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Win a set of Quick Reads! By 10 winners will each receive a set of 6 Quick Reads! One in six adults in the UK – approximately 9 million people – find reading difficult, and one in three people do not regularly read for pleasure. Quick Reads, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, plays a vital role in inspiring readers with entertaining and accessible writing from the very best contemporary authors. Over 5 million Quick Reads have been distributed since the life-changing programm...

New Mexicans who are vaccinated and part of the state’s vaccinenm.org registration system will be entered in a sweepstakes with a chance to win part of a $10 million prize pool—including a $5 million grand prize. The Vax 2 the Max Sweepstakes is New Mexico’s version of an effort by states across the country to […]

3 hours ago An incarcerated woman in New Mexico filed suit last month against the state Department of Corrections after officials allegedly discontinued her prescription for methadone. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico filed an emergency injunctive relief on Monday in federal court for a plaintiff known as “S.B.” who suffers from opioid use disorder. She relies on doctor-prescribed methadone as part of her active recovery from heroin addiction, according to the complaint. Th...

Since leaving Manchester United for Real Madrid in 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo has regularly been linked with a fairytale return to Old Trafford. 

Planet Football 21st May 2021 While Sir Alex Ferguson was renowned for developing young players at Manchester United, Jose Mourinho is the manager responsible for their youngest ever Premier League side.  Mourinho made several changes for a dead-rubber against Crystal Palace on the final day of the 2016-17 season as United prepared for the Europa League final against Ajax. We’ve taken a look back at their side from that day to see how they’ve all fared since. GK: Joel Pe...

Planet Football 20th May 2021 From Raphael Varane to Paul Pogba to Kylian Mbappe, France have arguably the strongest squad in international football right now.  Les Blues are widely regarded as the favourites to win Euro 2020, having made the final in 2016 and triumphed at the World Cup to years later. We’ve compiled an Xl of players who didn’t make Didier Deschamps’ final 26-man squad, arranged in a 4-3-3 formation. GK: Illan Meslier Meslier has enjoyed a brilliant debu...

Shutterstock Those who are fully vaccinated can now go without masks in most situations in New Mexico—indoors or outdoors. The state Department of Health followed federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance in making sweeping changes to its suggested mask use. Getting vaccinated is the ticket to a safe and healthy COVID-free future,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a statement. “We are close and getting closer. But that all depends on New Mexicans continuing to protect...

BEST-SELLING crime writer Peter James is giving money from sales of his latest book to a charity which supports police officers. Peter is best-known for his thrillers about Brighton detective Roy Grace, recently turned into a hit TV drama. Now he and his publishing company Pan Macmillan have decided to give the Sussex Police Charitable Trust £3 from every sale of Left You Dead made at City Books in Western Road, Hove. The trust helps police officers, staff, special constables, pensioners...

Peter James latest book "Where are they? Some may have run away and changed their identities, perhaps to escape debts, or sadly committed suicide and their bodies never found. "I remember asking a police officer if there is such thing as a perfect murder and he said: Absolutely. Theyre the ones we never hear about. "These are the hardest cases to investigate for police - when they dont have hard proof of a body. And thats how this story starts." Left You Dead begins with a Brighton coup...

Planet Football 3rd May 2021 Eyebrows were raised in some quarters when Manchester United signed Edinson Cavani last summer, but the striker has proved a resounding success at Old Trafford to date. Despite turning 34 in February, Cavani has proven invaluable to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, averaging a goal or assist every 110 minutes in all competitions. The impact veteran former PSG man has seen him earn instant respect from his peers, and we’ve rounded up some of the best quotes fr...