18 minutes ago Mount Everest is getting taller every year – and now scientists think they know why

Study points to a river some 75km away from the peak as the surprise culprit for Everest’s changing height

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34 minutes ago Coronation Street star jumps to Alan Halsall's defence after I'm A Celebrity 'row' with telling move

The actor unexpectedly became involved in I'm A Celeb's first 'row' of the 2024 series

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39 minutes ago The circus that bought a tiny California town: ‘We’re creating our own Disneyland’

Nipton sat neglected for years until Las Vegas’s Spiegelworld turned it into a circus havenFrom 10 miles out, the tiny town of Nipton suddenly appears in the middle distance like a mirage: a huddle of lush eucalyptus trees in an otherwise impossibly vast, barren expanse of the California desert.From closer up, the place still feels dream-like. Old west-style buildings, including the Nipton Trading Post and a five-bed hotel built in the early 1900s, dot the community but are shuttered to the public. Other than the freight trains that regularly slice through the edge of town, Nipton is often completely silent. The unincorporated area is home to only about a dozen people, depending on the season, and spans just 80 acres. (“Blink and you’ll miss it,” one of the town’s caretakers says.) Cont...

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52 minutes ago Kohli and Jaiswal put ruthless India on verge of crushing victory over Australia

Australia 104 and 12-3; India 150 and 487-6 decHosts suffer on brutal day in field and at creaseCricket probably doesn’t owe Virat Kohli anything. It has given him riches beyond imagination, influence beyond reason, recognition that has built into idolatry. But then, he has given cricket riches, both in the literal cash churned from his name and the intangible of what his story has added to the game. So if the game owed him anything, perhaps it was a lucky break, one generous chance at a century to ease the tension of a lean 18 months without one. Walking out with India two wickets down, 321 runs ahead, with Yashasvi Jaiswal immaculately set on 141 and Australia already wheezing, the game delivered one.The third day of this first Test saw the real Perth appear. Not the mild impostor of ...

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69 minutes ago All the signs Alesha Dixon had 'split' from her partner of 18 years Azuka Ononye from solo outings to 'attending the same events separately'

While they had been together for 18 years it appears Alesha Dixon and her partner  Azuka Ononye have now called it quits.

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80 minutes ago Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec score perfect 40 on Strictly Come Dancing

The 26-year-old reality star - who is best known for appearing on 'Love Island' in 2022 but worked as a dancer before she found fame - is currently taking part in the BBC Latin and ballroom show alongside professional Aljaz, 34, and on Saturday (23.11.24) night, they became the first to score the maximum of 10 points from each of the judges this series.

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1 hour ago 'All Brit tourists need to heed my warning after my inclusive holiday to Turkey'

Ed Chapman took a £965 TUI all-inclusive holiday to Turkey to see if the tempting deal is worth the money - and his conclusion has surprised many people

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1 hour ago I'm A Celeb SPOILER: Coleen Rooney looks unimpressed during her first trial as her shrieking campmate Dean McCullough is covered in fish guts

He's had a busy week taking on nearly ever trial so far in the I'm A Celebrity jungle.

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2 hours ago Andy Murray’s next career move is not as surprising as you might think

Murray will coach his long-time rival Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, but a shock new partnership has deep roots

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2 hours ago I'm A Celeb's Ant McPartlin accuses Alan Halsall of 'passive aggressive' behaviour in Dean row

BBC Radio 1 presenter Dean McCullough clashed with Coronation Street star Alan Halsall in the opening episode of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

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