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Of all the many emotional moments that have made these Paralympic Games such an involving, stirring spectacle, it is hard to think of one where the athletes were so visibly distraught. Red-eyed, shoulders slumped, their stares cast to the ground, Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett were inconsolable on Friday evening in Tokyo after experiencing defeat […]
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The Domestic Abuse Act 2021, which received Royal Assent in April, has the potential to save lives, increase safety, protect children from the ongoing impact of growing up with violence and abuse, and improve the protections available for victim and survivors in the family courts and beyond, an expert from the University of Exeter Law […]
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Global stocks paused near record highs on Friday, contrasting with a still wobbly dollar as investors watch if U.S. payrolls figures alter their expectations on when the Federal Reserve might scale back on its massive pandemic-era stimulus. S&P 500 stock futures were up 0.2% after the index closed at a record high on Thursday, though […]
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The launch of Super Follows marked the beginning of the end for truly free content on Twitter, and the start of whatever Patreon-infused future lays ahead for the microblogging app. Supporting creators directly with monthly payments isn’t a bad thing, but as app researcher Jane Manchun Wong spotted on Thursday, the way they currently work […]
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Officers said a police helicopter had to be involved in the effort to capture the dog in a garden after a woman was attacked in Crowborough, East Sussex A woman has suffered potentially life-changing injuries after being bitten by a dog in a garden. Police said a helicopter was involved in the incident at a […]
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England’s leading club women’s competition, the Allianz Premier 15s, kicks off at midday on Saturday with a west country encounter between Bristol Bears and Exeter Chiefs. There is a high level of expectation with many of the players hoping in 12 months’ time to be flying off to New Zealand for the World Cup and […]
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A team of psychologists and neuroscientists at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology led by assistant professor of psychology Sepideh Sadaghiani and graduate student Maximillian Egan published a study to establish safe use of electroencephalography coupled with newly developed functional MRI sequences. In recent years, the field of fMRI has seen drastic improvements […]
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Wall Street’s main indexes offered mixed performances in the wake of Friday’s disappointing U.S. jobs growth data, which sent the Dow lower on fears about the pace of economic recovery but boosted the tech-heavy Nasdaq as the argument for near-term tapering was weakened. A majority of the 11 S&P sectors were down by early afternoon, […]
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Amazon is set to release Amazon-branded TVs as soon as October in the US, according to Insider. The TVs will have Alexa, screen sizes “in the range of 55 to 75 inches,” and will be designed and manufactured by third parties such as TCL, Insider reports. The company is also developing a TV designed in-house, […]
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A family-of-six lie in bed and listen to dozens of rats scurrying around their house because the local council won’t remove them, they claim. Father-of-four Darren Langabeer, from Llanelli, South Wales, says he has pleaded for help to get rid of the rodents tearing through the attic of his home for the past 16 years. […]
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