redfiona99

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1174856.html

Miscellaneous:

The man taught to have sex by lesbians - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-39351352

Spear-phishing scammer demanded sex show - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39338004

Jenna Cook: The adopted girl claimed by 50 birth families - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37024334

This 3-Year-Old Stealing The Pope's Hat Is Pretty Much The Best Thing You'll See Today -https://www.buzzfeed.com/victoriasanusi/hats-off-to-yah?utm_term=.rtr3mzPGG#.jp384x1WW

News:

Freed from IS tyranny, Mosul Sunnis fear for the future - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39379657 From March last year

Call for 'decently paid' maternity leave - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39373335

Hungarian secret agent reveals in detail how serious the Russian threat is - https://index.hu/english/2017/03/21/hungarian_secret_agent_reveals_how_serious_the_russian_threat_is/

Sport:

Special Olympics critic ‘Terminated’ by brilliant Arnold Schwarzenegger response - http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/special-olympics-critic-terminated-brilliant-arnold-schwarzenegger-response-26635/?_ga=1.257113355.1411690882.1490459401 Arnie can be lovely sometimes

Nine-year-old boy facing heart surgery wins ice hockey award - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/39372045

Boxing:

Claressa Shields: From poverty & abuse to boxing greatness - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39279259

Anthony Crolla v Jorge Linares: Joe Gallagher on tears, 16-hour days and a lost marriage - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39333476

Football:

Mario Götze: the ‘once in a century talent’ who is now fighting to save his career - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/21/mario-gotze-germany-england-world-cup-borussia-dortmund You can put me in the camp who never quite got the hype but I hope he gets better

Xabi Alonso: I played for Spain’s best team - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/xabi-alonso-i-played-for-spains-best-team_sto6106348/story.shtml Xabi is love

Everton FC: The football club that teaches troubled children - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39340843 Everton are also lovely

World Cup qualifying: How did Syria win 'most important match in their history'? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39363248

Italian football's first woman to manage a male team - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-39348633/italian-football-s-first-woman-to-manage-a-male-team

Scotland winger Oliver Burke relishing his German education at RB Leipzig - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39344413

Jake Livermore: West Brom midfielder wants to make people 'proud' after England call -https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39343959

Rugby League:

Michael Carter: Wakefield Trinity chairman calls franchise talk 'nonsensical' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/39368084 You encouraged them, you moron

Brian Noble: Super League can take 'brave steps' in making structure changes - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/39354954 From March last year. It turns out Nobby has prophetic powers.

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1172497.html

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1172230.html

Miscellaneous:

'A lovely man': The woman who dated the Man on the Moor - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39255114

Girls 'too poor' to buy sanitary protection missing school - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39266056

Teen suicide on the rise among Canadian girls - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39210463

Rakesh Sharma: The making of a reluctant Indian space hero - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-39124828

Mama Yuli: The trans women's leader no-one messes with - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39259899

Meet the man crowd-funding Gaza's first English library - https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/02/meet-man-crowd-funding-gaza-english-library-170206044521027.html

Politics:

What is the alt-right and what does it stand for? - https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/02/alt-stand-170218115042196.html

Science:

Paralysis inspires MS discovery - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39256584

Sport:

Miserable at every NBA stop, Darko Milicic has found peace as a farmer - https://sports.yahoo.com/news/miserable-at-every-nba-stop-darko-milicic-has-found-peace-as-a-farmer-131359198.html

Cycling:

Joanna Rowsell Shand: Double Olympic gold medallist retires - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39265637

Rugby League:

Mark Foster: RFL 'would consider' club city franchise moves - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/39258426 As is traditional with ideas from rugby league powers that be, it's definitely an idea. It is not necessarily good.

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1167285.html

Economics:

Children's scooters added to inflation basket - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39265388

Language:

'The language more beautiful than words' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-39302109

Miscellaneous:

Prison smuggler: 'I brought mobile phones in for criminals' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39258076

'Don't bag up dog poo in countryside', MP urges owners - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39254072

'My friends call me Lara Croft' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-39260186

The politics of the office tea round - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39155646 In which I have had completely different experiences but ... I have odd experiences.

EU workplace headscarf ban 'can be legal', says ECJ - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39264845

Alabama town agrees in settlement to stop operating debtors’ prison - https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/03/14/alabama-town-agrees-settlement-stop-operating-debtors%E2%80%99-prison

Is North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un rational? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39269783 From March 2017

Could your barber save your life? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39281204

Music industry:

Five ways the singles chart can be fixed - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39265093 Wherein Ed Sheeran is so all-conquering that they're going to change the rules.

Politics:

Trump and Brexit: why it’s again NOT the economy, stupid - http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/trump-and-brexit-why-its-again-not-the-economy-stupid/ From November 2016

Where liberal fight goes in the age of Trump - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39258416

Marine Le Pen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/marine_le_pen

Sport:

‘Not far from death’: How fighters are risking their lives to make weight
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/a4372439-aef4-4f18-bd9a-d914e3f37f2a It's about MMA fighters but I suspect it's true for everything else with weight categories

The Gentrification of College Basketball - https://theundefeated.com/features/gentrification-of-ncaa-division-1-college-basketball/?utm_content=buffer6fe38&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Cycling:

Dame Sarah Storey: Paralympic cyclist launches elite women's cycling team - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39283137 From March 2017

Football:

The accidental chairman, and the making of modern Leicester - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/champions-league/2016-2017/the-accidental-chairman-and-the-making-of-modern-leicester_sto6092154/story.shtml The most Leicester story possible

Rugby League:

Super League playercam trial set to continue despite 'technical issues' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/39303947 Technical issues is code for Kurt Gidley threw a fit about having to wear it at half-time

Technology:

THESE FAILED APPS DISCOVERED A HIDDEN RULE OF THE WEB - https://www.wired.com/2017/03/these-failed-apps-discovered-a-hidden-rule-of-the-web/#.5upn8bcxu

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1166631.html

Is once again a link singular. Normal service to recommence ... eventually.

A Big Win For Afghan Women's Wheelchair Hoopsters - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/08/01/540910077/afghanistan-s-female-wheelchair-basketball-wins

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1159292.html

Films:

A Welsh underdog tale that you will want to take home - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/ac7338fa-c55f-4550-980f-0e59503b303e Ignore the title, it's about sports documentaries.

Miscellaneous:

Why Chance the Rapper is donating $1m to Chicago schools - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39192025/why-chance-the-rapper-is-donating-1m-to-chicago-schools

Meera Syal: TV's portrayal of British Asians has 'gone backwards' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39185147

MI6 head Maurice Oldfield: The spy boss 'dragged through the mud' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-39114955

Wheelchair man: Turning myself into a superhero - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39044623

While Fighting The Odds, Fiona The Hippo Became A Social Media Star - https://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538874374/while-fighting-the-odds-fiona-the-hippo-became-a-social-media-star

News:

The boys made to fight for IS - How two Yazidi teenagers were captured by so-called Islamic State and trained to kill - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/yazidi_boy_soldiers

Politics:

Abortion in Ireland: The fight for choice - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39183423 From last March but still relevant

Dutch election turns spotlight on Moroccans - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39180805 Also from last March

The Swedish Trump fans who secretly record journalists - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-39158975

Echoes of Watergate resurface as Trump-Russia links probed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39151803

Sport:

Nike becomes first major brand to launch hijab for women - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39205965/nike-becomes-first-major-brand-to-launch-hijab-for-women

Football:

Emotional Messi meets one of his heroes… and it’s not a footballer! - http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/emotional-messi-meets-one-of-his-heroes-and-its-not-a-footballer-25941/?_ga=1.52051297.931815021.1488893447

Francis Koné, the footballer who has now saved the lives of four opponents - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/06/francis-kone-player-could-have-died-togo-czech-republic

Tennis:

Judy Murray: Lack of women in LTA leadership roles 'completely wrong' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/39191845

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1156708.html

Education:

Heads 'cut exam courses amid funding squeeze' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39220527

Healthcare:

There's Great News — And Grim News — In The Fight Against HIV/AIDS - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/28/540004887/theres-great-news-and-grim-news-in-the-fight-against-hiv-aids

The biggest killer you may not know - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39219765

Language:

The Meaning of Allahu Akbar - https://hazlitt.net/feature/meaning-allahu-akbar

Law and Order:

Judge who told complainant to 'keep your knees together' resigns - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39224844

Miscellaneous:

Rabbit hole in farmer's field leads to 'mystery caves' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39193347 For those who are wondering, yes, it was too good to be true - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/knights-templar-caves-shropshire/

Stolen 200-year-old bank note returned 33 years later - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-39194295

The teenager who loses consciousness when she runs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-38495513

Why I bought my daughter heroin - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39212295

Drug gang infiltrator: I had Samurai sword held to my throat - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39207718

The window cleaner who fell from a skyscraper and lived - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39114931

Photography:

In pictures: Sacred geometries - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39218005

Behind the scenes at the ballet - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39179575

Sport:

Inspired by Olympic hockey gold, England's lacrosse stars eye world glory - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/field-hockey/inspired-by-olympic-hockey-gold-england-s-lacrosse-stars-eye-world-glory_sto6085156/story.shtml

Born with Down syndrome, shy Virginia Beach teen competes in bodybuilding - http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-down-syndrome-teen-competes-in-bodybuilding-20170301-story.html

'Brownlee moment' as pupil carries friend to finishing line - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-39215616

Boxing:

Barbara Buttrick: The woman who boxed to the top - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-39151832

Football:

‘Lived it. Loved it’ – Xabi Alonso to retire from football at the end of the season - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/lived-it.-loved-it-xabi-alonso-to-retire-from-football-at-the-end-of-the-season_sto6086186/story.shtml From last March. The reason football in 2018 has been so bad is a lack of Xabi.

Rugby:

Jamie Murphy: The Welsh-born Bridgend centre who plays rugby for Germany - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39217647

Skiing:

Winter Paralympics: Kelly Gallagher wants to regain the winning feeling - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/39172515

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1156593.html

Is a link solitary again.

Sport:

10 Things in MLB More Rare Than a No-Hitter - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1225002-10-things-in-mlb-more-rare-than-a-no-hitter

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1155201.html

Journalism:

Against Normalization: The Lesson of the “Munich Post” - https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/normalization-lesson-munich-post/#!

Miscellaneous:

Hans Rosling: A truth-teller in an age of ‘alternative facts’ -
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/worldpolitics/hans-rosling-a-truth-teller-in-an-age-of-alternative-facts/

India Polio-free for 3 Years - Meet the People Fighting to Keep it That Way -
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-polio-free-rotary-international-three-years-2011-people-fight-infectious-disease-vaccination-a7578371.html

Early deaths among care leavers revealed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38961818

Crossing the border: US migrants seek refugee status in Canada - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38960035

The boy who watched IS beheading videos - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38959615

Ohio postpones eight executions amid row - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38926967

Sport:

Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark, Dark - https://www.theplayerstribune.com/corey-hirsch-dark-dark-dark/ Trigger warning: Suicidal idiation

Football:

Football headers 'linked to brain damage' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38971750

Snooker:

Anthony Hamilton: German Masters champion on first ranking event win -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/38893616

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1147279.html

History:

Forbidden love: The WW2 letters between two men - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38932955

Journalism:

A great opportunist story shows how PRs need to be looking further ahead -
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/great-opportunist-story-shows-how-prs-need-looking-further-kimble/

I Helped Create the Milo Trolling Playbook. You Should Stop Playing Right Into It. -
http://observer.com/2017/02/i-helped-create-the-milo-trolling-playbook-you-should-stop-playing-right-into-it/

Language:

Yes-no questions in mathematics and in Chinese - http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30943

Miscellaneous:

Norway's seal hunters hang up their clubs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38894821

Warren Buffett’s Best Investment - https://www.gatesnotes.com/2017-Annual-Letter

'Keep sex abuse dad's name off my wedding certificate' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38096514 There is no reason why a father's name needs to be on a wedding certificate if a mother's is not!

Anna LeBaron: How I escaped my father's murderous polygamous cult - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38526255

Polio Then and Now: The Story of a Crippling Disease on the Verge of Worldwide Eradication -
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/polio-history-story-then-and-now-pictures-iron-lung-vaccine-diseases-medicine-jonas-salk-rotary-a7580456.html

Stranger leaves free treats at Christie cancer hospital - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38969714

Spotting the illness that can cause sudden blindness - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38983990

Politics:

Gerrymandering the Presidency: Why Trump could lose the popular vote in 2020 by 6 percent and still win a second term. - http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2017/02/08/gerrymandering-the-presidency-why-trump-could-lose-the-popular-vote-in-2020-by-6-percent-and-still-win-a-second-term/

Clinton’s Ground Game Didn’t Cost Her The Election - https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/clintons-ground-game-didnt-cost-her-the-election/

Mr. President: ‘Just who the hell do you think you are?’ - http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article132721909.html From last February

Sport:

Belarus sports writer eats own paper after losing bet - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-39004434 Well played, sir.

Football:

Football’s gambling problem: You better, you better, you bet - http://www.football365.com/news/footballs-gambling-problem-you-better-you-better-you-bet

Pep Guardiola's Barcelona has 'damaged' the quality of defenders, says Roberto Ayala -
https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/pep-s-barcelona-damaged-football-says-former-argentina-captain-roberto-ayala_sto6059542/story.shtml I am a bitter, bitter right back and agree completely and utterly with Roberto Ayala

Super Slav gives Alf ride of his life! - http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/february/15-february/super-slav-gives-alf-ride-his-life

Horse Racing:

Sandown: Amputee jockey Guy Disney takes historic victory in Royal Artillery Gold Cup -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/39008715

Rugby:

This female rugby referee is making history this weekend -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39008812/this-female-rugby-referee-is-making-history-this-weekend

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1146908.html

Archaeology:

New Dead Sea Scrolls cave discovered - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38916687

The archaeological legacy of the Crossrail excavations - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38919314

Economics:

What really happened when Swedes tried six-hour days? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38843341

Food:

Should I worry about arsenic in my rice? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38910848

Healthcare:

The health workers that help patients stay at home - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38897257

Do you have an underactive thyroid? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38895877

NHS Health Check: Five examples of innovation in the UK - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38879439

Maps:

Tags and the City - https://www.tagsandthecity.net/paris/ Big city metro stations tagged by what tags Instagram user use nearby.

Miscellaneous:

Use talk not tech to tame your children's online habits - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38842791

Independent school students gain extra time for exams - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38923034 - I think the sub-heading ought to have been the next line:

"The proportion was significantly higher than those who received the special measure in state schools where the figure is fewer than one in eight."

Because yeah, I have no doubt some of those children have education issues requiring the extra 15 minutes (or whatever it is nowadays) but the extra proportion is odd. I don't know if it's because independent schools are more likely to ask than state schools or because they're more likely to think to ask.

Kaziranga: The park that shoots people to protect rhinos - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-38909512

How to Spot Visualization Lies - https://flowingdata.com/2017/02/09/how-to-spot-visualization-lies/

Coming to America: One translator's harrowing journey - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38885611

Flight attendant shares story of saving trafficking victim - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38880612

News:

A sarcastic response to Syria's militants - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38912958

The village aiming to create a white utopia - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38881349 Because, of course, Central Europe. Why is it always Central Europe?

Politics:

Trump's America: Are things as bad as he says? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38911708 From last February

Plumber wins workers' rights battle against Pimlico Plumbers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38931211

Sport:

Hoop dreams: the young Texas inmates hoping for a second chance -
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/08/gainesville-texas-student-inmates-basketball

Is DeMarcus Cousins the NBA's greatest ever bad guy? -
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/08/demarcus-cousins-rasheed-wallace-scaramento-kings-technical-fouls

Football:

Germany's most hated club RB Leipzig hit by stones and insults - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38802113 - as usual with UK articles about German things, take with a pinch of salt.

BAD BLOOD: LUIS SUAREZ V PATRICE EVRA - FIVE YEARS ON - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2016-2017/bad-blood-luis-suarez-v-patrice-evra-five-years-on_sto6053369/story.shtml

I know what refugees are going through, give them a chance, says Dejan Lovren -
https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2016-2017/i-know-what-refugees-are-going-through-give-them-a-chance-says-dejan-lovren_sto6053244/story.shtml

Kevin-Prince Boateng: ‘Mandela shook my hand and said: my daughter wants to marry you’ -
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/07/kevin-prince-boateng-las-palmas-interview

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez have a surprising way of relaxing, reveals Ivan Rakitic -
http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/lionel-messi-and-luis-suarez-have-a-surprising-way-of-relaxing-reveals-ivan-rakitic-24876/?_ga=1.201578195.339345824.1486476277

Rugby Union:

Joost van der Westhuizen: Matt Dawson on friend & former South Africa scrum-half -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38884906

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1145992.html

Archaeology:

Danish Bronze Age elite buried in fancy woolly hats and shawls, 3,500-year-old graves reveal -
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/danish-bronze-age-elite-buried-fancy-woolly-hats-shawls-3500-year-old-graves-reveal-hold-lea-1623905

Journalism:

Covering Trump the Reuters Way - https://www.reuters.com/article/rpb-adlertrump/covering-trump-the-reuters-way-idUSKBN15F276

Miscellaneous:

The Many Lives of Pauli Murray - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/the-many-lives-of-pauli-murray

The Landlord Octopus, Still Stalking London - http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/the-landlord-octopus-still-stalking-london

US misfires in online fight against Islamic State - https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-military-botches-online-fight-against-islamic-state-060200994--politics.html

The man who sold his back to an art dealer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38601603

The new property trap affecting thousands - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38827661

Music:

Dame Vera Lynn breaks own record with new album at 100 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38829936 From February

News:

University applications fall with drop in nursing and EU students - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38827189 From February

Sport:

Dan Roan asks whether welfare should come before winning - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/38833749

Football:

Transfer rules back in the spotlight after Lassana Diarra case -
https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/transfer-rules-back-in-the-spotlight-after-lassana-diarra-case_sto6043459/story.shtml

Rugby Union:

CLEVER ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL RETIREMENT - https://www.usarugby.org/2017/06/clever-announces-international-retirement/?d4vD4d6bO4YTZeYY.01 This guy is the real Captain America

British and Irish Lions: Peter O'Mahony's amazing rise to tackle All Blacks - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40364482

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1142491.html

Healthcare:

Malaria drugs fail for first time on patients in UK - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38796337 And now we panic

History:

The child immigrants 'bussed' out to school to aid integration - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-38689839

George III's draft abdication letter released - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38771875

The opera-loving sisters who 'stumbled' into heroism - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-38732779

Media:

Solutions that can stop fake news spreading - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38769996

Miscellaneous:

Hannah Arendt: From an Interview - http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1978/10/26/hannah-arendt-from-an-interview/

United Nations Committee Affirms Abortion As A Human Right - https://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-a-grimes/united-nations-committee-affirms-abortion-as-a-human-right_b_9020806.html

‘I’ve never felt more welcome or more American than during Trump’s rise,’ this Muslim teen says -
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2017/01/31/a-muslim-family-received-a-note-from-their-neighbors-on-trump-inauguration-you-are-welcome-in-our-neighborhood/?utm_term=.b1815b3fbdea The idiot subeditor in charge of headlines struck again

The former sex worker who set up a retirement home - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38677679

Artist turns blood 'obsession' into stigma-busting show - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38714481

The Chinese man trapped in India for half a century - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38715056

The secret trade in baby chimps - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5e8c4bac-c236-4cd9-bacc-db96d733f6cf

'I sent my adopted son back into care' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38764302

Beautifying Baghdad: Colouring in a city of walls - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38768092

How Trump abortion funding cuts could affect Africa - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-38768901

Politics:

How to Build an Autocracy - The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism. - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/ From March

Sport:

Which 16-year dynasty reigns supreme: Patriots or Yankees? -
http://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/story/_/id/18559208/nfl-which-dynasty-reigns-supreme-new-england-patriots-new-york-yankees

Football:

Lauren: How I rose from humble beginnings to an Arsenal ‘Invincible’ -
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/29/lauren-arsenal-invincible-cameroon-spain-maradona

Tennis:

Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal turn back clock in Australian Open final -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/38789375 From the last Australian Open

Technology:

Robots could help solve social care crisis, say academics - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38770516

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1140935.html

Films:

A Data Driven Exploration of Kung Fu Films - http://vallandingham.me/shaw_bros_analysis.html

Law and Order:

Prison suicides rise to record level in England and Wales - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38756409

Miscellaneous:

Betty Tebbs: Women's rights activist dies aged 98 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38745223

UK has 'stark inequalities in child health', report says - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38743765

Fine firms for sexist dress rules, say MPs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38737300

Tomorrow's Cities: What can be done to improve air quality? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37372119

My idol turned out to be my sister - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38697627

The High Street Abduction - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5667c315-a69c-4e5d-a683-e4e7771eb04d

The NHS mental health chief who had a nervous breakdown - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38720826

Model Hanne Gaby Odiele reveals she is intersex to 'break taboo' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38730291

News:

Rough sleeping rises at appalling rate, charity says, as figures show 16% rise -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38719087

Politics:

Social mobility: Class pay gap found in UK professions - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38744122

Trump and truth - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38731191 From January 2017

Sport:

Grassroots referees: Stories of assaults, threats and respect - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38752900

Japan gets first sumo champion in 19 years - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38721106

Football:

Senegal's impressive Aliou Cisse is paving the way for African coaches -
https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/african-cup-of-nations/2017/senegal-s-impressive-aliou-cisse-is-paving-the-way-for-african-coaches_sto6024563/story.shtml

Formula 1:

Ross Brawn eyes Formula 1 changes to make sport 'purer & simpler' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38734708

Bernie Ecclestone: Why F1's titanic leader was loved and loathed -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38721123 People are now getting why I said you'll miss him when he's gone.

Rugby union:

Vern Cotter: Scotland coach talks France, fishing & his final Six Nations - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38735486

Tennis:

Australian Open 2017 -
Defiant Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 'not giving up' as comeback fairytale continues in Melbourne -https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/australian-open/2017/defiant-mirjana-lucic-baroni-not-giving-up-as-comeback-fairytale-continues-in-melbourne_sto6029946/story.shtml

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1139252.html

Miscellaneous:

Can employers ask us to change our appearance? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38745506

Rock, paper scissors and the fierce world of Japanese pop - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38413206

Sex is painful for nearly one in 10 women, study finds - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38729240

People will rise against N Korean regime, says defector - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38741078

Dundee boy's balloon flies 370 miles to Banbury - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-38722432

Milton Keynes: The middle-aged new town - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38594140

The dental nurse who became an alligator catcher - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38641709

China birth rate up after one-child rule change - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38714949

Politics:

China's gamble for global supremacy in era of Trump - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38766887

Will Donald Trump mean the end of global trade? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38731812

The Most Extreme Party Coalition Since the Civil War -
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/01/the_gop_of_2017_is_the_most_extreme_party_coalition_since_the_civil_war.html

Trump inauguration: Two Americas in 24 hours - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38707721

Science:

Extra letters added to life's genetic code - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38737693

Sport:

Doping: European Athletics to examine credibility of all records -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38765253 Set up in January, crickets since. Possibly the most glorious way of avoiding the issue I've ever seen an organisation use.

Japan baseball team Chiba Lotte Marines have weird new mascot -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/40247184/japan-baseball-team-chiba-lotte-marines-have-weird-new-mascot

Cricket:

In Tymal Mills - the accidental pioneer - England have a glimpse of cricket's future -
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/in-tymal-mills-the-accidental-pioneer-england-have-a-glimpse-of-crickets-future-a7544346.html

Technology:

Why this Chinese New Year will be a digital money fest - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38746298

TV from the sun: 'Now I am connected to the whole world' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38680093

How the barcode changed retailing and manufacturing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38498700

'How we built India's biggest robot company' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38664034

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1138780.html

Language:

5 Russian words that explain Vladimir Putin - To understand the man, you need some Russian (and history) lessons. - https://www.politico.eu/article/five-russian-words-that-explain-vladimir-putin-in-2017/

Maths:

Was 2016 especially dangerous for celebrities? An empirical analysis. - https://medium.com/@jasoncrease/was-2016-especially-dangerous-for-celebrities-79d79b9fae02

Miscellaneous:

“Architecture saved my life”: Pablo Escobar’s son is a good architect now -
https://archpaper.com/2017/01/pablo-escobar-son-architect/

The Bush sisters wrote this touching letter to Sasha and Malia Obama -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38611031/the-bush-sisters-wrote-this-touching-letter-to-sasha-and-malia-obama From January

Brazil prison riots: What's the cause? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38534769

Falling in love in wartime Iraq - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38506269

Drenched Thailand still waiting for its green revolution - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38559206

The simple steel box that transformed global trade - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38305512

Young Russians born this decade face complete smoking ban -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38571174/young-russians-born-this-decade-face-complete-smoking-ban Well that's one way to do it.

How to nap successfully at work - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38498488

Music:

TripAdvisor Reviews of the Hotel California - https://medium.com/how-pants-work/tripadvisor-reviews-of-the-hotel-california-9395cde3b391 I laughed long and hard

Politics:

Why Brexit is still undefined - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38558056 This is from January. Guess what's still undefined now.

Science:

Recruiting prawns to fight river parasite - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38571937

New candidate for 'missing element' in Earth's core - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38561076

Sport:

Sporting photos: 11 of the best from Getty exhibition - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/40175719

Football:

Personal letters show how Graham Taylor always had time for fans -
http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/personal-letters-show-how-graham-taylor-always-had-time-for-fans-24116/?_ga=1.119693064.1411550946.1484310872

‘Dear eight-year-old Ronaldinho’ – Brazil legend pens emotional letter to his younger self -
http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/dear-eight-year-old-ronaldinho-brazil-legend-pens-emotional-letter-to-his-younger-self-24044/?_ga=1.83602774.1121939160.1484132031

Last man standing: A tribute to Gary Cahill - Gary Cahill is the last starter to have survived the cull that ensued following the Champions League triumph in Munich - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2016-2017/last-man-standing-a-tribute-to-gary-cahill_sto6006312/story.shtml

Rugby Union:

Dave Pearson: Rugby players 'need more protection', says ex-referee - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38564669

Technology:

'Sweating bullets' - The inside story of the first iPhone - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38552241

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1133385.html

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1125420.html

Films:

Moonlight: The small-budget film that is sweeping Hollywood awards - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38342818 From December

History:

London at Christmas: Revisiting capital's festive past - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38301208

Miscellaneous:

In pictures: The plight of the fishermen - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38249308

Burial at sea: Seven things you might not know - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38210497 Mostly because my mother keeps threatening this.

The man who looks after 735 dogs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38303320

The 'miraculous' life of Zuzana Ruzickova - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38340648

the elf advises - https://justinpetrone.wordpress.com/2016/12/17/the-elf-advises/

Blood bikers: The volunteer motorcyclists who help the NHS - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38330814

Wirral man has organ donor card tattooed on arm - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-38351550

Tropical bird on Heathrow flight home for Christmas - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-38346382 Red footed booby living up to its name.

Cold cases: The detectives on the trail of undiscovered killers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38347852

News:

Russian ambassador killing: Photographer who captured the scene - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38377164

The radio station giving hope to listeners in Syria - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38378108

How Does It Feel - Patti Smith on singing at Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize ceremony - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/patti-smith-on-singing-at-bob-dylans-nobel-prize-ceremony

The stories that prove 2016 was not the Worst Year Ever - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38224842

Sport:

16 unlikely heroes of 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo’s moth, Andrea Bocelli and a miserable lifeguard -
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/all-sports/16-unlikely-heroes-of-2016-cristiano-ronaldos-moth-glum-lifeguard-and-the-greatest-sprint-finish_sto5988221/story.shtml

The Olympic Games 2016 by Tom Jenkins - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2016/aug/22/the-olympic-games-2016-by-tom-jenkins

Football:

Best of the Premier League 2015-16 – in photos -
https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2016/may/16/best-of-the-premier-league-2015-16-in-photos

Formula 1:

Force India angered by 'unfair' Strategy Group - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/force-india-angered-by-unfair-strategy-group_sto5985220/story.shtml From December, but still accurate and true. The man has a point.

Tennis:

Tom Jenkins' best shots of Wimbledon 2016 — in pictures -
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2016/jul/11/tom-jenkins-best-shots-wimbledon-2016-in-pictures-andy-murray-serena-williams

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1125326.html

Architecture:

In pictures: The Art of Building 2016 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38301001

Language:

English Pronunciation - https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/23/english-pronunciation/ Obviously this is a joke, but I can. But probably not to the satisfaction of those wrong-headed people who think RP (or modern RP which sounds nothing like actual RP) is the only "correct" English pronunciation.

Law and order:

All new police officers in England and Wales to have degrees - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38319283 Oh this is going to end badly, because there's already not enough police, the ones that are there aren't paid enough and why any grad would want to go into that ... Actually, that's a point, I think policing is one of the few industries where I know nobody.

Miscellaneous:

Top tips for arranged marriage: '80 emails and no flirting' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38306794

How many famous female hairdressers can you name? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38267758

MURDERERS AND METHS DRINKERS: A STRANGE, GRIM TOUR OF ‘THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS’ - http://dangerousminds.net/comments/murderers_and_meths_drinkers_a_strange_grim_tour_of_the_london_nobody_knows

HOW INK MASTER BECAME AN UNEXPECTED LESSON IN FEMINIST STRATEGY - https://www.wired.com/2016/12/ink-master-feminist-amplification/?mbid=social_twitter

Marieke Vervoort: Paralympian who has signed euthanasia papers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/38306504

Blind in the Arctic: A survivor's guide to living in Nunavut - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-38132001

Faux fur or real - do you know what you're wearing? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38302019 The problem is real fur being sold as fake fur.

GONE TOO SOON - Game Over, Man: ‘Aliens’ Cast Remembers the ‘Irreplaceable’ Bill Paxton on Alien Day -
http://www.thedailybeast.com/game-over-man-aliens-cast-remembers-the-irreplaceable-bill-paxton-on-alien-day

News:

Srebrenica survivors on Aleppo 'No lessons learned' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38303222

Politics:

10 Crucial Decisions That Reshaped America - Nothing about the most dramatic campaign in memory was a foregone conclusion. The inside story of the pivotal choices that got us to President Trump. -
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/2016-presidential-election-10-moments-trump-clinton-214508

Maine's Immigrants Boost Workforce Of Whitest, Oldest State In U.S. -
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524536237/maines-immigrants-boost-workforce-of-whitest-oldest-state-in-u-s

A hard Brexit is the last thing Japan wants - https://www.ceps.eu/publications/hard-brexit-last-thing-japan-wants

The End of the Anglo-American Order - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/magazine/the-end-of-the-anglo-american-order.html?_r=1

How to win a referendum - http://www.politico.eu/article/how-to-win-a-referendum-brexit-inside-story-vote-leave-campaign/ Even if you didn't vote in the EU referendum, or couldn't vote in it, this is very interesting.

Science:

World's hottest borehole nearly complete - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38296251

A Possible Break in One of Evolution's Biggest Mysteries -
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/whale-passport/509756/

New spider species resembles Harry Potter 'Sorting Hat' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38325099

Tetrapod Triumph! Solving Mystery Of First Land Vertebrates -
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2016/12/05/tetrapod-triumph-solving-mystery-of-first-land-vertebrates

Sport:

Olympia Horse Show 2016: Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro prepare to bow out -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestrian/38306494

Boxing:

Jerome Wilson: Coma boxer 'feared something bad might happen' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/38248752 I feel I should add that he's out of the coma and doing relatively fine.

Football:

Johan Cruyff remembered by Bob Wilson - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/11/johan-cruyff-remembered-bob-wilson-football-obituary

Formula 1:

'Here's my CV!' Drivers - and Lukas Podolski - joke with Mercedes over vacancy -
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/here-s-my-cv-drivers-and-lukas-podolski-joke-with-mercedes-over-vacancy_sto5975524/story.shtml

Crossposts: https://redfiona99.livejournal.com/1123679.html

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