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A single 75-minute session of brisk interval walking performed just once a week can trim belly fat and boost cardiovascular fitness as effectively as spreading the same exercise across three separate days, according to new research from the University of Hong Kong. The study, published yesterday in Nature Communications, involved 315 adults living with central obesity and ran over a four-month intervention period.Researchers at HKUMed’s School of Public Health discovered that participants who consolidated their weekly interval training into one session achieved reductions in body fat percentage, total fat mass, and waist circumference that matched those seen in a group…

Ben Taylor, editor of The Sunday Times, said: “Rod Liddle had a wonderful way with words and used his unique talent to speak for the readers, highlighting the cant and absurdity that bedevils modern life. He was also supremely entertaining and for years his column was the first that many turned to every Sunday. We will miss him desperately.”Victoria Newton, editor-in-chief of The Sun, said: “Rod was a brilliant, fearless columnist who was much loved by all at The Sun.”A champion of press freedom, no topic was off-limits, and his writing – as funny as it was excoriating – was…

United States international Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy has been banned from all forms of cricket for eight years after being found guilty of match-fixing. An International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruption Tribunal found Reddy breached three counts of the sport’s anti-corruption code during the Abu Dhabi T10 League in the United Arab Emirates last year.The 26-year-old was part of the Aspin Stallions side that also featured former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and England’s Sam Billings and which reached the Abu Dhabi T10 final in 2025.The spinner made his USA debut against Cayman Islands in April 2025 and has played four T20s for…

Swindon have signed Wigan forward Joseph Hungbo on a season-long loan.Hungbo, 26, began his career at Crystal Palace before moving to Watford in 2019, making 17 appearances for the Hornets.Following loan spells at Aldershot, Ross County and Huddersfield, he joined German second division side FC Nuremberg in 2023 and Wigan two years later.Ian Holloway’s side begin their League Two season away to Northampton on 15 August.

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Four men and a woman have been found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that exploited teenage girls for sex.Mustafa Iqbal, Mohamed Arshad, Ziaullah Badshah, Jaswinder Singh were convicted of conspiracy to traffic their victims, who were aged 14,15 and 16.At Caernarfon Crown Court on Monday, Iqbal, Arshad and Badshah were also found guilty of rape while another member of the gang, Sarah Gray, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice and assisting an offender. The men were remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on 25 September, while Gray was released on bail.Prosecutor Owen Edwards KC…