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Sophie Turner and her husband Neil have been handed jail sentences after attacking a 17-year-old boy with a rolling pin Source link
Some areas are experiencing considerably worse rates of infection (Picture: Metro.co.uk)Experts are urging pregnant women to get vaccinated against whooping cough after a rise in potentially deadly cases among babies. Health officials yesterday confirmed five babies died of the disease, also known as pertussis or the ‘100-day cough’, died in the first three months of this year. That period alone saw triple the number of confirmed cases as the whole of last year. Cases have continued to rise sharply, more than doubling from 555 in January to 1,319 in March. Some areas are experiencing considerably more severe outbreaks, according to…
Grant McCann understandably cut a sobering figure after watching his side crash out of the play-offs in the cruellest of fashions. Source link
A “gutted” Grant McCann told his players after Doncaster Rovers’ play-off exit: “Let’s not go through that again.”Rovers missed out on the League Two play-off final after a penalty shoot-out defeat to Crewe Alexandra.That is came to that was improbable on two counts: First that Doncaster got into the play-offs in the first place having been 22nd at the start of February, but then that they were taken to penalties having won the Gresty Road leg 2-0.That was wiped out within 16 minutes of the second leg, and although Doncaster were much the better team once they got their act…
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A British man has been arrested for allegedly giving false one-star reviews to a restaurant in Thailand. The 21-year-old, identified only as Alexander, is believed to have walked through the restaurant as a shortcut to get into his home in Phuket. However, the owner barred him from doing so because he was not a paying customer. As revenge, Alexander is said to have enlisted his friends’ help in flooding the restaurant with negative reviews, plunging its rating from 4.8 to 3.1 out…
A cut in VAT and a new levy on arena and stadium tickets are urgently needed to stop grassroots music venues from closing, MPs have said. A report by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee said artists are facing a “cost-of-touring crisis”, with venues stopping live music or closing entirely at a rate of two per week. The cross-party inquiry heard from the Music Venues Trust (MVT), which said 2023 has been the most challenging year for the sector since the organisation was founded in 2014, while Creative UK said the grassroots music sector took a “battering”.In total the number…
Sheffield United’s penultimate game of the Premier League season is at Goodison Park on Saturday. Source link
Traffic is building on the A64 following a serious crash Source link
There are 17 new Toys R Us shops opening in the next couple of weeks – this map shows where they will be (Picture: Created with Datawrapper)Childhood memories will soon come flooding back after it was announced 17 new Toys R Us stores will open up across the UK. The beloved chain, which went bust in 2018, has been relaunched and will open up concessions in WH Smith stores. Mini-shops will open up at 17 locations, with three outlets launching on May 25. Toys R Us has already opened nine shops-in-shops as part the partnership. And by the end of…
A man has been detained in hospital indefinitely for the “senseless” killing of an 87-year-old grandfather five days after being released from prison.Lee Byer stabbed Thomas O’Halloran, who was riding a mobility scooter, in the neck and chest in Greenford, west London, in August 2022.He later wrote repeatedly about a “Hunger Games” scenario in which he was required to meet “contestants” and then fight or attack, the Old Bailey was told.The 45-year-old pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter by diminished responsibility and having an offensive weapon. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2:23 Man detained in…