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Chelsea transfer news LIVE: Aubameyang cut price £12.5m deal, Anthony Gordon transfer request, Fofana blow
Eur in luck Thursday’s Champions League group-stage draw in Istanbul will only bring home to fans just how much a test of strength even only the FIRST half of the campaign is going to be. Tottenham’s return to the Euro elite will have a major knock-on effect for N17 financesContinue Reading
Criminal barrister strike is no surprise – their pay can start at less than minimum wage
Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted in favour of an all-out, indefinite strike after years of declining pay. This industrial action will begin in the first week of September and escalates existing instances of withdrawn labour in relation to cases funded by criminal legal aid. Nearly 80% ofContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak admits the Government ‘was wrong to scare people’ during the pandemic
RISHI Sunak has sensationally accused No10 of strangling disagreement over lockdown – and admitted the government “was wrong to scare people”. The ex-Chancellor said Downing Street ignored his concerns about the havoc Covid restrictions would wreak on the economy, schools and the NHS. Rishi Sunak has sensationally accused No10 ofContinue Reading
Cataracts: we’re working on eye drops to treat them so people don’t need surgery
Olena Yakobchuk/Shutterstock Many years ago, I began my PhD with the firm resolve of finding a cure for cataracts – not in several years or decades, but within the duration of my PhD. Such was my enthusiasm and naivety. Decades later, though, that dream looks as if it might comeContinue Reading
YouTube: how a team of scientists worked to inoculate a million users against misinformation
The amount of information online is overwhelming. Shyntartanya From the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine, misinformation is rife worldwide. Many tools have been designed to help people spot misinformation. The problem with most of them is how hard they are to deliver at scale. But we may haveContinue Reading
Robert Troy resigns as Minister of State
Minister of State Robert Troy has resigned as a Minister of State after he failed to declare all details of his properties to the Dáil register of members’ interests. In a statement issued this evening, he said: “I am issuing this statement as a serving TD for the constituency ofContinue Reading
Over half of children in England and Wales are now born to unmarried parents – overturning a history of stigma and discrimination
AndreyUG/Shutterstock In 2021, more babies – 51% – were born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales than to those in a marriage or civil partnership for the first time since records began in 1845. This is a huge change. For centuries, “illegitimacy” and unmarried parenthood has been associated withContinue Reading
KSI vs Swarmz: Date, UK start time, live stream, TV channel, PPV price
KSI makes his big boxing return this weekend…and he fights TWICE in one night. The YouTuber’s original opponent Alex Wassabi had to pull out because of an injury sustained in his training camp, and he now faces rapper Swarmz and then Mexican pro boxer Luis Alcaraz Pineda in a doubleContinue Reading
Got allergies? You could be at lower risk of catching COVID
aleks333/Shutterstock To respond effectively to COVID, it’s been important to understand who may be at higher risk of contracting the virus and developing more severe disease. To this end, scientists and clinicians have established a range of risk factors for serious illness with COVID, including older age, obesity, and severalContinue Reading
Ukraine war: six months on the only way to resume negotiations is to increase cost to Russia
August 24 is Ukraine’s independence day – the day when, in 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic approved the Act of Declaration of Independence at a special session. Thirty-four years on, this historic day also marks six months since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggressionContinue Reading