34 h. ago Women’s chess takes centre stage with World and European titles up for grabs

Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi are playing in Shanghai for the world crown, while 136 players, six of them from England, compete in Rhodes for the European championshipWomen’s chess takes centre stage this week. In Shanghai and Chongqing, there is an all-Chinese 12-game match for the women’s world crown between Ju Wenjun, 34, the holder, and Tan Zhongyi, 33, the challenger. The pair are closely matched on ratings (2561 to 2555) and level on head-to-head. The prize money pool is $500,000. Thursday’s game one, with Ju playing White in a Sicilian Defence, was a routine draw by threefold repetition in 39 moves.There is live commentary from 7am BST each day from the all-time No 1, Judit Polgar, and England’s popular Jovanka Houska on YouTube. Saturday is a rest day, game three (of 12) is on Sunday. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago 'Weekend warrior' approach to exercise can 'reduce risk of dying from cancer and heart disease'

Even exercising for just one or two days a week can seriously improve your health, a new study suggests

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3 d. ago 'Weekend warriors' who do all their exercise on Saturday and Sunday ARE less likely to die young

Hope for busy office workers who are largely sedentary in the week as UK Biobank study of 93,000 Brits shows that cramming exercise into the weekend is just as good for us

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3 d. ago Scientists pinpoint amount of exercise needed per week to fend off cancer, disease

Working out for merely two days a week may be enough to keep cancerous tumors and heart diseases at bay, a study suggests.

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5 d. ago Station house fire that killed three not believed to be criminal, say police

A man who was arrested on suspicion of murder on Saturday was released without charge on Sunday evening.

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9 d. ago Weather map reveals where will hit 17C today as balmy conditions engulf Britain

Temperatures will slip slightly over the next two days to 15C (59F) tomorrow and 14C (57F) in parts of England on Saturday, before soaring to 19C (66F) on Sunday.

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1 week ago Avant Homes to host view home events in East Kilbride, Hamilton and Robroyston

Avant Homes Scotland is hosting view home events at its developments in East Kilbride, Hamilton and Robroyston on Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 30.

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3 w. ago Elon Musk targeted me over Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working

I’ve always believed the people are powerful. Now we know the world’s richest man does tooOn Saturday morning, I woke up to a nightmare of notifications. On Sunday, it got worse. Elon Musk had tweeted and amplified inflammatory lies about me and Tesla Takedown, a growing national grassroots movement peacefully protesting at Tesla showrooms that I’m proudly a part of. Musk tweeted: “Costa is committing crimes.”As a longtime local activist and organizer in Seattle, I’m accustomed to some conflict with powerful forces. The intention of the Tesla Takedown movement is to make a strong public stand against the tech oligarchy behind the Trump administration’s cruel and illegal actions, and to encourage Americans to sell their Teslas and dump the company’s stock. Protests like these – peaceful, locally organized, and spreading across the world – are at the heart of free speech in a democracy and a cornerstone of US political traditions. So it’s telling that the response from so-called “free...

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3 w. ago How to officially get rid of a hangover as boozers plead 'solve age old problem’

Scientists have claimed to help the thousands of people who wake up with a hangover every Saturday and Sunday morning, drawing help from an ancient herb widely used

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3 w. ago ‘Police have done their job’ as man arrested after Big Ben incident – minister

The man, who scaled Elizabeth Tower barefoot at around 7.20am on Saturday, finally came down just after midnight on Sunday.

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last month A closer look at Glastonbury headliners: The 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo

British band The 1975 will take the Pyramid stage for the Friday followed by rock star Neil Young on Saturday and US pop singer Rodrigo on Sunday.

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