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Covid: Further 4,642 cases confirmed with virus now ‘prolific’ in Ireland
Ireland has again recorded a high daily total of new Covid infections, with 4,642 cases notified. There are now 556 coronavirus patients in hospital, including 107 receiving treatment in intensive care units. HSE chief executive Paul Reid called for people to immediately reduce risky activities in order to improve theContinue Reading
Fury says he’s ‘coming for other trainers’ fighters’ as he coaches brother Tommy
TYSON FURY has put some of boxing’s top trainers on notice as he warns ‘I’m coming for your bloody fighters’ and vows to ‘take over the world’. The WBC and Ring magazine heavyweight champ is training younger brother Tommy for his December fight against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. 2 Parker describesContinue Reading
‘Percy’ do your best, it should be enough!
A ‘Full House’ yesterday following a few moderate days, proof that sticking by this column rigidly makes sense. I moaned about moderate jockeyship, lack of information from Newcastle racetrack about alterations to the tapeta surface and other factors because it’s upsetting to think readers/punters aren’t getting a good service. OfContinue Reading
COP26: why politicians have little incentive to prepare for future climate change disasters
The impact of climate change and how to respond to it is the defining political debate of our era. There are two forms this response can take – reacting to environmental disasters by providing financial and technical assistance to affected areas, or adapting to the effects of global heating byContinue Reading
Belarus: Lukashenko threatens to turn off the gas to western Europe as migrant crisis deepens
h Threats from the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, to interrupt the flow of Russian gas to Europe are the clearest indications yet that he has no plans to back down from the rapidly escalating confrontation between Belarus and the EU over the presence of growing numbers of asylum seekersContinue Reading
Why COVID passes are not discriminatory (in the way you think they are)
UK health secretary Sajid Javid’s plans for vaccination requirements for frontline NHS workers has reignited the political and ethical debate over COVID passes. The requirement constitutes a kind of vaccine pass; without proof of vaccination, healthcare workers are prevented from continuing working in the NHS in a frontline role. OtherContinue Reading
Zombie apocalypse? How gene editing could be used as a weapon – and what to do about it
Probably not… Tithi Luadthong/Shutterstock It has been over a year since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. And perhaps the most important lesson is that we were completely unprepared to face the debilitating virus. This raises some scary thoughts. What if the threat wasn’t COVID-19, but aContinue Reading
Cricket racism row: dressing room ‘banter’ leads to a lack of diverse talent on the field – new study
There’s a saying in cricket: “Strong Yorkshire, strong England”. It dates back to when many of the national men’s team originated from Yorkshire and the health of the county side was seen as indicative of the state of English cricket generally. Today another aspect of Yorkshire cricket is being heldContinue Reading
The tech toys you need to buy right now
These tech toys are suitable for kids, teenagers, and adults who are ready to ditch their responsibilitiesContinue Reading
Blackdown Hills Parish Network (BHPN) in Devon & Somerset
DCMS have excluded Devon & Somerset from an estimated £30M of Project Gigabit investment before 2025, after Devon and Somerset County Councils told DCMS that their planned direct investment would interfere with the County Councils’ ongoing delayed Phase 2 rural broadband roll out across the two counties and that theContinue Reading