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Newsweek
04-05-2025
- Automotive
- Newsweek
Charles Leclerc: "Everything is Tricky" After Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari Radio Outburst in Miami
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc addressed the back and forth with his teammate Lewis Hamilton during the Miami Grand Prix. The seven-time champion, who had pit for fresh medium tires, urged the Maranello outfit to swap positions. He argued that he was wasting his tires while stuck behind Leclerc. It took some back and forth before the team confirmed the instructions to swap positions. However, this decision was reversed later on in the race when Charles made the same arguments. While speaking to the media after the race, the Monegasque driver addressed the situation, stating: "Most of the time I say something. Today, I don't think I'll say anything. I think the story is going to be big enough already and, yeah, we need to do better, that's for sure. Today was not ideal and was far from maximizing our potential, but we've got to regroup as a team and be better." When asked if he was frustrated when he had to let Hamilton go by, Leclerc responded: "No, I just think we maybe should have discussed a little bit more before doing the swap because obviously you are trying to go to the end with those tires, so I'm trying to do a good job with my tires. Everything is tricky. Then I did not expect Carlos to be so close. Charles Leclerc of Monaco and Scuderia Ferrari arrives in the Paddock during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Miami at Miami International Autodrome on May 01, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Charles Leclerc of Monaco and Scuderia Ferrari arrives in the Paddock during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Miami at Miami International Autodrome on May 01, 2025 in Miami, Florida."So, all of this made the situation a little bit trickier, but again I think there's plenty for us to look at, and as I said, we need to be robust enough that whenever we find ourselves in those situations, we do better." He added: "Of course, I mean, yes, there is the frustration already that I was fighting for P8 at the time and I was not making any gains. I was really struggling with the car, so there's a frustration of that. And then all the rest, and it all adds up. The radio is not always the real picture." Leclerc confirmed that he didn't consider swapping positions with Hamilton before he was instructed to. "Not really because I knew Lewis was on a medium [tire], so if anything he wants to struggle a bit more to go to the end. So we had to take care of tires, but I understand as well that he wanted to try and do something different, so I appreciate that. "I mean, I would have done the same thing if I was him and trying to be a bit more aggressive with the medium tires. There's no bad feelings with Lewis, not at all. I understand that he wants to try and optimize as much as I want to try and optimize the car potential." 2025 Miami Grand Prix results 1. Oscar Piastri, McLaren 2. Lando Norris, McLaren 3. George Russell, Mercedes 4. Max Verstappen, Red Bull 5. Alex Albon, Williams 6. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes 7. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari 8. Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari 9. Carlos Sainz, Williams 10. Yuki Tsunoda, Red Bull 11. Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls 12. Esteban Ocon, Haas 13. Pierre Gasly, Alpine 14. Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber 15. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin 16. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin 17. Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls - DNF 18. Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber - DNF 19. Oliver Bearman, Haas - DNF 20. Jack Doohan, Alpine - DNF
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
This simple daily activity may help you live longer and aid your heart
Climbing stairs instead of using the lift is associated with better heart health and a longer life, scientists say. New research suggests regularly taking the stairs is linked to a 24% reduced risk of dying from any cause and a 39% lower likelihood of dying from heart disease. The scientists said the findings, presented at the European Society of Cardiology's Preventive Cardiology conference in Athens, Greece, indicate that even short bursts of activity such as stair climbing could cut the risk of premature death. Dr Sophie Paddock, of the University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Foundation Trust, in Norwich, said: 'If you have the choice of taking the stairs or the lift, go for the stairs as it will help your heart.' 'Even brief bursts of physical activity have beneficial health impacts, and short bouts of stair climbing should be an achievable target to integrate into daily routines.' Physical inactivity is associated with one in six deaths in the UK, according a report compiled by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. Evidence suggests regular exercise can reduce the risk of early death and heart disease. The NHS recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise every week. For the study, the team looked at data from nine studies involving more than 480,000 people, aged between 35 and 84 years. Healthy individuals as well as patients with heart disease were included in the analysis, of whom 53% were women. In addition to reducing the risk of premature death, stair climbing was also found to be associated with a lower risk of heart disease including heart attack, heart failure and stroke. Dr Paddock said: 'Based on these results, we would encourage people to incorporate stair climbing into their day-to-day lives. 'Our study suggested that the more stairs climbed, the greater the benefits – but this needs to be confirmed. 'So, whether at work, home or elsewhere, take the stairs.'
The Independent
22-04-2025
- Health
- The Independent
This simple daily activity may help you live longer and aid your heart
Climbing stairs instead of using the lift is associated with better heart health and a longer life, scientists say. New research suggests regularly taking the stairs is linked to a 24% reduced risk of dying from any cause and a 39% lower likelihood of dying from heart disease. The scientists said the findings, presented at the European Society of Cardiology's Preventive Cardiology conference in Athens, Greece, indicate that even short bursts of activity such as stair climbing could cut the risk of premature death. Dr Sophie Paddock, of the University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Foundation Trust, in Norwich, said: 'If you have the choice of taking the stairs or the lift, go for the stairs as it will help your heart.' 'Even brief bursts of physical activity have beneficial health impacts, and short bouts of stair climbing should be an achievable target to integrate into daily routines.' Physical inactivity is associated with one in six deaths in the UK, according a report compiled by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. Evidence suggests regular exercise can reduce the risk of early death and heart disease. The NHS recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise every week. For the study, the team looked at data from nine studies involving more than 480,000 people, aged between 35 and 84 years. Healthy individuals as well as patients with heart disease were included in the analysis, of whom 53% were women. In addition to reducing the risk of premature death, stair climbing was also found to be associated with a lower risk of heart disease including heart attack, heart failure and stroke. Dr Paddock said: 'Based on these results, we would encourage people to incorporate stair climbing into their day-to-day lives. 'Our study suggested that the more stairs climbed, the greater the benefits – but this needs to be confirmed. 'So, whether at work, home or elsewhere, take the stairs.'
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Yahoo
Paddock owner Jon Spanos sues 3 allegedly involved in posting viral video of racist rant
It began with a family grudge. Anastasios Marros is friends with Sally Spanos' adult sons from her prior marriage, and when Sally divorced her husband and married Jonathan Spanos, Marros 'publicly and privately pledged to ruin' the couple's lives, according to a lawsuit filed last month. Marros' grudge, according to the complaint, began with 'online disparagement on the social media platform Facebook, as well as heated, verbal barbs directed at (the couple) at events attended by them, including a family funeral.' On Oct. 19, 2024, it allegedly continued when Marros and Meghan Dundon confronted the Spanoses on a suburban street in York Township. Marros and Dundon share an address in Charlotte, North Carolina, and had traveled to York to attend the wedding of Kostas Sgagias, whose relationship with the couple was not specified in the lawsuit. The resulting video of the confrontation – in which Spanos uses the 'n-word' and declares, sarcastically, that he is 'a racist' - quickly spread across social media and led to threats of violence against Jonathan and Sally Spanos, including threats of rape, according to the suit. It also led to economic hardship, the lawsuit asserts, as business at the family's restaurant, The Paddock on Market, a longtime East York institution on East Market Street in Springettsbury Township, fell off. As a result, the Spanoses and the business have filed a defamation suit against Marros, Dundon and Sgagias, alleging a civil conspiracy to harm the couple and their restaurant. The Spanoses, the suit asserts, 'have suffered and will continue to suffer substantial injury and irreparable harm.' The suit seeks a judgment of a total minimum of $250,000 for its five counts, which include commercial disparagement, defamation/libel, false light/invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil conspiracy. Attorney Edward Paskey, representing the Spanoses, wrote in the suit, 'The actions of the defendants were malicious, wanton, willful, oppressive, exhibited an evil motive and showed reckless indifference to the rights of others.' The couple has 'suffered severe emotional distress including stress, anxiety, insomnia and fear for their safety,' Paskey wrote. The Paddock, the attorney asserted, 'has been irreparably harmed, and has incurred financial loss of revenue.' Marros' attorney, Farley Holt, described the suit as 'rubbish' and questioned the Spanos' motives in filing it. 'One would think that he would be happy to distance himself from this incident instead of dragging it back up. Why would you bring this back up and air your dirty laundry in public when that's what you're complaining about?' Paskey responded, "Causing someone to receive threats of being raped is hardly rubbish. The suit, in some ways, is a microcosm of American society today. If we condemn what Dr. Spanos said (which we should and have), we must also publicly condemn the actions of those who respond by planning to ruin the lives of others." In a statement, Paskey wrote, "The defendants ultimately succeeded in their plan: The Paddock is permanently closed. Dr. Spanos publicly and voluntarily accepted responsibility for using those vile words. The defendants should publicly accept responsibility for their roles rather than try to deflect. They knew this complaint was coming for months and made zero effort to resolve it." The suit centers on the viral video in which Jonathan Spanos is depicted as yelling a racial epithet known as the 'n-word' and declaring 'I am a racist' during the roadside argument. Dissemination of the video sparked protests and led to Spanos, a prominent figure in York County, having to resign from the Penn State-York board of directors, and calls for a boycott of The Paddock, which dates to 1947 and has been in the Spanos family for three generations. It also led to threats against the restaurant and its staff, according to the complaint, prompting the Spanoses to temporarily close, and to the explicit, racially tinged threats of violence against Spanos and his wife. Shortly after the video blew up on social media, Spanos met with leaders of York County's Black community, who had condemned his language and urged him to reflect on his words and actions. He held a press conference with Black leaders and clergy to apologize and ask for forgiveness, saying he was 'humiliated and embarrassed.' 'To members of my community who are Black and brown, I want to say how truly sorry I am for my language and my behavior,' Spanos said during the press conference. 'The video captured a heated family confrontation in which I intentionally used the most ugly language known to me to lash out in anger. ... I was wrong for not walking away from that volatile situation. I was wrong for responding in anger with hateful language. I was wrong for using a racist term that has caused great trauma in our country, our community and to our neighbors. I was also wrong to state sarcastically in the video that I am a racist.' Previously: 'Humiliated and embarrassed': Spanos apologizes and asks for forgiveness for racist rant The community response: Black community leaders spoke after Jonathan Spanos' public apology for racist comments At about 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2024, Spanos and his wife were driving on Wyndsong Drive in York Township when he pulled to the curb to speak to a family friend, according to the complaint. While Spanos and his wife were talking to their friend, the complaint states, Marros and Dundon apparently saw them and pulled in behind them. As Spanos pulled away from the curb, Marros 'made a profane physical gesture' toward the couple. Spanos stopped and he and Marros confronted one another. Dundon recorded the confrontation with her cell phone. At one point, the complaint states, she told Spanos, in what was described as a 'threatening' manner, 'Ohhhh. You said the 'N' word that's not going to be good for you.' The suit contends that although the confrontation took place on a public street, 'the interaction was a private discussion' and that Spanos had not given his consent to be recorded. The confrontation ended and, Paskey wrote in the suit, 'It was at this point that the plot between Marros, Dundon and Sgagias was hatched.' The suit asserts that Marros and Dundon 'devised a scheme to edit and condense the video taken by Dundon and distribute it to others with the intent to harm' the Spanoses and The Paddock. 'Their scheme succeeded,' Paskey wrote in the complaint. They sent the video to a friend, Sgagias, who beginning at 7:28 a.m. on Nov. 10, began sharing it via text, according to the complaint. Three hours after he posted the video, according to the complaint, Sgagias called the state police 'inquiring whether his dissemination of the video constituted a crime.' The suit asserts that Sgagias created an anonymous X account with the title @YorkpaRacist 'at the direction of, or encouragement by, Marros and Dundon.' He used that account to distribute the video, tagging the York Daily Record, The York Dispatch, Penn State-York, the local branch of the NAACP and Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, a York native, with the intent to 'tarnish the reputation of The Paddock and Dr. Spanos.' The video 'spread like wildfire across the United States and around the world,' Paskey wrote in the 24-page complaint. As a result, the Spanoses 'began to receive death threats and threats of violence.' In several calls, according to the complaint, the caller threatened to rape Susan Spanos in calls recorded on voicemail. The calls, quoted in the complaint, contained 'obscene, vile, racist and threatening' language, Paskey wrote. One sample: 'Your restaurant is going to be shut the (expletive) down, (expletive). Yeah, John, Mr. John Spanos, you (expletive) racist piece of (expletive). And I can't wait till you get (expletive) checked by somebody because I'm going to (expletive) on your (expletive) grave, (expletive).' The Spanos reported the calls to police, which resulted in the arrest of the caller who later pleaded guilty 'for communicating these obscene, vile, racist and threatening messages to Dr. and Mrs. Spanos,' according to the complaint. (The person was not identified in the complaint, and Paskey said some of the same people who condemned Spanos' actions knew about the threats, "yet there has been no public condemnation from them.") 'But for the actions of Marros, Dundon and/or Sgagias, Dr. and Mrs. Spanos would not have received these threats,' Paskey wrote. 'To be clear, Dr. Spanos regrets the use of inappropriate and ugly words uttered in the video and has voluntarily apologized for his actions. He does not hide from his conduct. 'However, the actions of Marros, Dundon and Sgagias in orchestrating this scheme to publicly harm The Paddock, Dr. Spanos and Mrs. Spanos are extreme and outrageous.' Columnist/reporter Mike Argento has been a York Daily Record staffer since 1982. Reach him at mike@ This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: Spanoses sue 3 allegedly involved in posting video of racist rant
BBC News
30-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
Survey starts for Worcester military views on new gallery
People in Worcester and from further afield are being asked what parts of the city's military history they would like to see showcased by a museum have been drawn up to move the Worcestershire Soldier Gallery from Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum to The for initially with £243,200 lottery funding, a spokesperson for Worcester City Council said they now wanted to hear from people about how the gallery could meet their online survey has been started on the authority's website and several consultations are planned in the coming months. The scheme is being overseen by The Mercian Regiment Museum (MRM), Museums Worcestershire and the Worcestershire Yeomanry Trust. Royalist headquarters Dr John Paddock, curator of MRM, said they wanted to hear from local residents and those interested in military history."It's a great moment to find out what people enjoy in our current exhibition at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum and think about how they'd like to see and learn about Worcester's military history in future," he team previously said they were looking to apply for a full grant for the work this summer and Dr Paddock said responses from the surveys would feed into will be held at the The Commandery on 15 April, at the Yeomanry Memorial Event on 26 April and at the Worcestershire/WFR regimental reunion on 7 June, organisers the English Civil Wars era, The Commandery was the Royalist headquarters during the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
