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Amorim breaks silence in emotional interview after being named Man Utd boss
Ruben Amorim opened up for the first time after being officially named Manchester United manager during an emotional post-match interview. Amorim was taking charge of his penultimate home game in charge of the Libson-based outfit, with Sporting waltzing to a 5-1 victory over Estrela da Amadora. It’s left Sporting sittingContinue Reading
Rapper Sexyy Red swaps sides for endorsement in 2024 presidential election
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free Rapper Sexyy Red has officially voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 USContinue Reading
Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves faces backlash from GPs, care homes and hospices over national insurance hike
Rachel Reeves is facing a growing backlash over her national insurance hike as GPs, care homes and hospices have called for an exemption from the charge. The chancellor is piling pressure on GPs and the care sector with her increase in the employer rate of national insurance – at aContinue Reading
Early seal gets the fish: Secret hunting habits of Weddell seals are revealed
Researchers are exposing the secrets of the world’s southernmost mammal, the Weddell seal. These seals, found in Antarctica’s Erebus Bay, live in rapidly changing environments. They can weigh up to 1,320 pounds, or four times as much as a giant panda. They’re sometimes even bigger than a grand piano, measuringContinue Reading
CPS deciding whether to charge MP Mike Amesbury over alleged punch video
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is weighing up whether to charge MP Mike Amesbury after CCTV footage emerged which appears to show him punching a man. The MP for Runcorn and Helsby was suspended from the Labour Party on Monday evening after a clip was published by MailOnline in which he is apparently seen hittingContinue Reading
A quarter of pediatric deaths at hospitals are preventable, study finds
Investing in pediatric emergency care could save lives more than 2,100 lives each year, new research found. The study also reported that a quarter of childhood deaths are preventable and investing in the care could save more children. The price of such an investment would be modest, ranging from noContinue Reading
Carlos Alcaraz questions ‘crazy’ decision as French stars ignite row
Carlos Alcaraz has complained about the playing conditions following his Paris Masters exit. Alcaraz was beaten by home crowd favourite Ugo Humbert in the round-of-16. Speaking after the loss, he said: “I mean, it is very difficult to play in these conditions. For me, for my level, I try toContinue Reading
Environment secretary insists ‘tractor tax’ will only impact minority as farmers say they’ve been lied to
Environment secretary Steve Reed has hit back following a storm of criticism over the government’s plans to extend inheritance tax to family farms, claiming the “vast majority of farmers will not be affected at all”. He blamed “misleading headlines” for the backlash to the tax, saying “only the richest estates”Continue Reading
Slovak populist premier is in a spat with the UK ambassador to Bratislava over the war in Ukraine
Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico reacted angrily on Friday after the U.K. ambassador to Bratislava criticized his interview with Russia’s Rossiya 1 state-owned television, saying, “Slovakia is not Britain’s colony.” “I don’t know what gives you a right to interfere in my media activities,” Fico said in a videoContinue Reading
Why it’s unfair to compare the current market movement to catastrophic Truss mini-Budget
Borrowing rates have risen in the aftermath of Rachel Reeves’s Budget, hitting a one-year high in the bond market and prompting strained comparisons with the mini-Budget in September two years ago which ended former prime minister Liz Truss’s political career. But today’s move is minor by comparison. Not only that,Continue Reading