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Biological changes found in rugby players who suffered multiple concussions

Researchers, led by academics from Durham University, looked for biomarkers in the blood. Retired rugby players who have suffered multiple concussions have biological differences that may make them more prone to developing motor neurone disease (MND) and other conditions, scientists have said. Researchers discovered that players who have had five or more concussions during their careers have higher levels of certain proteins in their blood that are linked to conditions […]

todayJuly 17, 2024 4

Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer

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Prime Minister launches review to strengthen UK’s defence

It's in a bid to protect the country from a “more dangerous and volatile world” Sir Keir Starmer has launched a review of the UK’s defence to protect the country from a “more dangerous and volatile world”. The Prime Minister said spending would be “responsibly increased” to bolster Britain’s “hollowed-out armed forces”. It comes after Sir Keir reaffirmed his commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP (gross domestic […]

todayJuly 16, 2024 6

Police Forensic Investigation

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Man appears in court charged with murder over bodies found in suitcases

A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with two counts of murder over the deaths of two men whose remains were found in suitcases in Bristol. Yostin Andres Mosquera, of Scotts Road, in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, was charged earlier on Monday with murdering 62-year-old Albert Alfonso and 71-year-old Paul Longworth between 8 and 10 July in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The […]

todayJuly 15, 2024 4

Jay Slater

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Body found in Tenerife search for missing Briton Jay Slater

A body has been found by Spanish police searching for missing Briton Jay Slater, it has been reported. The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared after setting off to walk back to his accommodation on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife on June 17. In a widely reported statement, Spanish police said a body had been found in the Masca area by the Civil Guard’s mountain rescue team. The statement said […]

todayJuly 15, 2024 3

Criminal Barristers Take Industrial Action

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Criminal barristers withdraw services across the country in second day of action

Criminal barristers have withdrawn services across the country, in the second of three days of action this month. Protests are taking place where criminal cases were due to be heard on Monday, at the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin, and courthouses in Cork, Limerick, Galway, and Castlebar. Criminal barristers withdrew their services as part of a campaign to have their pay cuts reversed. In an unprecedented move, barristers first […]

todayJuly 15, 2024 3

President Joe Biden

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Biden appeals for unity after Trump assassination attempt

The US President Joe Biden is calling on the country to “unite as one nation”. US President Joe Biden on Sunday appealed for the country to “unite as one nation” after Saturday’s apparent attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump, and said he was ordering an independent security review of the lead-up to the attack. Mr Biden was speaking from the White House after receiving a briefing on the investigation in the Situation Room. […]

todayJuly 15, 2024 5

Donald Trump shot and injured in an assassination attempt

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Trump assassination attempt – what we know so far

Former US president Donald Trump has been shot and injured in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Donald Trump has said a bullet “pierced” part of his ear when he was shot at a campaign rally in the US. Images showed the bloodied former president defiantly pumping his fist in the air after the assassination attempt. Here is what we know so far: – What happened? Mr Trump was addressing a […]

todayJuly 15, 2024 5

Border Force Boat

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Deaths of migrants crossing English Channel ‘truly awful’

The deaths of four migrants in the English Channel are “truly awful”, the Home Secretary has said. Four people died after their boat capsized off the northern French coast near Boulogne-sur-Mer, where several people were reported as being in the water at around 4.30am on Friday morning. According to the French coastguard, 63 migrants were rescued in an operation involving four ships and one helicopter, including a fishing vessel which […]

todayJuly 12, 2024 3

Gavin Plumb

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Security guard jailed for life over Holly Willoughby murder plot

A security guard has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years after hatching “depraved and vile” plans to kidnap, rape and murder TV star Holly Willoughby. Chelmsford Crown Court was told Gavin Plumb’s plot had a “catastrophic and “life-changing” impact on the former This Morning presenter. Plumb was unanimously convicted of soliciting murder and inciting rape and kidnap following a trial at the same court. Sentencing […]

todayJuly 12, 2024 3

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