24 minutes ago The secret hidden in chillies which may ward off heart disease and dementia

A recent study in the British Journal of Nutrition quizzed more than 50,000 adults on how often they ate fresh chillies, chilli sauce or added dried chillies to their cooking.

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25 minutes ago Supreme Court hearing which will determine the definition of a woman begins TODAY

A feminist group will argue trans women should not be able to fill roles for biological women under laws designed to ensure equal numbers of men and women on company boards.

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28 minutes ago ‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and visit from RFK Jr

A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contributing to what health experts claim was a ‘significant disinformation campaign’The week before her three children died, Fa’aoso Tuivale and her husband took them for a swim in the river flowing behind their house in the Samoan village of Lauli’i.Itila, 3, and his twin siblings, Tamara and Sale, 13 months, had a fever and their parents hoped to cool them down. The children were ill with measles and were not vaccinated. When they worsened, on a Sunday, Fa’aoso took them to hospital in Apia, 9km away. They were seen, and sent home. Continue reading...

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70 minutes ago Drake claims UMG and Spotify ‘artificially inflated’ Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us

Feud escalates as rapper’s lawyers file petition alleging Universal Music Group and streaming giant conspired to make rival’s hit more successfulDrake has launched legal action against Universal Music Group and Spotify, alleging they conspired to artificially inflate interest in Kendrick Lamar’s diss track about him, Not Like Us, while suppressing his own music.In a petition filed to the New York supreme court on Monday, attorneys for Drake’s company Frozen Moments LLC accused UMG and the streaming service of having “launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves”, using various tactics to make Lamar’s song more popular. Continue reading...

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92 minutes ago ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: What are the world's weirdest and most extreme marathon events?

In the Big Five Marathon at Entabeni Game Reserve, South Africa , first held in 2005, runners cross savannah among the 'big five' animals: lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants and buffalo.

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94 minutes ago Netflix demands the identity of person who leaked Squid Game footage called 'worst leak in streaming history'

Netflix has gone to court to reveal the identity of the user responsible for the early leak of Squid Game Season 2 footage.

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2 hours ago Labour is accused of putting off urgently needed reforms to cure sicknote Britain and get two million people into jobs

The Government white paper published today was solely focused on employment support, including a revamp of Jobcentres as well as extra NHS appointments in unemployment hotspots.

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2 hours ago Appeal on status of trans women under Equality Act to be heard in Supreme Court

The appeal before Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lady Rose and Lady Simler at the UK Supreme Court is expected to last for two days.

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2 hours ago 'We want all young people earning or learning – and making most of the life that’s ahead of them'

As the Government publishes its Get Britain Working white paper, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall tells young people: 'We value you, you are important'

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