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Drinking ‘extra hot’ tea and coffee could significantly increase the risk of developing deadly oesophageal cancer, a major study suggests.

Scientists found people who regularly consumed drinks at above 65C were three times more likely to develop the disease than those who drank them at slightly cooler temperatures.

Meanwhile, consuming more than six hot drinks a day was linked to a 71 per cent higher risk of the cancer compared with drinking none – regardless of temperature.

The team, from the University of Oxford, specifically linked the beverages, consumed by millions of Britons every day, to oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma – one of the most aggressive forms of the disease which accounts for more than 3,000 new cases each year in the UK.

Studies suggest that around a fifth of oesophageal cancer patients are still alive five years after diagnosis, in part because the disease is often discovered at a late stage.

The researchers estimated that around 14 per cent of cases diagnosed in Britain each year could be prevented if people allowed hot drinks to cool before consuming them.

Experts said the findings add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that regularly drinking very hot beverages may contribute to the development of oesophageal cancer. 

It’s believed the heat from the beverages damages the cells at the top of the food pipe, where the cancer is found.

‘While the risk of being diagnosed with this cancer remains relatively low in the UK, this research does add to the evidence that drinking very hot drinks could increase the risk of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma,’ said Fiona Osgun, head of health information at Cancer Research UK, which funded the study.

‘There is however a simple step people can take – let a cuppa cool down a little before taking a sip.’

The Oxford University scientists analysed data from almost 980,000 UK adults who were followed for more than a decade.

Participants reported how hot they preferred their drinks – ‘warm’, ‘hot’ or ‘very hot’ – and how many they consumed each day.

The researchers then compared this with cancer diagnoses, taking into account other risk factors such as smoking, alcohol and obesity.

During the study, 2,348 people developed oesophageal cancer, including 1,045 cases of SCC.

Those who preferred ‘hot’ drinks were 1.7 times more likely to develop SCC than those who drank them ‘warm’, while the risk was more than three times higher among those who preferred them ‘very hot’.

No increased risk was seen for adenocarcinoma, the other main type of oesophageal cancer.

Importantly, the scientists did not measure the actual temperature of participants’ drinks.

But previous research has typically described drinks at around 70C as very hot, while the International Agency for Research on Cancer considers beverages above 65C ‘probably carcinogenic’.

Researchers said allowing drinks to cool could therefore help prevent some cases of the disease.

Dr Keren Papier, lead researcher at Oxford Population Health, said: ‘What was less clear was whether this also applied to the temperatures at which hot drinks are usually consumed in Western populations.

‘This is now the largest study to look at that question in a UK population. More research is now needed to identify the exact drink temperatures linked to this increased risk.’

Around 9,500 people are diagnosed with oesophageal cancer each year in the UK and 7,900 die from the disease.

It is often diagnosed late because early symptoms can be mistaken for problems such as indigestion.

Smoking, obesity and alcohol are also major risk factors.

Ms Osgun said the ‘most important’ ways to reduce the risk remained ‘not smoking and cutting down on alcohol’.

Professor Muy-Teck Teh, an expert in molecular oral oncology at Queen Mary University of London, who was not involved in the study, also urged caution over the findings.

He said people’s perception of how hot a drink is can vary and stressed the study showed a link – but could not prove hot drinks directly cause cancer.

Joel Colwill’s first Championship start brought a goal and praise from Brian Barry-Murphy, who also provided an update on Rubin Colwill

Brian Barry-Murphy joked that Joel Colwill had told him “about time” after the Cardiff City youngster marked his first Championship start with a goal against Stoke City.

Colwill produced a superb header to rescue a point for the Bluebirds in Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw at Cardiff City Stadium, having been handed his first league start of the season.

The 21-year-old had a relatively quiet first half but came alive after the break, getting into dangerous positions and eventually beating Stoke goalkeeper Viktor Johansson with an excellent header to level the contest.

And Barry-Murphy revealed Colwill was quick to make sure his manager knew exactly what the goal meant to him.

“It was about time, he told me!” Barry-Murphy said with a smile. “He showed me.

“But it was a great finish and very important for us that he carries a big goal through, and you saw he got close to another goal.

“His movement in the box in the second half particularly was very good.

“We planned that, playing very close to Yousef with Jack Moylan, and we felt as if we could get a lot of joy against Stoke in that position.

“He played a little bit too deep in the first half, but in the second half he was very close to Yousef and a lot of our best moments in the box he was kind of on the premises, which is a big part of his role for the team.”

There was no place in the squad for Rubin Colwill, meanwhile, with the Wales international continuing to manage an ankle problem.

Barry-Murphy confirmed Colwill had been unable to train on Monday and was not considered fit enough to risk from the bench.

“Rubin’s ankle wasn’t OK yesterday, he didn’t train yesterday,” he said.

“There was talk of putting him on the bench, but I wasn’t sure if he was to come on he’d be fully fit.

“That was also kind of the case on Saturday and I didn’t want to risk it because of what he’s been through with the ankle.

“So I’ll try and give him some more time to train, hopefully on maybe Thursday, maybe Friday, and then be available for Saturday.”

The draw extended Cardiff’s winless Championship run to six games, but Barry-Murphy was encouraged by the response after a difficult spell which included defeats by QPR and Portsmouth.

The Bluebirds dominated large periods of the game, creating numerous opportunities, but had to settle for a point after falling behind to Ben Johnson’s first-half goal.

Barry-Murphy admitted the lack of a victory remains a concern, but believes the performance showed the mentality within his squad.

“We want to win. We’re aware we haven’t won this season, we’re aware in many of the games we’ve played really well, created chances and haven’t taken them,” he said.

“So we just have to keep improving and, like I said, the goals will come if we keep getting in the same situations.

“We just need to be a bit more ruthless in terms of how we don’t give the opponents a head start.”

He was particularly pleased with how his players responded after going behind.

“The way the players responded was incredible, really, and in the second half it felt as if it was only a matter of time,” Barry-Murphy said.

“I was pretty sure we would get the winner, but we just couldn’t find a finish.

“We have to remain calm. We have an incredible support and that support is very powerful.

“The players are in a great place, really focused, really together. The dressing room is a very tight place where there’s a great sense of unity and that’s the most important thing for me at the moment.”

Instead, generations of Catherine’s maternal ancestors lived and worked in the coalfield communities in the North East, carving out lives in the shadow of the pithead and helping to power Britain’s industrial rise.

Kate’s family tree traces her mother’s side to the mining villages of Hetton-Le-Hole and nearby Low Moorsley, where the Harrison family worked underground for more than a century.

According to genealogical records, the family’s mining connection began with James Harrison, who entered the County Durham coal industry in 1819.

Two years later, he moved to Low Moorsley after news emerged of a new pit opening in the area.

He and his wife Jane settled in a miner’s cottage and became part of a community built around the rapidly expanding coalfield.

(Image: DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL)

Coal mining would become the family’s way of life for generations.

The Harrisons remained in the North East coalfield for around 120 years, with fathers, sons and grandsons following one another into the pits that fuelled Britain’s factories, railways and homes.

The Princess’s maternal great-grandfather, Thomas Harrison, was born into that mining tradition.

He was the son of a miner from the Hetton-Le-Hole area – which was previously part of County Durham before becoming part of Sunderland in the 1970s – and grew up in colliery housing before choosing a different path.

Seeking safer and cleaner employment, he left County Durham and moved south to London in the early 20th century, where he worked as a carpenter.

That move would ultimately set the family on a dramatically different course.

Thomas’s daughter Dorothy Harrison went on to marry Ronald Goldsmith.

Their daughter, Carole Goldsmith, later founded the successful Party Pieces business and became Carole Middleton after marrying Michael Middleton.

Carole and Michael’s eldest child is Catherine, now Princess of Wales and future Queen Consort.

The story represents a remarkable journey through British social history, from the coal seams of east Durham to the heart of the Royal Family.

Local historians have previously described Kate’s ancestry as evidence of the social mobility that transformed Britain during the 20th century.

A pop-up tent can be pitched in seconds and, theoretically, taken down in less, making them perfect for music festivals, casual camping or even waiting in the queue at Wimbledon overnight.

Their problem is that they’re not actually as easy to put away as they should be. Angle it right, and the tent folds away as easily as it popped up. Approach without a plan, and you’ll find yourself wrangling with a seemingly live tent that refuses to fold back into its circular bag.

Here’s my step-by-step guide on how to put away a pop-up tent in less than 60 seconds, to help you avoid that problem. Watch the video to see exactly how I do it. 

1. Unzip the doors

This is to let any air escape. Otherwise, you’ll find it balloons out as you try to fold it.

2. Gather the poles

Find the highest arch on both sides, then pull them together into the middle.

Leeds Bradford is one of 15 airports hit by the problem, which has caused cancellations and delays to flights leaving the UK.

A Leeds Bradford Airport spokesperson said: “The air traffic control service, NATS, is experiencing a technical issue which is impacting flights at airports across the UK, including at LBA.”

“Passengers are advised to check with their airline for the latest flight information.”

“LBA is working alongside its airline partners to ensure customers are on the move before close of day.”

NATS said it was investigating a technical issue linked to its flight processing system, which serves 15 UK airports.

NATS later said it had applied a fix and its flight system was beginning to recover.

NATS said: “Our engineers are on site and working urgently to resume normal operations as quickly as possible.”

“We recognise the ongoing disruption to travel, for which we sincerely apologise.”

“Flights are still departing and airspace is open, but recovery will take some time. We will provide further updates as soon as possible.”

“Passengers should check the status of their flight with their airline.”

Flightradar24 said 425 flights to and from UK airports had been cancelled by 5pm.

The issue also affected airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham, London City, London Southend, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Southampton and Belfast.

Birmingham Airport said the problem was affecting southern UK airspace and “impacting a significant number of departing flights across the country”.

Heathrow initially said arriving flights were unaffected, but later reported that the issue was “impacting arriving and departing flights across UK airports”.

Manchester Airports Group said flights from Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands had been affected.

Flightradar24 said about 4 per cent of UK flights had been cancelled or delayed because of the problem.

It said Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham were the worst-hit airports.

NATS said flights were still departing and airspace remained open, but warned that recovery would take time.

Passengers using Leeds Bradford Airport were told to check with their airline before travelling.

EasyJet said some flights were “unable to operate” and delays were affecting services across Europe; affected customers would be offered a free transfer or refund, with meals and hotel accommodation where needed.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said engineers were fixing the problem and apologised to passengers.

The incident follows previous NATS failures, including a radar problem last July and a technical glitch in August 2023.

Three women who served as jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have opened up about their decision to find the mother-of-three not guilty of murder before one holdout juror forced a mistrial.

Clancy, 36, had admitted to strangling her children with exercise bands, but argued in court that she was overmedicated while suffering from postpartum depression and that the cocktail of drugs she was prescribed brought on a psychosis.

‘We weren’t trying to figure out if she murdered the children, she did and she’s admitting to that. We’re trying to figure out: Did she know right from wrong at that time?’ jury foreperson Roni Carlson recounted to NBC Boston.

‘And with everybody saying she loved her children so much and everything proved she loved her children, from her journals to her mother-in-law, everything proved that she loved her children,’ Carlson continued. ‘So she had to have snapped.’

Based on that evidence, 11 of the 12 jurors were ready to find Clancy not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

But a lone holdout on the jury refused to acquit the former labor and delivery nurse, prompting Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial in the case.

The three female jurors who spoke to NBC Boston now claim that the unidentified juror ‘would not interact with us and try to understand.’ 

‘He had reasonable doubt. He admitted he had reasonable doubt,’ Carlson said.

‘I started filling out the forms, I was so excited. There were three forms I had to fill out, and then he said “but I’m still not going to say she’s not guilty.”‘ 

Jury foreperson Roni Carlson told NBC Boston on Tuesday she was persuaded to find the mother-of-three not guilty by reason of insanity after hearing witnesses and journal entries describe how much she loved her children

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Roni and two other female jurors opened up to NBC Boston about their frustrations with one juror who refused to acquit 

The jury of nine women and three men ultimately spent more than 37 hours deliberating five-and-a-half weeks worth of evidence, as they deliberated whether Clancy was guilty of the murders or manslaughter of Cora, five, Dawson, three and eight-month-old Callan in January 2023.

As the one juror then refused to side with the others late Thursday and early Friday, defense attorney Kevin Reddington sought an emergency order to try and force jurors to enter one final round of deliberations.

But the motion failed, and Judge Sullivan declared a mistrial at Plymouth Superior Court on Friday afternoon.

As a result, Clancy could face a retrial in the case. 

In a desperate attempt to prevent that from happening, Reddington on Tuesday 
pleaded with President Donald Trump to consider pardoning Clancy, describing her as a good person.

‘Mr President, I hope that you would consider this young lady, the type of person she is, what she’s been through, and consider a pardon,’ the lawyer said on Good Morning America.

He went on to describe Clancy as being ‘intelligent’ and ‘hardworking,’ while describing the strong bond he has with Clancy. 

‘I do feel a very strong bond with Lindsay because of the type of person she is. She’s such a wonderful, wonderful person,’ the lawyer said as he acknowledged he didn’t know much about postpartum depression before taking on Clancy’s trial. 

Clancy argued in court that she was overmedicated while suffering from postpartum depression and that the cocktail of drugs she was prescribed brought on a psychosis

Clancy was charged with murder after strangling her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan in 2023

George Stephanopoulos questioned the lawyer about his remarks at the end of the trial in which Reddington said he ‘crushed’ the prosecution, asking if he regretted them.

‘I don’t regret saying it at all,’ Reddington responded. ‘I think that the defense was very strong and I think it went in very well.

‘I think I perhaps could have been a little more circumspect dealing with [prosecutor] Tim Cruz, and instead of saying I crushed him, I could I have said I did a good job.’ 

Reddington then said that he was open to reaching a deal with Cruz, the District Attorney, so that Clancy did not need to go through another trial.

‘I’m willing to listen to Tim [Cruz]. I’ve known Tim for 30 years. I hope, however, after this trial, that he would revisit that issue and we could work something out that will be acceptable for both sides,’ he added.

All five people who died when an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport were inside a shuttle van used by an aircraft cleaning crew, authorities say.

The crash occurred during a landing attempt on Sunday when the aircraft hit the van on airport grounds, broke through a perimeter fence, and subsequently struck an SUV on a nearby city street.

Five other people were injured. Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said Tuesday that both the pilot and co-pilot have been released from the hospital, while two victims remain in critical condition and a third is in stable condition.

National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said at a press conference that the 55-year-old captain had 7,145 flight hours and the 37-year-old first officer had 2,655.

The NTSB is investigating the crash, with a primary focus expected to center on the absence of specialized systems designed to slow and stop overshooting aircraft at the end of runways.

Miami International Airport is not among the 120 airfields across the US equipped with lightweight, crushable materials that the Federal Aviation Administration says have saved around 500 lives.

Even without an engineered deceleration system, the airport appears to comply with federal rules because it maintains a 1,000-foot (305-meter) safety buffer beyond the end of its runways, according to aviation experts.

Homendy noted that while her agency aims to prevent such tragedies, runway overruns continue to occur despite previous safety recommendations.

“Our recommendations must be implemented or we’re going to be here again,” she said during a news conference on Monday.

Investigators have recovered the flight data recorder and are reviewing its information. Official interviews with the pilot, co-pilot, air traffic controllers, and other witnesses are being scheduled, Homendy said.

Amazon released a statement expressing its full cooperation with the investigation, adding that its deepest sympathies are with the victims and their families.

Five people killed in a van used by plane cleaners

The five victims were traveling in a van owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., a company contracted to clean planes. The vendor stated it would refrain from commenting on the crash out of respect for the families of the victims.

“Our employees are far more than the people who work beside us each day, they are family, and they are deeply loved. Our hearts and prayers are with every employee and every family whose lives have been forever changed,” the company said in a statement Tuesday.

The sheriff identified the deceased as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.

The flight was finishing a two-hour journey from Puerto Rico as storms gathered near the Miami airport.

NTSB officials stated that the plane traveled approximately 1,300 feet (396 meters) past the end of the runway.

Homendy described the scene as “utter devastation,” featuring scattered vehicle wreckage, deployed air bags, destroyed navigation equipment, and ruined fencing along the aircraft’s path. She noted that safety precautions were necessary because jet fuel remained present 24 hours after the crash.

NTSB examining why pilots didn’t abort landing

Strong winds exceeding 25 knots were reported on Saturday afternoon. Experts reviewing footage of the landing suggested a powerful tailwind likely pushed the jet far down the runway past its intended touchdown point, with the aircraft remaining airborne without flaring its nose to force the wheels onto the ground.

It remains unclear why the flight crew did not abort the landing to make a second attempt.

Air traffic controllers had also not shifted the landing direction to allow the plane to approach into a headwind, an operational adjustment airports routinely make when winds change.

The flight was operated by 21 Air, a cargo carrier based in North Carolina. The 32-year-old Boeing 767 originally flew as a passenger plane for several foreign airlines over more than two decades before being converted to carry freight in 2015, according to Flightradar24.

Two of the airport’s four runways remained closed Tuesday. Homendy said they will not reopen until NTSB investigators gather all required evidence from the crash site.

More than 225 flights were canceled across Sunday and Monday, with hundreds more delayed, officials said.

Homendy said the NTSB will work to hand the runway back to airport management as quickly as possible after documenting the scene.

Nearly 1 million 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK are currently outside education, employment or training and the number is currently projected to increase.

We can all see the huge waste of talent this represents for the young people concerned and society as a whole. In his interim report on young people and work, commissioned by the government, former MP Alan Milburn found that although most of the young people in this situation aspire to steady employment, education or training, pathways to achieve their aims are not clear. These issues reflect societal, moral and economic failure.

Milburn identifies multiple intersecting reasons for the current situation. He observes that health, education, social services and legal systems can compound existing disadvantage. Interactions with these systems are often impersonal and transactional, prioritising measurable outcomes over genuine concern for the individual.

Even the term Neet shows how young people are perceived as problems to be fixed, not individuals with dreams and talents. Defining them as “not in employment, not in education, not in training” implies there is something wrong with them. Do I define myself as “not an accountant”?

If using such loaded, discouraging terms limits how society thinks about young people and often how they think about themselves, research shows the benefits of taking a strengths-based mentoring approach. For some, such relationships already exist around them. For others, a formal mechanism can introduce mentors to make these connections.

The value of a mentor

Mentors are trained adults who can offer emotional, practical and developmental support to young people. They help young people understand their goals, strengths and how to bring about change for themselves, rather than pre-determining a problem and imposing solutions.

For my doctoral research, I worked with seven young people, seven mentors, two mentoring coordinators and four referrers in a local authority mentoring programme. This research showed the value of the trusting relationships they formed.

A mentor listened and helped young people express their needs and provided time and space to explore new ideas and address worries. They could explore their strengths and interests, which often lay outside mainstream education. Mentors who valued their curiosity and expertise in reptiles, manga and photography, for example, expanded the young people’s sense of who they were and what they could achieve.

Additionally, mentors were often the trusted adults who supported them through challenging family circumstances such as parents’ mental health crises, homelessness or bullying.

Encouraging young people to make sense of and articulate issues they faced meant they could be supported and signposted to other sources of help. Addressing their preoccupations gave young people the time and space to think about school and future prospects. One young person said:

It’s someone that you can sort of share everything to; that’s why I think it’s like one of the best things to have.

Identifying their goals, strengths and the resources around them increased the young people’s confidence in their abilities and prospects. Combining their skills and knowledge with exposure through their mentor to new experiences, ideas, and importantly, contacts increased resilience and led to transformative change. This renewed sense of purpose and ability to change their situation helped improve their wellbeing and confidence.

By taking an approach centred on the young person, the paths that they chose often addressed the very issues policy frets about.

For example, one person who refused to attend school instead chose online schooling; a young person who had been in limbo realised that working in childcare was within her grasp. Given space to explore what they wanted, young people re-engaged in employment, education or training but in their own way and on their own terms.

Improve existing systems

Milburn called for systemic change, not more unscalable solutions. The beginning of an infrastructure exists already in the youth mentoring organisations spread across the UK. However, the network is fragmented and experiences uncertain funding. It is unevenly accredited and with limited opportunity to share research-based good practice.

A vital part of harnessing existing expertise in youth mentoring is to establish a central agency to assure quality.

Helping young people succeed in navigating complex systems around them would be more cost effective than waiting until they reach crisis point. Schools are already used to mentoring new teachers: this culture could be extended to include young people in education. Indeed, incorporating skills to create trusting and developmental relationships into training for those who work with young people would see great benefits.

Helping young people to help themselves through mentoring relationships is more likely to engage them in returning to education or entering the workplace. This works better than an approach that focuses on their deficits and forces them through pre-determined steps.

Strengths-based mentoring should become a recognised part of the support infrastructure available to every young person who needs it.