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Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson named in legal case over £750,000 ‘scam’
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The Duke of York and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, have been named in a ruling on a high court case featuring a dispute between a Turkish woman and businessman. Nebahat Isbilen, 77, was allegedly tricked by Selman Turk...
Duncan Ferguson appointed as Everton caretaker manager for upcoming games
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Duncan Ferguson has been handed the chance to press his claims for the Everton manager’s job after being appointed caretaker manager. Ferguson, who took charge between the departure of Marco Silva and arrival of Carlo...
The death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes raises hard questions – we must address them all
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The manner of the death of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes at the hands of his father and stepmother, now convicted of manslaughter and murder respectively, is shocking. The evidence heard in court was some of the ...
Covid-19 variants may not evolve to be less dangerous, says Neil Ferguson
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People should not assume that Covid will evolve to become a milder disease, a senior scientist has warned, adding that the threat posed by the Omicron coronavirus variant will not be clear until the end of December. P...
Michael Ferguson obituary
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The producer Michael Ferguson, who has died aged 84, transformed the fortunes of EastEnders after it had fallen into a lull four years after exploding on to British television screens. One of his secret ingredients pr...
Further Covid lockdowns in UK are now unlikely, says Neil Ferguson
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Prof Neil Ferguson, the epidemiologist whose initial modelling helped shape Britain’s coronavirus response, has said future lockdowns are unlikely to be needed to control the spread of the disease in the UK. However, ...
Her Heart for a Compass by Sarah Ferguson review – Mills & Boon debut is chaste good fun
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She is a spirited, Titian-haired, freckled beauty, whose curls just won’t quit. While initially submitting to the strictures of high society and the tribulations of the marriage market, she endures a pasting from the ...
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In review – less hairdryer treatment than crowning glory
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The life story of football manager Alex Ferguson is just so rousing that any movie about him more or less has to be a success. And so it proves in this heartfelt documentary: something like an authorised film biograph...
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson review – information overload
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Is there such a thing as a timely history book? If the point of history is to gain objective distance from past events, then timeliness can only be a pleasing accident rather than an outcome that is consciously sought...
Sir Alex Ferguson: ‘Did I think we could still beat Bayern in 1999? No chance!’
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“You’re lying on your bed and you are on your own,” Sir Alex Ferguson says as he remembers being in hospital exactly three years ago this week when, after suffering a brain haemorrhage, he came close to death. “It can...
Doom by Niall Ferguson review – how to make sense of catastrophe
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The bad news is that plagues are a constant companion to human civilisation. The good news is that we are getting better at explaining their causes and treating them without recourse to superstition. When the Black De...
Covid infection rates in UK ‘very encouraging’, says Neil Ferguson
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Recent data on Covid deaths and rates of infection in the UK are “very encouraging”, and though a third wave of infections was possible in late summer it was unlikely to overwhelm the NHS, the leading epidemiologist N...
‘I’m a Govan boy’: clip from new Sir Alex Ferguson documentary – video
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In this clip from a new documentary, 'Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In', the former Manchester United manager talks about his belief in the importance of a person's upbringing, citing his own youth in Glasgow and reve...
Sir Alex Ferguson grabs another famous treble at Grand National meeting
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Clan Des Obeaux completed a remarkable Grade One treble for Sir Alex Ferguson and his fellow part owners with a runaway win in the Betway Bowl on day one of the Grand National meeting. Ferguson, in partnership with Ge...
South African variant of Covid cannot be kept out of UK for ever, Neil Ferguson warns
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The UK will not be able to keep the South African variant at bay for ever, a senior scientific adviser has warned. Prof Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, said a small but growing percentage of cases in some...
By breaking the silence about patriarchy, men can help end violence against women
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The issue of violence against women and girls is being widely discussed following the death of Sarah Everard: women are expressing exhaustion at feeling afraid, and anger and frustration at the same old conversations ...