1 week ago Jeanette Winterson: ‘I’d like to go up in space as a very old lady and just be pushed out’

The Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit author on being a good landlord to a grumpy ghost, her optimism about AI and the ideal size for catsRead more 10 Chaotic QuestionsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYour debut novel Oranges are Not the Only Fruit turns 40 years old this year. How do you feel about it at this point in your life?Can you believe it? I find that astonishing. I’m always having to think about it because people keep bothering me about it! Its next iteration is a musical, and then I really hope that’s the end. Just let me go! Obviously I love Oranges and I revisited it again with [her 2011 memoir] Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal? and the musical too. Surely, by the rule of three, this is it? Then I can live in peace and plant potatoes. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hench cannibal rats eat their young after getting swole munching discarded protein bars

EXCLUSIVE: Rats like to eat their own and their dead which is what makes poison such an effective weapon to combant an infestation, but some man-made things are working in their favour, too

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1 week ago Doctors warn of second deadly viral outbreak as cases of Victorian

Whooping cough is making a comeback in the US. There have been 8,472 cases of the vaccine-preventable disease so far this year, more than double the number from the same period last year.

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2 w. ago Holy water from Ethiopian well almost sparks outbreak of deadly disease in Europe

Religious tourists seeking 'healing and peace for body and mind' brought the so-called holy water to the UK and Germany from an Ethiopian well they visited as part of a spiritual pilgrimage

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3 w. ago Football finance expert outlines exactly what Luka Modric move could mean for Swansea City

The Croatian has become a minority investor in the Swans

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3 w. ago What is foot and mouth disease? The outbreak that has closed borders in Europe

Foot and mouth disease – usually referred to by its acronym FMD – is the most feared livestock disease in the world

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3 w. ago New poll shows how Brits feel about Birmingham's bin strike and piled up rubbish

Huge piles of uncollected rubbish continue to sit on the city’s streets and locals have reported seeing giant rats the size of cats in the waste as a pay dispute keeps workers on strike - here's how people in the West Midlands and around the country feel about it

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3 w. ago Fears over virus prompt European countries to shut borders as 'biological attack' concerns rise

Livestock are being slaughtered by the thousands in Hungary after the first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in more than 50 years.

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3 w. ago Full list of food items you can no longer bring into UK amid virus outbreak

It comes amid an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Europe

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4 w. ago Foreign Office issues urgent advice to Brits travelling to European country amid outbreak

The Foreign Office has issued advice to Brits travelling to Slovakia amid an outbreak of a disease - here's everything you need to know if you have a trip booked.

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4 w. ago ‘Emergency measures’ put in place after outbreak of disease in European holiday spot

Brits are being told what they need to do if they are travelling there by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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last month Birmingham bin strikes: Deadly disease outbreak fears as rat hordes multiply in scorching weather

An expert has raised fears large rats multiplying in hot weather in Birmingham amid large piles of rubbish caused by industrial action could spread a potentially fatal disease

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last month Cannibal rats 'the size of cats' could cause disease outbreak in UK city, expert warns

Experts have warned ongoing bin collection strikes – which has brought 'cat sized rats' to roam the streets of a UK city – could bring about the outbreak of a rare bacterial disease

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