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Au revoir, Eurosport: home of the magnificent, pioneering and strange
So farewell then, Eurosport. For 36 years you were the bric-a-brac of satellite channels, dishing up the curios and the comforting, the magnificent and the strange. You were the friend we ignored for weeks at a time, until the Australian Open, the Giro D’Italia, or some esoteric sport from an …
Six Nations warning lights are flashing for exposed England and weak Wales
Few annual tournaments lay bare the truth as brutally or swiftly as the Six Nations. There are no play-yourself-in pool games, no one-off-the-mark half-volleys. The opposition want your guts from minute one and, particularly away from home, there is no hiding place. Even in boxing they allow you a pair …
England need new leadership to move on from Women’s Ashes debacle | Raf Nicholson
Today’s puzzles celebrate prime numbers – those beguiling numbers that divide only by themselves and 1, a sequence that begins 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, and carries on forever.
The first question was suggested by Steve Thompson…a maths teacher who became one of the UK’s most successful TV screenwriters.
…Ukrainian refugees face losing jobs and homes due to UK visa extension uncertainty
Ukrainian refugees face losing their jobs and homes due to uncertainty over the Home Office’s visa extension process which will leave some with an eight-week gap in which they are unable to prove their right to live and work in the UK.
Some have already been refused tenancy renewal because …
Monday briefing: Nizam Mamode spent a month working in a Gaza hospital – this is what he saw
Good morning.
For over a year, Gaza’s already underresourced healthcare system has faced “
” attacks. As of 5 January, only 16 of the region’s 36 hospitalswere partially operational
and they had a collective capacity of just 1,800 beds. More than 100,000 people have been injured …DWP ‘blocked whistleblower giving evidence to carer’s allowance review’
How fortunes turned flat at Johnnie Walker and Guinness owner Diageo
“Good things come to those who wait” may have been an effective slogan for selling Guinness but City investors are demanding more urgency to slake their thirst.
With a crucial half-year results presentation likely to take place on Tuesday, their patience with the boss of Diageo – the global drinks …
Starwatch: a close meeting between the moon and Mars
The month begins with a well-situated meeting between the moon and Mars. The chart shows the view looking into the east-south-eastern sky from London at 2000 GMT on 9 February.
But you don’t have to wait this long, because the pair will be visible from sunset, rising from the …
Farewell potholes? UK team invents self-healing road surface
For all motorists, but perhaps the Ferrari-collecting rocker Rod Stewart in particular, it will be music to the ears: researchers have developed a road surface that heals when it cracks, preventing potholes without a need for human intervention.
The international team devised a self-healing bitumen that mends cracks as they …