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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Marcus Rashford has vowed to keep campaigning to lift children out of poverty after receiving his MBE, saying he will give the medal to his mum. The England footballer, who last year forced two major government U-turns to extend free school meals into the school holidays, received his MBE for services to vulnerable children at […]
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Increased levels of certain fats and proteins found in one of the most common forms of dementia, Lewy body dementia, could help with diagnosis and test for the effectiveness of treatments. Researchers at Newcastle University led by Dr. Marzena Kurzawa-Akanbi of the Biosciences Institute have moved a step closer to identifying the cause of Lewy […]
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Liam Gallagher used the instrument on hits Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova before throwing it out after recording in Monmouthshire in 1995. The album defined the Britpop era and has sold more than 22 million copies. Now Morning Glory’s engineer has sold the tambourine, which had a £300-£500 guide price, for £3,600 at auction. “The tambourine […]
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Verizon and AT&T are delaying the rollout of their wider 5G networks after the Federal Aviation Administration warned that the new wireless technology could interfere with the safety systems of some aircraft, The Wall Street Journal reports. The two companies planned to light up new 5G networks that use so-called “C-band” frequencies on December 5th. That rollout […]
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A proud mum has hit back at critics who say she’s wrong to let her five-year-old daughter take part in beauty pageants. The online critics say pageants sexualise young girls – but Jade Brogden, 25, argues they’ve improved her daughter’s schoolwork. Jade takes her daughter Layla-Rose to pageants around three times a month, hoping she’ll […]
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