The Boston Celtics took down the Los Angeles Lakers 111-101 on Saturday night, and in a game filled with superstar players, it was Jayson Tatum who took control of the contest. With LeBron James on the other side of the court, Tatum kept it real when discussing what it means to compete against one of […]
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Duke basketball defeated North Carolina on Saturday. Blue Devils coach Jon Scheyer is revealing the short but interesting message he gave his team at halftime. Duke nearly blew a double-digit lead to go into the break up by just one point. “This is great,” Scheyer said to his team at the half, per ESPN. Scheyer […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves will host the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday at Target Center. Rudy Gobert is questionable on the team’s injury report due to low back injury maintenance. Here’s everything we know about Gobert’s injury and playing status vs. the Spurs. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* Rudy Gobert […]
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Entering the month of March, Missouri basketball looked like a much different team. They had defeated South Carolina by 30 points on February 25, with star players Mark Mitchell, Caleb Grill and senior leader guard Tamar Bates motivated for the toughest stretch of the season. Over the last three appearances, however, the performances have been […]
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ENGLAND clash with Italy as Steve Borthwick’s side look to keep their Six Nations hopes alive.
After two victories over France and Scotland, the English play a third and final Six Nations test at Twickenham, aiming to remain in the hunt for the title.
The Italians aren’t in contention for the championship but they will be hoping to steer themselves clear of the Wooden Spoon.
France are in pole position to win the Six Nations following their rampant win at Ireland yesterday.
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HOLLYWOOD superstar Margot Robbie is rumoured to have bought a house in a Scots village.
The Barbie star, 34, is said to have purchased a property near Braemar in Aberdeenshire.
There have been claims the cottage sits on the banks of the River Dee, reports the Mail.
But the previous owner hasn’t disclosed who bought it from them.
Braemar has become a common haunt for celebs because of the Fife Arms – a luxury hotel in the town.
The historic inn has been a popular stay for some of the biggest A-listers around.
Popstar Rita Ora, acting legend Judi Dench, actor James Nesbitt and Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri are all on the list of people who have enjoyed a stay at the Fife Arms.
Members of the Royal family are also among their VIP guests.
Margot Robbie had a hilarious encounter the last time she was in Braemar.
She was in a pub in the village when she overheard a stag do talking about seeing her £1bn blockbuster Barbie while others had refused to watch it.
The star said they had a hilarious reaction when she approached them.
She said: “I was in a pub in the middle of nowhere in Scotland and I listened for about 30 minutes to a group of guys on a bachelor party discussing the Barbie movie not knowing that I was sitting two or three feet away from them.
“It was just truly fascinating. There were people at the table who refused to see the Barbie movie.
“One guy was like, ‘Dude, it is a cultural moment, don’t you want to be a part of culture?’ And the other guy was like, ‘I’ll never see it,’ and by the end he did want to see it. It was a whole thing.
“I wasn’t going to go up to them but then I did.
“At the last minute as I was walking out I went to their table and I went ‘Thank you for seeing the Barbie movie’.
“It was very funny, they lost it. It took a full minute for them to realise and I was practically out the door and they went ‘Ohhhh’.”
We previously told how the five-star Fife Arms was to close for a winter revamp in January.
Margot Robbie was approached for comment.
PRINCE Frederik of Luxembourg has died at the age of 22 after a long battle with a rare genetic condition.
His death was announced by his heartbroken father Prince Robert, the first cousin of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg who abdicated last year.
Frederik of Nassau died on March 1, an emotional statement on the POLG Foundation’s official website penned by his parents said.
Prince Robert, 69, and his wife, Princess Julie of Nassau, detailed how their beloved son who was born with POLG Mitochondrial disease died surrounded by his loving family.
The statement read: “It is with a very heavy heart that my wife and I would like to inform you of the passing of our son, The POLG Foundation Founder and Creative Director, Frederik.
“Last Friday, February 28th, on ‘Rare Disease Day’, our beloved son called us in to his room to speak to him for one last time.
“Frederik found the strength and the courage to say goodbye to each of us in turn – his brother, Alexander, his sister, Charlotte, me, his three cousins, Charly, Louis, and Donall, his brother-in-law, Mansour, and finally, his Aunt Charlotte and Uncle Mark.
“He had already spoken all that was in his heart to his extraordinary mother, who had not left his side in 15 years.
“After gifting each of us with our farewells – some kind, some wise, some instructive – in true Frederik fashion, he left us collectively with a final long-standing family joke.
“Even in his last moments, his humour, and his boundless compassion, compelled him to leave us with one last laugh….to cheer us all up.”
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THE UK’s ‘sweatshop village’ has become a ‘ghost town’ after fast fashion outlets feeding our addiction to cheap clothes pulled out – forcing scores of factories to close.
At least 1,000 workers have lost their jobs and are struggling to feed their children since big-name clothing brands switched to suppliers in Morocco, Turkey and Tunisia, a Sun probe can reveal.
Devastated Leicester locals say the change happened almost overnight following a public outcry over low pay and conditions in the East Midlands city, which was drawing comparisons with the slums of Bangladesh.
But embattled manufacturing bosses are pointing the finger of blame at the new Labour government, saying that Donald Trump-like tariffs should be imposed so they can compete with Chinese corporations like Shein and Temu.
Pete Tuli recently opened the Digital Press signage company in a former garment factory in the North Evington area of Leicester – and says the rattle of sewing machines suddenly stopped last year.
He said: “When we moved in, we were surrounded by clothing manufacturers but they have all closed down. They say it’s all going to Morocco now.
“Last year you could still hear the machines but this year, nothing. Two things happened. One, there was bad PR when there were all the reports about the factories during Covid times. But two, it’s always about who is cheapest.
“With Temu and Shein selling even cheaper clothes that are made in China, firms have to compete with that.
“So it no longer makes sense for them to source their clothes from Leicester. With business rates and National Insurance going up under Labour, it’s impossible to survive.
“The manufacturing industry needs a lot more support if it is going to have a future in this country.
“I think we should do what Trump is doing in the States and bring in tariffs that make it more expensive to import goods into the UK.
“We’re going to have a tough time competing as long as it’s so cheap to ship things here from Morocco and China.”
Leicester’s sweatshops were a closely-guarded secret known only to certain members of the garment community until five years ago.
The exploitative sewing, fabric and dye factories opened in response to the rise of fast fashion, referring to the insatiable demand for cheap clothes which were often paraded on social media before being thrown away.
Big UK companies like Boohoo made a mint cashing in on the trend, their skimpy outfits stitched together in record time before being snapped up on the internet and shipped direct to customer’s homes.
But the need to keep costs down and prices low resulted in production being outsourced to unscrupulous third-party bosses who – as we previously revealed – paid their employees as little as £2 an hour.
Those toiling in the many sweatshops were often undocumented migrants from Asia and Eastern Europe who lived in cramped two-bedroom flats alongside as many as a dozen other poor souls.
However, the scandal was blown open during the Covid-19 pandemic, when a significant number of employees got so sick they were unable to work.
Wesley Hall Community Centre manager Anita Rao says it was only during lockdown that she became aware of the huge numbers that were slaving for up to 12 hours a day for below minimum wage.
She now runs a food bank that supports over 1,000 families unable to make ends meet since the sweatshops went bust. She feels overwhelmed with guilt for blowing the whistle on the trade.
She said: “I only wanted to help. These people were coming here because they were desperate and before we could let them access the food bank we had to ask certain questions.
“It was then we started hearing stories of men and women being paid as little as £2 an hour to work 12 hours a day in factories with unsanitary toilets.
“These were people from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Romania and Bulgaria who saw the factory bosses as gods for putting food on their tables and did not dare to question them.
“We told them, ‘This is not right and if you keep working like this it could be dangerous for you.’
People relied on these factories, and their whole family relied on them too
Anita Rao
“We contacted the campaign groups Justice in Fashion and Hope for Justice because we wanted to call for better pay and conditions – for them to receive the minimum wage.
“We told the truth about what was going on, but nothing changed. The only thing that changed was that the factories closed down and everyone lost their jobs.
“So instead of getting £2 an hour they were getting nothing.
“It was very sad because people relied on these factories and their whole family relied on them too.
“I know it’s not good for people to be paid below minimum wage, but for them it was still a lot of money – and for their families back home it was a huge amount of money.
“There was a lot of upset and anger after that. It got so bad that the girl from Hope for Justice suddenly stopped coming here because she was scared.
“Some of those factories had been here for 10 years and for so many to close down was a big loss for Leicester and of course people were not happy.”
Anita’s team now organises educational classes to help former garment workers learn new skills.
She added: “These people are very good at sewing, but they don’t know anything else and without a job they don’t have enough money to feed their children.
“We have been helping them claim benefits, access English lessons and apply for jobs in other industries. I really hope that something positive will come from this one day.
“But I think the government should have done more to educate the garment factory bosses on how to treat their workers better.
“They could have also supported them financially so they were better able to compete with foreign firms – that way they wouldn’t have had to close down.”
DURING previous visits to Leicester's clothing factories, The Sun found evidence of modern slavery and sub-standard working conditions with workers being paid for a little as £2.50 an hour.
Workers in these so-called “sweatshops” were having to toil for hours in unsanitary conditions, only to go home and sleep in cramped, terraced homes harbouring multiple families and up to a dozen people.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the factories were blamed for cases rising in Leicester despite a fall in the national rate of infection.
Many factory bosses forced their workers to carry on despite the risks during this time.
There were also reports of workers being ordered to come in even if they tested positive, and reports of multiple cases of furlough fraud.
Following revelations over poor working conditions in factories that produced clothes for Boohoo, more than £1billion was wiped off the company’s value.
The fashion giant pledged to changed and improve monitoring of its suppliers.
North Evington’s dilapidated factories that were once humid with the sweat of workers now stand empty and cold, the net curtains to deter prying eyes replaced with iron mesh to keep out looters.
Signs stating ‘For Let’ pepper the red brick walls. The previously overcrowded terraced houses appear bereft and uninhabited, haunting vines of satellite dishes staring down on deserted roads.
A number of locals we spoke to blamed the job losses on production moving to Turkey, Morocco and Tunisia and said a number of shops were struggling to make a profit as a result.
One shopkeeper, who asked not to be named, recalled a village of people pouring onto the streets when day shift finished at 6pm.
“Now it’s like a ghost town,” he added.
Nitin Patel, 65, has helped run Shahi Kabab restaurant in North Evington, where most of the unsanitary sweatshops were based, since 1973.
He said: “This area used to be like Little India, there were so many garment workers, but all that has gone now and it’s not coming back.
“Over one thousand people used to work in these buildings and you would see them queuing outside before their shifts.
“It was good because there was so much footfall and everyone had work so no-one went hungry.
“Yes, they had to do 12 hour days, but I would work 20 hours a day and there was a good sense of community.
“The problem was there were too many cowboys trying to make a fast buck and now the fashion business is gone and the workers have lost their jobs.
“There is nothing here now and it’s very sad to see.”
The Sun has contacted Boohoo for comment.
HEALTH officials are urging thousands of Irish people who were recently ill with a stomach bug to stay home as cases are spiking across the country.
The HSE has recently reported a surge in Norovirus cases and it is expected to continue for several weeks as it is currently spreading “at high levels”.
The common illness is known as the winter vomiting bug and is usually high during the winter months, between December and April.
It spreads quickly through close contact, contaminated surfaces and food, making it highly difficult to contain once an outbreak occurs.
Issuing the warning, the HSE said: “Norovirus, a very common cause of gastroenteritis, is currently circulating at high levels in the community and these levels are likely to continue for the next number of weeks.
“Norovirus (the winter vomiting bug), which causes vomiting and diarrhoea, is highly infectious and easily spread by close contact between people.”
The health officials reveals that Ireland is currently dealing with high levels of COVID-19, RSV, influenza, and the norovirus, putting much extra pressure on healthcare services.
They added: “Norovirus normally surges in winter, often boosted by increased socialising.
“At this time of year, when we still have a lot of influenza, RSV and COVID-19, high levels of norovirus, combined with pressures from circulating respiratory infections, can place severe demands on healthcare services.”
They are stressing to Irish people that despite the virus being unpleasant, most cases recover quickly without medical treatment.
However, in a plea to hinder the spread of the virus, the HSE is urging the public to take the following precautions.
They urge people with a stomach bug to stay off work or school for at least 48 hours after their symptoms have passed.
If they have vomiting or diarrhoea, they are encouraged to avoid visiting the Emergency Departments and to contact their pharmacist or GP by phone instead.
However, if the ill patient is feeling unwell, they should not delay in going to the emergency department as it could be life-threatening.
They are also asked to wash their hands frequently and thoroughly with soap and water; alcohol hand gels do not kill noroviruses.
You are most likely to have norovirus if you:
In some cases, some people may have:
The symptoms usually start one to two days after you become infected and last up to three days.
The HSE said: “Norovirus, in most people, is an unpleasant but mild illness that passes off quickly without any treatment.
“It can usually be managed at home – drinking plenty of fluids is usually all that is needed.
“It’s not always possible to avoid getting norovirus, but following the above advice can help stop the virus spreading.”
Antibiotics will not help feel you better as it is caused by a virus.
The HSE also advises people to follow the guidelines that can help stop the spread of the virus in their homes and reduce the impact of the virus.
Disinfect any surfaces or objects that could be contaminated. It’s best to use a bleach-based household cleaner.
Wash any items of clothing or bedding that could have become contaminated separately on a hot wash to ensure the virus is killed.
Don’t share towels and flannels.
Flush away any infected poo or vomit in the toilet and clean the surrounding area.
Avoid eating raw, unwashed produce.
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