Whilst tests and vaccines are free, Covid treatment is not The financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic is starting to emerge for Americans, with many facing large bills for treatment they received because of Covid. Federal law in the United States has ensured that Covid-19 tests and vaccines are free. However this financial protection does […]

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At least he’s honest… Floyd Mayweather has admitted that he “robbed” people that paid the $50 pay-per-view price for his fight with Logan Paul in Miami, but that ultimately, he doesn’t care. Money Mayweather and Logan Paul spent eight round largely hugging during their exhibition fight on Sunday night, in an event that will have […]

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“I’m not going to impose my belief on my child. I don’t think that’s right.” Actor Joaquin Phoenix has said that he won’t force his son to be vegan. Phoenix is an outspoken advocate for animal rights and is vegan himself, but has said that he will not tell his child what to do or […]

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A spokesman said that fans should be “respectful.” Number 10 has refused to condemn football fans who boo players taking the knee before kick off in matches at the European Championships. However a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the PM “supports individuals’ right to protest” by taking the knee in order to […]

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“We believe it’s the right thing to do so we’re going to continue to do it.” Marcus Rashford has brushed off the boos that he and his England teammates received as they took the knee before kick off in their final warm-up game against Romania on Sunday. Despite clear explanations from manager Gareth Southgate and […]

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He managed to last the full eight rounds against the unbeaten ex-pro. Logan Paul said that Floyd Mayweather was slower than he expected during the pair’s exhibition fight at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Sunday night, and revealed that he whispered things in Mayweather’s ear during the fight to try and put him […]

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“Ever since I was five years old, I’ve dreamed of traveling to space.” Jeff Bezos has announced that he will be flying into space with his brother on the first human flight launched by his space company Blue Origin. Announcing the news in an Instagram post, the Amazon founder who has a net worth of […]

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Honestly, why is anyone surprised that the fight was a farce? Some fights are timeless epics that go down in the annals of time. The ‘Rumble in the Jungle’. The ‘Thrilla in Manilla’. Do not add the ‘Monstrosity in Miami’ to that list. It was a surreal, baffling, hilariously bad fight between a YouTuber and […]

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You can’t not love the guy. Graduation is special moment in anyone’s life. The official end of your degree, for many the moment that marks the end of their education life. Pictures are obligatory. Wearing the gowns, holding your certificate, parents behind you smiling. A picture that will take pride of place on the mantelpiece. […]

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“Honestly, it just ruined my day.” A video has gone viral on TikTok showing a market stall owner pulling a man down from a bar just as he was about to win £100 for his effort. The challenge is simple: hang from a bar for 100 seconds and win £100. Sounds easy, but of course […]

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“I don’t believe in Guardiola… he wants to be the protagonist of all the teams.” Sergio Aguero’s father has accused Pep Guardiola of faking his tears when he paid an emotional tribute to the striker in an interview. Aguero left the Premier League champions this season after the club made the decision not to renew […]

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“This time I promise I paid.” An influencer who was rumbled pretending to be travelling in business class whilst actually sitting in economy has responded to the embarrassing moment by posting a series of Instagram stories and photos which show her actually sitting in business class this time. Instagram model Oceane El Himer went viral […]

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Smart casual. Even for those of us most reluctant to get our legs out, the past few days have most definitely been shorts weather. It has been lovely, and the summer vibes are in full flow. One of the benefits of working from home of course is that you can wear what you want (to […]

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The police had tried to blame the behaviour of fans and victims for the disaster. South Yorkshire Police has agreed a settlement with more than 600 people to compensate them for the false police campaign that tried to blame Liverpool supporters for the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. The force had tried to avoid responsibility for the […]

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“I think we have got a situation where some people seem to think it is a political stand that they don’t agree with.” England manager Gareth Southgate has suggested that the England team may reconsider taking the knee before matches. It’s after the gesture was booed before Wednesday’s friendly against Austria. Parts of the 8,000 […]

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“Is this in slow motion?” Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Those were the famous words of the boxing immortal Muhammad Ali. And whilst Logan Paul clearly has a fair about of heft behind him, perhaps giving him the ability to ‘sting like a bee,’ I think it’s more likely he’ll be flying […]

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The original bride’s body was simply moved to another room. A wedding in India took a gruesomely morbid turn when the bride died from a heart attack just before completing her wedding rituals, prompting the groom to end up marrying her younger sister. The wedding took place on May 27 in the village of north […]

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Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open raises questions about whether we really need the post-match interview. Naomi Osaka, the 23-year-old American tennis sensation, is one of the biggest sports stars in the world. Not just one of the biggest tennis stars in the world, not just one of the biggest female sports stars in […]

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Influencers gotta influence. An Instagram model has been caught trying to pull the wool over her followers’ eyes, after posing for pictures in the business class section of a plane despite the fact that she was actually sitting in economy class. Instagrammer Oceane El Himer tried to dupe her 846,000 followers into thinking that she […]

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Just in case you were unsure on how much of a joke this “fight” is… There will be no official winner in Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul’s exhibition fight on Sunday, despite the fact that knockouts will be legal. The fight is taking place in Miami on Sunday at midnight, and the Florida State Boxing […]

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Deputies were “left with no other choice but to return fire” Video footage shows the moment a 14-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy in Florida began shooting at police after breaking into a home and finding several firearms. Deputies shot the girl after she and the boy opened fire on police, according to Volusia County Sheriff […]

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The incident happened in Rhondda, Wales, last November. A man has been jailed for 20 months after pointing a fake gun at a kebab shop owner in South Wales after he was asked to wear a mask in the shop. Paul Griffiths, 57, walked into the ‘Rhondda Takeaway’ on 5 November last year and tried […]

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“It was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on.” Donald Trump’s blog which he posted statements on after being removed from social media platforms has been permanently shut down. Trump’s senior aide Jason Miller told CNBC that ‘From the Desk of Donald J Trump’ has been scrapped from the ex-president’s […]

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He’s denied claims that his pubs are facing a staff shortage because of Brexit. Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has backtracked on comments he made to the Daily Telegraph in which he said he favoured a more “liberal” visa scheme for EU workers. In the interview, Martin said that a more flexible visa system could help […]

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The reigning NBA champions were battered by the Suns. LeBron James has faced the wrath of fans after walking out with more than five minutes to go of his Lakers side’s game with the Phoenix Suns. The Lakers were demolished 115-85 by the Suns in game 5 of their best-of-seven series in the NBA play-offs, […]

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A fifth also thought they only existed 2,000 to 10,000 years ago One in 10 Brits are convinced dinosaurs still exist in some remote corner of the world, according to a study. The research, commissioned by Boat Rocker Studios to celebrate National Dinosaur day on June 1 and the new preschool animated series Dino Ranch […]

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Workers found bones on an estate nearby. Human remains have been found near Harry and Meghan’s £11 million mansion in Los Angeles, according to reports. The Sun reports that workers who were doing landscaping on an estate just yards from the Sussex’s lavish property found bones there. The landscapers immediately stopped their work and called […]

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The irony-0-meter is off the scale with this one…. Wetherspoons boss and prominent Brexiteer Tim Martin has called for more EU migration in order to help tackle the shortage of bar staff working on the UK. Millionaire Martin encouraged the Prime Minister to adopt a “reasonably liberal immigration system” controlled by Britain rather than the […]

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The photo was included in an email to staff. King’s College London has apologised after sending an email bulletin which included a photo of Prince Philip, after staff complained about the duke’s history of controversial comments. The university had sent out an email accompanied by a photo of Prince Philip opening the Maughan Library with […]

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So you’re telling me there’s a chance? Carl Froch has said that Logan Paul may have more of a chance than most people are giving him ahead of his exhibition fight with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather. Froch, the former super middleweight champion of the world, said that YouTuber Paul has “got a chance,” and “looks […]

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Serotonin-boosting content. An eight-year-old boy from Virginia has been sent a load of rare Pokemon cards after his fundraising exploits for his poorly dog gained nationwide-attention. Bryson Killean, from Lebanon, Virginia, hit headlines across the USA as he decided to sell his Pokemon card collection to raise money to save his pet puppy, Bruce, who […]

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The teacher said he would not “affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa.” An elementary school teacher in Virginia has been placed on leave after saying that he would refuse to refer to trans students by their preferred pronouns. Byron ‘Tanner’ Cross, who teaches gym (or PE if you were […]

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It brings an end to his 10 years at Manchester City. Sergio Aguero will join Spanish giants Barcelona on a two-year deal when his contract with Manchester City expires at the end of June. It had been announced earlier this season that the 32-year-old would not be getting a new deal at the Premier League […]

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The incident happened at Formby beach in Merseyside. A 20-year-old man has been left in a critical but stable condition after he was struck with a Samurai sword and an axe in a fight. Police have confirmed that another 20-year-old and a 16-year-old boy also suffered stab wounds. Emergency services were called to Formby beach […]

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It’s set to be the warmest day of the year so far. One of the country’s top scientists has warned that the next two weeks are crucial in the progress of the easing of lockdown restrictions, as the UK prepares for a sunny bank holiday. Many people will flock to beaches, parks and beer gardens […]

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The religion doesn’t recognise divorce. Catholics have questioned why prime minister Boris Johnson was allowed to be married in a Catholic church despite the fact that he has twice been divorced. The PM married fiancee Carrie Symonds at Westminster Cathedral in a private ceremony on Saturday that was carried out in strict secrecy. Symonds has […]

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“It is the best solution because it frees Harry to be able to indulge himself without consequence.” Almost 30,000 people have signed a petition calling for Prince Harry to be stripped of his royal titles so that he can “indulge his personal beliefs” without damaging the Royal Family. The petition was started by royal expert […]

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“After years of living my life for other people, trying to make myself smaller for the patriarchy, they run the industry, they are at the centre of everything.” Demi Lovato has said that the patriarchy was stopping them from coming out as non-binary because it was putting them “in a box.” Earlier in May, the […]

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They said the Indian variant had caused “exponential growth.” One of the government’s scientific advisors has suggested that the UK is in the early stages of a third wave of coronavirus infections. Professor Ravi Gupta, from the University of Cambridge, said that whilst new cases were still “relatively low,” the Indian variant had caused “exponential […]

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Would you believe it’s the second time in just a matter of weeks that he’s exposed himself during a governmental Zoom meeting? A Canadian MP has said that he will be “stepping aside temporarily to seek assistance” after his colleagues saw him urinating during a virtual House of Commons meeting. William Amos reportedly relieved himself […]

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I mean, this has got to be some people’s worst nightmare… A nightclub in Colchester is going to let clubbers hire out GoPros and harnesses so that people can record the entirety of their night and remember what exactly it was they got up to. ATIK will let customers hire out the cameras, and for […]

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“It’s going to become the next epidemic of abuse.” A legal expert has warned that deepfake pornography could become the “next pandemic” and that there will be an “epidemic” of sexual abuse if changes aren’t made to current laws in order to tackle the practice. Deepfake pornography involves people using computer technology to map the […]

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Germany went short of calling the payment “reparations” or “compensation” Germany has officially recognised the Herero-Nama genocide that took place at the start of the 20th Century, and has agreed to pay Namibia over one billion euros as a gesture of reconciliation. Tens of thousands of men, women and children in West Africa (modern-day Namibia) […]

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“She was just the loveliest person in the world and she didn’t deserve it.” Radio host James O’Brien was moved to tears during his show on Thursday after taking a call from a bereaved father who blamed Boris Johnson and his government for being the reason “why my daughter is dead.” As O’Brien took calls […]

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“Anyone who watched the original show may have had an inkling Betty was a member of the alphabet mafia.” Betty DeVille, Phil and Lil’s mum in Rugrats, has been rewritten as an openly gay character in the new reboot of the classic children’s cartoon. The original show ran from 1991 to 2004 and has returned […]

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“Very big themes and big emotions.” Cillian Murphy has warned Peaky Blinders fans that the upcoming series of the hit drama will be an emotional climax to the show. Earlier this year it was announced that the sixth series of the show, which is currently being filmed in Manchester (yep, not filmed in Birmingham), will […]

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“A lot of my friends stopped talking to me.” Love Island star Mike Boateng has opened up about the moral dilemma he faced as a black police officer, and explained his reasoning for joining the force. Speaking to JOE as part of a panel discussing police violence and racism in the UK a year on […]

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The city has declared itself a “sanctuary city for the unborn.” A city in Ohio, USA, has voted unanimously to outlaw abortion. The city council in Lebanon, Ohio, voted unanimously on Tuesday night to pass an ordinance outlawing abortion there, and declaring the city a “sanctuary city for the unborn.” The practice will now be […]

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Only in Glasgow. There’s no doubt that Scotland is a country of many wonders, and Glasgow is a city of many wonders. And there is perhaps no world in which this is more apparent than the culinary one. Scottish salmon. Haggis. Deep-fried Mars bars. And of course Irn Bru, the drink of Scotland. Well now […]

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The hit show is back for a new series, and is looking for “ordinary” people. One of TV’s most unique shows is returning for another tense series of hiding and hunting. Yes, that’s right, Channel 4’s Hunted is back, and they’re looking for contestants for the new edition of the show. The concept is simple: […]

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