79 m. ago Midwife struck off after claiming vaccines ‘attacked babies’ on social media

Seana Mary Kerr also approached a pregnant woman in a shop and told her she should not be wearing a face mask during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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3 h. ago The distinctive symptom doctors say could be a sign of new Covid variant NB.1.8.1

Doctors have warned of a painful symptom of the latest Covid strain

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3 h. ago Israel issues ominous warning that 'Greta Thunberg won't make it to Gaza' as it accuses the activist of being an 'antisemite travelling with Hamas propogandists' on her 'freedom flotilla'

Ms Thunberg, 22, is among 12 activists on board the ship, hoping to 'break [Israel's] siege on the Gaza Strip' with a delivery of humanitarian aid.

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4 h. ago Single Black women on Covid five years later: ‘The pandemic taught me, no regrets’

Three women share how isolation, instability and loneliness led to creativity, family and communityIt was business as usual for Jordan Madison in early 2020. Her commute included taking a bus from Silver Spring, Maryland, to her job in Bethesda. Madison, 25, was working at the time on her license to become a clinical marriage and family therapist, and worked part-time at Instacart to earn extra money. By March 2020, the world had shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic.“The first two weeks, I was like: ‘OK, this is nice. I don’t have to leave my house. This is a nice little vacation. We’ll probably go back to work in like a month or so,’” Madison remembered thinking. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago MotoGP: Marc Márquez rules as king of Aragon with brother Álex his closest challenger

Championship leader dominates Aragon Grand PrixDucati rider extends championship leadMarc Márquez proved once again that he was the master of the circuit at MotorLand as the Ducati rider won the Aragon Grand Prix from pole to extend his lead in the championship on Sunday.Márquez’s brother Álex finished second for Gresini Racing while Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia came third. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago America’s infatuation with boy geniuses and ‘Great Men’ is ruining us

We’re obsessed with narratives about powerful men and how they got that way. But our mania for founder myths obscures an ideology of inequalityOne Saturday in the spring of 2021, a little achy after receiving our first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, my husband and I decided to stay in bed and click on the first thing suggested to us by our TV. It was WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn, a documentary produced by Hulu about the New York startup WeWork’s spectacular fall from grace. The film mostly chronicles the misdeeds of founder Adam Neumann, the surfer-dude dolt who turned a good idea – co-working spaces that lease small offices to tech startups – into a surreally overvalued conglomerate, before he made a mortifying attempt to take the company public that eventually ended in his forced resignation. As a consolation prize, Neumann infamously received a $1.7bn golden parachute.The WeWork cautionary tale is partly about slick marketing, which is what seems to...

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5 h. ago Most attractive height for men and women and it's bad news for blokes

Dating app Tinder made headlines after introducing a height filter to premium members, but just how short is too short? Social scientists have now shared the ideal height for both men and women

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6 h. ago Louis van Gaal delivers scathing Manchester United transfer verdict as Liverpool comparison made

Latest Manchester United news and rumours as former manager Louis van Gaal delivers his verdict on the club's transfer approach

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7 h. ago Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance | David Kirp

US institutions have been doing Trump’s bidding before he even comes after them. Here’s the counterstrategyDuring the first 100-plus days of his presidency, Donald Trump has done his damnedest to remake the US in his image. Fearing Hurricane Donald, a host of universities, law firms, newspapers, public schools and Fortune 500 companies have rushed to do his bidding, bowing before he even comes calling. Other institutions cower, in hopes that they will go unnoticed.But this behavior, which social scientists call “anticipatory compliance”, smoothes the way to autocracy because it gives the Trump regime unlimited power without his having to lift a finger. Halting autocracy in its tracks demands a counter-strategy – let’s call it anticipatory noncompliance. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Scientists issue urgent warning to festivalgoers over terrifying new drug that's 500 TIMES stronger than heroin

Scientists have issued an urgent warning to festival goers over a terrifying new drug which is sweeping the country.

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9 h. ago The Potato Eaters review – a descent from visceral dread into full

Lazzaretto Vecchio, VeniceOn the site of a hospital for leprosy patients, audience members are invited to wander in near darkness among twitching body bags into a choreographed scene of ritualised tyrannyThere are strong Death in Venice vibes to the setting of Romeo Castellucci’s site specific production at the Venice Biennale Teatro. The show, by the Italian writer-director and his company, inhabits its own island – a long, lizard-like colony. The audience boards a shuttle and skims across the water to arrive at a building that was once a lazaretto – a hospital for leprosy patients. Associations with fatal infection and social isolation are chillingly resonance of the Covid pandemic. But as you wander into this disturbing promenade piece, things turn chilly in more ways than one.The building’s interior is stripped of its skin so that its brick and rafters lie bare, and there is a low electronic rumble of sound along its corridors which is as disquieting as the near darkness. Window...

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9 h. ago Met Office verdict on exact dates 24C and sun will return to Greater Manchester

After a wet start to June, conditions are set to improve

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9 h. ago England make dominant start to Charlotte Edwards era — but India will provide true test of their progress

An overmatched West Indies were duly dispatched in a 6-0 clean sweep, but tougher tasks are to come for Nat Sciver-Brunt’s side

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10 h. ago Major emergency services response as two men attacked in their homes

Ambulance staff delivered 'critical care support' before transferring one patient to hospital while police have said another assault took place nearby

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11 h. ago Revealed: The most attractive HEIGHTS for men and women, according to science

Scientists have revealed the most attractive heights for both men and women -and it's bad news for 75 per cent of men.

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11 h. ago Merab Dvalishvili crushes Sean O’Malley in UFC 316 rematch to stake claim as bantamweight GOAT

Dvalishvili retained his men’s bantamweight title in dominant fashion as Kayla Harrison was crowned champion

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12 h. ago Craig Gordon delivers Derek McInnes Hearts verdict and has words for 'incredible' Sunderland fans

Craig Gordon believes the appointment of Derek McInnes will see Hearts return to their roots.

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12 h. ago UFC 316 LIVE: Merab Dvalishvili submits Sean O’Malley after Kayla Harrison crowned champion

Dvalishvili dominated to force an O’Malley tap in the third round of their high-stakes rematch

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12 h. ago Scientists 'keeping a close eye on' new Covid variant NB.1.8.1 spreading in UK

The UKHSA said it is "monitoring" levels of Covid after a new variant was detected

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14 h. ago Trump’s Golden Dome pits Silicon Valley against defence giants

Lucrative contracts offer tech start-ups chance to shake up the industry — if they can deliver

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