31 m. ago Virginia police officers killed during traffic stop shooting, officials say

There is no longer an ‘active threat’ to community members, police said, after two officers were killed during a late-night traffic stop Friday

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1 hour ago 2 police officers killed during traffic stop in Virginia Beach

Law enforcement officials say two police officers in Virginia have been shot and killed during a traffic stop

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1 hour ago ‘You dream about such things’: Brit who discovered missing pharaoh’s tomb may have unearthed another

Archaeologist believes his ‘find of the century’ – of Pharaoh Thutmose II – could be surpassed by ongoing excavationTo uncover the location of one long-lost pharaoh’s tomb is a career-defining moment for an archaeologist. But to find a second is the stuff of dreams.Last week British archaeologist Piers Litherland announced the find of the century – the first discovery of a rock-cut pharaoh’s tomb in Egypt since Tutankhamun’s in 1922. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago How safe is YOUR dream Caribbean holiday after woman had both her hands gnawed off by shark: A look at gruesome and deadly attacks in tropical paradise

The Caribbean is often seen as the ultimate holiday escape, with its crystal-clear waters, white sandy beaches, and luxury resorts drawing millions of tourists each year. 

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2 h. ago The Vatican and UFOs: Is there a secret about aliens hidden in the Pope's mysterious archives?

For centuries, the Vatican's Secret Archive has been the subject of fascination for scholars. They have wondered just what revelations are lying hidden among 50 miles of shelves.

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3 h. ago UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture

Research group says discovery could lead to new type of environmentally friendly farmingA biological mechanism that makes plant roots more attractive to soil microbes has been discovered by scientists in the UK. The breakthrough – by researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, Norfolk – opens the door to the creation of crops requiring reduced amounts of nitrate and phosphate fertilisers, they say.“We can now think of developing a new type of environmentally friendly farming with crops that require less artificial fertiliser,” said Dr Myriam Charpentier, whose group carried out the research. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'New Covid' discovered in bats has a much higher mortality rate, Wuhan scientists warn

Scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have shared warnings of a new strain of Covid found in bats which has a fatality rate of 35%, amid fears of a new pandemic

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4 h. ago ‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals

Ukraine’s lithium deposits are among biggest in Europe and the US is looking for ‘payback’ for previous military assistanceDrawing in the snow with his finger, Mykola Hrechukha sketched out how Ukraine’s new lithium mine might look. It would have a deep central shaft, with a series of side tunnels, he said. “The lithium is good everywhere. The biggest concentration is at a depth of 200-500 metres,” he said. “We should be able to extract 4,300 tonnes a day. The potential is terrific.”For now, though, there is little sign of activity. The deposit is buried under a large sloping field, used in communist times to grow beetroot and wheat. The mine’s proposed entrance is in an abandoned former-Soviet village, Liodiane, today a scruffy grove of acacia and maple trees. The only inhabitant is a security guard, who lives on the 150-hectare site in an ancient Gaz-53 truck. Wild boar and even a wolf sometimes wander past. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Constant sandstorms at one of Wales' most stunning beaches are causing chaos

Natural Resources Wales said that with storms becoming fiercer and more frequent, there will come a point when it may no longer be possible to hold back the tide of sand

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5 h. ago Serial paedophile surgeon with 300 child victims kept sick diary bragging about evil crimes

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, was previously jailed for the rape and sexual assault of four victims, but faces a further trial next week after police discovered diaries detailing hundreds of abuses

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6 h. ago New bat strain of coronavirus discovered by researchers in Wuhan

The potential for human infection has yet to be explored

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6 h. ago Liam Payne remembered by girlfriend Kate Cassidy in secret touching tribute

Kate Cassidy's recent social media post shared a sweet hidden tribute to her late partner Liam Payne months on from his tragic death in Argentina

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6 h. ago ‘It was so fleeting, yet weirdly they were almost posing’: Richard Chambury’s best phone photo

The London photographer always saw odd things going on while cycling at weekends, but nothing quite like this You’d be forgiven for thinking this shot was taken during the pandemic; an inventive, impromptu attempt at masking up, perhaps. Instead, Richard Chambury took it in the spring of 2013, in London’s Victoria Park.“My daughter was 11 and to get her out and about on the weekends we used to go cycling,” Chambury says. “We eventually discovered this was not her favourite pastime; she’s a reader, and likes the warmth. But we always saw odd things going on, people doing the morning walk of shame dolled up from the night before, or wild birds and swans knocking about.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago 'I went to Nashville for its iconic country music – but something else blew me away'

Country tunes and the Honky Tonk Highway await in Music City, but there's something for everyone in Nashville, as we discovered when we visited the beautiful city

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7 h. ago Where is Coronation Street star Chris Fountain now? After career

He was the golden boy of the soap world after he soared to fame with his roles in both Hollyoaks and Coronation Street.

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7 h. ago ‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism

From George Orwell to Hannah Arendt and John le Carré, thousands of blacklisted books flooded into Poland during the cold war, as publishers and printers risked their lives for literatureThe volume’s glossy dust jacket shows a 1970s computer room, where high priests of the information age, dressed in kipper ties and flares, tap instructions into the terminals of some ancient mainframe. The only words on the front read “Master Operating Station”, “Subsidiary Operating Station” and “Free Standing Display”. Is any publication less appetising than an out-of-date technical manual?Turn inside, however, and the book reveals a secret. It isn’t a computer manual at all, but a Polish language edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell’s famous anti-totalitarian novel, which was banned for decades by communist censors in the eastern bloc. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago 'I was at routine appointment when doctor found something terrifying on my back'

Karen Dickinson, 57, was at an appointment about her knee when the osteopath noticed a mole on her lower back which tests discovered was a melanoma - skin cancer

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9 h. ago Discover hidden Morocco – from forgotten beaches to ancient citadels and soaring desert dunes

The writers of the new Wild Guide: Morocco share the best locations for hiking, surfing, swimming and sleeping under the starsExtending from the Atlantic coast to the edge of the Sahara and with a huge variety of terrain – from lush oases and valleys peppered with thyme, rosemary, argan trees and date palms to rocky gorges and arid plains – the Anti-Atlas mountains cater for even the most indecisive traveller. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Which English arboreal project occupies 200 square miles? The Saturday quiz

From back, basting and zigzag to ‘the stuff that dreams are made of’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 What TV cliffhanger was resolved on 21 November 1980?2 Which body in the solar system has lakes of liquid methane?3 What Yorkshire side were the first national women’s football league champions?4 In a 1941 film, what was “the stuff that dreams are made of”?5 Who writes the Empyrean fantasy book series?6 What does the US defense department classify as UAP?7 What arboreal project occupies 200 square miles of central England?8 Which monarch was killed in 1057 at the Battle of Lumphanan?What links: 9 Emotion icon; glamorous camping; smoke and fog; fan magazine; romantic comedy?10 Cantuar; Dunelm; Ebor; Petriburg; Roffen; Sarum?11 Tom Cruise (6.5 mins, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation); Kate Winslet (7.25 mins, Avatar: The Way of Water)?12 Seth Pecksniff; Howard Roark; Anthony Royal; Rudolf Santonix?13 Back; basting; blind; cross; running; slip; zigzag?14 8 (1950-60); 9 (19...

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9 h. ago Unusual ways to cut your energy bill before prices soar again in April

MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry looks at some unusual ways to cut your utilities bills and save money

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