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Ronaldo, Coutinho and Bale: They’ve all whitened and fixed their teeth for better smiles
MOVE over Paul Merson, Joe Jordan and Craig Burley… footballers in the modern world now want perfect teeth. The world’s best players and managers believe teeth hygiene is important, with many now investing thousands of pounds in getting their gnashers whitened and fixed. 21 Joe Jordan was happy to playContinue Reading
Sara Lee death updates — Heartbroken mother mourns former WWE star & Tough Enough winner after tragic passing at age 30
LEGENDARY wrestler Sara Lee has tragically died at the age of 30, her family confirmed in a social media post. Sara’s mother confirmed the news on Facebook, writing: “It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that our Sarah Weston has gone to be with Jesus. “We areContinue Reading
National Bookshop Day: London events and how to support your local bookshop
Taking place on Saturday, October 8, the annual campaign, organised by the Booksellers Association, encourages consumers to shop at their local bookshop to support their high street. Jeffers will be signing copies of his latest book Meanwhile Back on Earth in Muswell Hill’s The Children’s Bookshop. Meanwhile, in Essex, WilsonContinue Reading
Austerity led to twice as many excess UK deaths as previously thought – here’s what that means for future cuts
Cuts to public services and living standards across Britain from 2010 contributed to 335,000 excess deaths – twice as many as previously thought, according to new research. These austerity measures were introduced by the coalition government elected into office that year, partly in response to the banking crash of 2008.Continue Reading
It’s Time to Treat Housing Insecurity as a Health Risk
A new study shows that cancer patients in precarious living situations are twice as likely to die from their illness, underscoring the harms of unstable housing.Continue Reading
Man (30s) charged over Kerry cemetery killing
A man will appear in court charged in connection with a fatal stabbing at a graveyard in Co Kerry. Thomas Dooley (43), from Killarney, was fatally wounded while attending a funeral at Rathass Cemetery in Tralee shortly after 11am on Wednesday morning. His wife, Siobhán Dooley, was injured during theContinue Reading
COVID cases are rising in England – here’s how things might play out as we move towards winter
COVID infections in England had been falling since July. But the proportion of people testing positive started to rise again in the first few days of September. At its July peak the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated that roughly 3.1 million people in England (1 in 17 people) testedContinue Reading
Do we have free will – and do we want it? Thomas the Tank Engine offers clues
George Sheldon/Shutterstock Are we free or are our actions determined by the laws of physics? And how much free will do we actually want? These questions have troubled philosophers for millennia – and there are still no perfect answers. But it turns out that a character from a children’s TVContinue Reading
Liz Truss: this is what happens when governments pursue growth at all costs
When Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled his mini-budget on September 23, he was making it clear that the government is prioritising economic growth over inflation – which was one reason the financial markets reacted so badly to his plan. This clear willingness to risk higher inflation strongly echoed the budget ofContinue Reading
Ukraine recap: bad news from the battlefield for Putin, renewed nuclear threats from Russia
Vladimir Putin had barely finished his speech last Friday welcoming four new regions into Mother Russia, when his mouthpiece, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov admitted that they didn’t actually know where the borders of these regions were. “We will clarify everything today,” he said, when quizzed as to whether RussiaContinue Reading