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Snoeijs is healthy now, aside from a few niggling hip injuries, and her heart is screened every few years.Having two legs of different lengths might be expected to cause an issue for someone training to become a professional footballer.Yet Snoeijs never felt restricted and only now realises what an unusual case she was.”As a kid you don’t like the hospital visits, but it wasn’t the worst thing. I just sort of showed up and got checked. My parents turned it into a fun thing to do,” she said.”I really hated the special shoes. I felt a bit stupid and just…

Hundreds of thousands of drivers are now eligible for a revolutionary electric vehicle charging solution that could boost uptake among motorists.Around 500,000 drivers across Northern Ireland can now make use of innovative charging solutions after Kerbo Charge was approved for use.Motorists without driveways can now apply for a cross-pavement home EV charging channel from Kerbo Charge, helping to boost EV uptake across the country.Drivers can register their interest in the charging channel via an online form, which can help deliver massive savings every time they charge.Residents in Northern Ireland without a driveway are forced to rely on the public charging…

Sir Keir Starmer has declared that Britons should embrace voluntary ID cards on his two-day visit to Mumbai to discuss India’s own controversial scheme.The Aadhar scheme – which holds the names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, retinal and finger-print scans of more than a billion people – could be a worrying sign of what could be in store for the UK.A number of hidden dangers, outlined by openDemocracy, include mass surveillance; a denial of services to the elderly, the impoverished and the infirm; compromised safety and security, along with a fundamentally altered relationship between citizen and state.Sir Keir has said…

Mat Trewern andLauren HirstNorth WestBecky said the headset had “massively helped” for CobyThe mother of a young boy undergoing cancer treatment has said the use of distraction therapy has helped to “take his fear away”.Six-year-old Coby, from Oldham, was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer in June.Since then, the school boy has been wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset while having radiotherapy at The Christie in Manchester.His mother Becky said it had “made the trips here easy”, adding: “He’s never not wanted to come here for his treatment.”She said that at the “start of the journey, I never…

Princess Kate has released an essay warning that the growing reliance on technology is “toxic to health” as she outlined the dangers of humans losing connections to each other.The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood have published an essay by the Princess of Wales, titled “The Power of Human Connection in a Distracted World.”The piece is written in collaboration with Professor Robert Waldinger of Harvard University.The essay sets out two core points:Warm, loving and meaningful relationships are the single greatest investment we can make for health and happiness.Modern life, as well as rising loneliness and fragmented attention, are undermining our…

Another fresh blow to the high street as nearly 200 charity shops are set to close across the UK over the next 18 months, putting hundreds of jobs and thousands of volunteer roles at risk. At least 88 branches will shut by May 2026, with a further 100 expected to follow by April 2027.Cancer Research UK, which runs more than 500 stores nationwide, confirmed the shake-up as part of a major restructuring plan. Around 600 employees and as many as 3,000 volunteers could be affected by the closures. The charity also announced it will shut down its online marketplace at…

Motorists are being urged to familiarise themselves with the Highway Code as a major local authority calls on all road users to ensure they are safe on the road.Liverpool City Council has called on all road users to ensure their knowledge of the Highway Code is sufficient to stay safe when travelling.It comes as Transport for London launches a new campaign to highlight the importance of road safety, with many road users unaware of the vital rules.A survey from TfL found that only 16 per cent of people showed a correct understanding of the new rules that were introduced in…

Ruth Green News,Fiona Trott News andGerry GeorgievaEngland Data UnitIncidents of very young children taking knives into primary schools have been revealed by a investigation.Police in Kent recorded an assault involving a four-year-old pupil, while officers in the West Midlands reported that a six-year-old had taken a flick knife into class.The mother of Harvey Willgoose, a teenager murdered by another pupil in Sheffield, says the data is shocking and is calling on the government to fund metal detectors, or “knife arches”, for all UK schools and colleges.One teenage boy from Sheffield, who says he has taken knives to school, told us:…

The biggest difference between the Denmark game and the one at Hampden – as well as emphatic friendly wins over Slovakia and Bulgaria and the first qualifier against Belarus – was that the Danes did not allow those young talents to flourish.They were not afforded anything like the same time and space – something Scotland will have to learn from.Don’t expect Jovanovic to abandon his new commitment to this potentially golden generation as a result of that wake-up call.If Karetsas is fit to start, the likelihood is that he, Konstantelias and Tzolis will once again support Benfica’s Vangelis Pavlidis. In…

Around 100 firefighters were called to battle a major blaze on a high street.Fire crews rushed to Penge High Street in South East London at around 4.30am.Pictures show huge flames coming from a Poundland store, with a large part of the shop’s ground floor alight.Nearby properties were evacuated as firefighters worked to tackle the flames.Flames could be seen towering above rooftops near to the scene of the fire | XResidents were urged to close their doors and windows due to the smoke.Orange flames could be seen towering above the rooftops of houses nearby. Fire crews used a 32-metre ladder to…