BBC News Eighteen-year-olds will be able to buy half price train tickets for most services when railcard rules are changed later this month, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. It’s an extension of the 16-17 Saver railcard which currently expires when the holder turns 18. From 17 August, they will be valid for a […]
BBC News Marchant said her charity saw generations of women using its services, with breaking the cycle of abuse having to begin by educating young people. “We’re almost having 13-year-old girls being raped by 13-year-old boys,” she said. “But nobody’s told the girls that boys shouldn’t do that to them, and in some cases nobody’s […]
BBC News Mixed martial arts fighter Allan Nascimento has died at the age of 34, says the UFC. According to MMA’s leading promotion, the Brazilian flyweight was found unresponsive on Monday morning after suffering an apparent heart attack in his sleep. “Despite the efforts of the responding medical team, he was pronounced deceased at the […]
BBC News Twenty-week-old Grayson easily could have become one of the tens of thousands of British babies left unvaccinated against polio. His mother, Lily, agrees with the principle of immunisation. But overwhelmed by the early weeks of motherhood, and suffering from post-partum depression after a traumatic birth, she was daunted by the prospect of a […]
Tech CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday said Wall Street’s “basket trades” during the Iran war are distorting stock prices, urging investors to use the dislocations to their advantage. “The best thing? They create real opportunities, as the stocks divorce themselves from the fundamentals until the companies report,” the “Mad Money” host said. “There are big […]
BBC News Michigan health officials have confirmed the first two deaths linked to the ongoing cyclospora outbreak, a parasitic infection spread through contaminated food or water that can cause severe diarrhoea. The two individuals had “significant underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by cyclosporiasis and dehydration”, state health authorities said. The foodborne illness […]
BBC News European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for “united action” on border security after the chaotic influx of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week. Spain estimates that about 69,500 migrants have now returned to Morocco, exceeding initial estimates of 50,000. The official […]
Tech CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Monday that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s earnings call changed how Wall Street views massive artificial intelligence investments. “Until Jassy spoke, the market seemed highly skeptical of how these megacap tech companies were spending money,” the “Mad Money” host said. “That’s no longer the case.” For months, investors had questioned […]
BBC News It was reported today that Osasuna have enquired about Tierney, although that same article suggested Celtic chiefs will knock back any offers for the 29-year-old. Given the lack of options in that position, and also Tierney’s importance to the league champions, that is hardly a surprise. “Kieran’s going nowhere, he loves the football […]
