48 h. ago Discovery 'Shark Week' has breaching great whites, looks back at 'Jaws' and starts with some dancing

Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” kicks off with a unique twist this year: “Dancing with Sharks.”

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4 d. ago ‘It’s not fair’: Crystal Palace fans march in protest at demotion from Europa League

‘We earned the right to be there and will show support’Palace in Conference League after ownership breachFurious Crystal Palace supporters have demanded that Uefa reverses its decision to demote the FA Cup winners from the Europa League to the Conference League next season as they staged a protest march outside Selhurst Park on Tuesday evening.It was confirmed last week that Uefa’s club financial control body had concluded Palace breached its multiclub ownership criteria, with the south London club expected to appeal to the court of arbitration for sport against a decision that their chair, Steve Parish, described as “probably one of the greatest injustices that has ever happened in European football”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘She’s one of us!’ The dizzying rise of Hannah Laing, Scottish dental nurse turned superstar doof

The Dundee producer’s hard dance has won her millions of listeners and an Ibiza residency. But for Laing, nothing beats giving back to her community – starting with a huge hometown festivalIn the centre of a dancefloor in a Dundee park, a group of athleisure-clad teens are dancing to a Crazy Frog remix with a middle-aged couple wearing head-to-toe smiley face print. They’re in a re-creation of the Highlander, a Scottish bar in Ibiza, complete with Saltire flags and Buckfast cocktails. Across the park, a crowd of thousands are hanging on for the drop in Ultrabeat’s Pretty Green Eyes as played by trance icon Judge Jules. It may be late afternoon in Dundee, but the vibe is pure late-night riviera hedonism.This is last weekend’s Doof in the Park festival, curated by Hannah Laing in her home town. From Manchester to Ibiza, Amsterdam to Tokyo, the Scottish DJ and producer has brought her sets of hard house, trance and techno to every big club scene in the world, but the festival “had to b...

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1 week ago Katie Piper: 'I was on Strictly months after giving birth and it was hard'

Katie Piper has opened up about her "short" time on Strictly Come Dancing, having given birth just months before she started training for the BBC One show

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1 week ago Strictly Come Dancing's Johannes Radebe makes major announcement about future 'six years in the making'

It's been no secret that the professional dancer has been emerging as a musical theatre start during his time away from Strictly

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2 w. ago Columbia student data stolen by politically motivated hacker, university says

A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing student records and causing widespread disruptions

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2 w. ago Man headbutted by FLYING shark while surfing makes worrying discovery

A surfer from Florida was in for the shock of his life when a shark rose above the waves and head butted him face on, in an experience he's likened to a 'powerful' road collision

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2 w. ago Jaws and effect: How Spielberg’s epic changed our relationship with sharks forever

As Steven Spielberg’s classic celebrates its 50th anniversary, Olivia Petter examines the impact its villainous 25-foot great white has had on shark conservation, and misconceptions around these so-called beasts of the sea

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3 w. ago ‘Are we safe, if nuclear weapons are here?’: trepidation in Norfolk village over new jets

Some in Marham are troubled by news that its airbase could host nuclear warplanes, but others are relaxedThe genteel west Norfolk village of Marham does not seem to be at the forefront of Britain’s military might. A dance class is about to start in the village hall, a game of crown green bowls is under way and swallows are swooping around the medieval church tower as wood pigeons coo.“It’s a lovely, quiet little village,” says Nona Bourne as she watches another end of bowls in a match between Marham and nearby Massingham. Continue reading...

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