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Spire Healthcare, Britain’s largest private healthcare operator, has entered takeover talks that could lead to a change in ownership.Private equity firms including Bridgepoint and Triton Partners are exploring bids in a deal that could value the group at around £1.5billion, according to Sky News.If completed, the takeover would mark another FTSE-250 company leaving the London stock market.Spire runs close to 40 of the UK’s largest private hospitals, alongside more than 50 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms across the country.The healthcare group is also the nation’s leading provider of hip and knee replacement procedures.In addition to hospital services, Spire operates…

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Pauline McLeanScotland arts correspondentSUPPLIEDPaul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson are part of a 30th anniversary tour remembering the show they createdIt’s more than three decades since Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse created The Fast Show.And things have come full circle for both the comedy sketch show and its creators.The format – as the name suggests – involved rapid fire sketches, some lasting just ten seconds and none lasting longer than three minutes.For those watching in the mid 1990s, it was a ground breaking proposition which quickly developed cult status with characters and catchphrases embedded in popular culture.And since the show ended…

Jannik Sinner’s ambitions of winning a third straight Australian Open title looked close to being over as the Melbourne heat crept towards 40C.In the end, the rising temperatures helped the cramping Italian come through a testing third-round match – because the Grand Slam tournament’s heat rule was invoked.Only coming off court and having the roof pulled over saved Sinner from a shock defeat by American world number 85 Eliot Spizzirri.”I got lucky with the heat rule,” conceded Sinner, who came through to win 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4.Sinner was undoubtedly the biggest winner on a sweltering day where play was suspended…

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In a little over 100 days – three and a half months time – voters in Wales will elect a new devolved government.Opinion polls suggest the prospect of a groundbreaking result: Labour being rejected for the first time ever.The valleys of South Wales are steeped in Labour’s storied past.Hardie, Bevan, Kinnock and Foot — the giants of this movement have walked these streets.But the mood within Welsh Labour as it contemplates elections across this nation is bleak, even black.The contests here matter for their own sake as they will determine who is responsible for some of the most important public…

San Francisco 49ers legend John Brodie has died at the age of 90.The quarterback was the 1970 NFL MVP and spent all his 17 NFL seasons with the 49ers.Brodie led the NFL with 2,941 yards and 24 touchdowns during his MVP season and his number 12 jersey was retired by San Francisco when he ended his playing career in 1973.”The 49ers family is saddened to learn of the passing of one of the franchise’s all-time great players, John Brodie,” said 49ers co-chairman Dr John York. “As a kid, my 49ers fandom began by watching John play quarterback on television. He…

A drunken mother who yelled antisemitic abuse at diners at a famous kosher deli in central London while shouting “free Palestine” has been spared jail.Segments of Mary Clarke’s attack on customers at Reubens Cafe and Bakery were caught on camera during her antisemitic blast.Ms Clarke, who had been out binge drinking, accused families while they ate their food in Reubens of “killing babies” before exclaiming “free Palestine”.One diner can be heard in the footage alleging that Ms Clarke had broken their phone by launching it on the floor, and “said something about Jewish”.The drunken woman screams in the clip: “I’m…

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