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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Six take on charity bike ride in memory of friend
Six teenage boys are planning to ride from Telford to Liverpool in memory of a friend who took his own life. They all attended Haberdashers Adams in Newport, Shropshire, along with Max Turton, who died last August, aged 16. Their 100-mile (161 km) ride will start on Friday from AFC Telford United's stadium and finish at Anfield stadium, the home of Max's favourite club, Premier League champions Liverpool. Wes, Dillon, Ewan, Sonny, Arwinder and Ollie also plan to raise money for the suicide-prevention charity Papyrus. The boys, who now attend sixth form colleges in the region, plan to cycle 60 miles on Friday and then stay at a hotel in Northwich, before completing the remaining 40 miles on Saturday. Ollie said Max was a "joy to everybody around him" and who was dedicated "to making every single person that he knew smile". He said they spent "so many hours laughing together". Dillon described him as "a caring, hard-working, funny and most of all a truly loving person". The ride to Anfield was chosen because Max was "the biggest Liverpool fan going", Ollie said. They have already raised almost £4,000 for the cycle ride, and he said the charity, Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide, which has been supported by Max's parents, was "the perfect charity to donate to". He said the challenge would be tough physically but also very emotional, and he hoped they would find motivation from "knowing exactly why we're doing it and who we're doing it for". Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Parents encourage talking about mental health 'I just want to feel ordinary' – Is the mental health system failing teens? Your Voice, Your Vote: Mental health crisis in young Suicide the leading cause of death for young Scots Papyrus
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Six take on charity bike ride in memory of friend
Six teenage boys are planning to ride from Telford to Liverpool in memory of a friend who took his own life. They all attended Haberdashers Adams in Newport, Shropshire, along with Max Turton, who died last August, aged 16. Their 100-mile (161 km) ride will start on Friday from AFC Telford United's stadium and finish at Anfield stadium, the home of Max's favourite club, Premier League champions Liverpool. Wes, Dillon, Ewan, Sonny, Arwinder and Ollie also plan to raise money for the suicide-prevention charity Papyrus. The boys, who now attend sixth form colleges in the region, plan to cycle 60 miles on Friday and then stay at a hotel in Northwich, before completing the remaining 40 miles on Saturday. Ollie said Max was a "joy to everybody around him" and who was dedicated "to making every single person that he knew smile". He said they spent "so many hours laughing together". Dillon described him as "a caring, hard-working, funny and most of all a truly loving person". The ride to Anfield was chosen because Max was "the biggest Liverpool fan going", Ollie said. They have already raised almost £4,000 for the cycle ride, and he said the charity, Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide, which has been supported by Max's parents, was "the perfect charity to donate to". He said the challenge would be tough physically but also very emotional, and he hoped they would find motivation from "knowing exactly why we're doing it and who we're doing it for". Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Parents encourage talking about mental health 'I just want to feel ordinary' – Is the mental health system failing teens? Your Voice, Your Vote: Mental health crisis in young Suicide the leading cause of death for young Scots Papyrus
BBC News
3 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Newport: Six teenagers take on charity bike ride in memory of friend
Six teenage boys are planning to ride from Telford to Liverpool in memory of a friend who took his own all attended Haberdashers Adams in Newport, Shropshire, along with Max Turton, who died last August, aged 100-mile (161 km) ride will start on Friday from AFC Telford United's stadium and finish at Anfield stadium, the home of Max's favourite club, Premier League champions Dillon, Ewan, Sonny, Arwinder and Ollie also plan to raise money for the suicide-prevention charity Papyrus. The boys, who now attend sixth form colleges in the region, plan to cycle 60 miles on Friday and then stay at a hotel in Northwich, before completing the remaining 40 miles on said Max was a "joy to everybody around him" and who was dedicated "to making every single person that he knew smile".He said they spent "so many hours laughing together".Dillon described him as "a caring, hard-working, funny and most of all a truly loving person".The ride to Anfield was chosen because Max was "the biggest Liverpool fan going", Ollie have already raised almost £4,000 for the cycle ride, and he said the charity, Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide, which has been supported by Max's parents, was "the perfect charity to donate to".He said the challenge would be tough physically but also very emotional, and he hoped they would find motivation from "knowing exactly why we're doing it and who we're doing it for". Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Top Gear
23-05-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Indy 500: nine of the best ways to play the famous US race in videogames
Advertisement There aren't many races where you'll see an average lap speed of 230mph, or cars separated by a till receipt taking 12-degree bank angles like they're not there. The Indy 500 is special, and in its 109 editions it's seen some incredible automotive innovation. And oddly enough, the history of Indy 500 games goes back nearly as far as the event itself, provided you're not that great at maths. If you've got a hankering to load up an interactive version of the 2025 race this weekend and painstakingly slipstream your way to victory, you're absolutely spoiled for options. Going back as far as 1977 and including some of the best contemporary racing sims of today, Indy's always had a place in racing games. Advertisement - Page continues below Indy 500 - Atari 2600, 1977 Not only was this the first videogame to depict the famous brickyard race, it was basically one of the first games, full stop. As such, it's er… fair to say it lacks a bit of the nuance some later titles manage to include. Nuances like having more than two cars, or colours other than brown, purple and green. Still, it did feature three different game modes: the scintillatingly titled 'standard racing', 'crash and score', and 'tag'. There was a special controller, too! It was a big circular dial. You might like Indianapolis 500: The Simulation - PC, 1989 The beginning of a trilogy of brilliant Papyrus IndyCar games that dragged the whole racing genre up to a higher standard of simulation, just as the name suggests. The visuals were breakthrough quality for the time, as was the design approach to reflect the structure of a race weekend and tinker with setup options. It's fair to say that three decades later this is no longer the most accessible or realistic way to experience IndyCar racing, but what a foundation it laid. Advertisement - Page continues below Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat - NES, 1992 Making its debut in the arcades a year before it hit the newfangled Nintendo Entertainment System, this Leland/Rare effort went for a more accessible take on oval racing, with a top-down viewpoint reminiscent of the 1977 Atari game. While the arcade version featured real circuit names, the home console edition didn't, so your Indianapolis experience was actually taking place at the considerably less evocative 'Trade West'. IndyCar Racing - PC, 1993 Four years later the Papyrus Indy series came back with even better visuals (remember, this was when Nirvana was still making music) and greater authenticity. This time the developer managed to secure official licenses to nearly all cars and drivers from the 1993 IndyCar season, the only exceptions being Mario Andretti, Danny Sullivan, and the famously easygoing Nigel Mansell. Eight circuits could be raced, either as a single event or as part of a championship season, with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway added after release in an expansion pack. A third game followed in 1995, but sadly that would be all she wrote for the series as Papyrus shifted its attention primarily to NASCAR thereafter. Indy Racing 2000 - Nintendo 64, 2000 Some fallow years followed in the late Nineties, which saw a half-decent PC release called ABC Sports Indy Racing in 1996, before this marginally better N64 racer turned up with the 1999 Indy Racing League license and 20-car grids. As per the protocol regarding everything made in or close to the turn of the millennium, the game was given a '2000' suffix. Managed a pretty decent sense of speed from the N64's limited polygons, too. IndyCar Series - Xbox/PS2/PC, 2003 2003 marked the moment that old masters Codemasters would get involved in the open-wheeler oval racing action, starting with a well-regarded simcade take on the 2002 Indy Racing League season and then following it up with a 2005 sequel. The visuals made a big step forwards compared to previous games, thanks to the advent of the Xbox and PlayStation 2, but reviewers at the time weren't completed sold on the action. Advertisement - Page continues below Indianapolis 500 Evolution - Xbox 360, 2009 Now we're talking. Developer Brain in a Jar's take on the event was a career mode spanning a decade of innovations and drama, from 1961 to 1971. The cars' appearance and characteristics changed according to the era, letting you live out a convincing career during the 'rear engine revolution' era, and the final roadster race at the brickyard in 1968. A Wii racer called Indianapolis 500 Legends also released two years previously, to very little fanfare. Project CARS 2 - PC, PS4, Xbox One, 2017 Let's skip to the good stuff now. The games that still hold up today and which are realistic options for recreating the race in convincing fashion. Project CARS 2 doesn't just do IndyCar, but it does it particularly well, with licensed 2017 vehicle liveries and a strong recreation of the brickyard. Time of day and weather settings are all customisable and you can, in fact, race all 500 laps of it in either solo or multiplayer if your wrists can take the punishment. Handling an IndyCar in this sim-focused racer takes a very particular touch and the gentlest of throttle application, but the rewards are some epic races in changeable conditions, where pit strategy really becomes key. See also: Automobilista 2 's US DLC packs. The game itself shares a lot of DNA with Project CARS 2 , and the add-on content includes some nice throwback 90s vehicles and liveries, too. Advertisement - Page continues below Yes, technically this is a game from 2008. Yes, it's PC only, requires a wheel, and you can only access it through a subscription-based membership. Yes, it's basically held together with rubber bands and lolly sticks at this point. Nonetheless, iRacing is the best way to race the Indy 500 in all of gaming. Part of that's down to the community, who are incredibly fast, generally race very cleanly, and take events seriously. That lends a lot of immersion to the experience, as does the rigorous simulation feel of the handling model, although that does mean many hours at the brickyard are required to become truly competitive. iRacing 's subscription model and DLC-based content means it's quite an expensive way to race, mind you. rFactor 2 offers a cheaper way to experience it - the game costs £20 and the 2020 Indianapolis layout's available for free. See more on Gaming
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Survey looks at women's mental health in farming
Trudy Herniman was 23 years old when her mother, a farmer's wife, took her own life."She wasn't someone who cried. She was very matter-of-fact and just got on with things," she saidA survey by the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) in 2021 found that 43% of women in rural areas were classified as either possibly or probably part of a three-year study, researchers at the University of Exeter are seeking the views of women in farming to help improve the support provided for their health and wellbeing. Ms Herniman, 52, of South Molton, works as a field insurance advisor and makes it her job to offer support when said: "You're invited into the farmhouse kitchen – people tell you about their worries, their fears, the challenges they are suffering."If I can prevent what happened to my mum from happening to someone else, I will. "If I can get them to open up, then I will. That's her legacy."She added that women were the backbone in farming, and she saw a huge amount of stress and burden put upon them. In 2021, The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) surveyed 15,296 people from across England and Wales (76% male, 23% female)It found:36% of all respondents were classified as either possibly or probably depressed. For women, this figure was 43%.47% were experiencing anxiety to some degree (women 58%). 18% moderate or severe anxiety (women 23%). Carly Titmus, 44 works for the young suicide prevention charity, visits livestock markets in the South West of England to promote said: "I have worked alongside women in our farming communities. "There is a lot of discussion around isolation and feeling like they are not fitting in and getting time off the farm to have that break away." Three-year study Researchers are seeking the views of women in farming to help improve the support provided for their health and research is led by the University of Exeter and the Farming Community Network (FCN) said it aimed to better understand the physical and mental health of women working in agriculture - including potential stressors in farming and barriers to seeking survey is part of the three-year research project and team members said they were keen to hear from all women over the age of 18 who were either living and/or working on said the results would be shared with relevant public health bodies and policy Rebecca Wheeler, from the University of Exeter, who is leading the project, said: "We want to hear about the experiences of women from across the UK – of all ages and backgrounds – and from different roles in agriculture."Linda Jones, national manager (FCN Cymru), said: "This is an important opportunity for women in farming to share their views and contribute to this new research. "There has historically been limited research conducted into the health and wellbeing of women in farming – including both the positive aspects, as well as any unique stressors or barriers that may be faced and potential implications for their life choices."
