87 m. ago Growing concern as California hotel worker dies from same rare rodent disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife

An employee of a well-known California ski resort has died from the same 'tragic and alarming' rodent-caused illness as Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa.

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3 h. ago Daughter of cannibalistic murderer reveals what it was like to grow up with the notorious killer

Isakin Drabbad, now 46, became one of Sweden 's most infamous murderers after he brutally killed his girlfriend Helle Christensen in 2010 - decapitating her and eating parts of her body.

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3 h. ago Fears for Brit Paralympian grow after going missing in Las Vegas two weeks ago 

British Paralympian and world para-cycling double-gold medalist Sam Ruddock was last seen in Las Vegas two weeks ago. He was due to watch a wrestling match, but he never turned up.

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5 h. ago Tackle vile 'pimping websites' and rip up outdated prostitution laws, MPs demand

Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi warned sex trafficking on so-called 'pimping websites' is happening on an 'unimaginable scale' as calls grow for paying for sex to be criminalised

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6 h. ago Inside Meghan Markle's animal kingdom: Duchess's growing farm including 100,000 bees and a chicken from Ellen DeGeneres

For centuries, monarchs and their families have cared for animals of all shapes and sizes - Meghan Markle is no exception.

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6 h. ago Inside Britain's fastest growing wine region: How Yorkshire is producing 120,000 bottles a year... but what do drinkers think?

EXCLUSIVE: Thanks to balmier British summers, Yorkshire has quietly transformed into the UK's fastest-growing wine region - but how does it actually taste?

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7 h. ago The lessons slow lane UK can learn from small but fast growth Malta

Malta has an enduring and cross-partisan commitment to maintaining a business-friendly environment.

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10 h. ago BREAKING: BBC star Naga Munchetty says 'sterilisation was my only option' after 32 year health battle

A BBC star has candidly opened up about their 32 year old health battle, as Naga Munchetty, who hosts BBC Breakfast, has shared her anger over being made to 'second guess' her pain

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10 h. ago BBC star Naga Munchetty says 'sterilisation was my only option' after 32 year health battle

A BBC star has candidly opened up about their 32 year old health battle, as Naga Munchetty, who hosts BBC Breakfast, has shared her anger over being made to 'second guess' her pain

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12 h. ago Mark Wright's sister Jess shares rare insight into his and Michelle Keegan's parenting

EXCLUSIVE: The former TOWIE star, who is mum to son Presley, opened up about the Wright family's growing brood and how excited she is to see Mark and Michelle's daughter, Palma, grow up

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13 h. ago 'We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water. So why do we let them breathe dirty air?'

Parents decry a pollution 'epidemic' as hospital admissions for children with breathing problems soar, while Andy Burnham has defended scrapping Clean Air Zone charges. Jonathan Blades from Asthma + Lung UK says 'children should not be fighting for breath just because they're growing up near a busy road'

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14 h. ago ‘It makes me want to scream’: Nobel peace prize winner horrified by planned exits from landmine treaty

Plans by five Nato countries to pull out of life-saving agreement are ‘stupid’, says Nobel laureate Jody WilliamsWhen leaders from dozens of countries met in Mozambique a decade ago, their aim was to rid the world of one of its most treacherous weapons. Years after signing a landmark treaty banning the use, production and stockpiling of landmines, they seized on the gathering to set out an ambitious deadline for the completion of their efforts: 2025.Now 2025 is here, a very different precedent looms as five European countries have announced their intentions to be the first to withdraw from the treaty. All are Nato members that border Russia, and cite concerns about the growing threat posed by Vladimir Putin. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago The world has become addicted to rage – and 2016 might be to blame

Polls have shown that increased political division has made us all far angrier than we used to be, something only worsened by a lucrative new form of internet content designed to stoke our fury. And there might be only one way to move past it, writes Roisin Lanigan

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19 h. ago Pakistan deploys its artillery to India's border amid fears war could soon EXPLODE between the nuclear

Pakistan has deployed artillery to India's border as tensions continue to grow with its nuclear-armed rival India following a tourist massacre in Kashmir. 

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20 h. ago Anger grows as M&S forced to halt online sales for second day after cyber attack

Stores have remained open but the company has entirely paused orders on its website and apps, including for food deliveries and clothes, while pledging to refund orders.

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23 h. ago Scientists have birthed a ‘super cannibal’ that never grows up. Could it be key to combating Australia’s cane toad menace?

There’s quiet optimism that gene-edited ‘Peter Pan’ tadpoles could help control one of the world’s worst invasive speciesThe toad’s eyes seemed to glow red, its warty and poison-soaked skin – normally splodged in browns – instead a porridge of creamy whites. This albino toad was produced by a team of scientists with one foot in a Sydney university laboratory and the other in a research station on the vast tropical savannahs and wetlands far away to the north near Humpty Doo.It was September 2023 and for the man who dreamed it into being, the toad was but an opening act in a radical new play against one of the world’s worst invasive species.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Graham Potter’s problems grow as former club Brighton break West Ham hearts

Brighton 3-2 West Ham: Pressure is growing on Hammers boss Potter after two late goals turned victory in defeat at the Amex

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26 h. ago Anger flares at Just Stop Oil's 'last day of action' in London

Anger flares at Just Stop Oil's 'last day of action' in London  BBC

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27 h. ago Cardiff City fans hurl anger at Vincent Tan as players in tears at final whistle

The atmosphere inside Cardiff City Stadium threatened to turn toxic with chants against the ownership

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27 h. ago PETER HITCHENS: You've been fed propaganda nonsense about Ukraine and the invented Russian menace. These are the lies you've been told

In my trade I have long grown used to the way governments lie and get others to lie for them. It is what they do. But I have seldom seen such a cloud of lies as we face now.

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