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Girl receives UK’s first rejection-free kidney from mum An eight-year-old girl has become the first UK child to receive a special type of kidney transplant – one that doesn’t require taking long-term drugs to stop the rejection of the organ. Great Ormond Street Hospital doctors say the breakthrough was made possible by reprogramming her immune system before giving her the new kidney. To do that they used bone marrow stem cells from the donor – the girl’s mother. It means Aditi Shankar’s body accepts the new organ as her own. Within weeks of the transplant, Aditi was taken off immunosuppression,…

Sheffield United midfielder Maddy Cusack dies at aged 27 Maddy Cusack has died at the age of 27. Cusack had been at Sheffield United since 2019 and became the first player to reach 100 appearances for the women’s team last season. She also worked at the club as a marketing executive. The Women’s Championship club said they were “devastated.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sheffield United Women (@sufc_women) “This is heartbreaking news for everyone at Bramall Lane,” said Sheffield United chief executive officer Stephen Bettis. “Maddy had a unique position of being part of a number…

Sophie Turner sues Joe Jonas for children’s return to England British actress Sophie Turner has sued her ex-husband, the US singer Joe Jonas – requesting he return their two children to England.  The pair announced earlier this month they were divorcing after more than four years of marriage and two children. On Thursday, lawyers for Turner, 27, filed a legal petition in NYC, citing the “wrongful detention” of their children. Turner alleges that prior to their split, the former couple had agreed to make England their ‘forever home’ and had begun the process of buying a house in the English…

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Paper Talk: Rupert Murdoch quits – ‘end of an era’ marked by greed Friday’s front pages report on a variety of stories. The PM’s education reform and Rupert Murdoch stepping down as chairman of Fox and News Corp are two popular stories this morning. A-level reform Several papers report that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering major reform of A-levels as part of plans to modernise the education system. The prime minister is said to want to introduce a “British baccalaureate” which would see English and Maths become compulsory until the age of 18…

Elementor #551731 September 22, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Campaigners plan legal challenges to Sunak’s U-turn on green policies  Green campaigners are seeking to legally challenge Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after he announced a raft of changes to the UK’s climate pledges, The Guardian reports. It comes after Mr Sunak announced delays and extensions to a number of climate-related targets that critics say will make it harder for the government to meet a legally-binding commitment to eliminate the UK’s contribution to the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by 2050. The…

Elementor #551725 September 22, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – Drugs-free transplant revolution  The Metro reports on an eight-year-old girl has made history by being the first transplant patient who will be able to accept her new organ without needing to take drugs for life. Aditi Shankar’s immune system was “reprogrammed” using her mother’s stem cells resulting in the breakthrough, according to the paper. She is the first UK transplant patient who will not need drugs for life to stop her body rejecting her new organ. The paper says the procedure “offers hope to…

Elementor #551719 September 22, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Financial Times -End of an era as Murdoch hands reign of media empire to elder son  Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is pictured on the front page of the FT. The  92-year-old is stepping down as chair of media companies Fox and News Corp and handing control to his eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch. The paper says Murdoch has “over the past seven decades transformed an Adelaide newspaper he inherited from his father into a global media empire, which is feared and courted by politicians across the English-speaking…

Elementor #551713 September 22, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Star – Save Our Spam  The Daily Star leads with Spam after it was revealed that “shoppers are turning their back on the trusty tins of meat”.- processed meat popular during and after World War Two – and the paper is encouraging its readers to back the canned delicacy. It says that tinned peaches and Bovril are among the other products “on the danger list”. Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t you share it? its easy … just click the icon below:) Leave…

Elementor #551707 September 22, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun – BBC’s shame over flasher Brand  The Sun says comedian Russell Brand has been accused of exposing himself to a woman on the BBC’s premises. The paper adds Brand joked about it on his Radio 2 show. The fresh allegations follow four women claiming Brand assaulted them between 2006 and 2013. The paper describes it as the BBC being “dragged deeper into the Russell Brand scandal” after the actor and comedian was accused of exposing himself to a woman in a Los Angeles studio…

Elementor #551693 September 22, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – If Mr Hunt says so .. then it must be true  Jeremy Hunt’s optimism on the cost of living crisis is the splash in the Daily Express. The chancellor’s optimism comes after interest rates were frozen after 14 consecutive hikes. The paper says the “surprisingly upbeat” chancellor has said that the “tide is turning” on the cost-of-living crisis. “If Mr Hunt says so… then it must be true!” reads the headline. Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t you share it? its…