3 d. ago Football Daily | Welcome to Swansea: Luka Modric joins the top table of celebrity Jacks

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!With bitter rivals Cardiff in the Championship drop zone and their club comfortably ensconced in mid-table after three wins put paid to any lingering relegation concerns, Swansea City fans could have been forgiven for being delighted even before news broke that Luka Modric had become a minority shareholder in their club. While he may lack the Hollywood glamour of Catherine Zeta-Jones and the comedy chops of podcasting’s Elis James, by investing in the Welsh club the Real Madrid and Croatia legend has immediately catapulted himself into a VIP place at the top table of celebrity Jacks.Your lead piece about the Premier League’s end-of-season whimper (yesterday’s Football Daily) should not cause fans to lose heart. As Liverpool sleepwalk towards their 20th crown, simply cast your eyes down a little to the battle atop the Championship. Four games to go Leeds and Burnley both on 88 points Sheffield United ‘wobbling’ a-la Forest in third p...

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3 d. ago Inside stunning research that shows how cheap, popular drugs could be secret weapon against dementia

Dementia is the UK's biggest killer, claiming more lives than heart attacks and strokes combined. Despite exhaustive research, science has failed to find a cure or drug to prevent it.

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4 d. ago Combination of two cheap drugs could save lives after heart attack, study finds

Giving patients statins and ezetimibe after a heart attack can reduce risk of second attack or stroke, say scientistsThousands of heart attacks or strokes could be prevented and lives saved with a combination of two cheap drugs, a study suggests.Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death worldwide, with heart attacks the most common acute event. For those who survive an attack, the risk of another one is highest in the first year because blood vessels are more sensitive, making it easier for blood clots to develop. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94

Prolific Canadian director also made one of the country’s first internationally successful films, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, starring Richard DreyfussTed Kotcheff, the prolific Canadian director of films including First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s, Wake in Fright and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, has died aged 94. His daughter Kate Kotcheff told the Canadian Press that he had died of heart failure on Thursday in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, where he lived. His son Thomas said: “He died of old age, peacefully, and surrounded by loved ones.”In an amazingly varied career, Kotcheff’s work ranged from hardhitting TV plays and low-budget features in the UK, to hit Hollywood comedies and prestige-laden award-winners and cult films. Kate Kotcheff said: “He was an amazing storyteller. He was an incredible, larger than life character [and] he was a director who could turn his hand to anything.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago 'I know Liverpool target has his 'problems' but he's the best fit to replace Virgil van Dijk'

Virgil van Dijk has been at the heart of Liverpool's defence since his £75million move from Southampton in 2018 - but there is still no guarantee he will sign a new deal

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2 w. ago Leading the charge: how a drive for electric vehicles is cleaning up Nepal

With air pollution causing a fifth of deaths in Nepal, growing EV use could add nearly three years to Kathmandu residents’ livesIn a rundown hangar in the heart of Kathmandu, the remains of a dozen electric trolley buses stand abandoned and corroding. Caked in dust and bird-droppings and lined with rubbish, they are a reminder of a bold experiment, launched 50 years ago, to electrify the city’s public transport system. Down the side of one is written, “Keep me alive”.Today, that plea is being heard. More than 70% of four-wheeled passenger vehicles – largely cars and minibuses – imported into Nepal last year were electric, one of the highest rates in the world. The figure reflects a remarkable growth in the use of electric vehicles (EVs), which saw the country import more than 13,000 between July 2023 and 2024, up from about 250 in 2020-21. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago NHS could offer this simple DNA test to predict drug reactions and save thousands of lives

A landmark study looking at all adverse drug reactions ever recorded in Britain since 1964 reveals just three genes could be responsible for many of them - and a simple test could save lives

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4 w. ago Liverpool issue injury update on Alisson after sickening clash of heads in Brazil match

Alisson was at the heart of a horrible clash on international duty with Brazil and Liverpool have now issued an update on the strick goalkeeper with a week remaining of the international break

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