An experienced triathlete who took part in an Ironman event where two people died says “swimmers were being knocked around like skittles” in bad weather conditions. Alan Walsh told Sky News there are serious questions about safety to be asked – and the swim in Co Cork on Sunday should have been cancelled in the
Month: August 2023
Besides a Cricket World Cup final win over Pakistan, it’s difficult to envisage anything generating more excitement in India than its historic moon mission. In what would be a landmark achievement for not just the country’s space programme, but humanity’s efforts to explore the cosmos, Chandrayaan-3 will attempt to land on the lunar south pole.
Young people are falling victim to “text pest” delivery drivers who ask for romantic dates and sexual favours after getting their number for work reasons. The findings come from research commissioned by the UK’s data protection watchdog, which said nearly a third of those aged between 18 and 34 received inappropriate, unwanted contact after handing
Microsoft lashed out in April when the UK’s competition regulator blocked the biggest gaming takeover in history. The tech giant suggested that the decision showed the UK was not a place to do business. But after the deal was approved in the EU and attempts to block it were stifled in the US, the CMA
An “extremely risky” rescue effort is under way to save six children and two teachers who are trapped in a chairlift dangling 274m (900ft) over a canyon in Pakistan. Emergency workers using a helicopter are attempting to free the eight people, who have been stuck high in the air after a cable snapped on Tuesday.
Rihanna has welcomed her second child with rapper A$AP Rocky. She gave birth to a boy earlier this month, according to US entertainment website TMZ. Image: Rihanna revealed her second pregnancy at the Super Bowl Rihanna and rapper A$AP Rocky already have a one-year-old son together called RZA – which is pronounced “Rizza”. While the
The UK’s competition regulator has launched a fresh investigation into Microsoft’s proposed £55bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard after the tech firm offered a new remedy in a bid to get the deal over the line. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed on Tuesday that it stood by its final decision
The Lionesses landed at Heathrow this morning after their World Cup defeat – but left waiting fans disappointed after leaving through a private exit. England’s players left Sydney more than 24 hours before landing at Heathrow at around 6.20am on Tuesday morning. Waiting fans had carried signs and gathered in the airport to greet the
Joe Biden has visited the wildfire-hit island of Maui – following days of criticism over his response to the crisis. The president and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, arrived on the Hawaiian island on Monday – 13 days after the wildfires that claimed at least 114 lives and devastated the historic town of Lahaina.
More than 100 actors are backing calls for a Green Rider – an environmentally friendly contract between performers and film and TV production companies. Stars including Bella Ramsey, Stephen Fry and Natalie Dormer all signed a statement created by Equity For A Green New Deal setting out proposals to improve sustainability in the UK’s film
The original voice of Mario in Nintendo’s video games is stepping down. Charles Martinet has been in the role for 27 years – dating back to Super Mario 64 in 1996. He also provided the voices of Mario’s twin brother Luigi, and their nemesis Wario. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be
Home Office plans to clamp down on illegal migration risk creating a “perma-backlog” of asylum seekers that could end up costing the taxpayer over £6bn a year, a think tank has said. Researchers at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argue that measures in the Illegal Migration Act – which aims to detain and remove
The head of Russia’s space agency has blamed the Luna-25 spacecraft crashing into the moon on the country’s decades-long pause in lunar exploration. The unmanned robot lander had been scheduled to become the first spacecraft to touch down on the south pole of the moon on Monday, in an area where scientists believe important reserves
Bosses of some of the UK’s biggest companies had their pay increased to 118 times the median wage of a full time UK worker, up from 108 times the average rate a year earlier. Median pay for chief executives of FTSE 100 share index companies grew to £3.91m in 2022, the highest level since 2007.
Half of private renters in England are only “one paycheque away” from potentially losing their home, a new study by Shelter has found. Some 51% of private renters surveyed by the housing charity were at risk of not being able to pay a full month’s rent, while more than a third said they did not
Using MRI scans rather than PSA tests to screen for prostate cancer could “significantly” reduce the number of men dying from the disease, researchers have said. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in men and, at the moment, those aged over 50 can request a protein prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test if they are
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