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St Margaret’s Firewalk and Cyclists at the St Margaret’s Charity Cycle Ride
St Margaret’s Hospice on search for local businesses to sponsor events St Margaret’s Hospice Care is on the search for local businesses to sponsor their upcoming fundraising events. The hospice has bespoke sponsorship packages available that can be tailored to local business’ needs from sponsoring a hospice event to providingContinue Reading
Decarbonising transport – we’ve got this sorted.
The UK government has been vocal in their support for electric cars as THE carbon-free future for travel. The transport carbon challenge sorted! Or is it? The generously-funded motor lobby is powerful at getting its message across. We could be forgiven for thinking that electric cars are the answer toContinue Reading
Churches aren’t helping asylum seekers ‘game’ the immigration system
Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock In November, Emad al Swealmeen triggered a bomb outside the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. When it became known that Al Swealmeen was an asylum seeker who had converted to Christianity, it was reported that the Home Office had accused churches of converting asylum seekers to Christianity in orderContinue Reading
Landscapers: The series mixing true crime with ‘emotional psychodrama’
I n June 2014, Susan and Christopher Edwards were found guilty of murdering Susan’s parents, William and Patricia Wycherley, having shot them at their home in Mansfield over the May Bank Holiday weekend of 1998, then buried them in the garden. Days after the murder, they opened a joint bankContinue Reading
What Crypto Can Expect From Twitter’s New CEO
@jack is out at Twitter, but his crypto-mania is alive and well under Parag Agrawal.Continue Reading
Diabetes drug may help improve symptoms for people with heart failure – new research
Half of people with heart failure have a type called preserved ejection fraction. Explode/ Shutterstock Heart failure is one of the most common cardiac diseases, affecting more than 30 million people worldwide. It happens when the heart can’t deliver enough blood and oxygen to meet the demands of the body’sContinue Reading
Are you binge-watching too much? How to know if your TV habits are a problem – and what to do about it
SeventyFour/Shutterstock The term “binge-watch” was a contender for the Oxford English Dictionary’s 2013 word of the year. Although it didn’t win (“selfie” ultimately took the crown), this pointed to the rise of what was becoming a popular activity of watching multiple episodes of a TV show in a single sitting.Continue Reading
‘Merely tinkering’: expert analysis of the UK government’s new plan to reform social care in England
Even before the pandemic, there were over 124,000 care-worker vacancies in the UK. Art_Photo | Shutterstock The UK government has published details of how it plans to reform adult social care in England. On December 1, in the House of Commons, Care Minister Gillian Keegan introduced an “ambitious 10-year vision”,Continue Reading
F1 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix LIVE: Updates as Hamilton and Verstappen continue epic title race – TV channel, stream
CROWNING MOMENT Lewis Hamilton says winning the F1 title this year for a record eighth time would be his greatest victory. The Brit is locked in a gripping battle with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen which is delicately poised going into the final two races of the season. The championship leadContinue Reading
‘I’m here to KILL everyone’ – UFC’s Chimaev calls out ‘fake gangster’ Nate Diaz
KHAMZAT CHIMAEV has vowed to ‘kill everybody’ in the welterweight division following Nate Diaz’s recent snub. The UFC brass are eager to put together a showdown between the two-fan favourites, although Diaz has publicly shut down the idea. 4 Khamzat Chimaev is eager to throw down with Conor McGregorCredit: GETTYContinue Reading