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West Ham’s Dawson busts nose for second time in four days after Wissa clash
CRAIG DAWSON busted his nose for the second game running in West Ham’s London derby with Brentford. The veteran defender’s nose began streaming with blood following a clash of heads with Brentford’s Yoane Wissa. 4 Craig Dawson was left with a blood nose in West Ham’s showdown with BrentfordCredit: RexContinue Reading
Eagle Has Landed novelist Jack Higgins dies aged 92
B est-selling novelist Henry Patterson, who wrote 85 books – including The Eagle Has Landed – as Jack Higgins, has died aged 92, his publisher HarperCollins said. Patterson, who mainly wrote thrillers and espionage novels – selling more than 250 million copies and being translated into some 60 languages, diedContinue Reading
Cancer survival in England is not improving – here’s what needs to be done
Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock The disruption to cancer services during the pandemic has been a global phenomenon. In the UK, it has amplified structural failings in the delivery of cancer diagnosis and treatment that existed long before lockdown restrictions started in March 2020. A report by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) in April 2019Continue Reading
Pet therapy: how dogs, cats and horses help improve human wellbeing
Monkey business images/shutterstock We’ve all heard of the psychotherapy couch, and the dynamic between a client and their human therapist. But perhaps less well known is the increasingly popular pet therapy. And no, that’s not therapy for your pet – it’s the relatively new phenomenon of therapy for humans, whichContinue Reading
The First Lady: first look review – it’s gorgeous, but this tale of the presidents’ women needs to dig deeper
Review at a glance L et’s call it Impersonation Television, in which the famous and rich have their lives filleted for dramatic purposes. It is a thriving business of real history-ish meets well-costumed make believe. The Queen, starring Helen Mirren, and The Crown are the gold standard, in which theContinue Reading
Arsenal vs Brighton LIVE: Stream, TV channel, team news and kick-off time
Caicedo starts for Seagulls Graham Potter makes three changes from the side that faced Norwich last weekend. Mwepu returns to the starting lineup for the first time since the 2nd of January. The Zambian is expected to play in a wing-back position i in replace of Lamptey who drops toContinue Reading
Black pepper: healthy or not?
Khunaoy/Shutterstock Everybody knows that consuming too much salt is bad for your health. But nobody ever mentions the potential impact of the other condiment in the cruet set: black pepper. Does it have an effect on your health? Certainly, people through the ages have thought so. Black pepper, the driedContinue Reading
Rising infections, no more free tests: how ‘living with COVID’ could affect case numbers in England
Access to free COVID tests came to an end for most people in England at the beginning of April. This includes both lateral flow tests and PCR tests. There are just a few exceptions: people with certain health conditions who may be eligible for new COVID treatments, patients being admittedContinue Reading
UFC superstar Israel Adesanya reveals his ‘jaw hit the floor’ when he learned his whopping net worth from his dad
UFC superstar Israel Adesanya has revealed his “jaw hit the floor” when he learned about his net worth. The dominant middleweight champion has become one of the promotion’s highest earners in recent years thanks to his exploits inside and outside of the UFC octagon. 4 Israel Adesanya is one ofContinue Reading
Mads Mikkelsen on JK Rowling: we need ‘adult conversation’
In an interview with GQ, the actor said that although he has not read the author’s 5000-word blog about her views regarding the trans community, he believes “adult conversation” is needed around the issue. “No hateful rhetoric towards either women or trans [people] – that’s a good start. But weContinue Reading