30 m. ago TV viewing figures for the NWSL are down: is there cause for concern?

Star names have been missing but second half of campaign should bring renewed interest after ratings spike last yearHalfway through the NWSL’s 13th regular season, the league reported TV ratings were trending down. But August has already shown glimmers of recovery and context adds important caveats to that downward slope.As first reported by Sports Business Journal, when the league took a month-long break midway through the year this July, ratings were down by 8% across their multi-platform media partnership. That partnership, which is now in its second year, was signed in November 2023 with CBS, ESPN, ION (Scripps Sports) and Prime Video for a deal worth $240m– a huge increase from their previous one-party partnership with CBS worth $4.5m. In its first year, the league saw a big uptick in viewing numbers as matches proliferated across a variety of outlets, reaching a wider audience. Continue reading...

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46 m. ago Netflix makes huge Tyson Fury announcement months after At Home With the Furys season 2 confirmed

Netflix has announced a new, feature-length documentary on the life of heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury

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55 m. ago Killer church warden who murdered gay lover university lecturer for his inheritance and whose crimes were dramatised in BBC hit the Sixth Commandment gets conviction review

Benjamin Field, 34, of Buckinghamshire is serving life for killing Peter Farquhar, 69, after convincing the retired don he was losing his mind in order to steal his house and money.

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56 m. ago Secrets of The Rock's body transformation: Expert reveals how Dwayne Johnson likely lost 60lbs to be 'taken seriously' in Hollywood

Famed for his huge stature, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson stunned fans this week when he debuted a much slimmer frame during the 82nd Venice Film Festival.

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57 m. ago NASA warns a HUGE asteroid the size of a commercial jet will skim past Earth tomorrow at blistering speeds of over 28,000mph

The 38-metre (124ft) space rock will make an exceptionally close pass of our planet at blistering speeds over 28,000 miles per hour (45,000 km/h).

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60 m. ago Drug boss involved in supplying cocaine and heroin to Welsh towns on an industrial scale

Robert Andrews Jr, 34, ran an organised crime gang based in Newport which purchased and supplied heroin and cocaine at industrial levels

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64 m. ago TfL urged to reconsider lone working at Tube stations over fare evasion concerns

The London Assembly Transport Committee wrote to the transport body calling for a review of its staffing.

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66 m. ago Drivers facing huge queues approaching Manchester as two lanes closed on M62

Motorists are warned to expect delays

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1 hour ago Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says

Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climatePoliticians and policymakers significantly underestimate the public’s willingness to contribute to climate action, limiting the ambition and scope of green policies, according to research.Delegates at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) were asked to estimate what percentage of the global population would say they were willing to give 1% of their income to help fix climate change. The average estimate was 37%, but recent research found the true figure is 69%. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Outlander star lands new ITV serial killer thriller as she makes huge career move

ITV's The Dark will star Laura Donnelly, who played Jenny Fraser in Outlander, Trigger Point's Mark Rowley, Helen Baxendale and Star Wars actor Emun Elliott

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2 h. ago Do gel nails cause fertility risks? EU bans key ingredient in polish

The action will provoke a huge shift in how nail salons operate

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2 h. ago World’s largest sand battery switches on in huge boost to renewables

Thermal storage system holds enough energy to power 10,000 homes

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2 h. ago Revolut founder to become one of Britain’s top ten richest businessmen as share sale gives huge valuation

The fintech firm will be valued at $75bn with the latest share sale

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2 h. ago Liz Hurley's The Inheritance flops with dire ratings in blow to Channel 4

The glossy format, in which the actress plays a wealthy heiress, pulled in just 464,890 viewers on Sunday night, making it one of the broadcaster's lowest-rated reality debuts.

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2 h. ago Voices: Alan Kurdi symbolised an army of dead children. We ignore them at our peril

In a piece published a year after the death of the two-year-old boy, the late Robert Fisk asked whether the world had learned any lessons from the tragedy

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2 h. ago Europe live: Putin claims he never opposed EU membership for Ukraine but draws line at Nato

Russian leader, continuing China visit, is joined by Slovakia’s Robert FicoOver in Beijing, Russia’s Vladimir Putin has met with Slovak prime minister Robert Fico, with the pair giving brief statements to the media in the last few minutes.In his remarks, Putin said that that Moscow had never opposed Ukraine’s potential membership of the European Union, and dismissed claims that Moscow was somehow planning to attack Europe. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Woman, 26, reveals astonishing transformation after brutal five hour surgery to correct huge underbite: 'Pain was worth it'

Luisa McDermott, 26, from Bradford was just nine years old when she developed a 3cm underbite that left her bottom jaw sticking out beyond her upper jaw.

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3 h. ago Liz Hurley's reality show The Inheritance flops with DIRE ratings in blow to Channel 4

The glossy format, in which the actress plays a wealthy heiress, pulled in just 464,890 viewers on Sunday night, making it one of the broadcaster's lowest-rated reality debuts.

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3 h. ago Moment man scales 120ft King's Cross clock tower with his DOG in 'free Iran' protest

Commuters watched on in shock as the activist clutched his dog and unfurled a huge banner which said: 'Iran belongs to its people.'

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3 h. ago Kim Jong Un arrives in China as President Xi challenges Trump with bid to establish new world order at anti

The North Korean leader's rare trip marks his first visit to China in six years and comes as the trio tighten their alliance in a direct challenge to the West.

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