38 h. ago Brothers aiming to break Pacific rowing record depart with haggis for dinner

The Rare Whisky 101 Pacific Row aims to raise more than £1 million for The Maclean Foundation.

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61 h. ago Three Edinburgh brothers set off to break Pacific Ocean rowing record with help of oats, haggis and curry

The brothers have 75kg of oats on board to help fuel their epic journey.

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3 d. ago Three Scottish brothers poised to begin bid to break Pacific rowing record

Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean will put in an estimated four million oar strokes over 120 days.

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7 d. ago Van Nistelrooy in gloomy mood after Newcastle blow away flimsy Leicester

For Newcastle United, the comedown can wait. Eddie Howe’s side jumped to fifth in the Premier League to intensify their push for the Champions League after dismantling a sorry Leicester City, a club with a decision to make.Newcastle’s business was in effect complete after 34 minutes, courtesy of two goals by Jacob Murphy and one from Harvey Barnes. For Leicester, it is now a record eight home defeats in a row without scoring and 15 losses in their past 16 matches. Such damning statistics do not bode well for Ruud van Nistelrooy. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Leicester set embarrassing new record after eighth home defeat in a row without a goal

LEICESTER 0-3 NEWCASTLE: Jacob Murphy scored twice early in the game and Harvey Barnes added a third before half-time as the Foxes' season plumbed new depths

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7 d. ago Jacob Murphy’s lightning double helps Newcastle blow away flimsy Leicester

For Newcastle United, the comedown can wait. Eddie Howe’s side jumped to fifth in the Premier League to intensify their push for the Champions League after dismantling a sorry Leicester City.Newcastle’s business was in effect complete after 34 minutes, courtesy of two goals by Jacob Murphy and one from Harvey Barnes. For Leicester, it is now a record eight home defeats in a row without scoring and 15 losses in their past 16 league matches. The statistics do not bode well for Ruud van Nistelrooy. Continue reading...

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1 week ago There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’ | Mehdi Hasan

It is a factually inaccurate and totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ and are ‘criminals’On 29 January, the second Trump administration held its first White House press briefing. “Of the 3,500 arrests Ice has made so far since President Trump came back into office, can you just tell us the numbers?” asked a reporter in the front row. “How many have a criminal record versus those who are just in the country illegally?”“All of them,” responded the new White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, making her debut in the briefing room, “because they illegally broke our nation’s laws, and, therefore, they are criminals, as far as this administration goes.” She continued: “I know the last administration didn’t see it that way, so it’s a big culture shift in our nation to view someone who breaks our immigration laws as a criminal. But that’s exactly what they are.”Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster and author, and a former host on MSNBC. He is also a Guardian US...

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