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Report: Minnesota To Host 2026 World Junior Championship

One of the most exciting and prestigious hockey tournaments in the world is reportedly coming to Minnesota. The Athletic’s Corey Pronman and Michael Russo reported on Wednesday that the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship will be held in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The tournament will likely start in late December 2025, meaning the State of Hockey has two years to prepare for the event.

The World Junior Championship (WJC) — specifically, the Under-20 WJC — draws a lot of eyes every year. Most of the biggest prospects in the sport partake in the tournament, with most of them being affiliated with an NHL team. For example, the Minnesota Wild’s 2022 first-round pick Liam Öhgren is representing Team Sweden in the semifinal this year, and 2022 sixth-rounder Servac Petrovsky…


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Report: Minnesota To Host 2026 World Junior Championship – Minnesota Wild

One of the most exciting and prestigious hockey tournaments in the world is reportedly coming to Minnesota. The Athletic’s Corey Pronman and Michael Russo reported on Wednesday that the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship will be held in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The tournament will likely start in late December 2025, meaning the State of Hockey has two years to prepare for the event.

The World Junior Championship (WJC) — specifically, the Under-20 WJC — draws a lot of eyes every year. Most of the biggest prospects in the sport partake in the tournament, with most of them being affiliated with an NHL team. For example, the Minnesota Wild’s 2022 first-round pick Liam Öhgren is representing Team Sweden in the semifinal this year, and…


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NHS junior doctor jailed for running dark web site hosting child sex abuse images – South London News

A NHS junior doctor has been jailed for his role in running a dark web chat site that hosted indecent images of children.

Kabir Garg, 33, of Station Road, Lewisham, held an account on a dark website which allows users to share links to indecent images of children and provides message boards to discuss them.

“Moderators” of the site actively encourage users to interact, rewarding them with additional access and benefits.

Today, at Woolwich Crown Court, Garg was jailed for six years.

Between May 2021 and November 2022, Garg, who worked as a psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, facilitated the sexual exploitation of children by acting as a moderator of the site.

He oversaw the smooth running of the site – enforcing rules, providing users with access to…


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Comparison of junior doctors’ pay with baked beans prices lacks context

A widely shared Facebook post and tweet uses the price of Heinz Beanz to claim that junior doctors are paid £14 an hour.

The Facebook post has been shared more than 4,500 times. A version shared by another popular Facebook account has also been shared more than 4,000 times.

The Labour MP Barry Sheerman also shared the post on Twitter, but added a clarification following contact from Full Fact.

While it is true that the basic pay of first-year junior doctors is £14.09 an hour, most junior doctors’ basic pay is significantly more, while many also earn extra money on top of their basic hourly rate.

We’ve seen many claims about pay during recent industrial disputes which are misleading or missing context, including about junior doctors’ pay demands, how much it…


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INTERNATIONAL CHEER UNION (ICU) JUNIOR WORLD AND WORLD CHEERLEADING CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURNS TO ORLANDO, USA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE RECEIVING FULL RECOGNITION BY INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC)

ORLANDO, Fla., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The International Cheer Union (ICU), the international governing body for cheerleading, is pleased to announce its return to Orlando, USA to host the 2022 ICU Junior World and World Cheerleading Championships for the first time since 2019. The World Championships took place on April 20-22, 2022, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at The Walt Disney World® Resort and were the first in-person ICU Junior World and World Cheerleading Championships since granting full International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition to the ICU.

The ICU Junior World and World Cheerleading Championships are the pinnacle of cheerleading championships globally. The 2022 championships hosted over 2,500 national team athletes from 51 countries. Teams…


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