Bea Swallow BBC News, Bristol Family Handout Jack Lees sent his mum pictures of the sun setting over the beach in the hours before his death A university student union says it has improved safety measures after a “heroic” student drowned while rescuing three women from the sea. Jack Lees was just days away from...
Manager Thomas Tuchel has told Trent Alexander-Arnold he needs to improve his “defensive discipline” if he is to help England to win a major tournament. The 26-year-old has been named in the Three Lions squad for upcoming games against Andorra and Senegal, having been injured for the March camp. The outgoing Liverpool right-back is admired...
Allied to the inconsistent results are the perception of the England team and some of the comments they make in the media. During the Champions Trophy they were criticised for not training enough by former England captain Kevin Pietersen, who pointed to their love of golf. Wood said he was irritated by an external narrative...
Graham Potter says his side “kept pushing” for an equaliser but ultimately fell short as West Ham lost 2-1 to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League at the London Stadium. Read full article at source...
Exeter prop Marcus Street says a desire to be pushed “outside my comfort zone” was a factor in his decision to join Premiership rivals Saracens in the summer. The 26-year-old has played more than 100 games for Exeter since coming up through the club’s academy ranks to the first team set-up in 2017. But after...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to help improve outcomes for stroke patients in Devon. The project SAMueL-2, which stands for stroke audit machine learning, helps to identify which patients can receive a procedure called thrombolysis, which involves administering drugs to break down blood clots. It has analysed a quarter of a million medical records...
In one of its first major actions under the Trump administration, the Federal Trade Commission is arguing Meta has an illegal monopoly in social media and should be forced to divest Instagram and WhatsApp. CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday as the highly anticipated antitrust trial kicked off in Washington, D.C. If Meta loses...
A new boardwalk on a Devon beach made from recycled plastic will improve accessibility, according to a local landscape association. South Devon National Landscape (SDNL) said the boardwalk at Blackpool Sands, near Dartmouth, would improve access for “people of all ages and abilities”. Ivybridge-based The Plastic Company made the slats out of almost 10 tonnes...
Sir Jim Ratcliffe could use Ineos’ Formula 1 involvement to help revolutionise Manchester United’s data analysis. Amid a wide range of criticisms of United, Ratcliffe used an interview with the United We Stand fanzine to claim the club was “still in the last century of data analysis” and that it “doesn’t really exist here”. Although...
Works to upgrade poolside changing facilities at a leisure centre in Devon are due to begin later this month. Improvements to the new changing rooms at Active Tiverton, previously known as Exe Valley Leisure Centre will begin on 21 April and are expected to be completed by 6 June. The work is part of a...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. A little past 4 a.m. on June 21, 2019, workers at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, noticed a leak from a corroded pipe, and were immediately on high alert. The leak had originated in Unit 433, known...