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“I have been told by a player once that if I send him off he will go to his car and get a gun” – The Untold Story of Referees
The referee has been a mainstay in football since 1842 when the position was first introduced in a match between the Bodyguards club and the Fearnought Club in Rochdale. Way back in 1581, educator Richard Mulcaster described the need for a “judge over the parties in...
How the free to play game Genshin Impact made $2 billion in its first year with Gacha
There are tons of stories out there talking about how people have spent copious amounts of money on video game gambling and whenever you do it’s easy to disregard it as a lack of self-control. When you look at these problems with an outside perspective its easy to say...
The Death of the Community Pharmacy
Pharmacies are considered a pillar of the community and play an important role in ensuring that patients receive safe and effective medication. Pharmacists are responsible for ensuring that the supply of medicines is within the law and advising patients about...
Has Luke done too Littler to be in the Premier League?
The darts premier league line-up for 2024 has been announced, and on paper, it is one of the more exciting line-ups in recent memory, in large part thanks to the inclusion of the breakthrough teenager, and 2024 World Championship finalist, Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler. It...
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Armed forces personnel bank data compromised in Ministry of Defence hack
Image: PA The Ministry of Defence has been the target of a large-scale data breach, it is understood. Sky News has reported that China was behind the cyberattack. A third-party payroll system has been hacked, potentially compromising the bank details of all serving...
50 days until the Women’s World Cup
With International squads beginning to be announced, the Women’s World Cup 2023 is veering ever closer. There are only 50 days until kick off in Auckland on 20th July. The tournament is set to be the most watched and highest attended in history. Ticket sales have...
Four-midable Chelsea Win WSL Title
Chelsea secured their fourth consecutive Women’s Super League title after winning 3-0 at Reading on Saturday. It is their seventh title in just four years and Manager Emma Hayes’ 13th title in 11 years at Chelsea. A Sam Kerr brace and assist to Guro Reiten, meant...
My Premier League Team of the Season
The 2022/2023 Premier League season has been one of the most exciting in recent times. With an intense relegation battle which could see some of the big names in the league facing the drop. To seeing the likes of Newcastle, Brighton and Aston Villa fighting amongst...
A red signal for Great British Railways: the biggest reform to UK rail in 30 years axed by PM
The largest reform of the UK’s railways since privatisation in the 1990s has been shelved by the government, The Times reports. The plans were announced by the former Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, in 2021, with the intention of fixing the fragmented nature of the...
Family Tree at Theatre Royal Plymouth Review
★★★★ I will admit, before entering The Drum theatre to see Family Tree; I had no idea who Henrietta Lacks was, nor the legacy that she’s passed on through years of medicinal science. Left uncredited in our history books, her cells form the basis of the most important...
Stop Trying To Be Fantastic
STOP TRYING TO BE FANTASTIC – MOLLY NAYLOR – DRUM THEATRE 5th May 2023 Produced in association with Inn Crowd Co-commissioned by Norwich Arts Centre Supported with funding from Arts Council England Norwich Theatre 19th May 2023 2Northdown, London King’s...
Faun At Theatre Royal Plymouth Review
★★★★ ½ Meet Ace, 22, trans, queer and currently sofa surfing. When we meet them, they’ve just sorted out sofa number 13. Commissioned by Cardboard Citizens, Faun takes the shape of a beautifully constructed play that explores themes of homelessness affecting the...
The Story of Argyle’s Promotion
by Dan Bowen https://sites.marjon.ac.uk/doughnut/files/2023/05/PAFC-Promotion-Audio-Story-FINAL.mp3 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 1-0 BURTON ALBION Featuring the likes of Bali Mumba, Niall Ennis, Jay Matete, Adrian Durham and John Acres, this audio package brings the story of...
I tried the meal kit delivery service Gousto- here’s how it turned out
You may have seen the barrage of advertising for meal kit delivery services like Hello Fresh, and Gousto. The initial deals are tempting, with Gousto offering 65% off the first box, and then 25% off the two subsequent boxes. I caved, only paying £17.20 for the first...
Waldo’s Circus of Magic & Terror at Theatre Royal Plymouth Review
★★ ½ The setting is Brandenburg, Germany in 1933 and in the streets nobody is safe as the Nazisare burning books and suspending civil rights; with many desperately searching for a methodof escape. They’ve persecuted the Jews and are now setting their sights on...
We Are The Land & Wampanoag Takeover Review
The Mayflower ship has become an iconic symbol of Plymouth’s history since it set sail in 1620, with our ocean city having large-scale plans to celebrate the Mayflower 400 that were halted, just as the world was during the pandemic in 2020. But what’s come of this is...
Who attacked the Nord Stream pipeline?
The Nord Stream pipeline is a vast network of offshore natural gas pipelines that run from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea. It supplies Western Europe with natural gas to heat our homes and feed our families. The project funded by a consortium of companies...
Mobile network ‘Three’ suffers issues with UK Emergency Alert test
The alert sent to mobile devices. Note the Welsh translation sent to devices in Wales. Customers of the UK’s fourth largest mobile operator, Three, have complained they didn’t receive the UK Government’s Emergency Alerts test notification, or that it was delayed by...
BBC loses Twitter verification badge and is spared of “Publicly-funded media” label
The BBC, and thousands of other Twitter accounts, have lost their verification badges as the social media giant removes “legacy verified checkmarks.” Individuals have to pay £8 per month to stay verified through a subscription to Twitter Blue, with businesses having...
How can you use your mobile phone to become a better journalist
Mobile phones have become an indispensable tool for journalists in the modern age. With the advent of smartphones, journalists have access to a powerful toolkit that allows them to gather, record, edit, and publish news stories from almost anywhere. In this article,...
Government axes new smart motorways after safety concerns.
An all lane-running section of the M23 in Surrey, UK. (Image: Google Street View) The building of new ‘smart motorways’ has been cancelled by Downing Street, owing to safety concerns and a lack of public trust. Fourteen planned smart motorways – including 11...
Heathers: The Musical at Theatre Royal Plymouth Review
★★★★★ September 1st, 1989. This is exactly where Heathers: The Musical opens; a musical phenomenon adapted by Kevin Murphy & Laurence O’Keefe that’s heavily inspired by the iconic 1988 motion picture starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater; that follows the...
UNITED STING THE BEES AND CLIMB BACK INTO TOP FOUR
Manchester United beat Brentford 1-0 at Old Trafford in a game that saw Marcus Rashford return to scoring ways in the Premier League. The only goal of the game came in the 27th minute when the red devil’s top scorer volleyed past David Raya from close range. Eric ten...