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Getty ImagesThe provision of PPE for healthcare workers is being explored in this part of the Covid inquiry (stock image)The chair of the Covid inquiry has refused an application from the UK Health Security Agency to keep the identities of two junior clinicians secret.Lawyers for UKHSA applied for an order preventing publication of their names, on the grounds they could be subject to abuse and harassment on social media and in person.Both individuals attended Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Cell meetings to discuss the guidance on masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic.Baroness Hallett ruled their names could…
Stefon Diggs is making headlines before even taking an official snap for the New England Patriots.A video showing Diggs handling an unknown powder-like substance while partying on a yacht with three bikini-clad women in Miami over the weekend has made the rounds on social media. Diggs reportedly has been romantically linked to rapper Cardi B, who was present on the yacht.Patriots new head coach Mike Vrabel addressed the matter to begin his press conference on Wednesday.“It’s something that we’re aware of and obviously we want to make great decisions on and off the field,” Vrabel said on Wednesday prior to…
Dawn has broken over Elden Ring Nightreign, by which I mean the review embargo has lifted and we can actually talk about FromSoft’s roguelike spinoff. And folks, there’s going to be a lot of deliberation in the days ahead.In our Nightreign review, Tyler Colp wrote that it’s “both a trend-defying remix of Elden Ring and also a pile of complete bullshit that I shouldn’t have to deal with.” Having played a fair amount of Nightreign with Tyler myself, I stand by the assessment: Nightreign can be brilliant, but it can also be a despicable kind of brutal.Conversations about Nightreign—a game…
JABALPUR: A 32-year-old man fatally stabbed a 30-year-old married woman half a dozen times in front of her three-year-old daughter in Jabalpur on Monday evening for rejecting his marriage proposal. She succumbed to the wounds at Jabalpur medical college late on Tuesday.The victim, Kavita Gupta, lived in Baldeobag where the accused Naman Patel moved around two years ago. The two became friends on social media, police said.On Monday, Naman took Kavita and her daughter to Bargi Damfor an outing. There, Naman proposed marriage. Angered by the rejection, Naman stabbed her in the back, waist, arms, and legs. As Kavita fell…
Fried food recipes to celebrate any holidayNo matter the holiday, fried food brings the party. Get 7 crave-worthy recipes and smart frying tips to make it all golden.Good news if you’re a fan of Frostys and Baconators – Wendy’s is continuing to expand its footprint across the country.The fast food chain said in a blog post on May 22 it has opened 74 new restaurants around the world so far in 2025, including 28 in the United States. The company previously announced in March its plans to add about 1,000 new restaurants around the world by 2028.”Using data-driven insights to…
Jim ReedHealth reporter, BBC NewsProf Kevin Fong said he undertook an informal visit to one of the “hardest hit” intensive care units in the countryTreating patients during the pandemic was like responding to a daily terror attack, the Covid inquiry has heard.Giving testimony, Professor Kevin Fong, spoke of staff he met during a hospital visit being in “total bits”. The former national clinical adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England recalled a conversation with an intensive care doctor during a visit in December 2020.“I asked him immediately what things had been like and… I’ll never forget, he replied it’s been…
Charlie Woods, the 16-year-old son of golfing great Tiger Woods, earned his first American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) win on Wednesday with a three-shot victory at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Bowling Green, Florida.Woods, playing in his fifth AJGA event, began the final round one shot behind overnight leader Luke Colton and mixed two bogeys with eight birdies for a six-under-par 66 on the Black Course at Streamsong Resort that brought him to 15 under on the week.Willie Gordon (65), Phillip Dunham (68) and Colton (70) finished in a share of second place.After a birdie-bogey start, Woods grabbed the solo…
Electronic Arts has canceled its Black Panther game and closed down developer Cliffhanger Games. IGN, which first reported the news, cites an internal email in which EA Entertainment president Laura Miele notified staff about the changes made to “sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities.”“These decisions are hard,” Miele wrote, per IGN. “They affect people we’ve worked with, learned from, and shared real moments with. We’re doing everything we can to support them — including finding opportunities within EA, where we’ve had success helping people land in new roles.”The email continues, detailing that…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday took full control of the SIT probe against MP minister Vijay Shah’s ‘crass comments’ aimed at Col Sofiya Qureshi, who briefed media on first two days of ‘Operation Sindoor’, and asked Jabalpur HC to close its suo motu proceedings resulting in lodging of FIR against him.On appeal against HC’s decision to direct registration of FIR, a bench headed by Justice Surya Kant had on May 19 had ordered the setting up of a SIT comprising three IPS officers to investigate his comments while slamming him for putting up a facade of an apology following…
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. commuted dozens of men’s sentences to life without parole, but the Trump administration has sought to move the inmates to a notoriously tough prison. Source link
Whether you love your job or can’t stand it, you probably want to retire from it eventually. While you’ll hopefully have savings to fall back on for your senior years, you may end up relying pretty heavily on Social Security to cover your bills in full. That’s why it’s important to set yourself up with a generous monthly benefit. The average retired worker on Social Security collects about $2,000 a month these days. That’s not a bad income when it’s combined with other sources. But if you want to do better than $2,000 a month, here are some moves worth…
Jim ReedReporting fromCovid inquiryMark TilleyMark Tilley worked as an ambulance technician in south-east England through the first two waves of the pandemicAmbulance crews faced crucial delays trying to save dying patients in the pandemic because of the time it took to put on protective equipment, the Covid inquiry has been told.Ambulance technician Mark Tilley appeared close to tears when he described how the experience still “played on his mind”.”I bottle things away. I’m told quite a lot of times I’m cold. I just deal with it in the way that I deal with it,” he said.During the pandemic, some ambulance…
UK prosecutors have confirmed they have authorised 21 charges against influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.Andrew Tate, 38, faces 10 charges including rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain; charges connected to three alleged victims.Tristan Tate, 36, faces 11 charges including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking; charges connected to one alleged victim.The two British-Americans are under investigation in Romania, facing a number of charges, which they deny.A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said: “We can confirm that we have authorised charges against Andrew and Tristan Tate for…
Apple iPhone fans may soon feel like their parents, who had to watch their baby grow up way too fast. The latest reports suggest the tech giant won’t stick to its old naming convention. The expected iOS 19 will instead be called iOS 26 to line up with the year following now. All your Apple products, from your iPad to your Mac to your Apple Watch, will all sport the new nomenclature and a blanket redesign. If all goes according to plan, next year’s update will be named iOS 27, and so on. This new naming convention means that instead…
Phillies fans got a scare when Bryce Harper left Tuesday’s game after a fastball hit his right elbow. It happened in the 2-0 win over the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park. We all want to know if he plays tonight. Here’s the latest on his injury and what it means for the team. Bryce Harper’s injury scare and latest updateBryce Harper was hit by a 95 mph fastball from Braves pitcher Spencer Strider in the 1st. He grabbed his right elbow and left the game after the trainers came out. Good news came when X-rays showed no broken bones,…
Rite Aid’s ‘comeback story’ cut short as pharmacy chain files for bankruptcy againAfter closing hundreds of stores and facing ongoing challenges, Rite Aid looks for a buyer while preparing to sell its remaining inventory and essential assets.Scripps NewsRite Aid has announced more store closures after filing for bankruptcy a second time in as many years.The drug store announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy again on May 5, the second time since October 2023, and said it would close over 100 stores. Now, bankruptcy filings have shown that the chain intends to close an additional 316 of the roughly 1,200…
Covid InquiryTamsin Mullen was giving evidence to the Covid inquiry about the impact on maternity servicesA mother of premature twins has told the Covid inquiry she did not feel like she was treated as a parent after giving birth in the early stages of the pandemic.Tamsin Mullen said she was kept in a side room for 27 hours after giving birth by caesarean section while her sons were taken to neonatal intensive care.She said “rigid” visiting restrictions meant that, for the next month, only one parent was allowed to visit her newborn babies at a time.”We needed the hospital to…
Donald Trump’s big, beautiful new plane from the government of Qatar has arrived – but the US president has a problem with it.Not the smack of impropriety that comes with a US president accepting a luxury 747 jumbo jet from the Gulf state, intended as a replacement Air Force One – Trump has already brushed off any criticism on that front.Now that it’s arrived in the US, Trump says it’s too big. The Qataris have given the president a Boeing 747-8, a stretch model of the jumbo that is more than 18 ft longer than the much older 747-200B that…
Image: DisneyA Black Panther action game that was in development at Electronic Arts has been killed and the studio behind it is no more. The Madden publisher announced it’s shutting down Cliffhanger Games, previously formed by ex-Monolith Productions leadership, according to a new report by IGN. The Week In Games: A Star Wars Classic Returns & More New Releases EA Entertainment president Laura Miele wrote to staff that the cuts were being instituted to “sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities,” based on an email viewed by IGN. A Black Panther game was…
JAMMU: Kathua Police on Wednesday detained a habitual criminal under the Public Safety Act days after an assistant sub-inspector was mowed down by the speeding vehicle of cattle smugglers.Abdul Gani, the notorious cattle smuggler, is resident of Maggar Khad in Kathua. He has 10 FIRs registered against him under the Arms Act and Prevention of Cruelty against Animals. A dossier was prepared against him and sent to the DM, who issued a detention warrant, police said.Meanwhile, in two separate cases, police rescued 20 bovine animals. In Udhampur, Mohd Rafi was arrested and 13 cattle were rescued from him. In Reasi,…
Car recalls: Why they happen and what buyers should knowWhy do car recalls happen? Here’s what to know if your car has an open recall.More than 400,000 Toyota cars are being recalled due to light failures that could impact visibility.According to a notice first reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on May 19, the recall covers 443,444 cars with model years 2022 through 2025.The reverse lights on affected cars may fail over time due to moisture entering the light assemblies. If both lights fail, it may reduce visibility for the driver when backing up and fail to notify pedestrians and other vehicles…
Getty ImagesIntensive-care units came under severe strain during Covid, the inquiry has heard (stock photo)At least one NHS trust put in place a blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard.It would mean individuals were considered ineligible for potentially lifesaving CPR, solely on the basis of age or disability, without being individually assessed.Former Resuscitation Council UK president Prof Jonathan Wyllie said he knew of one trust implementing the policy, although he had not seen a document setting it out.Groups representing the families of people who died from Covid said they were “horrified but not…
Lamine Yamal, Barcelona and Spain’s football sensation, has delayed the official photoshoot for the signing of his new club contract so that his grandmother can be present.The 17-year-old, who has won hearts and minds not just with his talent on the pitch but for his humility, credits Fatima, his paternal grandmother, with keeping his feet on the ground after his parents separated when he was three years old.Barcelona announced on Tuesday that Lamine Yamal had signed a new contract in the presence of the club president, Joan Laporta, and sporting director Deco. The deal keeps him at the club until…
Two years ago, EA announced a game based on Marvel hero Black Panther from new developer Cliffhanger Games. Now, that project has been canceled. Per IGN, EA Entertainment president Laura Miele sent out an email confirming the game was scrapped and Cliffhanger is closing. At time of writing, it’s unclear how many employees are affected, as the publisher is trying to move staff onto other projects where possible. The cuts, per Miele, were done to “sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities.” “These decisions are hard. They affect people we’ve worked with, learned…
