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CNN
3 hours ago
- CNN
Video shows police arrest man accused of killing couple on a hike with kids
The intense search for a man accused of a grisly double murder in northwest Arkansas over the weekend ended Wednesday in a hair salon. CNN's Dianne Gallagher recounts what happened.
Irish Times
12 hours ago
- Climate
- Irish Times
Ireland weather: ‘Unseasonably windy' bank holiday Monday expected
Met Éireann has forecast mostly dry weather for the bank holiday weekend but says Monday is expected to be wet and 'unseasonably windy'. Scattered outbreaks of rain or drizzle and patches of mist will be seen on Thursday morning, with cloudy skies making way for a drier, brighter afternoon and evening. Temperatures will reach highs of 16 to 22 degrees, warmest in Munster, in a light to moderate northwesterly breeze. Overnight there will be some light showers in the north and west of the country, with lowest temperatures of 9 to 13 degrees. READ MORE Friday morning is set to be 'mostly cloudy with isolated light showers', concentrated in the north and east. Sunny spells will develop once more in the afternoon and evening, with highs of 16 to 21 degrees. Met Éireann predicts a dry start to Saturday, with sunny spells in Leinster. Cloud will spread from the west through the morning and afternoon, bringing with it some patches of light rain or drizzle. Showers will develop in Connacht by evening. Highest temperatures are likely to fall between 17 and 20 degrees, with a moderate southwesterly breeze. Cloud and rain will clear from the southeast on Sunday morning after some scattered showers overnight. The rest of the day will bring 'a good amount of dry and bright weather', with just a few showers in the northwest. There will be highs of 16 to 21 degrees, with a moderate to fresh westerly wind, easing later. Conditions will take a turn on bank holiday Monday after a mostly dry weekend, Met Éireann forecasts. It may become 'unseasonably windy', with an unsettled forecast of wet and breezy weather.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Letterkenny and Sligo: New surgical hubs proposed for hospitals
The minister for health in the Republic of Ireland has now backed the development of two new surgical hubs in the north west, insisting the decision is based on announcement comes after concerns were raised by some Donegal-based clinicians when the regional Health Service Executive (HSE) initially identified Sligo as the preferred location for a new surgical hub in the Jennifer Carroll MacNeill confirmed on Monday a second unit will also be developed at Letterkenny University Hospital and dismissed claims this decision was politically motivated. It remains unclear whether patients from Northern Ireland will be able to access services at either site once operational. "This is the right thing for Donegal - it is the right thing for the north west," the minister said. "From a data perspective and a planning perspective, this was simply the right decision."The investment at Letterkenny University Hospital will include the development of a new surgical hub, along with expanded cancer treatment Sligo, a new stand-alone surgical hub with two operating theatres will be constructed near the town's university MacNeill described the announcement as "an important milestone" in delivering improved care for patients at both said the projects would make "a real and lasting difference" to people's lives in the region and emphasised that increasing surgical capacity in both locations was a priority for the Irish government."These investments align with our Ambulatory Elective Day Care Strategy and the National Cancer Control Programme," Carroll MacNeill said."They will ensure that patients in the northwest have timely access to high-quality surgical and oncology care." Hope to be operational 'within two years' The minister visited Letterkenny University Hospital on Monday to make the announcement. "This was the right decision— not because of a series of meetings, but because, from a data perspective and from a future planning perspective, this was simply the right decision," Carroll MacNeill said. "It's not anything political - this is the right thing for Donegal - this is the right thing for the north west and I hope we'll see the benefits of these two surgical hubs which will deliver quicker surgeries for people in a very short time."Carroll MacNeill said she hoped both hubs would be operational within two years. Regional executive officer for HSE west and north west, Tony Canavan, said the new units could help reduce waiting lists for elective procedures in Donegal and Sligo, but said questions remained over staffing the facilities. "In Letterkenny, the hub we're proposing to develop will also include day beds for people receiving oncology treatments—15 brand new beds, along with 15 replacement beds," he explained."That will mean people from Donegal can receive their chemotherapy close to home and will be able to plan for that in the future as well."However, Mr Canavan cautioned that staffing the new units would be a "challenge".
BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Show of Mancunian grit could be making of India captain Gill
India's cricketers began last week at Manchester United's training Devils manager Ruben Amorim could have done without a grilling from spinner Kuldeep Yadav about his continued use of he will be wishing his squad could show the same grit and determination India did during their trip to the north west, as their epic rearguard action in the fourth Test prevented England taking a decisive 3-1 lead in the series. They are proud of their entertainers on the red side of Holy Trinity. Sir Alex's flying wingers. The one they still call King Eric. India's performance was a tribute to one of this area's other favourite sons, Lord Atherton of Stoic Defiance. This Test came four years after India's previous visit to Old that occasion India pulled out of the fifth Test after a positive Covid-19 result and flew home with the series there to be won, given their 2-1 Gill was playing in his first Test against England in England when the hosts swept to victory in the rearranged match in Birmingham the following captain, Gill ensured that if England are to get the result they want from this summer's contest they will have sacrificed an inch from their height in doing Gill's 103 runs scored across 24 hours, England's bowlers would have celebrated victory on Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday on the golf out at 0-2 after only five deliveries, following a draining 157.1 overs as leader in the field, his head must surely have been spinning. In the first innings he was out for 12 shouldering arms, seemingly having played all of his shots in the pre-match news conference a day earlier by suggesting England had broken the spirit of Friday there murmurings of discontent in the India camp - questions of whether it was Gill or coach Gautam Gambhir calling the night bowling coach Morne Morkel took blow after blow in a news conference. 'Why was player A picked? Why did player B not bowl?' an unrelenting press contingent only made the resistance of Gill across the weekend, a 25-year-old a month into a gruelling first tour as captain, even more has spoken a lot this summer about wanting to wear his 'batter cap' when doing the day job. He has wanted to leave his metaphorical captaincy equivalent in his kitbag until he comes to field. In this knock he had to wear both to show the dressing room - one without the experience of three legends in Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma, who all retired within the space of six months over the winter - the way forward was to fight. Gill now has 722 runs in this series with four Graeme and Steve Smith, of South Africa and Australia, have scored more than 700 runs in a series against England in the UK this Smith was another young captain when he dominated the summer of 2003. His run-haul set him on the way to being one of the great leaders of the modern era, but he already looked a grizzled leader when taking the reins at 22. Gill, in contrast, is softly his first captain Kohli held court with an aura the size of his social media following, Gill answers questions with a disarming when India needed their captain to front up this week - with the bat and when Ben Stokes offered his hand for the draw with 15 overs to go - Gill did so, just as Kohli would have would have been easy for Gill to accept Stokes' offer when England's captain looked to the dressing room. Worse would have been to shrug and put the pressure on to inexperienced team-mate Washington Sundar, who stood 20 runs short of a maiden Test held firm - a stern look before his smile returned soon after. This was typical Gill and those in the ranks remember when their leaders front the is not to say Gill has been perfect in his first four matches in bowling Sundar until the 69th over of England's first innings was a clear tactical mistake. There have been strange selections a country of 1.4bn, medium pacer Anshul Kamboj cannot be the best option to take the new ball in England, while the series finale begins on Thursday with Kuldeep, the best spinner on either side, yet to make an is where he needs Gambhir's former India opener is Gill's antithesis. Combative and scowling, a news conference after a semi-final win in the Champions Trophy in March became a 20-minute argument. Another after the first Test at Headingley was similar. Gambhir could be The Spiky and coach do not have to come from the same pod, a la Stokes and Brendon McCullum. Jos Buttler and Matthew Mott failed at the head of England's white-ball team because they were both playing the good if Gambhir is willing and able to plug the gaps, Gill has shown he has both the personality and batting prowess to take this side aggressive approach gave this generation an edge and athleticism that remains long after he has gone. With his softer nature, and the ability to light a fire when needed, Gill can be the ideal captain for this latest words United's iconic former manager Sir Alex Ferguson once (almost) said half a mile up Sir Matt Busby Way now apply to India."Your job is to stand by your new captain."This week in Manchester could be the making of India's new skipper.
Washington Post
4 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
2 volunteers die fighting Turkey wildfires, raising deaths to 17 since late June
ISTANBUL — The death toll from wildfires outside the city of Bursa in northwest Turkey rose to four late Sunday after two volunteer firefighters died. The pair died in hospital after they were pulled from a water tanker that rolled while heading to a forest fire, news agency IHA reported. Another worker died earlier at the scene of the accident and a firefighter died Sunday after suffering a heart attack.
