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The Independent
3 hours ago
- General
- The Independent
Most popular names for baby boys and girls in 2024 revealed
Muhammad was the most popular name for baby boys in England and Wales in 2024, figures show. It was the second year running that Muhammad topped the list, having been in the top 10 since 2016. Noah came in second, with Oliver in third, just as they did in 2023. Olivia and Amelia and held the top two spots for baby girl names for the third year in a row, but Isla dropped out of the top three after being replaced by Lily. Olivia has been in the top three for girls' names every year since 2006, with 2,761 girls given the name in 2024. The rankings were created using the exact spellings of names given at birth registration, meaning similar names with different spellings were counted separately. The data, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), shows that three variant spellings of Muhammad made the list of the top 100 baby boys' names in England and Wales in 2024. Muhammad ranked first with 5,721 boys being given the name, while Mohammed came in 21st with 1,760 and Mohammad came 53rd with 986. Royal names continued to fall in popularity on the whole. George ranked sixth with 3,257 babies being given the name and William came in 27th. Louis came in 47th for boys and Charlotte ranked 23rd for girls. Names given to baby boys less than five times in 2024 include Cuthbert, Crispin, Awesome and Beckham. Names given to baby girls less than five times include Orchid, Poem, Sicily and Everest.
New York Times
4 hours ago
- Health
- New York Times
Noah Is Still Here
Dr. Jacqueline Vidosh returned home from her clinic one afternoon late last year and hustled into the bedroom of her youngest child, Noah. She began troubleshooting with his home health care nurse, trying to figure out why his oxygen levels were lower than normal. Had Noah caught the cold going around their house in San Antonio? Jacqueline, an obstetrician, peered at Noah's vital signs on a monitor as she absently petted the family's Doberman. Noah, who was 4, was asleep on his side, facing a wall, his dark hair visible above the covers. He was surrounded by stuffed animals, and gauze pads and a box of purple medical gloves sat at the foot of his large, criblike bed. Wires and blue tubing emerged to connect Noah to medical machines. Jacqueline emptied a cup of saline solution into the chamber of a nebulizer and attached it to the ventilator that Noah uses to breathe. As he began inhaling the moist, vaporized air, Jacqueline wrapped a vest around him and flipped a switch that caused it to inflate and deflate rapidly, beating against Noah's chest to loosen any mucus that might be blocking his airways. Jacqueline used a syringe to check for residual formula in Noah's stomach through his gastrostomy, a surgical opening in his abdomen. She then used a machine to induce coughing and employed a suction device to clear out respiratory secretions through Noah's tracheostomy, a surgical opening in his neck. The process took about 20 minutes. Noah's oxygen levels improved. Jacqueline held her son on her lap and then carried him to the living room, placing him upright onto a frame that supports his standing and helps prepare him for learning to walk. For now, Noah uses a wheelchair. He smiled as he played with a plastic caterpillar, seemingly oblivious to Jacqueline's worries. That evening, Noah's two older siblings raced in through the front door with their grandmother, who had taken them for haircuts. Jacqueline, who is divorced and shares custody of the children with her ex-husband, wolfed down some pizza with her kids and turned on a movie. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Leader Live
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Alien: Earth TV series captures aesthetic of original film, says producer
The sci-fi drama, from Emmy-winning producer Noah Hawley, is based on the acclaimed franchise, which began with Sir Ridley's 1979 film starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley who takes on an extra-terrestrial lifeform called the Xenomorph. The new eight-episode series sees Wendy, played by US actress Sydney Chandler, and a group of tactical soldiers make a discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat. Speaking to the PA news agency at the European premiere of the series, executive producer David W Zucker said: 'Above and beyond what I think is just a rip-roaring great yarn, is that Noah was able to really capture the aesthetic of the original, the analogue nature of the original, if not some of the literal sets of the original film, but then take us on a journey that's very evocative of what the films have explored. 'But, in a way that one can only do in series television, expanded vertically and horizontally, that feels like a boundless type of story that can explore a lot of the themes and these, even present day challenges of transhumanism, in a way that really compels and fascinates.' Chandler, 29, told PA: 'I learned so much about myself and people while being able to play this character, and how she can hold her own. 'And so I was really gifted a lot from Noah's writing in that way, that surprised me, and that I could actually be scared on set from a full grown Xenomorph chasing you. I mean, it really scared me, which was awesome.' The series is set in the year 2120, when the earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this corporate era, cyborgs and synthetics, which are humanoid robots with artificial intelligence, exist alongside humans, but the world is changed when the founder of the Prodigy corporation unlocks a technological advance: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). 'Wendy', the first hybrid prototype, marks a new advance in the race for immortality and after Weyland-Yutani's spaceship collides into Prodigy City, Wendy and the other hybrids encounter new and terrifying life forms. The cast includes Deadwood actor Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, Black Mirror star Alex Lawther as Hermit, Mary And George's Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Guerrilla actor Babou Ceesay as Morrow and Bottom star Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins. Alien: Earth will launch on Disney+ on August 13.
South Wales Guardian
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Alien: Earth TV series captures aesthetic of original film, says producer
The sci-fi drama, from Emmy-winning producer Noah Hawley, is based on the acclaimed franchise, which began with Sir Ridley's 1979 film starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley who takes on an extra-terrestrial lifeform called the Xenomorph. The new eight-episode series sees Wendy, played by US actress Sydney Chandler, and a group of tactical soldiers make a discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat. Speaking to the PA news agency at the European premiere of the series, executive producer David W Zucker said: 'Above and beyond what I think is just a rip-roaring great yarn, is that Noah was able to really capture the aesthetic of the original, the analogue nature of the original, if not some of the literal sets of the original film, but then take us on a journey that's very evocative of what the films have explored. 'But, in a way that one can only do in series television, expanded vertically and horizontally, that feels like a boundless type of story that can explore a lot of the themes and these, even present day challenges of transhumanism, in a way that really compels and fascinates.' Chandler, 29, told PA: 'I learned so much about myself and people while being able to play this character, and how she can hold her own. 'And so I was really gifted a lot from Noah's writing in that way, that surprised me, and that I could actually be scared on set from a full grown Xenomorph chasing you. I mean, it really scared me, which was awesome.' The series is set in the year 2120, when the earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this corporate era, cyborgs and synthetics, which are humanoid robots with artificial intelligence, exist alongside humans, but the world is changed when the founder of the Prodigy corporation unlocks a technological advance: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). 'Wendy', the first hybrid prototype, marks a new advance in the race for immortality and after Weyland-Yutani's spaceship collides into Prodigy City, Wendy and the other hybrids encounter new and terrifying life forms. The cast includes Deadwood actor Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, Black Mirror star Alex Lawther as Hermit, Mary And George's Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Guerrilla actor Babou Ceesay as Morrow and Bottom star Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins. Alien: Earth will launch on Disney+ on August 13.
Rhyl Journal
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
Alien: Earth TV series captures aesthetic of original film, says producer
The sci-fi drama, from Emmy-winning producer Noah Hawley, is based on the acclaimed franchise, which began with Sir Ridley's 1979 film starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley who takes on an extra-terrestrial lifeform called the Xenomorph. The new eight-episode series sees Wendy, played by US actress Sydney Chandler, and a group of tactical soldiers make a discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat. Speaking to the PA news agency at the European premiere of the series, executive producer David W Zucker said: 'Above and beyond what I think is just a rip-roaring great yarn, is that Noah was able to really capture the aesthetic of the original, the analogue nature of the original, if not some of the literal sets of the original film, but then take us on a journey that's very evocative of what the films have explored. 'But, in a way that one can only do in series television, expanded vertically and horizontally, that feels like a boundless type of story that can explore a lot of the themes and these, even present day challenges of transhumanism, in a way that really compels and fascinates.' Chandler, 29, told PA: 'I learned so much about myself and people while being able to play this character, and how she can hold her own. 'And so I was really gifted a lot from Noah's writing in that way, that surprised me, and that I could actually be scared on set from a full grown Xenomorph chasing you. I mean, it really scared me, which was awesome.' The series is set in the year 2120, when the earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this corporate era, cyborgs and synthetics, which are humanoid robots with artificial intelligence, exist alongside humans, but the world is changed when the founder of the Prodigy corporation unlocks a technological advance: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). 'Wendy', the first hybrid prototype, marks a new advance in the race for immortality and after Weyland-Yutani's spaceship collides into Prodigy City, Wendy and the other hybrids encounter new and terrifying life forms. The cast includes Deadwood actor Timothy Olyphant as Kirsh, Black Mirror star Alex Lawther as Hermit, Mary And George's Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Guerrilla actor Babou Ceesay as Morrow and Bottom star Adrian Edmondson as Atom Eins. Alien: Earth will launch on Disney+ on August 13.
