TALLADEGA, Ala. — Michael Jordan expressed confidence Sunday in the outcome of the antitrust lawsuit his 23XI Racing team recently filed against NASCAR in federal court, telling The Athletic, “I wouldn’t have filed it if I didn’t think I could win.” Jordan made his comments before Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway, sitting atop the pit […]
Scotland’s health boards have paid up to £837 an hour for locum psychiatrists to help cope with a deepening staff shortage crisis in mental health services. They have been charged more than £130m by dozens of private health care companies to provide temporary psychiatrists over the past five years, including one firm now owned by […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Oct 6, 2024, 05:20 AM ET Defender Dani Carvajal suffered an ACL rupture in Real Madrid’s 2-0 LaLiga win over Villarreal, the club confirmed on Sunday, while forward Vinícius Júnior has been diagnosed with a cervical injury. Carvajal was stretchered off in tears in added time at the Bernabéu — and […]
A little over a month after their historic first Test cricket series loss against Bangladesh, Pakistan are set to host a traditionally tougher opponent, England, in a three-match cricket home series from Monday. The last time England toured Pakistan in 2022, they returned with a 3-0 whitewash in the bag and with the so-called Bazball […]
BBC News Alex Green in now in remission from his cancer Alex Green is clear – without immunotherapy, he would have died in 2019. His advanced melanoma skin cancer was only stopped by the revolutionary treatment that recruits the body’s own immune system to fight the disease. But unfortunately at the moment the majority of […]
Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell has said the position of top civil servant is “massively underpaid”. He is involved in the recruitment process for the £200,000-a-year role, following Simon Case’s decision to step down on health grounds. Lord O’Donnell, who held the post between 2005 and 2011, told the BBC the “incredibly demanding job” should […]
Imogen Turnbow Imogen Turnbow is one of two women who have complained medical staff did not support them enough when they were spiked Two victims of spiking have criticised how medical staff handled their cases, saying they felt “blamed” for what happened and were refused tests. Imogen Turnbow and Saraya Haddad, both former students in […]
PA and Reuters Ireland’s finance minister Jack Chambers and the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves As Ireland’s finance minister delivered his budget on Tuesday afternoon Dublin was bathed in golden autumn sunlight. The minister, Jack Chambers, said his budget provided the “ways and means for continuing to deliver many more, bright and hopeful […]
Matthieu Guillot/AFP/Getty Images Jacques Billant said some people were rescued from the water but others were likely trampled to death in the boat Four people, including a two-year-old boy, have died while attempting to cross the English Channel, French authorities say. The authorities said they were found “unconscious” and were likely “trampled to death” in […]
There could be something fishy about this chip shop’s menu if health bosses get their way Plans for a new chippy have come up against a health board’s demands for fruit and veg on the menu. Betsi Cadwaladr health board wants the proposed takeaway in Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd, to sell a “good selection” of fruit […]