6 d. ago Wigan step up on Magic Weekend’s welcome return to St James’ Park

Wigan 22-20 WarringtonWarriors edge out Wolves; Huddersfield pick up first winWherever it sits in the calendar, Magic Weekend always has the feeling of a seismic weekend in the shaping of every side’s prospects.Last year it was much more decisive given how it was played in mid-August, just weeks before the playoff began: but even here, on the May bank holiday weekend, Magic’s return to Newcastle felt hugely significant. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago DUNCAN FERGUSON How Everton fans and a young boy called Wayne Rooney helped me survive prison nightmare

Duncan Ferguson was released from his prison nightmare to return to the Premier League and a welcome he didn’t expect, after six weeks where misery and menace filled the air

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9 d. ago Man Utd set to welcome back David de Gea as 'key' summer plan announced

David de Gea could be in line for an emotional return to Old Trafford this summer, with Manchester United set to welcome back the Spanish goalkeeper

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3 w. ago Stuttering Glasgow Warriors recover from wretched first half at Zebre to avoid making history

Warriors stay second in URC but this wasn’t a vintage performance

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3 w. ago Glasgow Warriors ring changes for Zebre trip as Josh McKay return welcomed

Warriors keen to bounce back from heavy Leinster loss

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4 w. ago ‘As an environmental scientist, I’m horrified’: Should supersonic passenger travel be making a comeback?

Twenty years after Concorde was grounded, a new wave of ‘quiet’ supersonic aircraft are in development – but not everyone welcomes the return of this costly, carbon-intensive technologyWhen I call Blake Scholl from New York, he says it’s a shame we couldn’t have met at his office in Colorado. If only there were a supersonic jet that could cruise at 1.7 times the speed of sound, and get me there two hours quicker than the typical JFK-to-Denver route.There soon might be. Scholl is the CEO of Boom Supersonic, a company betting that ordinary civilians want to shoot across the sky at 1,100 miles (1,700 kilometres) per hour. After the pandemic brought a slump to the skies, air travel has returned to its former levels, and in-person business events are back on track. As a faster option for these travellers, Boom is developing its breakneck jets to be operational by 2029 – nearly a quarter century after Concorde landed its last plane. Continue reading...

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last month Black Mirror season 7 review: Charlie Brooker delivers a welcome return to form

A starry cast aim for San Junipero levels of doomed love in the seventh installment of the hit sci-fi anthology series

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