MARCUS RASHFORD says lack of education is to blame for the racist trolling he and other players get on social media. Rashford was targeted along with Manchester United teammate Jadon Sancho and Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka after all three missed penalties in the Euros final shoot-out against Italy in the summer.Continue Reading
French commentator Eric Zemmour has risen to political notoriety off the back of anti-Muslim hatred and anti-migrant incitement before even officially announcing his candidacy in the 2022 French presidential elections. One recent poll placed Zemmour at 16% – which would translate into a second-round run off between him and currentContinue Reading
WENGER: EVERYONE WAS SCARED OF FERGIE Arsene Wenger has lifted the lid on his iconic rivalry with Sir Alex Ferguson. The duo did battle 49 times across 17 years as Arsenal and Manchester United duelled at the top of the English game. They certainly didn’t always see eye to eye, with their relationship turningContinue Reading
Firstly sincere congratulations to Ditcheat-based trainer Paul Nicholls for being awarded an OBE yesterday; his record speaks for itself, consistency, dedication to this great ‘Sport Of Kings’ and we’re extremely proud of him! Gin O’Clock stands out from sixteen declarations for the Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of Chelmsford polytrackContinue Reading
ImageFlow/Shutterstock Most people with COVID don’t end up in hospital, but some groups get a very severe form of the disease. As early as the first wave, it was clear that minority ethnic groups in the UK were more likely to die of COVID compared with white people. Part ofContinue Reading
The Taoiseach has ruled out the possibility of another lockdown around the Christmas period. Amid rising Covid-19 case numbers, Micheál Martin said the country would be back in lockdown were it not for the vaccine campaign. He told Today FM’s Dermot & Dave show that the country was in aContinue Reading
Almost a century on, the bright colours and bold geometric shapes of Clarice Cliff’s Art Deco pottery still feel strikingly modern. “You see these pieces and you see the amazing colour, vibrancy and life in them, and then you think: how did this woman in the 1920s live in Stoke,Continue Reading
Cancer causing molecules are abundant in processed meats. gresei/ Shutterstock Many of us know that we should steer away from processed meats and eat more vegetables if we want to be healthier and lower our chances of developing certain types of cancers. While there are many reasons processed meats aren’tContinue Reading
Artem Oleshko/Shutterstock Facebook has announced that it will stop using its facial recognition system – the artificial intelligence software which recognises people in photos and videos and generates suggestions about who to “tag” in them. Facial recognition systems, like Facebook’s, identify people by matching faces to digital representations of facesContinue Reading
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos Mike Blake | Reuters SAN JOSE, CALIF. — In a surprise announcement, the government said Wednesday that it would likely rest its case next week against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes in her criminal fraud trial. “It is likely that the government willContinue Reading
