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Is race an issue for Rishi Sunak? It’s a difficult question for pollsters to investigate but the information we do have is telling
A YouGov poll of party members completed on August 2 shows Rishi Sunak to be trailing Liz Truss 31% to 69% in the Conservative leadership contest. A similar poll completed on July 21 had him on 38% to her 62%. She appears to be winning the contest hands down. ThisContinue Reading
Children brought from England to Ireland without father’s consent should be returned, court rules
The Court of Appeal has directed that two young children who were brought to Ireland by their mother without their father’s consent should be returned to their home jurisdiction. The court upheld an earlier High Court ruling directing that the children be returned to Ireland, and rejected the mother’s claimsContinue Reading
Man Utd labelled ‘desperate’ by Neville as Keane tears into club over Arnautovic
MANCHESTER UNITED legends Gary Neville and Roy Keane have ripped into the club for their “desperate” pursuit of forward Marko Arnautovic. New manager Erik ten Hag began life in the Premier League with a disappointing 2-1 defeat at home to Brighton on Sunday. 3 Arnautovic is being linked with aContinue Reading
New COVID variants could emerge from animals or from people with chronic infections – but it’s not cause for panic
peterschreiber.media/Shutterstock As the COVID pandemic rolls on, we’re becoming all too familiar with the continued emergence of new variants. Some can thwart immunity from vaccines and prior infections, increasing their capacity to disrupt our everyday lives. But where do new variants actually come from? Variants develop through changes in theContinue Reading
Hosepipe ban: should you snitch on your neighbour’s water use? A philosopher’s take
What would moral philosophy say about snitching on this gardener? Alexander Raths / Shutterstock Dry conditions and impending drought mean millions of people in the UK are now, or will soon be, under a hosepipe ban. There is a “temporary use ban” in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, withContinue Reading
Edinburgh Fringe 2022: Six debut comics we think will make a splash this year
T he Edinburgh Festival Fringe started on Friday and at the last count there were 1,130 different comedy shows to choose from. And that’s without including the free gig refuseniks that choose not to appear in the official brochure. If you are on a flying visit to the Scottish capital,Continue Reading
The Chaotic Monkeypox Vaccine Pipeline Is Leaving Everyone Short
A Danish company that’s the sole producer of the only approved vaccine has sold nearly all its supplies to the US, and it won’t be making new doses until 2023.Continue Reading
The Nordic diet: fans claim it rivals its Mediterranean counterpart for health benefits – here’s what we know
Fatty fish, such as salmon, are a staple of the Nordic diet. Christin Klose/ Shutterstock Every month there seems to be a new diet doing the rounds online. One of the latest is the Nordic diet, which some claim could be better for your health than the Mediterranean diet. AndContinue Reading
Even scientists can’t keep up with all the newly discovered particles – our new naming scheme could help
fran_kie/Shutterstock Physicists at Cern have discovered a plethora of new exotic particles being created in the collisions produced by the Large Hadron Collider over the past few years. So many have been found in fact, that our collaboration (LHCb), which has discovered 59 out of 66 recent particles, has comeContinue Reading
Ten Hag admits Man Utd ‘are better’ with Cristiano Ronaldo after Brighton loss
MANCHESTER UNITED boss Erik ten Hag admitted his team is better with Cristiano Ronaldo on the pitch. Ronaldo started on the bench in United’s first Premier League match of the season against Brighton at Old Trafford and came on in the second half. 2 Manchester United boss Erik ten HagContinue Reading