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Chelsea set for biggest transfer spend EVER with more wanted after £195m outlay
CHELSEA are set to smash the record for the biggest spend in a single transfer window this summer. New owner Todd Boehly has made his mark on the club and although there have been setbacks, the Blues have already signed five players. 11 Todd Boehley could spend £392million on transfersContinue Reading
Man arrested over murder of woman (70s) in Co Kerry
Gardaí have arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of a grandmother in Co Kerry. The body of the woman, named locally as Miriam Burns (75), was discovered on Monday at 1.15pm on the Ardshanavooly housing estate in Killarney. The man, aged in his 50s, is currently being detainedContinue Reading
Poulenc – Les mamelles de Tirésias/La voix humaine at Glyndebourne review: in the end, mesmerising
Review at a glance T he eponymous appendages in Poulenc’s comic opera Les mamelles de Tirésias are deflated by their owner, Thérèse, on announcing she’s a feminist and wants to run the country – or go to war. She grows a moustache, leaving her function as a propagator of babiesContinue Reading
Tavistock Clinic fallout: what the courts would consider in litigation by former patients
Clinical judgements and the clinical counselling at the Tavistock Centre, which since 1989 has provided the UK’s only gender identity clinic for children and young people, now seem set to be examined by the courts in clinical negligence claims brought by some former patients. The NHS trust that runs theContinue Reading
Penguins adapt their voices to sound like their companions – new study
African penguins end up "parroting" each other's voices Mike Korostelev/Shutterstock We’ve all known a friend who came back from holiday with a French lilt in their accent. Or noticed an American twang creeping into our voice during dinner with a friend visiting from Texas. One of us (Luigi) recently movedContinue Reading
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak want to crack down on migration – an expert reviews their plans
Immigration is an ideological headache for the UK’s Conservative party, caught between its neoliberal new right that champions free markets, and its social conservatism, which immigration is said to threaten. But a restrictive immigration stance has been a winning ticket for the Conservatives since David Cameron’s 2010 pledge to reduceContinue Reading
Gomes reveals ‘greatest desire’ to seal Liverpool move despite Man Utd interest
BRAZILIAN star Joao Gomes has revealed Liverpool would be his dream Premier League move. The 21-year-old midfielder was linked with Manchester United earlier this summer after the Red Devils sent scouts to watch him play for Flamengo. 1 Gomes has said his dream Premier League move would be to LiverpoolCredit:Continue Reading
COVID: masks and free tests may not curb omicron spread – here’s what we should focus on instead
Maria Sbytova/Shutterstock As we face continued waves of COVID-19, there have been various calls for the reintroduction of measures like mask mandates and free tests in the UK. But how much of a difference would these sorts of interventions actually make on COVID spread in the omicron era? Let’s takeContinue Reading
The ‘Covid’ symptoms that could actually be sign of devastating disease
COVID symptoms could actually be signs of a devastating disease that is difficult to spot but life-long. Signs you are infected with Covid include a fever, chills, headache, muscle and joint aches, nausea and swollen lymph nodes. Getty – Contributor Symptoms of Lyme disease may be confused with Covid[/caption] ButContinue Reading
Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe
The latest crisis that rocked the Greek government shows the bloc’s surveillance problem goes beyond the notorious NSO Group.Continue Reading