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Pochettino ‘maintaining contact’ with Man Utd but Rangnick ‘prefers Ten Hag’
MAURICIO POCHETTINO is still ‘secretly maintaining contact’ with Manchester United ahead of a potential move in the summer. The PSG boss has been linked with arriving at Old Trafford ever since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked in November. 3 Pochettino looks set to lead PSG to the Ligue 1 titleContinue Reading
COVID: how to make sense of the UK’s new testing rules
Basilico Studio Stock/Shutterstock One positive aspect of the pandemic has been increased public understanding of epidemiology and even virus biology. However, there still seems to be significant confusion when it comes to COVID tests – particularly when or why each type of test can or should be used. Recent changesContinue Reading
Government sign off on plans to relax rules for Covid close contacts
The Government has signed off on plans to relax the rules for close contacts of Covid-19 cases, the Minister for Health has confirmed. Stephen Donnelly presented advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) to Cabinet on Wednesday, and the changes to isolation rules will now take effect fromContinue Reading
Omega’s New Speedmaster Is the Latest to Cash In on Vintage Vogue
Watch brands are plundering their archives to produce pieces that combine both past and present, hoping to deliver innovation with added authenticity.Continue Reading
Should be quite a ‘Night’ under floodlights on Kempton ‘poly!’
North Lincoln might just be one of those heavily-backed Sir Mark Prescott-trained ‘specials’ in a compelling seven-runner Novices’ Stakes over six furlongs of Lingfield polytrack this afternoon when two most interesting rivals are already noted! Magical Dias and Income have been recent losing naps (both unlucky seconds!) but neither hasContinue Reading
Covid isolation ‘likely to be slashed to five days’ in bid to combat staffing crisis and get Brits back to work
THE Covid isolation period is reportedly likely to be cut to five days to help combat the staffing crisis and get Brits back to work. Government scientists have reportedly told Boris Johnson he would have to accept a slightly increased risk of people leaving isolation while still infectious if heContinue Reading
Here’s where (and how) you are most likely to catch COVID – new study
VGstockstudio/Shutterstock Two years into the pandemic, most of us are fed up. COVID case rates are higher than they’ve ever been and hospitalisation rates are once again rising rapidly in many countries. Against this bleak picture, we yearn to get back to normal. We’d like to meet friends in aContinue Reading
When a smell evokes a memory: new research offers clues about how the two are linked in the brain
wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock In an episode of the popular TV series Black Mirror called Crocodile, an investigator asks a witness to smell a bottle of beer. The aim is to refresh her memory of a crime scene (the crime took place near a brewery). This might not exactly be standard practice, butContinue Reading
Novak Djokovic: the legal problem of having one rule for some, another for everyone else
Since the start of the pandemic, anyone wishing to enter Australia has had to contend with one of the strictest immigration and quarantine regimes in the world. While requirements have been loosened for vaccinated visa-holders, tough rules remain in place for the unvaccinated. Naturally, Australian residents and others around theContinue Reading
Dr Robert Simpson-White is celebrating his 100th birthday
Dr Robert Simpson-White is celebrating his 100th birthday on January 18th. Dr Simpson-White was a very well known family GP in Plymouth, from the early 1950’s, after taking over his father’s practice on Union Street. In 1961 he moved his surgery to Adelaide Street, Stonehouse, where he practised single handedlyContinue Reading