29 minutes ago Nikita Kuzmin makes Strictly admission saying he's finally 'being himself' after years of 'trying to hide'

Strictly Come Dancing professional Nikita Kuzmin has opened up about acting like himself for the first time on the show, ahead of this weekend's Halloween special.

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42 minutes ago The terrifying true story behind Woman of the Hour: ‘He was born with half a soul’

Netflix thriller looks back at the stranger-than-fiction tale of a serial killer who was a contestant on a 1970s dating show“I am serving you for dinner,” said Cheryl Bradshaw, “What are you called and what do you look like?” Bachelor number one, Rodney Alcala, replied: “I’m called the banana and I look really good Peel me.” Bradshaw burst into laughter and so did the studio audience.This was a seemingly innocuous episode of the television show The Dating Game in 1978. Bradshaw, able to put questions to three contestants but unable to see them, selected Alcala, a longhaired photographer who enjoyed skydiving and motorcycling in his spare time. What she could not know was that she had booked a date with one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. Continue reading...

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63 minutes ago Benidorm 'disaster' feared as tourists heading to Spain could face huge change

A controversial new law is set to be introduced in December this year and Lucy Young, aka The Benidorm Enthusiast, has said most tourists are "completely against" the move

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86 minutes ago British archaeologists discover hidden tomb laid undisturbed for 2,000 years under city of Petra

The ancient structure serves as the cinematic resting place of the Holy Grail in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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1 hour ago Cockatoo rescued after ‘living on brioche’ for four weeks inside Sydney supermarket

NSW environment minister hopes ‘Mickey will be flying free by tomorrow’ after successful capture by wildlife servicesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA sulphur-crested cockatoo called Mickey that had been “living on brioche” inside a Sydney supermarket for four weeks has been captured by wildlife services and is expected to be set free soon.The New South Wales environment minister, Penny Sharpe, announced on Tuesday evening that the bird had “been safely captured by wildlife rescuers after spending way too long in Macarthur Square”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Dumfries and Galloway Council social work bosses bracing themselves for staff exodus

A significant number workers who run adult services, housing options, and homelessness services for the region are nearing retirement age

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2 hours ago Northumberland is back on track: a new railway line is opening up this lesser

The Northumberland line will soon return passenger services linking Newcastle to coastal towns such as Blyth, giving a much-needed boost to the regionSome of Northumberland’s attractive coastal towns, wild countryside and interior villages are about to become more accessible thanks to a new railway line from Newcastle to Ashington set to open in December. Coupled with the Tyne and Wear Metro receiving its first new fleet of trains in more than 40 years,visitors without a car will find travelling around the county so much easier.Arriving into Newcastle by train from the south provides a spectacular aerial tour of the Tyne Gorge, which is crossed by seven bridges in short succession and densely packed with buildings spilling down the banks. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago The brain collector: the scientist unravelling the mysteries of grey matter

Using cutting-edge methods, Alexandra Morton-Hayward is cracking the secrets of ancient brains – even as hers betrays herAlexandra Morton-Hayward, a 35-year-old mortician turned molecular palaeontologist, had been behind the wheel of her rented Vauxhall for five hours, motoring across three countries, when a torrential storm broke loose on the plains of Belgium. Her wipers pulsed at full speed as the green fields of Flanders turned a blurry grey. Behind her sat a small, black picnic cooler. Within 24 hours, it would be full of human brains – not modern specimens, but brains that had contemplated this landscape as far back as the middle ages and had, miraculously, remained intact.For centuries, archaeologists have been perplexed by discoveries of ancient skeletons devoid of all soft tiss...

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7 hours ago Efforts continue to rescue cockatoo ‘living on brioche’ for four weeks inside Sydney supermarket

NSW environment minister reassures public ‘Mickey will be freed’ after false rumours of ‘kill order’ spread onlineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWildlife services are working to rescue a cockatoo called Mickey that has been “living on brioche” inside a Sydney supermarket for four weeks.The New South Wales environment minister, Penny Sharpe, on Tuesday promised the bird was “not going to be shot” after false rumours of a “kill order” had spread online.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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