ni The long, winding road to UFC 249 leads to a night that promises to be special By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 21:19:03 -0400 UFC 249, to take place Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla., without fans, will be perhaps the most unique pay-per-view event the promotion company has staged. Full Article
ni Adorable VE Day survivors hint they've found love after quarantining together By www.mirror.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 12:00:12 +0000 Doug Vince and Margaret Maxwell, both in their 90s, are celebrating the 75th anniversary of VE Day together after taking the plunge and moving in at the start of lockdown Full Article TV News
ni Gogglebox June Bernicoff made poignant change after beloved husband Leon's death By www.mirror.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 16:53:44 +0000 June Bernicoff passed away on May 5 following a short illness, her husband, Leon died in December 2017 and June never appeared on the show again Full Article TV News
ni Corrie viewers touched as Nina has a gift for Asha after calling her beautiful By www.mirror.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 19:24:01 +0000 Coronation Street showed an incredibly tender moment between Nina and Asha after Asha confided in Nina something very personal Full Article TV News
ni Britain's Got Talent choir D Day Juniors honours war heroes with powerful song By www.mirror.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 21:12:09 +0000 Britain's Got Talent's choir D Day Juniors sang a moving original song to thank WWII veterans for giving their lives Full Article TV News
ni Gogglebox viewers in tears as show honours beloved star June Bernicoff By www.mirror.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 21:28:34 +0000 Gogglebox paid tribute to one of its best-loved stars, June Bernicoff, who died earlier this week, bringing viewers to tears Full Article TV News
ni Britain's Got Talent choir D-Day Juniors remember a generation of heroes By www.mirror.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 23:08:23 +0000 EXCLUSIVE: Tonight's episode of Britain's Got Talent on ITV features inspiring children's choir D-Day Juniors who remember the heroes of generations past Full Article TV News
ni Daniel Radcliffe, David Beckham to read first Harry Potter fantasy book By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 16:30:42 EDT Celebrities including Daniel Radcliffe, David Beckham and Dakota Fanning will take part in chapter-by-chapter readings of J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter book. Full Article News/Entertainment
ni Being Canadian on American Idol didn't affect my chances of winning, B.C. teen says By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 14:30:05 EDT Nanaimo, B.C., teen Lauren Spencer-Smith may not have had the hometown advantage on American Idol, but she feels she had a fair shot on the show. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
ni Heritage minister outlines distribution of $500M of arts and culture COVID-19 support By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 15:13:24 EDT Canada's arts and culture organizations are getting a clearer picture of how the federal government plans to divide $500 million of COVID-19 support. Full Article News/Entertainment
ni The animated advantage: How Canadian cartoonists are staying home and staying busy By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 09:11:13 EDT As most film and television production grind to a halt, broadcasters are turning to animation studios for fresh content. Full Article News/Entertainment
ni Neville names Man United star most likely to win Ballon d'Or By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:26:19 +0000 Man Utd great Gary Neville has given a detailed Q&A on social media in which he answered a range of different topics. Full Article Football News
ni New move could see TV cameras in Man City and Man United dressing rooms By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:37:20 +0000 The group has been set up to look at ways to enhance the TV product for fans when football returns. Full Article Football News
ni Why The Last Dance reminds Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of Manchester United By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 11:48:13 +0000 Man United were the team of the 90s in English football and the Chicago Bulls were the team of the 90s in the NBA and that has been the subject of a Netflix documentary. Full Article Football News
ni Manchester United have a fully fit squad for possible Premier League restart By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 12:27:23 +0000 Man United are fifth in the Premier League, in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and all but in the last eight of the Europa League and have Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford fit again. Full Article Football News
ni Timothy Fosu-Mensah names seven Man United icons in his best XI By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 14:00:00 +0000 Man Utd defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah has been asked to name the best XI of players he has played with during his career. Full Article Football News
ni What happened to Sven-Göran Eriksson's 10 Man City signings By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 14:00:00 +0000 The former England boss spent just a year in charge at Manchester City before the club were taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008. Full Article Transfer News
ni Man United fans praise Brandon Williams for taunting Liverpool FC By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 14:26:26 +0000 Man Utd defender Brandon Williams liked a post on social media which referenced Liverpool's wait to win the Premier League. Full Article Football News
ni Salomon Rondon reveals how close he came to Man United transfer By www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Man Utd looked at signing Salomon Rondon in the January transfer window but Dalian Professional did not want to sell him. Full Article Transfer News
ni Clinicians and autistic transgender youth partner to create first community-built care model By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT The first ever set of specific recommendations to support transgender autistic young people was co-created by these youth and their families working hand-in-hand with clinical experts. The resulting model offers clinicians a set of concrete ways to provide this unique population the support they need. Full Article
ni NIH-funded study links early sleep problems to autism diagnosis among at-risk children By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT A small study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that sleep problems among children who have a sibling with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may further raise the likelihood of an ASD diagnosis, compared to at-risk children who do not have difficulty sleeping. Previous research has shown that young children who have a sibling with ASD are at a higher risk for also being diagnosed with the condition. Full Article
ni The Lancet Rheumatology: Small observational study of patients with severe COVID-19 treated with the arthritis drug anakinra finds clinical improvements By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT The first study to report use of the rheumatoid arthritis drug anakinra to treat COVID-19 patients found that high-dose anakinra was safe and was associated with respiratory improvements and reduced signs of cytokine storm [1] in 72% (21/29) of patients, according to results from patients studied for 21 days (enrolled from 17 to 27 March 2020) in a Milan hospital, published in The Lancet Rheumatology journal. Full Article
ni Immunity of recovered COVID-19 patients could cut risk of expanding economic activity By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT New modeling of coronavirus behavior suggests that an intervention strategy based on shield immunity could reduce the risk of allowing the higher levels of human interaction needed to support expanded economic activity. Full Article
ni Prediction tool shows how forest thinning may increase Sierra Nevada snowpack By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Thinning the Sierra Nevada forest by removing trees by hand or using heavy machinery is one of the few tools available to manage forests. However, finding the best way to thin forests by removing select trees to maximize the forest's benefits for water quantity, water quality, wildfire risk and wildlife habitat remains a challenge for resource managers. Full Article
ni Gemini gets lucky and takes a deep dive into Jupiter's clouds By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Researchers using a technique known as 'lucky imaging' with the Gemini North telescope on Hawaii's Maunakea have collected some of the highest resolution images of Jupiter ever obtained from the ground. These images are part of a multi-year joint observing program with the Hubble Space Telescope in support of NASA's Juno mission. Full Article
ni Dearth of medical resources in Africa for COVID-19 reminiscent of early HIV/AIDS pandemic By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT 'We have seen this before.' Global health scholars have issued a clarion call about the needless loss of life expected because of a foreseeable prospect of 'slow and inadequate access to supplies' to control COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa. They say what is unfolding now is similar to when lifesaving diagnostics and treatments came to the region long after they were available elsewhere. Full Article
ni New invisibility concept and miniaturization of photonic circuits using ultrafast laser By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Thanks to its unique three-dimensional manufacturing capacity, ultrafast laser writing is a prime candidate to meet the growing demand for the miniaturization of photonic circuitry, e.g., for scaling up optical quantum computers capacity. Towards this goal, scientists from Canada discovered a phenomenon related to the material electronic resonance that allows a much greater miniaturization of the laser written devices. Surprisingly, the new phenomenon allows other intriguing applications such as a new concept of invisibility. Full Article
ni Newly discovered mechanism can explain increased risk of dementia By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Millions of people around the world use acid suppressants called proton pump inhibitors for conditions like heartburn, gastritis and stomach ulcers. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now report that how the long-term use of these drugs could increase the risk of developing dementia. Their results are published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia. Full Article
ni A pioneering study into the description of the architecture of a new standard for telecommunications By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a United Nations Organization agency commissioned to regulate international telecommunications between different operating administrations and businesses. Pursuant to specific recommendations by this organization, on 1 July, standard Y.3172, an architecture for machine learning in future networks (5G and beyond), was approved for telecommunications networks. Full Article
ni Scientists have created new nanocomposite from gold and titanium oxide By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT ITMO University researchers together with their colleagues from France and the USA have demonstrated how a femtosecond laser can be used to tune the structure and nanocomposite properties for titanium dioxide films filled with gold nanoparticles. Full Article
ni How to manipulate light on the nanoscale over wide frequency ranges By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT An international team has discovered an effective method for controlling the frequency of confined light at the nanoscale in the form of phonon polaritons (light coupled to vibrations in the crystal). The results have now been published in Nature Materials. Full Article
ni Hydrogen blamed for interfering with nickelate superconductors synthesis By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Prof. ZHONG Zhicheng's team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering has investigated the electronic structure of the recently discovered nickelate superconductors NdNiO2. They successfully explained the experimental difficulties in synthesizing superconducting nickelates, in cooperation with Prof. Karsten Held at Vienna University of Technology. Full Article
ni Burning out in silence By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT Russian companies still pursue authoritarian leadership styles, and employees often avoid articulating their concerns and complaints to management. Together with chronic stress and work-family imbalance, this can often result in emotional burnout. This is the conclusion of a study by researchers from North Dakota State University and HSE University. Full Article
ni Neighborhood and cognitive performance in middle-age: Does racial residential segregation matter? By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT A study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that black subjects who were exposed to highly segregated neighborhoods in young adulthood exhibited worse performance in cognitive skills in mid-life. This outcome may explain black-white disparities in dementia risk at older age. Full Article
ni Forecasting urbanization By www.eurekalert.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT A new global simulation model offers the first long-term look at how urbanization -- the growth of cities and towns--will unfold in the coming decades. The research team projects the total amount of urban areas on Earth can grow anywhere from 1.8 to 5.9-fold by 2100, building approximately 618,000 square miles. Full Article
ni Hospices still denied access to PPE as Health Secretary insists government is doing 'as much as we can' By www.itv.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:50:05 +0100 One hospice ITV News spoke to is three days away from running out of protective gowns needed to treat patients with coronavirus. Full Article
ni UK Weather Forecast: A fine evening with clear skies & late, low sunlight By www.itv.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:59:14 +0100 A fine end to the day with late sunshine & clear skies Full Article
ni Four-year-old with cancer reunited with father after seven weeks kept apart in lockdown By www.itv.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 20:43:34 +0100 Mila Sneddon hasn't seen her father in seven weeks in order to keep her safe during coronavirus lockdown. Full Article
ni 'Almost criminal' coronavirus testing isn't available for everyone, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says By www.itv.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:09:17 +0100 Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for "more than 200,000" coronavirus tests to be carried out. Full Article
ni UK Weather Forecast: A chilly night with a slight frost in the east By www.itv.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:49:10 +0100 Cold enough for a slight frost in places Full Article
ni Warning over ‘perilous future’ for London Zoo in face of lockdown By www.itv.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:03:17 +0100 Zoological Society of London warns it is facing a very challenging situation as its core income from London and Whipsnade zoos has dried up. Full Article
ni Nicola Sturgeon says lockdown must continue in Scotland but people may be allowed out more than once per day to exercise By www.itv.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:53:25 +0100 Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the lockdown period in the country should be extended. Full Article
ni Notting Hill Carnival 2020: Event cancelled for the first time ever By www.itv.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:35:55 +0100 Notting Hill Carnival has been cancelled for the first time ever because of the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Full Article
ni PM will set out roadmap on Sunday to easing lockdown 'with sensible changes' in England, Dominic Raab confirms By www.itv.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:45:42 +0100 The briefing comes just hours after Scotland's First Minister has said the lockdown in Scotland should be extended. Full Article
ni Senior Government Advisor says coronavirus is 'discriminatory' By www.itv.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 19:04:01 +0100 Newly released figures show that certain ethnicities were at greater risk of Covid-19 related deaths. Full Article
ni UK Weather Forecast: A fine evening for many away from a few showers in the west By www.itv.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:59:09 +0100 Late, low sunshine with scattered showers easing to leave it dry Full Article
ni UK remembers the end of World War Two on VE Day anniversary By www.itv.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 00:03:15 +0100 Despite large-scale public events being unable to go ahead, tributes will be paid by members of the royal family. Full Article
ni How Florence Nightingale shaped the way modern nurses are tackling coronavirus By www.itv.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 02:46:19 +0100 Nightingale pioneered many of the practices carried out today, such as maintaining good hygiene and regularly washing hands Full Article
ni Nine veterans die with Covid-19 at Royal Chelsea Hospital By www.itv.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 07:31:29 +0100 General Sir Adrian Bradshaw revealed the losses ahead of VE Day on Friday. Full Article
ni Exclusive: Hospices to receive government supplies of PPE after warning of chronic shortages By www.itv.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:39:53 +0100 Hospices are set to receive weekly supplies of critical personal protective equipment from the government. Full Article