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Cole Palmer sends blunt message to fuming Chelsea stars after pen embarrassment
Cole Palmer has insisted that he is Chelsea’s penalty taker after he was involved in a three-man squabble to take the spot kick against Everton. Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson were both adamant that they wanted to step up from 12 yards, with Conor Gallagher forced to intervene and tryContinue Reading
Jimmy Carr recalls how childhood battle with meningitis inspired his first joke
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Jimmy Carr has revealed how his childhood battle with meningitis led him to make his mother laugh for the first time. The stand-upContinue Reading
Chewing gum has been linked to better diets – but it’s no way to improve your health
Halay Alex/Shutterstock The relationship between chewing gum – both the sugary and the non-sugary kind – and whether chewing gum might prevent conditions like gum disease, bone loss around teeth, and caries, was studied in research published in the Journal of the American Nutrition Association in early 2024. The researchersContinue Reading
Why robots can be culturally insensitive – and how scientists are trying to fix it
A robot is chatting to an elderly British man in his bedroom. The robot has a cheery demeanour and a pleasantly high-pitched voice. The robot – perhaps because of the man’s age – starts asking him about his memories of the second world war: “Please tell me what was theContinue Reading
Andy Murray’s Wimbledon hopes still alive as Brit will not have surgery on ankle
Andy Murray’s hopes of competing at Wimbledon are still alive after it was confirmed the Scot would not undergo surgery on his injured ankle. The two-time Wimbledon winner ruptured ankle ligaments at the recent Miami Open, but no timescale on his return has been given. A spokesperson for the tennisContinue Reading
African athletes step aside so Chinese runner could win Beijing half-marathon
Allegations that three African runners deliberately slowed down to allow Chinese athlete He Jie win the Beijing half-marathon are being investigated by the event’s organisers. Footage from the race shows He running behind three other athletes before they appear to let him go past. In footage shared on social media,Continue Reading
The London Library and Elizabeth Winkler’s female Shakespeare claims
A leading literary institution has been accused of promoting an “anti-intellectual conspiracy theory” with an event exploring claims that Shakespeare may have been a woman. A debate has “long raged” over whether Britain’s greatest playwright wrote all 38 plays attributed to him, with comedy troupe Monty Python once joking thatContinue Reading
Christian Horner ‘won’t listen’ to Toto Wolff as Lewis Hamilton heir found
Jenson Button has backed Logan Sargeant to overcome his difficult start in Formula One. Williams driver Sargeant scored just one point in his rookie season, with that coming due to points penalties for other drivers. The 23-year-old has failed to score a point this season. There was scepticism when SargeantContinue Reading
Hannah Waddingham confronts photographer for Olivier Awards request
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Hannah Waddingham dressed down a photographer at the Olivier Awards who asked her to “show me leg”. The Ted Lasso star, who recentlyContinue Reading
Kerala: one Indian state, four exhilarating ways
Kerala is a microcosm of India itself. The 360-mile-long sliver abutting the Arabian Sea is a bewildering jumble of people, places and cultures. Impossible to get a handle on with one lone visit — or six visits even. The startling breadth of Kerala is almost preternatural. Well, better to sayContinue Reading