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Bobby Caldwell dead aged 71
S inger Bobby Caldwell has died aged 71 following a long illness. The musician – who was best known for his hit song What You Won’t Do For Love – died on Tuesday at his home, with his wife Mary by his side. Sharing the news of his passing onContinue Reading
Gary Lineker tweet scandal shows how the BBC has struggled to adapt to the social media age
The BBC’s highest-paid presenter, Gary Lineker, will soon be back in action after being briefly suspended for what the broadcaster described as a breach of its impartiality guidelines. The former footballer’s tweet on March 7 described the wording of the new government policy on immigration as language “not dissimilar toContinue Reading
Vinnie Jones shocked me with X-rated insult when I first faced him for Man Utd
A MANCHESTER UNITED legend has recalled how he received an X-rated baptism of fire the first time he faced the notorious Wimbledon Crazy Gang from Vinnie Jones. This former Russian international winger was signed by Sir Alex Ferguson from Shakhtar Donetsk in 1991 for £650,000. 2 Andrei Kanchelskis moved toContinue Reading
COVID, bird flu, mpox – a virologist on why we’re seeing so many viruses emerge
Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock From the widespread outbreak of mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in 2022, to the evolving bird flu situation, to recent cases of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, COVID isn’t dominating the headlines as much as it used to. Instead, we’ve been regularly hearing about outbreaks of newly emerging orContinue Reading
TikTok bans: what the evidence says about security and privacy concerns
The UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, recently hinted that he may ban the social media application TikTok from devices used by government employees. His comments follow similar bans by the European Commission and US federal government. In the EU and US cases, security concerns were used as the justification forContinue Reading
Jamie Lee Curtis reveals name she has given to her first Oscar in touching nod to transgender daughter
J amie Lee Curtis has revealed the poignant name she has given to her first ever Oscar in a touching nod to her transgender daughter. The actress, 64, was awarded the gong for best supporting actress at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday for her portrayal of Deirdre Beaubeirdre inContinue Reading
Why government budgets are exercises in distributing life and death as much as fiscal calculations
Sacrificial dilemmas are popular among philosophers. Should you divert a train from five people strapped to the tracks to a side-track with only one person strapped to it? What if that one person were a renowned cancer researcher? What if there were only a 70% chance the five people wouldContinue Reading
Citing ‘death threats,’ Texas judge asked attorneys to keep news of hearing on legality of abortion pill quiet
Citing death threats and harassing phone calls, the federal judge who is presiding over a pivotal case that could decide the future of the abortion pill in the U.S. asked attorneys not to publicize the date of a key hearing, telling them “less advertisement is better.” Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ofContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron: beyond the bromance, what was discussed at their summit in Paris?
The theatricality of the warmth on show between British prime minister Rishi Sunak and French president Emmanuel Macron during their summit in Paris should not detract from how important it is that Franco-British cooperation has been renewed. Relations reached rock bottom under Boris Johnson and his successor Liz Truss. TheContinue Reading
I wrongly sent off an ex-Prem star… I tried to explain and he grabbed my b***s
FORMER Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has opened up on his frosty relationship with Craig Bellamy. The official revealed that the former Wales striker never forgave him for handing him a second yellow card for diving when, in fact, he should have been awarded a penalty. 2 Mark Clattenburg incorrectlyContinue Reading