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Anthony Joshua injured in car crash with two dead
Anthony Joshua has reportedly been involved in a road traffic accident in Ogun State, Nigeria. The incident is said to have left two people dead, with Joshua believed to have sustained minor injuries. According to Nigerian outlet Punch, a Lexus Jeep carrying Joshua collided with a stationary truck. The collisionContinue Reading
Retailers ‘hold up well’ over Christmas in welcome end to trying year
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Thousands file Self Assessment tax returns over Christmas, HMRC reveals
Thousands of taxpayers chose to spend part of their Christmas break tackling their tax affairs, with more than 4,600 people filing their Self Assessment returns on Christmas Day alone, new figures show. Data released by HM Revenue and Customs reveals that 37,435 people submitted their returns between Christmas Eve andContinue Reading
Scientists say this silent bone change could be early sign of leukaemia
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Scientists say special immune cells in the body can damage bone marrow over the years and contribute to leukaemia, a discoveryContinue Reading
Armchair astronomers sought to hunt for stars being torn apart by black holes
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Volunteers are being sought for an online challenge to help find stars being torn apart by black holes. Astronomers at Queen’sContinue Reading
New ‘life-changing’ asthma drug gets green light after rise in hospital admissions
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email An asthma treatment that only requires patients to have two jabs a year to prevent life-threatening attacks will be available inContinue Reading
Everyman boss leaves weeks after profit alert
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 Sign up to our free breaking news emails The boss of upmarket cinema firm Everyman Media Group has stepped down weeks after warningContinue Reading
For just £1.30 a person each year the UK could help end Aids by 2030, new analysis finds
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Protecting what’s left of the UK’s funding for the global HIV response in order to end the deadly decades-long pandemic would cost less thanContinue Reading
Ratcliffe fights £18bn burden as vulture funds circle
Sir Jim Ratcliffe is once again fighting for survival at Ineos, as the industrial giant grapples with an £18bn debt mountain and an increasingly hostile debt market. Nervous bondholders have begun dumping Ineos debt at distressed prices amid a deep downturn in the global chemicals industry, opening the door forContinue Reading
The health benefits of swearing
Marat Jolon/Shutterstock.com You stub your toe on the bedpost. Before your brain even registers the pain, a word explodes from your mouth – sharp, loud and oddly satisfying. Far from being a simple slip in manners, swearing is a reflex rooted deep in the structure of the human body, drawingContinue Reading