Author: Lucas Bennett

Experienced Swiss international Gökhan İnler has explained that Leicester City chairman’s ambitious vision for the club was the decisive factor in his decision to join, passing up interest from German side Schalke and Turkish giants Beşiktaş in the process. The 31-year-old midfielder completed a reported £5 million move to the King Power Stadium and made his debut in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham at the weekend, slotting into a Leicester side that has made an impressive start to the Premier League season with two wins and a draw from their opening three games. İnler drew a comparison with his previous…

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign found itself mocked by media commentators this week after reports emerged that aides had been briefing journalists about a planned effort to make the candidate appear more natural, joyful and unscripted on the campaign trail. Parallel reports in both the New York Times and the Washington Post revealed that Clinton’s team intended to introduce what the Times described as new efforts to bring spontaneity to a campaign that had at times appeared wooden and overly cautious. The announcement prompted immediate ridicule from television hosts and political analysts who noted the obvious contradiction in strategically planning to…

New figures from the United States’ leading public health body have revealed a troubling rise in suicide rates among girls and young women over nearly two decades, even as rates among males moved in the opposite direction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the data covering the period between 1994 and 2012, focusing on individuals aged between 10 and 24. The report found that suicide rates among females in that age group rose from 2.7 to 3.2 per 100,000 during that period, with suffocation recorded as the most commonly used method. While the female figures represent a statistically…

DC’s upcoming superhero ensemble series Legends of Tomorrow has confirmed that Hawkman will appear in every single episode of the show, putting to rest earlier suggestions that the winged hero would only feature as a guest character. Executive producer Phil Klemmer confirmed the news, revealing that actor Falk Hentschel will be a series regular throughout the run and will also appear in crossover episodes with both The Flash and Arrow. The character is expected to feature prominently alongside Hawkgirl, played by Ciara Renee, with the two forming one of the show’s central relationships. Klemmer addressed concerns that Hawkman’s expanded role…

Apple’s release of iOS 9 has set off a flurry of activity in the jailbreaking community, with multiple development teams reportedly closing in on a working solution and rumours pointing to a possible public release before the end of October. The iOS 9 update introduced a range of new features and improvements while simultaneously patching the vulnerabilities that had allowed previous jailbreaks on iOS 8.4 and 8.4.1 to function. That has left developers scrambling to find new entry points into Apple’s operating system, with several teams understood to be working on the problem simultaneously. Jailbreak team Pangu and independent iOS…

Apple’s newest iPhone camera feature has split opinion among photographers, technology writers and industry insiders since its unveiling in San Francisco, with some calling it a meaningful step forward in mobile photography and others dismissing it as little more than a dressed-up video clip. Live Photos, introduced as part of the iPhone 6s launch, works by recording a brief moment of movement immediately before and after a still image is taken. The result is a picture that appears to come to life when held down with a long press, showing the subject in motion rather than frozen in a single…

An Arizona woman says she felt “helpless and violated” after a police officer entered her home and handcuffed her while she was wearing only a towel, in an incident that was captured on video and shared online. Elmerelda Rossi of Chandler, Arizona, had been in the shower when two local police officers arrived at her home in response to a reported domestic disturbance involving her estranged husband. By the time officers reached the property, the disagreement had already subsided. Her teenage daughter answered the door while Rossi was still showering. After her daughter informed her that police were at the…

A study from the University of Auckland has found that firstborn sisters are significantly more likely to develop weight-related health problems than their younger siblings, with researchers pointing to differences in placental blood supply as a possible explanation. The research analysed data from 13,400 pairs of sisters and found that older sisters had a 29 percent greater likelihood of being overweight and a 40 percent higher risk of obesity compared to their younger siblings. Beyond weight, the study also identified elevated risks of diabetes and high blood pressure among firstborn females. Professor Cutfield of the University of Auckland suggested that…

The presence of four specific types of bacteria in the gut during the earliest months of a child’s life could determine whether they go on to develop asthma, according to new research from Canadian scientists that may point toward a future preventative treatment for the condition. The study, published in Science Translational Medicine, examined the microbiomes of 319 children and found that those lacking four particular bacterial strains at three months old faced a significantly higher risk of developing asthma by the age of three. The four bacteria in question — Faecalibacterium, Lachnospira, Veillonella and Rothia, collectively referred to as…

Microsoft’s Windows 10 has secured one of its most significant endorsements yet, with Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg confirming that dedicated universal apps for Facebook, Messenger and Instagram are all in development for the platform. The announcement signals a major vote of confidence in Microsoft’s latest operating system from the world’s largest social media company, and means Windows 10 users across desktop computers, tablets and mobile devices will soon have fully integrated versions of all three apps available to them. An Instagram update is considered particularly overdue — a mobile version of the photo-sharing platform launched on Windows almost two…