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A respected PC who helped police several Royal Weddings has been sacked after he underpaid for a box of donuts while on duty. PC Simon Read attached a 7p barcode sticker for loose carrots to a £9.95 box of 12 Krispy Kreme donuts. The 37-year-old told a disciplinary hearing that he made an “honest mistake” […]
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As a rookie in 2017, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson suffered a torn ACL. As a rookie in 2020, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has suffered a torn ACL. On Tuesday, Watson made a public offer of assistance to Burrow while speaking to reporters on Tuesday. “I just want to say prayers out to Joe Burrow and […]
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I recently visited an 83-year-old patient in the hospital after EMTs rushed her to the ER with an infected leg wound. Her ordeal started inconspicuously when she bumped into the sharp edge of a table and developed a small cut. The patient’s wound didn’t close, but she ignored it until she woke up in pain […]
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Japan’s biggest airline ANA Holdings said on Friday it will issue new shares to raise $3.2 billion, much of which will be used to fund its orders of fuel-efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets. Like other big global airlines ANA has been making cost cuts, including pay reductions, to cope with a coronavirus-driven travel slump. But […]
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Soon, you’ll be able to see your friends while you play Fortnite together online. Epic is adding a new video chat feature to the battle royale game, where players can see livefeeds of their friends inside the game. It’s launching today, though initially, the feature will only be available on PC, PS4, and PS5. The […]
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A convicted terrorist who has refused to tell an inquiry about his contact with the Manchester Arena bomber is set to be released from jail in the coming days. Islamic State recruiter Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, was sent to prison in 2016 for being at the centre of a network sending fighters to Syria and plotting […]
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Prior to the arrival of Carlos Dunlap in a trade from the Cincinnati Bengals last month, the Seattle Seahawks had managed just 12 sacks in total through the first seven games of the season. Since Dunlap’s acquisition, the Seahawks have 13 sacks in their last three games alone with Dunlap in the lineup. “Yeah, well […]
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A hallmark of Parkinson’s disease is the degeneration of a group of dopaminergic neurons in the brain, which play key roles in movement initiation and co-ordination. When these neurons degenerate it leads to akinesia (lack of movement), bradykinesia (slow movement), rigidity and tremor. The effected dopaminergic neurons accumulate a specific protein called alpha synuclein which […]
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Activist investor Gianluca Ferrari, who has led campaigns against a string of mid-cap firms, is setting up a fund targeting companies lagging on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Ferrari, who made his name pushing for change at companies including EDP Renovaveis and Retelit as part of Frankfurt-based Shareholder Value Management, said his firm, Clearway […]
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Piano lessons for me as a child meant sitting down every Tuesday at a shiny black Yamaha upright, looking up at shelves laden with tributes to my piano teacher’s twin obsessions: busts of classical greats like Beethoven and Chopin, and copies of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, to which he contributed every year. I’d sit and […]
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