Cal Crutchlow admits he used to 'hate racing' ahead of latest MotoGP comeback

When it comes to higher education, there is no shortage of scandals, but perhaps the biggest scandal is how colleges and universities drop academic standards to match the proficiency levels of today’s student population. When professors lower standards, we are diminishing the quality of education, cheapening our own profession, and betraying the core mission of academia — to transmit knowledge, foster critical thinking, and prepare students for the professional world that awaits them.

One adorable cat has traveled a very long way to find his forever home. Chaz, an all-white domestic shorthair cat, is currently up for adoption at King Street Cats in Alexandria, Virginia, after he was rescued in Kuwait. As a small kitten, Chaz was picked on by other cats — as discovered by a caretaker.  Chaz was brought to King Street Cats after spending a year with a rescuer — and was declared to be positive for FIV — feline immunodeficiency virus.  (HIV infects only humans, while FIV infects only cats.

King Charles’s cut-down Coronation is set to last little more than an hour, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The service at Westminster Abbey next year will have fewer arcane rituals and be significantly shorter than the 1953 ceremony when Queen Elizabeth was crowned.King Charles is understood to want his Coronation to set the tone for a streamlined and modern monarchy, while retaining some of the pomp and majesty that stunned the world during the Queen’s lying-in-state and funeral ceremonies.The MoS can reveal that under a blueprint known as Operation Golden Orb:The Coronation ceremony is set to be dramatically cut in length from more than three hours to just over an hour;The guest list for the ceremony is likely to be slashed from 8,000 to 2,000, with hundreds of nobles and parliamentarians missing out;Discussions have been held about a more relaxed dress code, with peers possibly allowed to wear lounge suits instead of ceremonial robes;Ancient and time-consuming rituals – including presenting the monarch with gold ingots – will be axed to save time;Prince William is likely to play an important role in helping to plan the ceremony.

Returning to work after giving birth is a lot of responsibility for any new mum to carry.But Princess Eugenie had a more literal burden when she was spotted outside the Central London art gallery where she works last week, laden down with three bags and a water bottle carrier.But with the Louis Vuitton Capucines bag costing £5,150 and the London Velvet water holster at £240, she looks like anything but a bag lady. Princess Eugenie was spotted outside the Central London art gallery where she works last week, laden down with three bags and a water bottle carrierThe Princess also carried a £45 tote bearing her workplace’s logo and – perhaps something more familiar to the rest of us – a Deliveroo paper bag.It is the first time Eugenie has been spotted at Hauser & Wirth, where she is a director, since giving birth to her son August in February last year.

pregnant mum admitted that looks are still her 'priority' – even though she is ready to pop at any moment. Blonde bombshell Jen Ferguson, 32, is no stranger to getting attention.She's racked up thousands of TikTok followers and is often inundated by horny 18-year-old lads.READ MORE: 'Hot' mum hits back at trolls who say she shouldn't dress is risqué clothingThe mum has found internet fame through her looks – and embracing her mum status.Parent to three boys already, Jen is heavily pregnant with her fourth child with husband Stephen.

READ MORE: 'I'm a mum but I let my children swear - there are worse things they can do'The mum lives in Texas with her four children - who are aged between 10 and 25 - but people often comment on how young she looks.She said when she's out and about wit her daughter, 25, people think the pair are sisters. The confident mum now has a TikTok page that's accumulated over 43,000 followers, and she uses the space to talk about the positive things in life.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola joked he was fuming with his new megastar Erling Haaland after he only netted once against Southampton on Saturday. Ahead of Saturday, Haaland had netted a hat-trick in his previous three Premier League home games - but he only notched once against the Saints.

Ukraine and North Macedonia, who surprisingly ended Italy’s chances of World Cup qualification this season, have also been drawn in the same group. Read More:England fans can tend goats on booze-free £7,500 Qatar World Cup camping breakThis tough group can be somewhat attributed to England's poor performance in the Nations League. The relegation to the second tier ended the Three Lions' hopes of being among the top seeds for the draw.

Liverpool and Arsenal star Jermaine Pennant has seen his £3million mansion taken over by gangsters and turned into a cannabis factory.The former England Under-21 international had just moved to Anfield from Birmingham City in a dream move for the ex-winger. He bought a luxury five-bedroom house that he lived in for three years before his move to Real Zaragoza.That would be the last time he would reside in the millionaire pad after a nomadic career that led him across the world to places such as India and Singapore before retiring after leaving Billericay Town.

Emmerdale fans were recently shocked to learn that Liv Flaherty will be exiting the soap.Isobel Steele has played the character for more than six years, with an insider telling The Sun that fans will be "on the edge of their seats", and admitted Liv's death will be a "real heartbreaker" – something avid soap viewers will remember for "a long time to come."Following the news, fans have begun to speculate about how Liv will exit the soap.READ NEXT: Isobel Steele 'quits Emmerdale' to focus on music as Liv to be 'killed off'Some think that Liv will die in the upcoming storm, while others think she could meet a tragic end following Terry's attack.As viewers wait to see what will happen to her, Daily Star takes a closer look at the fan theories surrounding the character.Emmerdale fans think they have 'worked' out how Liv will exit the soap - and it's not in the upcoming 50th anniversary storm disaster.Although ITV bosses teased that a huge storm is set to put the lives of the soaps best loved characters "in peril," viewers have a theory that Liv will not die in the storm.Instead, they think that she will be killed following her altercation with Terry.Following older brother Aaron Dingle's return to the dales, Liv was attacked by Terry and she suffered a blow to the head - resulting in her being rushed to hospital.Fans think that Liv could subsequently die following the attack, with one saying: "Maybe Liv will end up with a bleed on the brain."A second agreed: "Heard it a lot lately.

Leish, who was matched with Farmer Ben, took to Instagram on Thursday with a FWAW update. 

Korean series Extraordinary Attorney Woo and Squid Game were the big winners at Busan International Film Festival’s Asia Contents Awards (ACAs), which featured a star-studded red carpet and welcomed back international guests for the first time since the event’s inaugural edition in 2019. Extraordinary Attorney Woo took the Best Content Award, the top prize of the ceremony, as well as Best Actress for Park Eun Bin, who heads the show in the role of a young female lawyer with autism. The series was broadcast in Korea on the ENA cable channel where it set the record for the highest ratings in the channel’s history. Netflix also started streaming the show in select territories from June, after which it topped the streamer’s non-English language weekly rankings for two months straight. Netflix’s Squid Game won the Technical Achievement Award and Best Supporting Actor for Park Haesoo, who plays the childhood friend of Lee Jung-jae’s main character in the Emmy award-winning series. Best Actor was presented to Suzuki Ryohei, star of Japanese series Mobile Emergency Room, which was broadcast on Japanese channel TBS and Disney+, while Best Supporting Actress went to Sora Ma of Singaporean series This Land Is Mine. Best Newcomer went to actress Bao Shang En for Chinese show Love Behind The Melody and actor Yokohama Ryusei for Japan’s The Journalist. China’s Wang Xiaoshuai (So Long, My Son) and Yang Yishu were awarded Best Writer for Wang’s first foray into drama series, The Pavilion, produced by Chinese streamer iQiyi. Chinese actress Fan Bingbing was awarded the ACA Excellence Award.

The state broadcaster of Iran appeared to be hacked on air this weekend, including a news bulletin being interrupted with a protest.

Love Island's Paige Thorne appeared to be in good spirits as she enjoyed a night out with her fellow Islanders despite rumours she had split with Adam Collard. Paige, 24, enjoyed a night out at Menagerie bar and restaurant in Manchester on Saturday and was joined by Tasha Ghouri, Andrew Le Page, Antigoni Buxton and Danica Taylor.The group showed off their tightknit bond as they dined out and then partied away with Paige appearing to put any relationship woes behind her as she danced for the camera. Paige effortlessly turned heads in a black blazer-style mini dress with a plunging neckline.The Welsh beauty also donned a pair of black ankle boots and carried a matching handbag.

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A Texas A&M student was arrested Saturday morning in connection with a wave of vandalism at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station.

The victims of a California kidnapping and murder scheme were Punjabi immigrants who came to the United States and "worked tirelessly for 18 years to achieve safety, security, and community for themselves and their families," a new GoFundMe for the family states. "This is the story of our shared American dream gone wrong," Jaspreet Kaur, who organized the GoFundMe for her family, states. "[O]ur loving family was violently taken away from us on October 3rd.

homelessness in Liverpool has recounted the terrifying moment a "big guy" tried to force his way into her tent to attack her. Julie Boathe, 43, was resting inside her tent which was pitched outside St John's Shopping Centre opposite Lime Street Station when her attacker tried to force his way inside at around 8.20pm on Sunday, October 2. She had been living on the streets for eight months with her boyfriend Lee Wells after his grandparents had to sell their home, which they shared, and move into assisted accommodation, reports Liverpool Echo.READ MORE: Desperate family left homeless after returning from Dubai as tenant 'refuses to leave'When the man first poked his head through the tent, initially Julie thought he was just saying hello.She said: "I thought he was just being friendly at first, when he put his head in.

Cal Crutchlow couldn’t resist a cheeky swipe at the young guns of MotoGP ahead of his return to race action at the Aragon Grand Prix this weekend.Crutchlow, Britain’s most successful top tier rider since Barry Sheene, has come out of race retirement again to replace Andrea Dovizioso in the RNF Yamaha team for the final rounds of the season. As a Yamaha test and reserve rider, the 36-year-old was the obvious choice to step in for fellow veteran Dovizioso, who decided to retire mid-season after a year of struggle.Crutchlow prides himself on being an old-school rider who isn’t afraid to speak his mind.