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Scientists pinpoint strategies to stop cats from scratching your furniture
Providing cats with safe hiding places and plenty of opportunities to play can help to reduce their stress, and save frustrated owners’ furniture from being scratched, new research suggests. Scientists say they have pinpointed strategies that could save cushions, carpets, and sofas from pet cats. While scratching is a normalContinue Reading
General election: Where is your polling station, opening times, taking dogs, children and everything else to know for July 4
Voters in the UK will visit polling stations up and down the country on July 4 to have their say in which political party they want to represent their area and country. Prime minister Rishi Sunak announced the snap general election at the end of May, sparking six frantic weeksContinue Reading
What is a ‘supermajority’ – and could Labour win one at the general election?
Rishi Sunak has warned voters against enabling a Labour ‘supermajority’ at the general election on Thursday as his party continues to lag behind in the polls. The prime minister tested out the new line on the campaign trail in the run-up to polling day in a decidedly defensive move againstContinue Reading
Turkey goalkeeper Mert Gunok pulls off ‘Gordon Banks save’ at Euro 2024
Turkey goalkeeper Mert Gunok pulled off a superb Gordon Banks-esque save to deny Austria a late equaliser in their Euro 2024 last-16 clash. The Besiktas shot-stopper had already made one sensational stop before he denied Christoph Baumgartner with the best save of the tournament so far. Austria piled the pressureContinue Reading
Heart cancels 2024 tour after Ann Wilson reveals cancer diagnosis
Rock band Heart has canceled the rest of the dates on their 2024 Royal Flush Tour due to “medical reasons” involving lead singer Ann Wilson. The “Barracuda” group made the announcement on Instagram on Tuesday (July 2), writing: “As of today, Heart’s Royal Flush Tour is postponed due to medicalContinue Reading
Sunak poll bump ‘too little, too late’ as Tories face ‘devastating’ wipeout
Rishi Sunak is on the verge of leading the Conservative Party to the worst defeat in its 346-year history, according to a new poll for The Independent. The Techne UK survey of 5,503 voters has given Labour a 19-point lead at 40 per cent – almost twice the Tories’ 21Continue Reading
Katie Boulter wins tricky Wimbledon opener as boyfriend races to help partner
Katie Boulter had to dig deep to fight her way into the second round of Wimbledon against tricky world No.63 Tatjana Maria. The British No 1 came from behind in both sets to win 7-6(6), 7-5 and set up a clash with fellow countrywoman Harriet Dart on Thursday. Men’s worldContinue Reading
Lucy Letby: What’s next for the NHS following latest conviction for baby killer Lucy Letby?
The NHS will face scrutiny over alleged failures to listen to whistleblowers’ warnings about baby killer Lucy Letby after the nurse was convicted of another attempted murder. Letby was convicted of trying to murder a “very premature” infant by dislodging her breathing tube in the early hours of February 17Continue Reading
Welsh government welcomes Tata strike cancellation
The Welsh Labour government has welcomed a union’s decision to “avert an immediate crisis” by cancelling strike action at Tata Steel. Members of Unite were due to stage an all-out strike next Monday, but the industrial action was cancelled after the company said it would be forced to cease operationsContinue Reading
FTSE dips to two-month low amid European market woes
London’s top financial index closed at its lowest level for two months amid weakness across European trading. Sainsbury’s was one drag on the FTSE 100 after the retailer was impacted by lower sales at its Argos business and general merchandise arm. The FTSE 100 finished 45.56 points, or 0.56%, lowerContinue Reading