £32m summer transfer wanted, Lacazette named permanent captain
Good morning Arsenal fans Arsenal defeated Wolves 1-0 at Molineux and are just one point away from West Ham and fourth place. Gabriel Magalhaes scored the Gunners’ winner on 25 minutes and Mikel Arteta’s side managed to keep a clean sheet. It didn’t come easy as Gabriel Martinelli was sentContinue Reading
2022-02-11
The Trojan Horse Affair: Islamophobia scholar on the long shadow cast by the scandal
A new podcast series from the New York Times is likely to rekindle interest in “Operation Trojan Horse”: an alleged plot by “hardline” Muslims to “take over” around 20 state schools in the city of Birmingham in 2014. Despite numerous investigations being undertaken at the time, no evidence of aContinue Reading
2022-02-11
Champion jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot banned for a further six months after rape charge
CHAMPION jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot has been banned for a further six months after being charged with rape. Boudot, 29, was accused of rape by a female work-rider after a party in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France last year. He denies the claims. 1 Boudot has been banned from racing for a further sixContinue Reading
2022-02-11
Dorset Forest Garden Glamping has won Gold and Silver in the 2021/22 Dorset Tourism Awards
In a county full of fabulous hospitality businesses to be recognised for one award is a real honour but to be recognised in two different categories is a sign that a business has put in a great deal of hard work following a vision over several years. Dorset Forest GardenContinue Reading
2022-02-11
Popular restaurant raises important funds for Exmouth RNLI
Two outstanding fundraising projects by an Exmouth Restaurant have raised significant funds to go towards the purchase of crew clothing and essential locally based lifesaving training at Exmouth RNLI Lifeboat Station. Avid supporters of Exmouth RNLI, the highly regarded Point Bar & Grill Restaurant at Pierhead, Pilot Wharf, Exmouth raisedContinue Reading
2022-02-11
‘Sir Henry’ is expected to ‘putt’ things right!
Landermere provided a 22/1 shock first-up when beating our strongly-fancied ‘headline’ selection Parlando by a neck in Maiden Stakes over a mile of Kempton polytrack on Wednesday but a glance at the race time and subsequent computation left me completely and utterly bemused; I’ve never been a sore loser butContinue Reading
2022-02-11
Limerick community in shock after 12-year-old driving car dies in collision with lorry
UPDATED: 3.45pm 11/2/22 Gardaí have appealed for witnesses and dash-cam footage after a 12-year-old boy died when the car he was driving collided head-on with an articulated lorry on Friday. The boy, named locally as Wictor Chojecki, from Newcastle West, Co Limerick, was driving a grey coloured Nissan Qashqai ownedContinue Reading
2022-02-11
If Russia invades Ukraine, what could happen to natural gas supplies to Europe? Podcast
Europe relies on Russia for about 40% of its natural gas. Victoria Viper B/Shutterstock As frantic diplomatic efforts continue to avert a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s reliance on Russian gas supplies – and what would happen to them in the case of a war – remains an ever-present threat.Continue Reading
2022-02-11
Electroconvulsive therapy: calls to have it suspended ignore the evidence
Arguments to suspend ECT are based on selective and poor-quality assessments of the evidence. Micolas/ Shutterstock Around 2,500 people in England receive electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) every year. This is a last resort treatment, used to help alleviate severe depression in people who have failed to respond to other treatments. ECTContinue Reading
2022-02-10