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Six big digital trends to watch in 2022
Lemonsoup14/Shutterstock According to recent McKinsey research, 2021 was a year of transformation: people, corporations and society began to look ahead to influencing their futures rather than just surviving the present. It was the year that premature hopes for herd immunity, an end to pandemic lockdowns, and a return to normalityContinue Reading
Arsenal ‘open talks with £38m Lyon midfielder Bruno Guimaraes with Edu keen to complete transfer swoop’
ARSENAL have reportedly opened talks with Lyon in their quest to bring Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimaraes to the Emirates. The Gunners were keen on signing the 24-year-old in the 2020 winter transfer window with Mikel Arteta and technical director huge admirers of him. 1 Lyon midfielder Bruno Guimaraes has beenContinue Reading
Covid: Ireland confirms 20,110 cases as Holohan cites ‘cautious optimism’ for 2022
A further 20,110 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed on the last day of 2021, as the country’s chief medical officer expressed “cautious optimism” for the new year. Both Dr Tony Holohan and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly warned against New Year’s Eve gatherings on Friday, as Ireland experiences aContinue Reading
Lukaku says he rejected City and only left Inter after they denied him new deal
ROMELU LUKAKU has declared he turned down a lucrative move to Manchester City in 2020 and only departed Inter Milan after they refused to offer him a new deal. The 28-year-old eventually joined Chelsea in the summer in a club-record £97.5million transfer where he spoke of his delight at returningContinue Reading
‘Whisper’ to turn the tables and make me ‘Happy’ as a ‘Manofthepeople!’
Golden Whisper, on 7lbs better terms, must surely reverse recent Chelmsford placings with Imperial Mountain in the thirteen-runner Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of Lingfield polytrack today, last two-year-old race of this year; for many weight will count for nothing if Archie Watson’s charge doesn’t come out superior! Over thisContinue Reading
JK Rowling says she reread her new book and it was ‘woeful’
JK Rowling has admitted to ripping up the first few chapters of her upcoming novel in a tell-all Q&A with fans on Twitter. Answering a fan who asked the Harry Potter author, worth £820 million, for advice on finishing their first book, Rowling replied: “Today, I reread the first 14kContinue Reading
Risk factors that determine whether you’re more or less likely to develop cognitive decline
Mild cognitive decline may only be a precursor to dementia for some. FGC/ Shutterstock About two in ten people over the age of 65 have mild cognitive impairment – a noticeable change in their memory, problem-solving abilities or attention. This is caused, in part, by the same brain changes thatContinue Reading
Polar bears eating reindeer: normal behaviour or result of climate change?
Alexey Seafarer/shutterstock Recently, scientists in Hornsund, Svalbard – a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic ocean – witnessed a polar bear pursuing a reindeer into the sea before killing it, dragging it ashore and eating it. The video that they captured was widely shared on news and social media platforms. Then,Continue Reading
2,828 ’elf Assessments filed on Christmas Day
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed that 2,828 customers filed their Self Assessment tax return on Christmas Day, compared to 2,700 in 2020. For thousands of customers, filing their tax return on 25 December has become part of their Christmas tradition, with 227 choosing to complete their Self AssessmentContinue Reading
Annington helps provide a green Christmas for patients and staff at Yeovil Hospital
Research from the Carbon Trust shows that around 40kg of greenhouse gas emissions are produced by a single 6.5ft artificial tree, meaning it would have to last at least ten Christmases to become more environmentally friendly than purchasing a real tree each year. With this in mind, Annington, the companyContinue Reading