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One dead and another in hospital after e-scooter crash
One dead and another in hospital after e-scooter crash
The Armagh Road in Dundalk remains closed after a man in his 20s dies in the Saturday night crash.
2023-08-20 16:05
Weird Al shares shockingly low amount he makes from Spotify Wrapped
Weird Al shares shockingly low amount he makes from Spotify Wrapped
Satirical artist Weird Al has shared just how little musicians are making from Spotify - even if they're in your Wrapped's top five artists. Users received personal 'thank you' video messages from artists if they made it into their top five list, however, Weird Al used the opportunity to remind everyone that the streams don't equal cash. “It’s my understanding that I had over 80 million streams on Spotify this year, so, if I’m doing the math right that means I earned… $12", he told fans, adding he'd be using the money to buy a sandwich. Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter
2023-11-30 23:21
Mikel Arteta: Timing of injuries at Arsenal ultimately cost Premier League title
Mikel Arteta: Timing of injuries at Arsenal ultimately cost Premier League title
Mikel Arteta believes the timing of injuries that hit his squad late in the season ultimately cost Arsenal in their bid to hold off Manchester City and win the Premier League. The team’s collapse largely coincided with a back injury sustained by defender William Saliba during their Europa League exit to Sporting Lisbon in March, with stand-in centre-back Rob Holding struggling to match the standard set by his team-mate. Arsenal were also without strikers Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah, defenders Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu and midfielder Mohamed Elneny for large parts of the season as they were eventually chased down by City despite leading the table for 248 days. It hands the club the unwanted record of the most number of days spent top of the league without becoming champions. Collecting just nine points from their last eight games extinguished the challenge from Arteta’s side, but the manager pointed to three draws in April – away at Liverpool and West Ham and at home to bottom-side Southampton – as the period where critical damage was done to their title hopes. The Gunners threw away two-goal leads at Anfield and the London Stadium before gifting Saints a 3-1 lead at the Emirates, from which they could not recover to win. Arteta felt his team should have beaten all three opponents in spite of Saliba’s absence, but noted that the title was usually won by sides that did not suffer the bad luck with injuries that hit Arsenal this season. “There were a few things (that caused the collapse) because we could have won at least three of the games that we drew without Willy and two of them really comfortably,” said Arteta. “But we didn’t. “We had some critical moments where we didn’t maximise the opportunity that we had in front of us. You have to arrive at this stage with 24 fit players in the best condition, ready to go. “It happened last season. In the last stages we lost three or four key players and it’s happened this season. “It’s a big lesson, because when you look who wins and how doesn’t win, they have the 24 of them with the knife in the teeth, ready to go physically and mentally, all going for it and they can have real momentum. We didn’t have that again. “Timing is everything. Moments define the season in your own way and for opponents. That’s dictated by many, many, many factors and you have to acknowledge that. There are certain things you don’t control and certain other things not. “We fail in certain (moments) in our control, but I’m sure there are things we could have done different or better.” Arteta was asked whether he feared for Arsenal’s prospects of challenging again next season, given the difficulties that Liverpool have endured this campaign after pushing City to the final day last May. Jurgen Klopp’s team have failed to make the top four despite finishing a point behind the champions last season after a pulsating title race. As well as the loss of key players and feeling the impact of an ageing team, it had been suggested that there had been a mental hangover at Anfield from last year’s pursuit of Pep Guardiola’s side. “Whatever we do now in the last game and what we’ve done in the last week is just to build into what is going to happen afterwards,” said Arteta. Let's move on and let's have a great season again Mikel Arteta “Painting a very clear picture of where we want to go and who wants to be part of that journey.” The manager also reiterated his commitment to the club after a year in which his personal stock has risen greatly. He added: “I am very happy here, I’m very happy with my contract. Let’s move on and let’s have a great season again.” Read More Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live Rob Edwards relieved to hear skipper Tom Lockyer is doing okay after Luton win Roberto De Zerbi wants to help Jason Steele follow Lewis Dunk into England squad Pep Guardiola has no concerns about ‘scoring machine’ Erling Haaland
2023-05-28 05:30
Erdogan links Sweden's NATO membership to Turkey's EU accession
Erdogan links Sweden's NATO membership to Turkey's EU accession
By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on Monday
2023-07-10 21:47
What is Space Dust? Family of nurse Krystal Talavera, 39, who died after taking 'legal high' Kratom wins $11M suit
What is Space Dust? Family of nurse Krystal Talavera, 39, who died after taking 'legal high' Kratom wins $11M suit
'The law nonetheless recognizes that the defendant must pay something, however inadequate,' the judge ruled
2023-07-31 18:47
Is Oliver Anthony married? Viral singing sensation says government won't 'save' anyone in new interview
Is Oliver Anthony married? Viral singing sensation says government won't 'save' anyone in new interview
Oliver Anthony's song, 'Rich Men North of Richmond', released on YouTube less than two weeks ago, has soared to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart
2023-08-26 16:16
Aaron Rodgers rejoins the Jets and is expected to attend their game vs. Chiefs, AP source says
Aaron Rodgers rejoins the Jets and is expected to attend their game vs. Chiefs, AP source says
A person with knowledge of the situation says Aaron Rodgers attended a team meeting at the New York Jets’ New Jersey hotel Saturday night and is expected to attend the game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night
2023-10-01 13:23
'The Voice' Season 24: Who is BIAS? Singer makes it to Team Gwen with husband Blake Shelton's hit
'The Voice' Season 24: Who is BIAS? Singer makes it to Team Gwen with husband Blake Shelton's hit
Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani were both floored by Grant Bias, who is a performer at a fried chicken joint
2023-10-04 11:24
Mercenary Prigozhin warns Russia could face revolution unless elite gets serious about war
Mercenary Prigozhin warns Russia could face revolution unless elite gets serious about war
(This story contains language that readers may find offensive in paragraph 5) MOSCOW Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of
2023-05-24 14:51
Aidan Roche missing: All we know about British hiker who vanished in the Swiss Alps
Aidan Roche missing: All we know about British hiker who vanished in the Swiss Alps
A British hiker has been missing in the Swiss Alps for more than a month, as his family continue the search to find him. Aidan Roche, 29, travelled to Switzerland for a two-week solo holiday in June, where he planned to track a mountain trail in the Grindelwald area. He was last heard from on 22 June, twelve days into his two-week trip and there has been no trace of him since. His brother Connor said of the experienced hiker: “It’s not something he wouldn’t have been able to manage. But sometimes you know, all it takes is a freak occurrence for something to go wrong.” His family and friends have set up GoFundMe page to help support further search efforts, as they say the Swiss police and mountain rescue service have ceased their efforts having “exhausted every option”. The campaign has now exceeded its £30,000 goal, with funds going towards generating new leads by raising awareness in the area, as well as the use of a search helicopter. Below we look at everything we know about search so far. Who is Aidan Roche? Aidan Roche is an experienced hiker from Middlesbrough. The 6ft 2in tall 29 year-old works as an offshore chemical engineer. He grew up in Longlands, a central Middlesbrough neighbourhood, and was living in Leeds at the time he went missing. He had planned to move back to Middlesbrough after his trip. “He’s a character and this solo travel thing is exactly the type of thing he loves,” his brother Connor has said. “He can talk to absolutely everyone and he can just make friends with anyone.” Aidan’s friend Beth Taylor says he had a distinctive tattoo on his arm reading “MAYASWELLMAYSENYA” and loved to play “blaring” music from a speaker as he walked. Where was he last seen? A video taken at 11:36am BST places Roche a short distance away from the village of Grindelwald, which sits at the foot of the Eiger mountain. Friends say this is the last footage he sent to them. In this video, and two others sent on the same day, other hikers can be seen in the background.Ms Taylor posted an appeal on TikTok, asking anyone with information about these people to come forward – it has been viewed 26,000 times. She says his family are looking for a woman seen sitting on a rock in a video filmed at 11:05 BST and five people near a waterfall filmed in the final video. “I know he would have spoken to the girl sitting near him in the video, and the people walking towards him. We’re just hoping that someone can identify them and give us a new lead.” The family have also released Aidan’s last text messages before he went missing, sent to an unnamed friend, where the 29-year-old wrote: “Hello, hello. I should be in Grindelwald in about two hours,” followed by a picture of the view from the trail, and his final message: “I’m still pretty high. I’ll see you back at camp.” What is the latest on the search? Mr Roche’s family went to Switzerland on 21 July to try and find him themselves. They have been forced to continue the search alone after the Swiss police and mountain rescue teams ended their efforts after ‘exhausting every option. This is proving costly, so the family and friends have launched a GoFundMe appeal so they can keep going. His brother Connor Roche provided an update on 30 July: “We just need some more information. We’ve had nothing coming in from any of the missing posters. “We’ve also now been given the bill for the search helicopter, which came to £7k.” His other brother Niall explained how the search effort went: There’s none of his bag or anything that he had with him. It doesn’t make sense how we haven’t found anything. From the timestamp of the picture he sent, it’s about 90 minutes of hiking and it’s not particularly difficult.” What have his friends and family said? In her TikTok video, Mr Taylor said Mr Roche had “biggest heart” and would “do anything for anyone”. Speaking to the Guardian, Connor Roche said: “I try and keep up hope that maybe he’s decided to wander off, or he’s hit his head and forgotten who he is, but I have to drag myself back to what we actually know and the evidence suggests that he’s still on the mountain and we haven’t found him yet. There’s the outside chance that he has some crazy survival story.” “You can’t help but imagine the worst of things sometimes – especially with it being this long since he went missing. “But then you feel guilty for imagining those things. Right now we just need more information – anything that can help us find him and bring him home.” Read More Brother’s desperate plea to find British hiker, 29, who vanished in Swiss Alps British Scouts attending South Korea jamboree moved to hotels after illness outbreak ‘Love, obsession, extortion and murder’: The dramatic downfall of TikTok influencer who became a killer Chef Tafari Campbell’s death ‘not suspicious’ as Obama daughters leave island Boris Johnson vows to protect newts threatening plans for pool at his country manor British Scouts pulled from South Korea jamboree as hundreds struck down by heatwave
2023-08-05 17:50
Arsenal crush PSV on 'beautiful' Champions League return
Arsenal crush PSV on 'beautiful' Champions League return
Mikel Arteta hailed Arsenal's "beautiful" return to the Champions League as Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard inspired a 4-0 demolition...
2023-09-21 05:34
India bats first in Asia Cup showdown against Pakistan
India bats first in Asia Cup showdown against Pakistan
India has won the toss and has elected to bat first in an Asia Cup showdown against Pakistan
2023-09-02 17:43