US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has appointed eight new people to the committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations, days after removing all 17 previous members. In an announcement on X, Kennedy, a vaccine sceptic, said reconstituting the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip) was a “major step towards restoring public trust...
Balague: Ousmane Dembele – just. It has been great to see his evolution and the jump that the Paris St-Germain forward has made this season. Laurens: There are other contenders, such as Raphinha, but I’m going for Ousmane Dembele. His transformation this season has been mind-blowing – it looked like he would be out but...
Bryan Mbeumo (captain), Brentford, £8.2m – Wolves (a) Mbeumo has six returns in his past five games and would have hauled more if not for a rare penalty miss last week. He takes on a Wolves side who have conceded seven goals in the previous three games. At this point, Mbeumo might be the most...
Ronan Hale’s dramatic penalty equaliser six minutes into stoppage time not only relegated St Johnstone but rescued Ross County’s hopes of escaping second bottom and a play-off to avoid dropping to the Championship themselves. But for that goal, hosts Dundee would have been safe and dreaming of their holidays as they travel to face the...
Rewind a few months and there was little anxiety over Ross County’s Premiership status. They had a clear identity, claimed some decent scalps and seemed secure enough in mid-table. As recently as early March they occupied eighth place, seven points clear of the bottom two and 10 ahead of St Johnstone at the foot of...
When Celtic beat Hibs 3-0 in Glasgow on 7 December, the length of the Premiership table separated the sides. Since then no team in the division has collected more points than Hibs as they moved from last to third, having lost just once in 19 league outings and winning 13 of those. That remarkable sequence...
As Ed wrote earlier today, Trump’s pick for the job of US Attorney for Washington, DC was pulled after Sen. Thom Tillis refused to support the nomination. But even as he made that announcement Trump said, “We have somebody else that will be great.” This afternoon we’re learning that person is Fox News host Jeanine...
What more is there for Brendan Rodgers to achieve in Scottish football? The 52-year-old Northern Irishman had already proven himself at the highest level after Liverpool finished Premier League runners-up under his guidance before his first stint as Celtic manager. However, he has come a long way since suffering an embarrassing 1-0 first-leg Champions League...
Warning: This story contains spoilers about the Apprentice winner Lord Sugar has hired his newest business partner in the final of the 19th series of The Apprentice. He had a choice between Anisa Khan, who sells Indian food-flavoured pizzas, and Dean Franklin, who runs an air conditioning company, in a battle he billed as “chilli...
The last time Rangers and Hibernian met, they drew 3-3. Since then, both have been involved in goal-laden games, which whets the appetite for this encounter. Hibs are front-runners to finish third – quite the turnaround since November when they were bottom. Only Celtic – in the league and Scottish Cup – have beaten them...
Thames Water has picked US private equity giant KKR as its “preferred partner” to buy the troubled water utility firm. The planned investment by KKR would help it deal with its mountain of debt, and Thames is aiming for the transaction to be completed in the second half of this year. Thames Water started to...