Is skiing the world's most dangerous sport? | World news
Posted on May 21, 2024
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DatablogWorld newsIs skiing the world's most dangerous sport?Data on the frequency and type of injury reveals which sports carry the greatest risks
Michael Schumacher, seven-time winner of Formula One is in a critical condition after suffering a serious head injury while skiing in the Méribel resort in France. Several research studies put the news in context by comparing injury rates among various sports.
Is skiing more dangerous than snowboarding?The popularity of snowboarding has rapidly grown over the past two decades despite (or some may argue because of) concerns about the sport being a dangerous one.
[Read More]Newcastles Dan Ashworth outlines vision to become a top-six club | Newcastle United
Posted on May 21, 2024
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Newcastle United This article is more than 2 months oldNewcastle’s Dan Ashworth outlines vision to become a ‘top-six club’This article is more than 2 months oldSporting director targets commercial and on-field growthDan Burn out for at least two months with back injuryNewcastle’s sporting director, Dan Ashworth, has outlined the club’s blueprint to become established as part of English football’s “top six” while, ideally, finishing in the Premier League’s top four as frequently as possible.
[Read More]Sherpa families angry and fearful eight months on from Everest disaster | Nepal
Posted on May 21, 2024
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Nepal This article is more than 9 years oldSherpa families angry and fearful eight months on from Everest disasterThis article is more than 9 years oldStruggling families of guides killed in April face further barriers and hardship despite compensation process finally starting Sherpa guide families – in pictures
Pasang Lhama Sherpa wakes up her five-year-old son from his corner bed in her dimly lit teahouse in Dingboche, north-east Nepal. With only a small cooking stove to warm the room, the pair exhale crisp clouds of condensation as she layers him in clothes to start the day.
[Read More]Viv Richards: Ive always taught my kids to never look down on anyone | Family
Posted on May 21, 2024
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My family valuesFamilyInterviewViv Richards: ‘I’ve always taught my kids to never look down on anyone’Interview by Nick McGrathThe former West Indies batsman on the influence of church, his cricketing father, home discipline and bringing up his childrenI had a wonderful childhood in Antigua growing up in a family with three other brothers and no sisters, so you can imagine the little fights and scraps we had. My parents were very religious and they made sure we went to church every Sunday.
[Read More]Bad Monkey review Carl Hiaasen returns to form in this Caribbean caper
Posted on May 20, 2024
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The ObserverCarl HiaasenReviewSevered limbs, disgraced cops and corruption in paradise… this rollicking mystery is a blast of dark fun in the sunThe titular bad monkey is a nappy-wearing, virtually hairless capuchin with an "unnerving resemblance to a psoriatic human delinquent", who may or may not have starred in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The "hero" is a former detective reluctantly downgraded to assiduous restaurant inspector, after very publicly sticking the end of a vacuum cleaner up the bottom of his lover's husband.
[Read More]Colorado shooter who killed five at LGBTQ+ club charged with hate crimes | Colorado
Posted on May 20, 2024
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ColoradoColorado shooter who killed five at LGBTQ+ club charged with hate crimesAnderson Aldrich plans to plead guilty to federal charges with an agreement that would allow him to avoid the death penalty
The shooter who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs plans to plead guilty to new federal charges for hate crimes and firearm violations under an agreement that would allow the defendant to avoid the death penalty, according to court documents made public on Tuesday.
[Read More]Eric Allison obituary | Prisons and probation
Posted on May 20, 2024
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Prisons and probationObituaryEric Allison obituaryCareer criminal who went on to become the Guardian’s prisons correspondent and a campaigner for penal reformEric Allison, who has died aged 79, had two careers, both profitable in their own way. For 50 years he was a dedicated criminal; a fraudster, burglar and bank robber. For the last 19 years of his life, he was the Guardian’s prisons correspondent – every bit as devoted to exposing injustice as he had been to screwing the system when a criminal.
[Read More]From SWI to AIBU: How Mumsnet created a whole new language
Posted on May 20, 2024
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Pass notesMumsnetA new book claims the parenting website’s digital reach has led to a large and wide-ranging vocabulary – a rare example of slang created from a female perspective
Name: Mumsnet slang
Age: Almost 20 years old.
Appearance: To the outsider, cryptic.
Is it some kind of code? Sort of. It’s a relatively new form of slang, spoken by the users of Mumsnet, a parenting website launched in 2000.
Can you give me some examples?
[Read More]One to watch: Claire Rosinkranz
Posted on May 20, 2024
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One to watchPop and rockThe California teen’s catchy electro-pop opens a window into her turbulent emotional world
In many ways, 19-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Claire Rosinkranz is cut from the same cloth as fellow pop-punk inspired Gen Zer Olivia Rodrigo. With youthful ease, Rosinkranz candidly repackages the mixed-bag teen experience as vivid, appealing electro-pop, darting between feelings of euphoria, anxiety and ennui. “My songs are basically like a personal diary,” she said in an interview with Coup De Mainmagazine.
[Read More]The booby trap | Life and style
Posted on May 20, 2024
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The ObserverLife and styleThe booby trapAt what age for your child does breast stop being best? Anna Moore meets two mothers who are fumbling for the answer
Theo always loved breasts. He was an instant and inspired breastfeeder - ferocious even. 'Booby' was one of his first words, and he spent many hours of many nights standing in his cot, yelling it as loud as he could.
Shortly after his first birthday, the family went on holiday to Greece.
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