People are being asked to only visit hospitals in the region if they are fit and healthy
A Welsh health board has issued an emergency message over an outbreak of norovirus. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is asking people not to visit or attend outpatient or other appointments if they have a range of symptoms.
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Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said due to the ongoing impact of the norovirus outbreak across several of its hospital sites “services are currently experiencing significant pressure”.
In a message executive nurse director Jason Roberts said only patients and visitors feeling fit and healthy should visit the board’s hospitals.
“When norovirus spreads within hospitals it can result in ward closures and reduced bed availability, affecting our ability to care for patients who need treatment,” he said.
“To help reduce the spread of infection we ask that patients and visitors only attend our hospital sites if you are feeling fit and well.
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“Anyone experiencing symptoms of a nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea should not attend our sites until they have been symptom-free for at least 48 hours.
“If you have an outpatient appointment and begin to feel unwell, please contact the department before attending so that alternative arrangements can be considered.”
The board runs Wales’ largest hospital, the University Hospital of Wales, as well as Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital and the dental hospital on the same site, Llandough, Barry and St David’s hospitals and Cardiff Royal Infirmary. For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here.
Most cases of norovirus can be managed at home with rest, fluids and self-care, and symptoms usually improve within two to three days.
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The board said anyone unsure about their symptoms is advised to use the NHS 111 Wales online symptom checker for advice and guidance. Anyone needing urgent healthcare advice or access to out-of-hours services should call 111 to speak with a clinician.
Mr Roberts added: “Our emergency unit should only be used for serious or life-threatening emergencies. Our colleagues follow strict infection prevention and control guidance, including thorough handwashing, to help reduce the spread of infection within our hospitals.
“These measures are supported by national guidance, including the national infection prevention and control manual from Public Health Wales, and our local dress code policy.
“Staff who develop symptoms of respiratory or viral infections are advised not to attend work until they have been symptom-free for at least 48 hours.”
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From the defiant tone struck by Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in his first statement as leader on Thursday, it appears that the ayatollah has no intention of calling an end to Iranian resistance. Instead, Khamenei – who did not appear in public but whose words were read out on state media – said Iran was preparing to open new fronts in the war and would continue to block the strait of Hormuz.
He also vowed to avenge Iran’s “martyrs”, among whom he counts his own father and wife, stressing that “every member of the nation who is martyred by the enemy is an independent subject for revenge”.
The messages coming from the Trump administration continue to be mixed. The president himself seems to change his mind on this fairly regularly. He told a rally in Kentucky on March 11 that while: “You never like to say too early you won. We won.” On Monday March 9 he was saying that: “I think the war is very complete, pretty much … we’re very far ahead of schedule.”
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But at the same time he has also declared that nothing short of “unconditional surrender” will do and that he wants to pick Iran’s new leader personally.
Andy Gawthorpe believes Donald Trump is talking himself out of seeking an early exit ramp from the war. He explains that whether a conflict is a success or failure is “typically judged against the goals the combatants set for themselves”. But, he notes, not only has Trump set some lofty and unlikely goals, but his senior advisers are also introducing other factors into the equation.
Gawthorpe says it may be that the war aims as expressed by secretary of state and national security adviser, Marco Rubio, are more realistic. Rubio wants to destroy Iran’s ballistic missile programme and its navy. This is a more achievable wishlist, although it might cost the US a fortune and seriously deplete its stock of air defence interceptors, with as yet unknown consequences for global geopolitics.
For Trump to stick with his stated aims but be forced to settle for less risks looking as if the war is a failure. And that would be a disaster for the Republican Party just months away from the midterm elections.
It’s all so different from what the president promised on the campaign trail. Back then the message was “America first” and “no new wars”. Trump’s message to his base has always been that America has been drawn into unnecessary and costly foreign conflicts on the back of what previous “liberal” administrations have seen as pointless nation-building missions to boost democracy in support of a rules-based order. Rather than being “number one”, the US had become a “do-gooder” abroad while neglecting American families suffering the fallout of globalisation at home.
So what are we to make of the reality of Trump 2.0? Bamo Nouri and Inderjeet Parmar, both experts in US foreign policy at City St George’s, University of London, believe that very little has materially changed. They write that US foreign policy, even when cooperating with regional partners and proxies as it has over the years, has been based on the overarching principle of supporting American hegemony. America first without the baseball cap, if you like.
The language is different. As Nouri and Parmar conclude: “Liberal internationalists justified primacy through universalist ideals. America first recasts it in nationalist terms: sovereignty, strength, deterrence.”
Over the past 14 months, the EU has had to scramble to adjust to the new realities of US foreign policy under Trump 2.0 – a new world in which European security is a long way down the agenda. This has been most evident over Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has put huge economic pressure on the EU (and other European allies such as the UK) as they’ve scrambled to find funds to support Kyiv. This has put a great deal of pressure on EU solidarity, and at least two member states, Hungary and Slovakia, are at loggerheads with the rest of the EU and threaten to derail its plans to continue to supply Ukraine with weapons.
Meanwhile, following the assassination of Iran’s former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, on the opening day of the war, Luca Trenta and Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi, point out that the groundwork for that was all laid by the US, which “helped plan the operation, provided key intelligence to identify Khamenei’s location and destroyed Iranian defences to pave a path for his executioners, [but] did not pull the trigger”. The actual killing strike was delivered by Israeli warplanes.
It is, they write, something of a tradition going back many decades and spanning several continents, for the US to hatch assassination plots but allow a proxy to do the killing.
Trump always claimed the Abraham accords, which aimed at normalising relations between Israel and the Gulf states, as one of the great foreign policy successes of his first term. But it’s hard to see how the stability and prosperity for all that were the aim of the accords will survive this conflict.
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While so much of the Middle East was wracked with conflict over three decades (the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf wars of Bush father and son, and the Arab Spring) the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been largely tranquil. (A nascent uprising in Bahrain in 2011 was quickly and savagely put down with the help of its neighbours.)
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Instead, stability, safety and modernity were the hallmarks of their success. But now, writes economist Emilie Rutledge of the Open University, this is at risk. For those states whose wealth has been underwritten by their oil exports, this will of course be a challenging time. But perhaps more important is the reputational damage as the hordes of businesspeople, holidaymakers and lifestyle influencers raced to get flights (some of the latter group without the pets they had delighted in posing with on Instagram). Whether and how quickly these countries’ reputations will recover will be down to how long and damaging the conflict turns out to be, Rutledge concludes.
The same goes for the price of oil, writes Adi Imsirovic. Usually oil markets are robust enough to absorb short-term supply shocks, but a lot will depend on how long Iran is able to keep the strait of Hormuz closed for. Imsirovic, an expert in energy systems at the University of Oxford, weighs up the economic and geopolitical risks of a prolonged conflict.
One of Iran’s great gifts to the world is its cultural heritage. The country has 29 Unesco world heritage sites spanning thousands of years of artistic, literary and architectural greatness. From the Achaemenid ceremonial capital at Persepolis to the tomb of Cyrus the Great at Pasargadae, Shiraz, the “city of poets, gardens, and wine” and the Safavid-era Persian glories of Isfahan, Iran is pretty much unparalleled as a store of cultural wonderment.
Deliberately targeting cultural monuments is prohibited under numerous international conventions. But precious things are often also delicate and easily damaged. British-Iranian academic Katayoun Shahandeh of SOAS, University of London, identifies several important sites that have already been damaged in the air campaign. They will be hard to properly repair, she concludes: “Once destroyed, these monuments cannot truly be replaced.”
Stupid Never Dies -new game, new developer (GPTRACK50)
From one of Capcom’s most experienced producers, and a new team that’s worked on everything from Monster Hunter to Far Cry 4, comes an exciting new action RPG with a roguelike tinge.
With the continuing drip-feed of news about games developers around the world shuttering or suffering layoffs, it’s always pleasing to welcome a new one to the industry. Japanese outfit GPTRACK50 first emerged in December 2025 at The Game Awards, with an intriguing teaser trailer for its first game, Stupid Never Dies.
It features a zombie protagonist, a cartoonish, hyper-coloured art style, and a brief hint of some epic-looking action. Now, the developer has given us the first in-depth (hands-off) presentation of the game, and our intrigue has transformed into anticipation.
With its wacky storyline and distinctive visuals, Stupid Never Dies has a slight whiff of a Suda51 game, such as the recent Romeo Is A Dead Man. But before drilling down into its gameplay, it’s worth putting it into context by examining the background of this new developer.
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GPTRACK50 was founded, and is helmed by, a bona fide big beast of Japanese development, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who previously spent 28 years at Capcom, with production credits spanning various Resident Evil and Devil May Cry games; Kobayashi was also the driving force behind Dragon’s Dogma and was producer on Suda51’s killer7.
He also headed up Capcom’s drive to turn its intellectual property into films and is keen to point out that amongst the team of around 30 people are developers who worked on the likes of Resident Evil 4, Monster Hunter: World, Far Cry 4, Final Fantasy 15 and Metal Gear Solid 5.
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Kobayashi spoke about how keeping his team to 30 people allows the studio to remain agile and even though the company has only existed for three years, he was adamant that Stupid Never Dies will be released in 2026.
Via a trailer and various sequences of gameplay, Kobayashi explained what Stupid Never Dies will be all about. The game’s general tone is apparently defined by the phrase ‘funky zombie action’ and he pointed out that it’s an attack-focused game, with no guard or dodge. Although it will feature a parry move, which causes great damage if properly timed.
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Stupid Never Dies has a simple but wacky storyline. You play Davy, a low-level zombie who is described as: ‘The weakest of the monsters.’ In Stupid Never Dies’ post-apocalyptic game-world, Davy wanders, in classic zombie fashion, into a shopping centre where, in a cold storage room, he encounters Julia, a beautiful woman who has been frozen; Davy instantly falls in love with her and his desire to bring her back to life becomes his driving motivation.
You can tell al lot of the developers used to work at Capcom (GPTRACK50)
Davy encounters a mad scientist called Dr Frank, who explains that the zombie outbreak has been caused by the King of Monsters, who resides in a vast subterranean dungeon. Dr Frank produces a phoenix egg which Davy eats, giving him powers that will enable him to take on the monsters in said dungeon, with the King of Monsters’ demise returning the world to normal and enabling the resurrection of Julia.
The developers weren’t entirely forthcoming about all of Stupid Never Dies’ gameplay mechanisms, but they confirmed that the game’s action, and its role-playing style elements, reside in the monster-filled dungeon. Every time Davy visits the dungeon, the speed at which he levels up will increase, and he will essentially start from scratch with each new visit. Later in the press conference, the company admitted that that mechanism has a roguelike feel to it.
After ingesting the phoenix egg, Davy acquires the ability, while in the dungeon, to bite monsters, eat their cores and learn how to assume their physical forms. Thus, Davy’s ability to shapeshift (and, the developer adds, body hack, allowing him to, for example, attach a sword or gun to one arm) allows him to take on and beat hordes of monsters at once.
Turning into a werewolf seems helpful (GPTRACK50)
The developer has used that mechanism to enable Davy to assume no fewer than 11 wildly different forms. Namely werewolf (agile, with claws); harpy (flying, with a range attack); golem (tank-like, and good against packs of enemies); vampire (puts Davy in charge of a pack of bats that attack from mid-range); will-o-the-wisp (ghostly and ethereal, good for avoiding environmental traps); cyclops (huge and deadly at close range); snow fairy (freezes enemies, making them more vulnerable); merfolk (dives into the ground as if it were water); lich (commands an army of skeletons, whose ranks can be added to with dead enemies); and demon (uses whips and gravity to control enemies’ positions).
Stupid Never Dies’ gameplay hinges on dynamically morphing between those forms, according to what enemies you’re faced with – presumably, each pass you make through the dungeon will introduce Davy to new fighting forms, until in the latter stages, he acquires all 11 of them. The body-hacking system will remain consistent whatever form Davy morphs into. We were shown him with a gun, a sword, a rocket launcher, and a gravity gun sending out mini-black holes, with equipment attaching to his right arm, legs or head.
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On top of this is the Davy Burst: a mode that powers up as he takes out enemies and enhances all his abilities, effectively giving him a special attack. In the time-honoured fashion of action role-players, there will also be boss battles, although we didn’t get to see any in the fairly brief demo.
While the preview left plenty of question-marks about the game – such as how well its unusual levelling up structure will work, what gameplay exists outside of the dungeon, and how different an experience the dungeon might present each time you visit it – it certainly whetted our appetite to sample the game for ourselves.
Stupid Never Dies certainly looks pretty impressive, and its combat is indisputably fast, over-the-top and empowering. As ever with a first look, hands-off demo, it’s impossible to ascertain how well it will hang together as a structured game or, for example, how long it will take to complete and how much replayability it might provide. At launch, it will be available for PlayStation 5 and PC only; GPTRACK50 hinted that it might port it to Xbox consoles, but not until it has been on sale for a while.
But if you like action role-players, it’s definitely one to look out for as it promises satisfying action, loads of character, and hopefully a certain amount of originality to its gameplay. We’ll report back when we manage to get some hands-on play with it.
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Devil May Cry seems a bigger influence than Resident Evil (GPTRACK50)
The State Pension age is rising from 66 to 67 for people born in the early 1960s, with the gradual increase starting in April 2026
Linda Howard Money and Consumer Writer
21:00, 12 Mar 2026
Millions of workers are being encouraged to verify their State Pension age as the long-anticipated increase from 66 to 67 commences next month. The adjustment means individuals born in the early 1960s may not retire at 66 as many anticipated.
Instead, their State Pension age will incrementally rise depending on their precise date of birth. Under the current schedule, the State Pension age will rise from 66 to 67 between April 2026 and March 2028.
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Those born between April 6, 1960 and March 5, 1961 will see their retirement age extended beyond 66, with the exact age contingent on when they were born. For some, this could mean waiting several additional months before they can begin receiving their State Pension.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is urging people nearing retirement to check their State Pension age so they know precisely when they will become eligible for payments, reports the Daily Record. Officials highlight that many still presume the State Pension automatically starts at 66, but this will no longer be the case for those impacted by the latest increase.
Another crucial point is that the State Pension does not commence automatically – individuals must actively claim it when they reach State Pension age. The Pension Service typically sends an invitation letter around four months prior to someone reaching their State Pension age, explaining how to make a claim.
However, the DWP emphasises the importance of individuals checking their own retirement age to plan ahead and avoid any confusion about when they will start receiving payments.
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Determining your State Pension age is straightforward and can be done online by inputting your date of birth into the UK Government’s official State Pension age calculator.
The current full rate of the New State Pension stands at £230.25 a week – set to increase to £241.30 from 6 April – although the precise amount someone receives is dependent on their National Insurance record.
To receive the full New State Pension, most people require approximately 35 qualifying years of National Insurance Contributions (NICs), whilst those with fewer years may receive a reduced amount. A minimum of 10 years of NICs is needed to qualify for any State Pension payments.
The rise in the State Pension age is part of the UK Government’s long-term plans, designed to reflect increasing life expectancy and the escalating cost of pension provision.
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Further increases are already scheduled, with the State Pension age anticipated to rise again to 68 in the mid-2040s, although the exact timetable for this change remains under review.
For now, officials state that the priority is ensuring people nearing retirement understand when they will become eligible for the State Pension and how to claim it.
Anyone uncertain about when they will receive their State Pension can verify their exact retirement age through the government’s online service by entering their date of birth.
Fragrance entrepreneur Jo Malone is facing legal action from Estee Lauder’s parent company over the use of her own name.
Ms Malone, who sold her eponymous fragrance brand to Estee Lauder in 1999, later established her new venture, Jo Loves, in 2011.
The businesswoman recently developed perfumes for high street giant Zara.
High Court records show an intellectual property claim was filed on Wednesday by Estee Lauder Europe and Jo Malone Limited against Ms Malone personally, Jo Loves and ITX Limited, which trades as Zara.
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No documents are currently available in the case brought over alleged trademark infringement, passing off and breach of contract.
A spokesperson for the Estee Lauder Companies, the group behind beauty brands including Estee Lauder, MAC and Clinique, said the group has “invested significantly” in the Jo Malone London brand.
They said that after Ms Malone sold her brand in 1999, she agreed to “clear contractual terms” which included not using her name “in certain commercial contexts, including the marketing of fragrances”.
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No documents are currently available in the case brought over alleged trademark infringement, passing off and breach of contract (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo)
The spokesperson continued: “She was compensated as part of this agreement, and for many years, she abided by its terms.
“Ms Malone’s use of the name ‘Jo Malone’ in connection with recent commercial ventures goes beyond that legal agreement and undermines Jo Malone London’s unique brand equity.
“We respect Ms Malone’s right to pursue new opportunities.
“But legally binding contractual obligations cannot be disregarded, and when those terms are breached, we will protect the brand that we have invested in and built over decades.”
The road remained open, although it caused congestion in the already busy area.
Deane Road has been the scene of a number of crashes.
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Although the cause of this smash is not known and subject to an investigation, there have been a number of operations and campaigns to tackle the number of crashes in the area.
This includes proactive police operations, including monitoring speed.
It was the centre of a hard-hitting campaign, ‘No more flowers’, last summer.
No More Flowers is a campaign to end deaths on the region’s roads, and a powerful installation was placed on the road where there have been a number of crashes in the area.
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The campaign, targeted roads across Greater Manchester aims to highlight the harm that speeding can cause.
The display of “154” reflects the number of people across Greater Manchester killed or seriously injured by speeding between 2020 and 2023.
Of these, seven people were killed on the roads in Bolton in 2023 and nine people in 2022.
The firm said it is optimistic as talks continue with another prospective buyer but wages will be paid late for March
21:11, 12 Mar 2026
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Staff at Welsh company Brace’s Bakery will be paid a week late this month after the sale of its Pen-y-Fan site fell through. The bakery said it has been in talks with the Welsh Government and financiers to bridge a funding gap while talks continue with a second prospective buyer for the site.
Brace’s director Jonathan Brace has assured staff their jobs are safe. But instead of being paid on March 25 bosses have told the 250 workers that salaries will go into their bank accounts on March 31.
Brace’s confirmed plans to shut its manufacturing plant on the Pen-y-Fan Industrial Estate in Blackwood and axe jobs last October. It comes amid rising costs and pressures in the bread market. For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here
The bakery directors wrote to staff in October saying that as a result of “increasingly difficult” market conditions the only “viable option” was to close Brace’s manufacturing plant.
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Jonathan Brace, the director of Brace’s Bakery, said at the time that the company envisaged fewer than 20 redundancies and the majority of staff were expected to move to the Croespenmaen site, which is located around a mile away. But now the hoped for Pen-y-Fan sale has fallen through, the company confirmed.
An initial letter sent to staff warning them of delayed salaries for March, seen by WalesOnline, cites “unforeseen circumstances” and says the delay is temporary and that the company had not taken the decision to take such action lightly.
The letter, from Brace’s finance director Leon James, also assured staff that Brace’s would cover any fees staff may incur for late payments as a result of salaries not going into bank accounts on time.
Asked about the late salary payments Mr James shared a second letter that has now gone out to staff explaining the reasons and details behind the delay.
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The letter, from Mr Brace, says although one prospective buyer for the Pen-y-Fan site “has fallen by the way”, another is still in talks with Brace’s.
“The management team have been in discussions with the Welsh Government and other financiers to get funding to bridge the gap between the end of March and the sale date,” it reads.
“One of our customers has come up trumps and bridged the funding gap which secures our position long term,” the letter sent on March 5 reads.
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“This does not mean we should relax; the success of the business is always dependent on sales growth, cost control and the managing of waste numbers.
“Mark, I, Craig and Leon do apologise that we had to move the payroll date out until the 31st for this month, but we had to be secure that the monies were in our bank account in time.
“There is more good news, as we have secured more business which should be coming in the next few months. Please take from this we have been working hard to make sure the business is secure and your jobs are secure.”
The Brace family has been baking in the Welsh valleys since 1902 after George Brace started his own bakery in the mining village of Pontllanfraith.
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The business, which now supplies bread, Welsh cakes, rolls and other artisanal products to major supermarkets, is still run by the Brace family.
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WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — An attacker armed with a rifle rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest reform synagogues Thursday, driving through a hallway as security opened fire, fatally shooting him, The Associated Press has learned.
The vehicle caught fire after crashing into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, just outside Detroit, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to the AP.
None of the synagogue’s staff, teachers or the 140 children at its early childhood center were injured, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said.
The attacker drove through a set of doors and into the hallway where something in the vehicle ignited, Bouchard said. “He was traveling with purpose down the hall, from my look at the video,” Bouchard said.
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Investigators were still working to identify the man and a possible motive, said the person who could not publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. The person cautioned that the investigation was still in the early stages.
In the minutes after the attack, smoke billowed from the synagogue. One security officer was hit by the vehicle and knocked unconscious but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, the sheriff said.
The synagogue has multiple security officers, he said, and at least one fired at the suspect, who was found dead inside his vehicle.
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“We can’t say what killed him at this point but security did engage the suspect with gunfire,” the sheriff said, adding that it was possible the attacker killed himself or died some other way.
In a statement posted on Facebook, the synagogue praised its security personnel “who are truly heroes” for neutralizing the gunman.
“Our teachers followed their training and kept the children safe and calm,” it said.
Parents raced to retrieve children who were in the synagogue
About a dozen parents sprinted to get their children soon after authorities cleared the building. Other families were reunited at a nearby Jewish Community Center.
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Allison Jacobs, whose 18-month-old daughter is enrolled in Temple Israel’s day care, said she got a message from a teacher saying the children were OK even before she knew what happened.
“There are no words. I was in complete and utter shock,” she told the AP. “I was hoping that it was a false report.”
Jacobs, whose family is Jewish, said she tries not to think about all that’s going on in the world.
“You never think that this is actually going to happen to you,” she said. “But I know that it’s — it’s just terrible. This morning I was mourning the loss of the school that got hit in Iran.”
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Synagogues increased security since the start of Iran war
Synagogues around the world have been on edge and have been ramping up security since the U.S. and Israel launched a war with Iran with missile strikes on Feb. 28.
The FBI has warned that Iranian operatives may be planning drone attacks on targets in California. Two men brought explosives to a far-right protest outside the New York mayoral mansion on Saturday. Investigators allege they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group.
And an assailant drove a car into people outside an Orthodox synagogue in Manchester, England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. He stabbed two people to death before officers shot and killed him.
President Donald Trump said he had been fully briefed on the attack, calling it a “terrible thing.”
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Attack brings back memories of prior massacres
Oakland County is Michigan’s second-largest county with roughly 1.3 million people. The majority of Detroit-area Jewish residents live there.
“This is heartbreaking,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement. “Michigan’s Jewish community should be able to live and practice their faith in peace.”
It was the second attack at a house of worship in Michigan within the past year. Last October, a former Marine fatally shot four people at a church north of Detroit and set it ablaze. The FBI later said he was motivated by “anti-religious beliefs” against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Temple Israel has 12,000 members, according to its website, which says the synagogue is “passionate about helping Jewish communities across the globe” and that its mission is to “create a community building through the lens of Reform Judaism.”
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The Jewish Federation of Detroit briefly advised all Jewish organizations in the area to lock down.
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, a survivor of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, said in a statement that the Michigan attack demonstrates yet again the consequences of hatred.
“We lose our humanity when we seek violent means as a solution,” said Myers, rabbi of the Tree of Life Congregation, where 11 worshippers died in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. “No one should dwell in fear because of who they are.”
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Durkin Richer reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press reporters Ed White in Detroit; Todd Richmond in Madison, Wisconsin; John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio; and Eric Tucker in Washington, D.C., contributed.
Igor Tudor has failed to make an impact at Tottenham and Wayne Rooney believes the club now need a boss in the mould of Roy Keane to improve their chances of survival
21:22, 12 Mar 2026Updated 21:23, 12 Mar 2026
Wayne Rooney reckons Tottenham need to get someone like Roy Keane into the manager’s hotseat if they are to survive relegation this season.
Spurs are embroiled in a Premier League relegation battle after a calamitous season and concerns are growing with their interim head coach, Igor Tudor, losing all four of his games since succeeding Thomas Frank last month.
The Croatian’s position is already starting to be questioned with some pundits suggesting Tottenham will need to make another managerial change if they are to retain their top-flight status.
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And Rooney feels the club need a no-nonsense character like Keane who is ready to ‘go in and batter’ Spurs’ underperforming players.
“Those players need to look at themselves, I think they have been an absolute disgrace, I do, Rooney said on the Stick to Football podcast. “The performances, the attitude, the lack of desire, the lack of fight, the lack of anything in them.
“I was watching the Palace game the other day and I really felt sorry for Tottenham fans, they are not even angry anymore they are disappointed and sad.
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“Them players need to look at themselves, this is a disgrace. I think they need someone to go in, like Roy, and batter them. They need some fear put into them.”
“I got a phone call last week from Daniel, funnily enough,” Redknapp told talkSPORT.
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“I think I spoke to him once since I left all that time ago, and I was in the car last week and suddenly the phone goes, it’s Daniel Levy.
“I thought ‘that’s strange’ and I was on the phone to him for about half hour, chatting to him and he was explaining what happened to him, and how he got marched out of there, which was really strange.
“And he did say to me: ‘If I was there now, and I’m not just saying it, I would bring you back in until the end of the season, Harry’, so it would have been interesting.”
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Carrick is the front runner to land the permanent job this summer (Picture: Getty)
Paul Parker believes Harry Maguire’s time at Manchester United must come to an end this summer, also urging his old side to offload Mason Mount while they still can.
Maguire has been a rock at the back since returning from injury at the start of the year, playing a central role in the club’s return to form under Michael Carrick.
Talks have taken place to extend his stay but with Ayden Heaven and Leny Yoro waiting in the wings, United may choose to look to the future.
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With injuries resurfacing, Lisandro Martinez’s future has also come into doubt with Matthijs de Ligt another who has struggled this season, not playing since the end of November due to a persistent back problem.
United have big decisions to make at the back this summer with former right-back Parker believing Martinez could still have the chance to prove he can be a long-term option.
And while Maguire has proven his critics wrong over the years, he suggests it would be ‘foolhardy’ for United to let sentiment cloud their judgement when it comes to planning for the future.
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Maguire has entered the final months of his contract at Old Trafford (Picture: Getty)
‘I just think at the end of it all, he’s done his time, he’s been through a lot of managers. I think it’d be foolhardy to keep him on,’ Parker told Metro via Live casinos in Ireland.
‘You’ve got two centre-halves. You’ve already got Yoro and Heaven, you’ve got de Ligt, you’ve got Martinez.
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‘Keeping Maguire is like stopping two young players maturing. That’s what you’re going to go and do.
‘And as well, this rubbish they say, “oh it’s good to have him around”, he’s seen off too many managers. Now he’s played under Carrick, there’s a good chance there’s another manager coming in. I just think at the end of it, you can’t let sentiment get in the way of progression of a team.’
Doubts have also emerged over Martinez’s future (Picture: Getty)
On Martinez, Parker added: ‘United need to invest in a centre back. But if he was to get back and get a few games in before the end of the season and then get a decent pre-season behind him, there’s a very good chance that you’re going to get someone who’s going to want to play.’
Mount meanwhile has managed just one minute of playing time under Carrick – late on against City back in January.
Even when fit, Parker questions where the 27-year-old features in the current set-up and believes United should take any offer they can get this summer.
Mount has struggled to stay fit in Manchester (Picture: Getty)
‘If you’re going to look at a starting XI for Manchester United, would they pick him to start next season? The answer would be no,’ Parker said.
‘I don’t think people know where you would pick him to play. He’s not someone you start out wide. He’d be someone you start through the middle, and the middle is the main bit of it, the spine of the team.
‘I look at it and if someone comes in and offers you money, you’ve got to take it.
‘He hasn’t played a lot of football and then he’s gone missing again. He’s finished games, he’s come off as a sub and you can’t see anything, the reasons why it works, if anything tactical has come off.’
Steve and Ben were joined in the Rovers after the service by two of Jim’s former army friends, which immediately set Maggie on edge.
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Wanting them out of her pub, she tried to urge Ben to get them to leave by pointing out that he had a hospital appointment early the next morning, but he wasn’t having any of it.
This led to her fears being confirmed when one of Jim’s friends found her outside, and made it clear that he recognised her.
Jim McDonald’s friends made a visit to the Rovers (Picture: ITV)
Though he promised not to rock the boat, Maggie was clearly rattled when he revealed that he knew she had once lived in Belfast and had an affair with Jim.
Maggie has clearly kept this a tight secret for many years, but how far will she go to continue to keep it hush hush?
There is a lot at stake for Maggie, as it is set to be revealed in due course that Jim McDonald was actually Ben’s father, making him Steve’s half-brother.
However, it certainly isn’t below Maggie to meddle, and she threw up obstacles wherever possible to sabotage Ollie and Amy’s budding incestuous romance.
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