Billy Vigar lost his life playing football. His parents want justice

Billy Vigar lost his life playing football. His parents want justice

“This is the under-16s at Arsenal, when Billy was playing up a year and they won the Liam Brady Cup,” Keith Vigar says, proudly pointing to a photograph hanging above the staircase at the family home in Storrington, West Sussex.“And this is Hove Rivervale, the team he was with when he got signed by Arsenal … Read more

Alcohol-related cancer deaths doubled in recent decades, study finds

Alcohol-related cancer deaths doubled in recent decades, study finds

The number of cancer deaths estimated to be attributable to alcohol in the United States doubled from 1990 to 2023, particularly among men and people aged 55 years and older, according to a University of Miami study published this month, adding to the body of recent research underscoring the health risks of alcohol consumption.

Stock market today: Live updates

Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, USA, August 24, 2026.Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks rose on Friday, with investors looking to rebound from four straight days of declines, as oil prices retreated. Traders also overlooked rising expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike following the latest U.S. inflation … Read more

What Upgrading to iPhone 18 Pro From iPhone 17 Pro Gets You

What Upgrading to iPhone 18 Pro From iPhone 17 Pro Gets You

Apple’s new iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are largely based on last year’s models with a series of specific updates rather than a major redesign. The most notable changes concern better performance, camera capabilities, battery life, and wired charging speeds. Several key specifications remain unchanged from the iPhone 17 Pro models. The … Read more

F1 Spanish GP: Mercedes tops FP1 with Russell fastest at Madring

F1 Spanish GP: Mercedes tops FP1 with Russell fastest at Madring

Mercedes’ George Russell was fastest in the first Formula 1 session at the new Madring circuit, the first practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. Twenty of the 22 cars took to the new track in the first 100 seconds of the session, with Nico Hulkenberg and Franco Colapinto appearing some time later. The first fastest … Read more

Modern humans interbred with Neanderthals before they disappeared, and most people of non-African ancestry still carry roughly 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA today — meaning part of the human population we once thought we simply replaced never actually vanished

Modern humans interbred with Neanderthals before they disappeared, and most people of non-African ancestry still carry roughly 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA today — meaning part of the human population we once thought we simply replaced never actually vanished

A man who died in a Romanian cave about 40,000 years ago carried more Neanderthal DNA than any other human being ever sequenced, ancient or modern. Its jaw appeared in Peștera cu Oase, and when geneticists analyzed it, the result was surprising: between six and nine percent of its genome came from Neanderthals. Because those … Read more