9 h. ago Which archipelago is home to Norway’s polar bears? The Saturday quiz

From Summoner’s Rift to Scotland’s other national drink, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 What is celebrated, mathematically, on 14 March and 22 July?2 Which form of Chinese originated in Guangzhou?3 Summoner’s Rift is the main battleground in what game?4 What is advertised as “Scotland’s other national drink”?5 Which archipelago is home to Norway’s polar bears?6 Which activist was arrested in Rochester, NY, in 1872 for voting?7 What was the first martial art to become an Olympic sport?8 Which organ produces insulin?What links: 9 Dominic McLaughlin; Jamie Parker; Daniel Radcliffe?10 Riviera’s second city; goddess of victory; Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight?11 Star patterns; time travel in Hill Valley; piano; neo-Nazi code?12 Lime Rickey; Arnold Palmer; Shirley Temple; Virgin Mary?13 Political Wife (Sarah Vine); Politician (Rory Stewart) Professional Footballer (Paul Merson); Boy (Robert Webb)?14 Ghost; Lordi; Pussy Riot; Sleep Token; Slipknot?15 Ancelotti; Enrique; Guardiol...

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45 h. ago Funding of Olympic sports a bargaining chip as NCAA seeks antitrust help, AP sources say

College sports leaders seeking antitrust and other protections from Congress have a potential bargaining chip: School assurances that they will provide funding for their increasingly imperiled Olympic programs, by far the biggest pipeline of talent for Team USA

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3 d. ago Specsavers Wishaw store to offer full time independent prescription service

This qualification allows the store to now manage more complex eye conditions without the need to refer as many patients to hospital.

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5 d. ago Peter Chan Sets Sights on London Martial Arts Fantasy and Marriage Drama After Shanghai Opener ‘She’s Got No Name’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Peter Chan Sets Sights on London Martial Arts Fantasy and Marriage Drama After Shanghai Opener ‘She’s Got No Name’ (EXCLUSIVE)  Variety

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1 week ago London faces higher risk of summer wildfires, capital’s brigade warns

Fire services across UK invest in new kit and training as impacts of climate change grow

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1 week ago ‘Always something I can watch’: why Spotlight is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers drawing attention to their mood-lifting favourites is a robustly made Oscar winner from 2015Halfway through Spotlight, Tom McCarthy’s understated retelling of the Boston Globe’s investigation into child abuse in the Catholic church in Boston, is a moment that, even 30-plus rewatches later, still chills me. Spotlight editor Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Keaton) travels to Providence to interview a fellow Boston College high school alumnus, where he and the victim, Kevin (Anthony Paolucci), make pleasant small talk about bygone school days. When the subject turns to the school’s hockey coach, Father James Talbot, however, the tone abruptly shifts. Kevin’s face hollows, his eyes deaden, and we see his soul drain from his body. “How’d you find out?” he says in a level, diminished tone that rings with years of trauma.It is a measure of how polished every aspect Spotlight is that, in a cast boasting Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, world’s second-best S...

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2 w. ago West Lothian school transport cost prompts question over free bus pass use

The council pays £1, 245 per pupil to provide ‘free’ school transport - but with the Scottish Government also providing free bus passes to under 22s, one councillor questioned why pupils were not being asked to use normal buses.

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2 w. ago Manchester United lose training kit sponsorship worth £24m per year

Man Utd's training kit has been sponsored by Tezos but the agreement is set to conclude at the end of this month.

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2 w. ago Trump uses LA protests to redirect dissent from policy failures to the ‘enemy within’

Critics see deployment of national guard as an authoritarian flex by a strongman who has relentlessly trampled normsDonald Trump walked out to a thunderous standing ovation as Kid Rock’s “American Bad Ass” boomed from the sound system. He watched martial artists slug it out behind a chain-link fence. A female champion let the US president try on her gold belt. It was a night of machismo, spectacle and violence.Shortly before he joined an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday night, Trump had signed an order deploying 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, where protests sparked by sweeping immigration raids led to clashes between authorities and demonstrators. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Specsavers in Wishaw sponsor local martial arts school in providing 30 full training kits

Each kit features everything the children need to start the sessions including shorts, t-shirts, a license, their first martial arts belt, hand wraps and a kit bag for storing everything.

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3 w. ago Ballerina review – Ana de Armas racks up the kills as she pirouettes into John Wick spin

De Armas is fun as a feisty assassin trained in ballet and martial arts, combining delicacy and violence in her quest for vengeance, with a cameo from Keanu. She doesn’t wear a tutu to fill goons with lead though That title could cause confusion. The film might accidentally tap into the Frozen customer-base, and millions of wide-eyed little girls in sparkly tutus and tiaras will show up at cinemas with their mums and dads to watch Keanu Reeves let a heavy-set gangster have it in the chops with a round from his specially customised Glock. Well, the confusion is deliberate. Here, the delicacy of ballet and the violence of martial arts are conflated. In this new spin-off feature from Keanu’s John Wick action franchise – an auxiliary episode on the timeline, between Wick episodes Three and Four, when JW was lying low, recovering from injuries – a mysterious new action-slash-classical-dance heroine called Eve now grands-jetés her way into the franchise, played by the always stylish Ana d...

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3 w. ago 15 Jackie Chan facts as he returns in Karate Kid – real name, 2,900 takes and odd fear

Martial arts icon and star of Karate Kid: Legends, Jackie Chan picked up his name during a brief stint as a construction worker in Australia, and his dad busted his mum smuggling opium

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4 w. ago Peter Kwong dead at 73: Big Trouble in Little China star passes away

Peter Kwong, the actor and martial arts expert best known for his role in Big Trouble in Little China, has died aged 73.

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4 w. ago Peter Kwong dead: Big Trouble in Little China star dies as co

Martial arts star and Big Trouble in Little China actor Peter Kwong has died at the age of 73, with the star passing away in his sleep earlier this week

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4 w. ago Big Trouble In Little China star and martial arts expert dead age 73

A famous Hollywood actor who spent decades on both the gold and silver screens as well as the behind-the-scenes areas has passed away, with tributes for the star pouring in

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