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Tottenham handed manager hunt blow as Thomas Frank distances himself from role
THOMAS FRANK says he is flattered to be touted as Antonio Conte’s replacement at Tottenham, but insisted he is happy at Brentford. There have long been rumours about the Dane making the step up to a bigger club following his outstanding work in west London. 2 Thomas Frank insisted thatContinue Reading
Ukraine recap: as spring arrives in Ukraine an offensive against Crimea could be on the cards
Over the past few weeks there have been a growing number of reports that Russia is recruiting workers and – according to some sources, using forced labour – to dig trenches and build fortifications in Crimea across areas they would be forced to defend were Ukraine to make the peninsulaContinue Reading
Major change to Covid testing rules this week – are you affected?
NEARLY all remaining Covid testing will be scrapped from Saturday under plans to live with the virus. Asymptomatic testing for patients arriving at hospitals and care homes will be scrapped from April 1, the UK Health Security Agency said. Getty Covid testing is being wound down from Saturday as BritainContinue Reading
Why some people lose their accents but others don’t – linguistic expert
FGC/Shutterstock The way a person speaks is an intrinsic part of their identity. It’s tribal, marking a speaker as being from one social group or another. Accents are a sign of belonging as much as something that separates communities. Yet we can probably all think of examples of people whoContinue Reading
Nicolas Cage blames wearing vampire fangs for his alleged ‘frosty’ behaviour on Renfield movie set
N icolas Cage has bit back at claims he was “frosty” on the set of new vampire film Renfield and blamed the awkward fake fangs he had to wear. Renfield director Chris McKay recently claimed in an interview that “whatever scene we did he [Cage] would still be 100 perContinue Reading
This Blood Test Targets 50 Types of Cancer
Grail’s Galleri aims to screen for many more types of tumor than was previously possible. Large-scale clinical trials are underway.Continue Reading
Candida auris: what you need to know about the deadly fungus spreading through US hospitals
A fungal superbug called Candida auris is spreading rapidly through hospitals and nursing homes in the US. The first case was identified in 2016. Since then, it has spread to half the country’s 50 states. And, according to a new report, infections tripled between 2019 and 2021. This is hugelyContinue Reading
‘QBism’: quantum mechanics is not a description of objective reality – it reveals a world of genuine free will
In a cubist painting, reality is more than a single perspective can capture. wikipedia, CC BY-SA What does quantum mechanics, the most successful theory ever proposed by physics, teach us about reality? The starting point for most philosophers of physics is that quantum mechanics must somehow provide a description ofContinue Reading
Man, 40, dies after ‘falling from horse’ while working at a Newmarket stable
A MAN working at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket stable has died after he was said to have fallen from a horse. Emergency services raced to the Cambridgeshire farm but the man was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. 1 A man has died while working at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket stable HeContinue Reading
Tragedy as man, 40, dies after ‘falling from horse’ while working at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket stable
A MAN working at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket stable has died after he was said to have fallen from a horse. Emergency services raced to the Cambridgeshire farm but the man was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. 1 A man has died while working at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket stable HeContinue Reading