The Spin: Six cricket wishes for 2022 Bangladesh shock New Zealand in historic win Any thoughts? Email Jonathan or tweet @JPHowcroft “Picking over the carcass of English cricket is unseemly and unhealthy. May I suggest an aquamation?” asks Scott Poynting, referencing a word I had not encountered until this week. […]
Year: 2022
Study finds test works on people with concerning signs such as unexplained weight loss or fatigue Scientists have developed a blood test that could help detect cancer in people with nonspecific symptoms such as unexplained weight loss or fatigue. If validated, the test could enable cancer patients to be identified […]
Unsealing stems from Giuffre’s sexual abuse lawsuit against duke, filed in Manhattan federal court in August A near-dozen-year-old legal settlement between Virginia Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender whom she accused of sexual abuse, was released on Monday. Giuffre received $500,000 in her lawsuit against […]
The jury delivered the verdict after announcing they were deadlocked on three of the 11 charges Holmes faced Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, has been found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud, concluding a high profile trial that captivated Silicon Valley and chronicled the missteps of the now-defunct […]
Staff absences mean some pupils face return to remote learning, amid doubts over advice to combine classes Coronavirus – latest updates School leaders in England are warning of weeks of disruption owing to high levels of staff Covid absences, which could lead to children being sent home to learn remotely. […]
Leader will accuse PM of treating politics like ‘a branch of the entertainment industry’ in speech Keir Starmer will launch his plan to maintain the momentum of Labour’s poll lead in the runup to the next election, accusing Boris Johnson of losing voters’ trust due to numerous sleaze scandals and […]
Request for problem to be taken more seriously comes as data shows sixfold rise in visits to incel forums The man who gunned down seven people, killing five, in a rampage in Plymouth is being lionised by an online “incel” community, with some ironically venerating him as a “saint” and […]
Exclusive: Labour party research also finds black children at least twice as likely to grow up poor as white children More than half of black children in the UK are now growing up in poverty, a new analysis of official data has revealed. Black children are also now more than […]
Former senior officer says unsolved hack of MoD training school systems did not succeed but still had costs A cyber-attack on the UK’s Defence Academy caused “significant” damage, a retired high-ranking officer has revealed. Air Marshal Edward Stringer, who left the armed forces in August, told Sky News the attack, […]
Robert Etheridge, aka DJ Dimension, apologises for ‘my misunderstandings’ in breaking isolation rules and visiting Auckland venues before testing Covid-positive Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A British DJ who triggered New Zealand’s first Omicron scare after breaking home isolation rules will not be prosecuted for the […]