13 h. ago Life Invisible: the fight against superbugs starts in the driest place on Earth

Cristina Dorador is on an urgent mission in the world’s highest desert, the Atacama in Chile. As the rise of drug-resistant superbugs kills millions per year, Cristina has made it her mission to uncover new, life-saving antibiotics in the stunning salt flats she has studied since she was 14. Against the magnificent backdrop of endless plains, microscopic discoveries lead her team of scientists to question how critically lithium mining is damaging the delicate ecosystem and impacting Indigenous communities Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Life Invisible: the fight against superbugs starts in the driest place on Earth – documentary

Cristina Dorador is on an urgent mission in the world’s highest desert, the Atacama in Chile. As the rise of drug-resistant superbugs kills millions per year, Cristina has made it her mission to uncover new, life-saving antibiotics in the stunning salt flats she has studied since she was 14. Against the magnificent backdrop of endless plains, microscopic discoveries lead her team of scientists to question how critically lithium mining is damaging the delicate ecosystem and impacting Indigenous communities Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Rangers legend Ally McCoist takes on new manager’s role with a twist and labels his own players ‘hopeless’

RANGERS legend Ally McCoist is taking on a new manager's job - but he's certainly NOT getting back into the dugout. Instead, he'll be leading a team into battle in a totally different arena. McCoist's only managerial position was his stint as Rangers boss between 2011 and 2014. It would of course prove a difficult...

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16 h. ago Tragic Scots schoolboy, 14, pictured after sudden death as football team leads tributes to ‘incredible young man’

HEARTBREAKING tributes have been paid to a Scots schoolboy after his sudden death - with his former football team calling him a "incredible young man". Connor Gray tragically passed away aged 14 on Wednesday, November 26. The "incredible" teen was a pupil of Paisley Grammar School and played for Hillwood Football Club Whites. The team...

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51 h. ago Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri voice frustration at McLaren’s strategy

Team failed to pit drivers behind safety car in QatarMax Verstappen won race to stay in title contentionLando Norris, the championship leader, has decried the McLaren team strategy error at the Qatar Grand Prix that allowed Max Verstappen right back into the fight and forced a three-way battle at next Sunday’s title-deciding finale in Abu Dhabi.Verstappen won the race in Doha after McLaren chose not to pit their drivers under a safety car early in the race. It was a costly error that gave Verstappen the lead and the win. Norris could finish only fourth and his teammate Oscar Piastri, who was equally unhappy with the team, was second. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Norris and Piastri voice frustration at McLaren’s strategy as title race goes to finale

Team failed to pit drivers behind safety car in QatarMax Verstappen won race to stay in title contentionLando Norris, the championship leader, has decried the McLaren team strategy error at the Qatar Grand Prix that allowed Max Verstappen right back into the fight and forced a three-way battle at next Sunday’s title-deciding finale in Abu Dhabi.Verstappen won the race in Doha after McLaren chose not to pit their drivers under a safety car early in the race. It was a costly error that gave Verstappen the lead and the win. Norris could finish only fourth and his teammate Oscar Piastri, who was equally unhappy with the team, was second. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Brobbey sinks Bournemouth as Sunderland pull off storming comeback

Top tier football is awash with motivational slogans and some are so trite that many players quite possibly ignore them. Yet Sunderland’s adopted motto – ‘TIL The End’ – has become so much more than just another piece of cod psychology. After sustaining them through last season’s successful playoff campaign it has morphed into a true mantra, encapsulating everything that is so refreshing about this impressively resilient team.Thanks partly to Granit Xhaka’s superb on-field leadership from central midfield, Sunderland have developed a habit of recovering from losing positions. Here though they surpassed themselves, conjuring a memorable victory after swiftly falling 2-0 behind to a similarly determined, and talented, Bournemouth. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Green days: Ben Ainslie’s new team lead the way on and out of the water | Emma John

The SailGP championship harnesses sailors’ competitive instincts in the cause of sustainability as teams vie to be the greenest of them allBritish sailors have always been a belligerent bunch. Francis Drake, Lord Nelson, Admiral Cunningham and, of course, Sir Ben Ainslie. The most successful Olympian in sailing’s history is also the sport’s equivalent of The Hulk: you really don’t want to make him angry.So perhaps it’s a good thing that there has been plenty to annoy him this year, not least that acrimonious split from his America’s Cup team owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe. In true Ainslie style, it only seems to have made him more dangerous. His Emirates GBR team top the SailGP championship going into this weekend’s grand final. And on Wednesday, they were named 2025 winners of its Impact League, which ranks the racing teams on the contribution they have made to their social and natural environment. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Lando Norris insists nothing has changed in title fight after Vegas shambles

Leader lost valuable points after disqualificationMcLaren team insist did not take ‘excessive risk’Lando Norris has insisted nothing has changed in terms of his focus on sealing his first Formula One world championship after both he and his McLaren teammate were disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix, a result which catapulted Red Bull’s Max Verstappen back into contention for the title. McLaren’s team principal Andrea Stella however has denied the team took “excessive risks” with their car in Las Vegas.The race in Nevada last weekend was won by Verstappen but Norris took a strong second and Piastri fourth. However, four hours afterwards, following an investigation by the FIA, both were disqualified after the skid blocks on the floor of their cars were found to have been worn down below the 9mm limit defined in the rules. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Adrian Newey to step up and lead Aston Martin as team principal next F1 season

Newey: ‘I have seen great talent within our team’Current chief Andy Cowell to become strategy officerAdrian Newey, regarded as one of the best engineers in Formula One history, will become Aston Martin team principal next season.Newey committed his long-term future to Aston Martin in September 2024 after his departure from Red Bull sparked a bidding war for the Brtion’s services. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Willie Mullins pulls five horses from King George entries but leaves Gaelic Warrior to lead his team on Boxing Day

WILLIE MULLINS did some late chopping and changing in his King George entries - pulling five horses after originally putting them in the race. But it looks like the Closutton boss is all set to rely on Gaelic Warrior in the huge Boxing Day blockbuster. Rich Ricci's ultra-talented seven-year-old downed stablemate Fact To File in...

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8 d. ago Historic Scottish golf club hires 'perfect' American architect to oversee exciting course project

North Berwick teams up with leading golf course architect Gil Hanse to polish and protect’ West Links

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9 d. ago Max Verstappen dominates F1 Las Vegas GP to keep championship hopes alive

Red Bull driver all but untouchable under the lights in NevadaLando Norris took second, George Russell third and Oscar Piastri fourthMax Verstappen has won the Las Vegas Grand Prix with a dominant drive that was enough to just keep his world championship hopes alive. Title leader Lando Norris took second and with his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in fourth he managed to put another six points on him, with the Australian too just hanging on to his title chances.With the second place, Norris, while he will not countenance allowing the thought of it to cloud his approach, must be considered world champion in waiting. He now leads Piastri by 30 points; 58 remain on the table from the final two meetings in Qatar, which includes a sprint race, and Abu Dhabi. If Norris comes out of the meeting in Doha with a 26 point lead he will seal the championship there. As it stands finishing in front of Piastri and Verstappen in both races in Qatar would be enough. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Princess Diana's personal designer Paul Costelloe dies aged 80 after leading his fashion label's design team until his death

Princess Diana's former personal designer Paul Costelloe has died aged 80, his label has confirmed.

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1 week ago ‘I still see title as quite distant’: F1 leader Norris not hedging bets for Las Vegas GP

McLaren driver feels title race ‘can easily go opposite way’Norris unmoved by being booed after last two winsFor all the sound and fury of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Lando Norris is refusing to get excited about the prospect of putting one hand on a first drivers’ championship trophy in Sin City.Norris leads his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by 24 points in the title race and Max Verstappen by 49 with a maximum of only 83 on the table over the three remaining meetings. But with the 26-year-old Briton having wrought an extraordinary comeback from 34 points behind Piastri after August’s Dutch Grand Prix, he is determined to focus on executing with the clinical calm that has put him into the lead in the standings, not the potential outcome of the race. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The incredible wit of Steve Clarke as Scotland boss drops one liner then bares soul on World Cup glory night

The Dark Blues boss is the first national team coach to successfully lead Scotland to three major tournaments

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2 w. ago Lando Norris casts doubt over McLaren F1 car ahead of Las Vegas GP

Norris has a 24-point lead over teammate Oscar Piastri, but McLaren struggled in Vegas last year

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2 w. ago Spooked and jeered Scotland serve up excruciating loss to add more pressure on Gregor Townsend

Hosts blow huge lead against Pumas to plunge national team into mire

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3 w. ago New York Giants reportedly fire head coach Brian Daboll after another lost season

Decision comes after Giants blow another late leadDaboll was named NFL coach of the year in first seasonThe New York Giants have reportedly fired head coach Brian Daboll after Sunday’s defeat left the team with a 2-8 record and staring at another lost season.ESPN reported the Giants made the decision after the Giants blew a double-digit lead in their defeat to the Chicago Bears. It was the second time this season the team had lost a game in which they were leading by at least 10 points with fewer than four minutes remaining. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Helldivers 2 director explains why new content was prioritized over bug fixes

One of Helldivers 2's lead devs explains why the team has been adding new content instead of fixing bugs

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3 w. ago Norris boosts title bid with F1 São Paulo GP win as Verstappen charges to third

McLaren driver opens 24-point lead over Oscar PiastriKimi Antonelli second, Verstappen powers through fieldLando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix, managing a tense and high-pressure victory from pole position to extend his world championship lead over his McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri, who finished fifth. The race was marked, however, by a magnificent comeback drive from Max Verstappen to finish third from a 19th-place start in the pit lane and in so doing keep his title hopes just alive.Kimi Antonelli took a superb career-best second for Mercedes, with his teammate, George Russell, in fourth and Haas’s Ollie Bearman an excellent sixth. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man City vs Liverpool LIVE Early team news and how to watch huge Premier League clash

Manchester City host Liverpool at the Etihad in a mammoth Premier League game as both teams look to keep pace with leaders Arsenal

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3 w. ago Man City vs Liverpool LIVE Team news confirmed as Rayan Cherki starts in exciting lineup

Manchester City host Liverpool at the Etihad in a mammoth Premier League game as both teams look to keep pace with leaders Arsenal

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3 w. ago Six players could miss Man City vs Liverpool amid injury questions

Manchester City face Liverpool in a seismic Premier League showdown at the Etihad today as both teams aim to keep pace with leaders Arsenal.

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3 w. ago São Paulo Grand Prix: Norris boosts title bid with sprint win after Piastri crash – live

Qualifying to follow later on Saturday after sprintF1’s three-way title fight echoes battles of yesteryearLando Norris won the sprint race for the São Paulo Grand Prix and with it extended his lead over his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri, whose championship ambitions took another blow after he crashed out with an unforced error in Brazil. Max Verstappen also dropped points to Norris after he could manage only fourth for Red Bull.Kimi Antonelli and George Russell were in second and third for Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton took seventh from 11th on the grid for Ferrari, with his teammate Charles Leclerc in fifth. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Alessia Russo earns draw with Chelsea but Arsenal rue controversial calls

The boos rang out at the Emirates Stadium as the officials exited the pitch at the final whistle, the result of two disallowed Arsenal goals – one for handball and one for offside – the second of which would surely have turned a 1-1 draw into a 2-1 home win if it had stood. Alessia Russo’s late equaliser did at least keep alive the Gunners’ slim hopes of remaining in the title race, the gap between them and Chelsea, the league leaders, remaining at five points.Renée Slegers had warned that her team would “have to be ready from the get go” against defending Women’s Super League champions, but the message had not stuck. It was Chelsea that stepped on to the pitch with an almost unplayable intensity coursing through them and the Gunners couldn’t cope. The Chelsea press was exceptional, with the players alert to every move, heads up, ready to stifle the home side from stringing passes together over and over again. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Brazilian Grand Prix: Lando Norris pips title rivals to sprint pole

World championship leader is just one point ahead of McLaren team-mate

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3 w. ago Over 100 US leaders to attend Cop30 climate summit as Trump stays away

Dozens of US state and local leaders will be at talks in Brazil with president’s team expected to send no representativesThe Trump administration appears to be sitting out this month’s United Nations climate talks known as Cop30, telling the Guardian it will not deploy any high-level representatives to the negotiations.But dozens of US subnational leaders attend to promote their climate efforts. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘The goal is to win all the final races’: Norris raises bar before São Paulo GP

McLaren driver leads overall standings by one pointPiastri and Verstappen still in hunt with four races to goLando Norris has acknowledged that he needs to be at the very top of his game to try to secure his first world championship, as the British driver heads into this weekend’s São Paulo Grand Prix with a narrow one-point lead over his McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri.Norris had trailed Piastri by 34 points after the Dutch GP but with a series of strong results including a dominant win from pole to flag at the last round in Mexico, Norris has edged ahead in the title race for the first time since the Saudi Arabian GP in April. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago USMNT’s Pochettino admits he misses Premier League and would like to return in future

Argentinian says he is happy in current rolePochettino will lead co-host US at World CupUnited States men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino has admitted he misses the Premier League and would like to return there in the future.“The Premier League is the best league in the world,” he told the BBC in an interview published on Thursday. “Of course I am missing it. I am so happy in America but also thinking one day to come back to the Premier League. It’s the most competitive league.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nigeria head coach Justine Madugu: ‘As Africans, we love expressing ourselves’

Library science graduate who made the Ballon d’Or shortlist has Wafcon title defence and World Cup in his sightsAt 61, most top-level head coaches have nostalgic moments as they reflect on the high points of their topsy-turvy careers. But for Justine Madugu, who made the 2025 Ballon d’Or shortlist for women’s team coach of the year after dramatically leading the Super Falcons to a record 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in Morocco in July, his managerial odyssey is only beginning.Returning to Morocco to win an 11th Wafcon title for Nigeria is the next feather he desperately wants to add to his cap. It could have been so different for the library science graduate of Bayero University, in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, who looked as if he would never get a crack at international management, after being an assistant coach of the Falcons for 12 years. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Liam Fox teams up with former Rangers boss as ex Hearts interim leads surprise new management team

The 41-year-old has been appointed as head coach at the USL Championship club.

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4 w. ago Gary Lineker's brutal Viktor Gyokeres theory torn apart by Rio Ferdinand

All four of Viktor Gyokeres' Premier League goals have come against teams in the bottom five, leading to claims that Arsenal's £64million signing is a flat-track bully

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