Andrew Gale, the Yorkshire head coach, has been suspended pending a disciplinary hearing into an offensive tweet he posted 11 years ago as the club continues to grapple with its racism scandal. Gale, 37, replied to a message from Paul Dews, Leeds United’s head of media at the time, in 2010 that included the words […]
Day: November 24, 2021
Resilience training for young drivers reduces long-term crash risk
A study that tracked almost 21,000 young drivers for more than a decade has revealed that those who took part in a resilience program in Year 11 were much less likely to have a car crash during their early years behind the wheel. Published in Pediatrics today, the 13-year (2003–2016) DRIVE study followed drivers aged […]
Period pants founder sponsors girls’ football team
A woman who gave up sport because of a lack of sanitary products is sponsoring a girls’ football team with the period pants company she founded. Growing up in Nepal, Ruby Ruat, of St Albans, Hertfordshire, had to make-do with scraps of fabric, which would fall out of her underwear as she played. In 2017, […]
League of Legends’ Jinx is coming to Fortnite to promote a Netflix show
One of the biggest games in the world is getting a character from one of the other biggest games in the world. League of Legends’ Jinx, a star of the upcoming Netflix series Arcane, is the latest gaming character to join Fortnite. Fortnite is no stranger to crossovers, and over the past several months, developer […]
Ofcom unveils new mobile phone rules – and they will improve phone signal for millions
Regulator Ofcom are repealing a rule that made certain types of mobile phone signal booster illegal — meaning millions of Brits could be able to receive better signal in their homes The regulators are changing the rules surrounding the types of mobile phone signal booster that are legal to buy in the UK. The aim […]