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TUESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 2026, 04:41

Sport

Test Match Special Podcast

Today at 01:40 AM, via BBC News

Mark Chapman is joined by Tymal Mills, Phil Tufnell and Stephan Shemilt.

Sport

Fear and Gibson sit fourth after first ice dance event

Today at 00:20 AM, via BBC News

GB’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson finish the rhythm dance in fourth position with their Spice Girls-inspired performance. The figure skating event concludes on Wednesday with the free dance.

Sport

Ronaldo to end Saudi strike – Tuesday’s gossip

Today at 00:01 AM, via BBC News

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to return in Saudi Arabia, a change in Barcelona’s boardroom might determine whether Marcus Rashford stays in Spain, Zinedene Zidane may be heading back to Real Madrid, plus more.

Education

Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise

Yesterday at 21:49 PM, via The Guardian

Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority

Reform-led Worcestershire county council is likely to issue England’s largest council tax rise this April after it was given special permission by the government to increase it by up to 9%.

Worcestershire is one of a handful of authorities whose requests to be allowed to increase local rates above...

Entertainment

Proteas thump Canada in T20 World Cup opener

Yesterday at 19:11 PM, via The Citizen

Top-order batter Aiden Markram contributed 59 runs and seam bowler Lungi Ngidi took 4/31, leading the SA team to victory.

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 9 February 2026

Yesterday at 18:30 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

Kalshi Prediction Markets Match or Beat Traditional Forecasting Tools For Macro Indicators, NBER Study Finds

Today at 03:45 AM, via Slashdot

A new NBER working paper from researchers at the Federal Reserve, Northwestern’s Kellogg School and Johns Hopkins finds that Kalshi — the largest federally regulated prediction market in the U.S., overseen by the CFTC — produces macroeconomic forecasts that match or beat those of professional forecasters and traditional financial instruments like fed funds futures. The study compared...

Science/Tech

People with obesity 70% more likely to be hospitalised by or die from infection, study finds

Today at 01:30 AM, via The Guardian

Being unhealthy weight raises risk of severe illness or death from most infectious diseases significantly, researchers find

People living with obesity are 70% more likely to be hospitalised by or die from an infection, with one in 10 infection-related deaths globally linked to the condition, research suggests.

Being an unhealthy weight significantly increases the risk of severe illness and...